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Showing Original Post only (View all)In 2016, I was so confident that Hillary was going to win, that I [View all]
wrote a long post the day before the election, telling everyone not to worry. Of course, I regretted that late on election night. I was just flat wrong. I was letting my emotions get the better of my good sense.
You won't see me doing that again in 2024. I hope Kamala wins. I think she probably will. But, I'm not going to make a statement like I made in 2016 ever again.
I'll be sweating bullets along with the rest of you all tomorrow night, into the next day, and maybe a day or two after that.
That sucks. But Donald Trump is the King of Suckery.
Just be sure to vote. And, if you can, bring others to the polling place with you to vote as well. It can't hurt.
Good luck to Kamala and Tim and Good Luck to us all!
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My confidence in HRC winning was always low, & practically nonexistent after Comey blindsided her.
CrispyQ
Nov 2024
#5
The 2016 hangover and high stakes of this election make your position understandable.
FrankBooth
Nov 2024
#7
I felt like shit from the moment Comey opened his fat yapper 11 days before the election.
PeaceWave
Nov 2024
#20
Exactly why I am not confident tonight. The PTSD I have from 2016 is very strong!
beaglelover
Nov 2024
#21
There are many differences between 2016 and this election, and i will be the first to admit
onetexan
Nov 2024
#23
i was to meet up with the local dems for a watch party at the local pizza place
samnsara
Nov 2024
#28
Even though comey brought up the emails at the last minute, I had the same optimism as you did in 2016,
akbacchus_BC
Nov 2024
#33