Tuesday's Biggest Loser

 

Forget Hillary and Trump. The biggest loser Tuesday night was Barack Obama.

Weekly Standard . . . "President Obama's 
record on foreign and domestic policy is dismal, to say the least. His withdrawal of American power from the world coincided with the rise of ISIS, the ravaging of Syria and a series of successful terror attacks both in the heart of Europe and here on American soil. Would there have been a Brexit, or victories for anti-immigration parties in Europe without the failure of Obama's leadership in the Middle East and North Africa? 

"President Obama's domestic-policy record is even worse: The weakest economic recovery since the Great Depression; a record number of Americans on food stamps and for the longest time; a stimulus plan that was an economic joke even before "Cash for Clunkers" became a punchline; and a doubling of the national debt in eight short years. And then there's Obamacare.

"On election night Democratic operative James Carville announced "Obamacare is dead." He's right, but that was true whether Trump or Clinton won.

"Obamacare didn't die in the ballot box, it died in the mail box: Millions of Americans getting letters announcing premium increases of 50, 60, even 100 percent. And that's on top of huge deductibles that made their "insurance" little more than a reverse lottery ticket against medical catastrophe." . . .

A Trump presidency literally means Obama’s legacy, as sad as it is, will be erased.
CNN racebaiter calls Trump win a "whitelash"

Bill And Hillary Clinton’s Victims Respond To Trump Victory: “TEARS OF JOY”

AmericanLookout

"No one is more excited about a Trump victory than Bill and Hillary Clinton’s sexual assault victims.

"Juanita Broaddrick was allegedly raped by Bill Clinton. Kathy Shelton was raped as a child and Hillary got her rapist off. Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones were both allegedly sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton.

"They all responded with gratitude and relief to Trump’s victory.

"They are all grateful that Trump will be the next President of the United States.

Read their tweets here

"These women fought so hard to keep the Clintons out of the White House. All they did is deeply appreciated by all of the Deplorables!

"These women have suffered too long. They were intimidated by the Clintons too long.

"Now, their nightmare is over.

"Now, they have a friend in the White House."

Combing through the wreckage of Tuesday's election

Drudge: VA Gov gives 60,000 felons the vote, Hillary wins state by 60,000  . . . "Results are in.

"Virgina tilted Left. Just like they planned.

"By… as reported by Drudge at this point… something like 60,000 votes.

"Let that sink in.

"The swing vote in the swing state were the newly-minted ‘non’-felons ‘born’ at the 11th hour by a stroke of the autopen of the Democrat Governor of and major Clinton Fundraiser…

"(And he was also guy who gave BIG cash to the FBI deputy director’s wife.)"

Maureen Dowd: Absorbing the Impossible via Instapundit: "Plus: “The Clintons remind me of the Universal horror movies where you thought the monster was dead and then the monster would show up in a bad sequel. I’m glad now that they’re finally gone."

Yeah but we will continue to have this guy:

Could Obama's last act as president be pardoning Hillary?

. . . "Though Clinton hasn't been charged with a crime, there have been numerous reports that federal authorities are investigating the Clinton Foundation.

"On Wednesday, during press secretary Josh Earnest's briefing, he was asked whether the president had considered using his executive power in favor of the former secretary of state. 

" 'The president has offered clemency to a substantial number of Americans who were previously serving time in federal prisons,' Earnest said. "

Media disgrace themselves once again

Jay Michaels  . . . "When it became clear what was happening, we were instructed ad nauseam about “uneducated white males,” “white men without a college education,” and “angry white men.”  (It had never been “angry Hispanics” earlier.)  Then, for a while, we were lectured about the betrayal of the “suburban women” who had apparently voted en masse for Trump, inexplicably.  The men lived in mill towns and on farms, but their wives lived in the suburbs.

"Then came a slew of dark references to Putin.

"The mea culpas were exclusively about the polls underestimating the angry whites.  But they had been less than candid with interviewers.

"I was switching among the four MSM sleeping giants (skipping the Clinton News Network and MSNBC), so it’s possible I missed something, but I heard literally no references to the following:

"A corrupt and dishonest media

"The Clinton Foundation

"Hillary’s deleted emails and her successive lies about the private server

"Benghazi" . . .

One Anecdote That Helps Explain the “Rage” Our Liberal Masters Don’t Understand:

ACE OF SPADES:

Donald Trump’s Big Bet on Less Educated Whites

NY Times

By FORD FESSENDEN NOV. 7, 2016

A potential victory for Donald J. Trump may hinge on one important (and large) group of Americans: whites who did not attend college.

Polls have shown a deep division between whites of different education levels and economic circumstances. A lot rides on how large these groups will be on Election Day: All pollsters have their own assessment of who will show up, and their predictions rely on these evaluations.

Here’s what the American voting-age population looked like in 2012.

