2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Things I Blame For Hillary Clintons Loss, Ranked (Huff Po) [View all]TwilightZone
(28,833 posts)I think a lot depends on how history views the interference and how prominent it remains noted as a cause in the public view throughout the next few years. That might influence if it's later viewed as an intentional, reckless, dishonest act that brought us the worst president in history, or as a sidenote overshadowed by later events. Or background noise.
I vote for reckless and dishonest, though our attention spans are pretty short. All things considered, I think historians will pummel him.
Bush vs. Gore comes to mind as a somewhat loose comparison. Sandra Day O'Connor famously voiced regret (much too late), and while history doesn't yet see (in my opinion, anyway) B v. G for the catastrophic event it really was, history may eventually look at it as the beginning of a chain of events that opened the door for Trump through the Supreme Court (Citizens United, voter suppression, etc.) and elsewhere. It may eventually be seen as a significant catalyst for some very dark times interrupted by a few years of Obama sanity and reason.
I'm not usually this dark. lol