Voting-age population, in millions

White, no college

White, some college

White, college degree

Black

Hispanic

Other

0

10

20

30

40

50

The largest bloc is whites who have no college degree, and the voting-age population of this group is as large as that of voting-age blacks, Hispanics and Asian-Americans combined. Mitt Romney won this group over Barack Obama by 26 percentage points, and Ronald Reagan by 31 points in 1984. But Bill Clinton won this bloc of voters both times he ran. In this year’s political polls, this group favors Mr. Trump by large margins over Hillary Clinton.

White, no

college

degree

White,

college

degree

Black

Hispanic

Clinton

Trump

57

43

37

82

75

29

6

20

Education questions from Fox News poll, Oct. 26; Black and Hispanic from Economist/You Gov Poll, Nov. 1

However, the voting electorate — the people who actually go to the polls — could look substantially different from the voting-age population. Here’s how the population of actual voters broke down in the last presidential election. Only about half of whites with no college degree voted, leaving about 29 million votes on the table in an election decided by five million votes.

Voting-age population, in millions

Voted

Did not vote

White, no college

White, some college

White, college degree

Black

Hispanic

Other

0

10

20

30

40

50

First thoughts on the election

Rich Terrell

Students riot over Trump victory  . . .  I am very familiar with the modus operandi of the hard leftsists in the East Bay where apparently the biggest riot took place, and last night’s riot was quite typical, but a bit understated if anything. I have seen the script play out many times.  They marched down Telegraph Avenue from Berkeley to downtown Oakland, lit some garbage on fire in the street, smashed a few shop windows, and generally acted out like spoiled children.

"Given the eliminationist rhetoric that has been bandied about, further outbreaks of violence can be anticipated.  Hillary Clinton should speak to this, as should President Obama."

Not Just a Rejection of Washington, a Rejection of Obama’s Washington  "If Democrats are stunned by the anger at Washington, maybe it would have been mitigated if President Obama had fired some high-level, recognizable figure over Fast and Furious. Or the IRS scandal. Or the $2 billion spent building Healthcare.gov. Or the Veterans Administration letting veterans die waiting for care. Or the Office of Personnel Management hacking. Or the dishonest explanations about Bowe Berghdahl deal. 
"Maybe when the country witnessed horrible shootings, President Obama shouldn’t have rushed to the cameras to contend that those who opposed to his preferred gun-control laws bore some of the responsibility." . . . Read more

Hillary stiffs her supporters and doesn’t address crowd at NY party

"Hillary Clinton broke tradition and did not address the thousands of supporters gathered at New York’s Javits Center for a victory party. No thanking them for their efforts. No acknowledging their discomfort, and no call for national unity. Instead, campaign chairman and prolific emailer John Podesta was given the job of facing the disappointed throngs and telling them to go home because the race is -- cough – “too close to call.' ”

Obama to make statement on Wednesday, meet with Trump on Thursday  . . . "Earnest said that Obama will make a statement on Wednesday at the White House to discuss the results of the election and "what steps we can take as a country to come together after this hard-fought election season.' " 

Trump campaign: 'Undercover' supporters helped deliver upset victory "The common thread among these voters, she said, was they wanted the country taken in a “new and different direction,” they had an unfavorable view of Clinton and they shared certain concerns – about everything from ObamaCare premium increases to the decline of manufacturing jobs to the threat of terrorism." . . .

"The depth of the divide between the predictions and the outcome in Tuesday’s election will be studied for years. But in terms of the on-the-ground strategy, Conway noted that the campaign committed itself to winning Pennsylvania after seeing their message fit with the beliefs of so many people in the state." . . .

Amid Trump’s victory, Republicans also were projected to hold onto their majority in the House and Senate, improving Trump’s chances of advancing his agenda in office.

Japanese people have reacted with shock and disbelief at the outcome of the US presidential election

President-Elect Trump   . . . "His liberal history and his evident lack of interest in these issues created doubts among many conservatives. We hope he now proves us doubters wrong. To do that he will have to show a self-control that was not uniformly present during his campaign but that characterized his most successful moments of it. Congressional Republicans, who retained a majority in both chambers, should do what they can to reinforce Trump’s better instincts."  NR Editors
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History's Unexpected Guest

Richard Fernandez

"What beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election wasn't Donald Trump's well-oiled machinery, American bigotry or the Republican Party.  It was God, or if you prefer "the facts" which did it.  Hillary's real enemy was Obama's real record of failure added to her own. Low wage growth, a disastrous foreign policy, a catastrophic Obamacare and numerous scandals to name a few weighed down on her like an anvil heavier than any insult that Donald Trump could lay upon her." . . .

Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses reelection bid

The Hill

"Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R), a vocal supporter of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, is projected to lose his reelection race in Arizona to Democrat Paul Penzone.

"The Associated Press has Arpaio down 45 percent to Penzone’s 55 percent.

"Arpaio, who was seeking a seventh term, is known for his hard-line immigration stance.

"Arpaio is facing criminal contempt charges after allegedly violating a judge's order to halt immigration patrols accused of racial profiling. He pleaded not guilty just two weeks before the election.

"An October poll from the Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll found Arpaio trailing by nearly 15 points as news broke that he would face the charges."

When Hollywood Goes Liberal, It Goes Bankrupt

NRO  "Not surprisingly, Hollywood has gone all in for Hillary Clinton during this election season. The Democratic party’s nominee has stood by smiling as celebrities such as Jay Z and Beyoncé offered expletive-laced performances and raised money for her campaign. Yes, celebrities worshiped Barack Obama. They still do. But the combination of Hollywood’s Clinton campaign support and Hollywood’s serial attacks on Donald Trump dwarf that devotion.

" But at what cost? 

"It’s hard to say how much sway the Hollywood spin machine will have on Election Day. We can measure the views from that Joss Whedon-sponsored celebrity PSA calling Trump a “racist, abusive coward.” But tracking how many hearts and minds it changed? Impossible. 

"The same cannot be said of the fiscal fallout of Hollywood turning itself into Hillary’s unofficial super PAC during this endless election season. Consumers who either support Trump or simply aren’t sold on Clinton for very valid reasons may hold a grudge against the stars who shilled for Hillary." . . .

Hollywood Freaks Out: ‘About to Throw Up’  "Around 10 p.m., Hollywood stars began to panic. Hillary Clinton wasn’t as far ahead as they had expected her to be. In fact, the race was far from a landslide. Reflecting the anxiety of the Tinsel Town set, actress Mia Farrow re-tweeted a NYT poll showing that, as of 9:40 pm, Trump had a 55-percent chance of winning the election. As a comment on the tweet, she simply posted: “Xanax.' ”

The Real Sickness At The Heart Of American Culture

 "Americans across the spectrum are being encouraged to separate themselves off from the larger culture and nurse grievances that barely would have been given a thought a few decades ago."

John Hawkins at Townhall  "People don't like to talk about America's culture for the same reason that a man who just had a heart attack doesn't want to discuss the double bacon cheeseburger he's eating. He knows what he's doing is killing him, but it's easier not to deal with it. We’re in the same boat.

* We treat success as an accident or a cheat while defending people who make bad decisions, who won't educate themselves or who won't work.

* We've allowed pornography to become so accessible that it's practically universally viewed, even among teenagers.

* We love victims so much that people actually fake hate crimes to claim victim status.

* We celebrate losers and deviants by giving them their own reality shows. Meanwhile, Hollywood regularly portrays businessmen, Christians and soldiers as the worst people on earth.

 * More children have died because of Roe v. Wade than were killed during the Holocaust" . . .

Commentaries on the election

 

"Vote as if your right to live, to worship, to speak, and to ever be heard again, that is your right to be a free and independent American citizen, depends on this election, because it does."  Jeffrey T. Brown

At Risk Is Nothing Less Than the Right Ever to Resist Again  "We have witnessed a series of cultural storms over the last several decades, many of which have altered our landscape.  Most have been artificial storms, created and powered by an ideology that seeks complete control over this nation and its future, set in motion to create the chaos in which to implant "progress."  These storms have eradicated our family structures, our nation's history, our ethical standards, our moral standards, our legal frameworks, our borders, our Constitution, and our discourse.

"However, they have been mere precursors to the tsunami that Mrs. Clinton represents.  She is the culmination of socialist, fascist Progressivism.  She has come to complete the transformation, unless we stop her.  We will probably not get another chance." . . .

Hillary’s excruciating onstage ballet with Katy Perry

Operation Demoralize Is in Full Swing   . . . "I think Hillary is the favorite going into Election Day because the electoral map favors Democrats. But don’t think that the premature celebrations are honest or legitimate – they are just narratives intended to demoralize Trump voters."

Donna Brazile Sent Hillary Campaign MORE Townhall Questions  No outrage, none at all.

More on this at the link.

George Stephanopoulos’s Wife: We’re Leaving America if Trump Wins

America's next boss? Hillary makes her final pitch to more than 33,000 in Pennsylvania along with Bill, Chelsea, the Obamas and Bruce Springsteen who urge the country to 'reject fear and choose hope' "‘This journey we’ve been on was never about the color of a president but the content of his or her character,’ Obama said."

NRO: "Why I Disagree with Most National Polls: My 2016 Final Predictions". . . "Most national polls suggest that the race is over, with Clinton headed to a firm win. I disagree. I think it is likelier that she will win, but she will do so very narrowly in both the Electoral College and in the popular vote. It won’t take much improvement over my final projections for Trump to pull this out narrowly, and I think it is likelier that he wins than that Clinton wins by 3 or more."

Jonah Goldberg: Predictions and the Test of Time
. . . "Hillary Clinton deserves to lose, and I don’t know a serious political observer who doesn’t think she’d be down double digits in the polls if she were running against a standard Republican."