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The moment Hillary Clinton was forced to give up her dream (Feel-good story of the day)
The New York Post ^ | April 30, 2017 | Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes

Posted on 04/30/2017 8:21:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Every detail was designed to mark Hillary Clinton’s moment in history — from the glass ceiling at Manhattan’s Javits Center, where her supporters were gathered, to her and hubby Bill’s suite at The Peninsula hotel, selected so she could personally see Trump Tower, home to the foe she was set to crush. Then came the voter returns. In this exclusive excerpt from their fascinating new book “Shattered,’’ political reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes take readers inside Hillary Clinton’s world on the night that changed her life — and the nation — forever.

Hillary’s communications team decamped to the Javits Center in the Hell’s Kitchen section of Manhattan, where preparations for her victory party were being made. The venue, which would fill with Hillary aides, donors, friends and well-wishers over the course of the day, was chosen in large part because of its distinctive feature: a glass ceiling. If everything went as planned, it would be the glass ceiling of the presidency that lay shattered under Hillary by the end of the night.

A handful of key aides remained in the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters for Election Night, but the top brass, including [campaign manager] Robby Mook, John Podesta, and Cheryl Mills, joined Hillary and Bill Clinton on their floor at the top of The Peninsula hotel, a five-star facility a block from Trump Tower. The Clintons had their own suite, and the rest of the floor had been rented out for staff workspace and for aides, including Podesta and Abedin, to have private bedrooms.

At the start of the night, the Javits Center was electric: it had the buzz of a debut performance on Broadway. Outside, a seemingly endless line formed down 40th Street, near artists who had sketched Hillary’s portrait next to Obama’s and vendors who sold buttons....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Florida; Campaign News; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016; bookreview; clinton; dataanalytics; deaddream; democrats; electioneve; florida; haha; hillary; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; hillarylost; losers; shattered; shewaszotted; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All the insiders (including the corporate media) knew she was toast around 10PM EST. They then dragged out the coverage to 3AM in the morning and only declared Trump President after he gave his acceptance speech and they learned that Hillary had conceded. That is why they are useless and no one cares what they say.

If Hillary and Trump were switched they would have declared her President immediately as soon as they knew.


61 posted on 04/30/2017 10:46:17 PM PDT by Gen-X-Dad
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To: joshua c

Last night as I was out on a walk I played the CNN election night coverage on my phone ... made the walk so much more enjoyable!!!


62 posted on 04/30/2017 10:47:03 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Teacher317
(Even more striking... had WI and MI not flipped away from her, AND she had somehow taken Iowa, AND Alaska as well.... she still would have lost, 271-267.)
63 posted on 04/30/2017 10:52:16 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This article leaves out the meat and potatoes stuff we all want to understand better ... namely reports of Hillary angrily yelling and cussing as it became clear she lost. Then she refuses to give a concession speech until the next day.

That is the real story. Instead they describe some sanitized version leaving out the important newsworthy stuff.


64 posted on 04/30/2017 10:58:23 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mmmm, salty, with subtle notes of Clonapin and cocaine.


65 posted on 04/30/2017 11:00:13 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Teacher317

Hillary the white female lost the white female vote, 53-43. She lost white males 63-31. Strange what happens when you spend most of your time playing the race card.


66 posted on 04/30/2017 11:03:11 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep! Nice little bedtime story. Sweet dreams!


67 posted on 04/30/2017 11:20:46 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boop
At the very least she is the RUDEST [MOST CLASSLESS] candidate in the history of the Republic.

There.
Fixed it.

68 posted on 04/30/2017 11:34:24 PM PDT by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Like anything else media related the book is already on the Internet for to download free. You need and Epub reader like Calibre for pcs/macs or Moon Reader for android.

Shattered

69 posted on 04/30/2017 11:45:58 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Enchante

Instead of sneering at Trump Tower, though, she was forced to endure its gloat as she tried to sleep.


70 posted on 05/01/2017 12:18:00 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: joshua c

I watch the Young Turks Election Night every now and then. A classic.


71 posted on 05/01/2017 1:32:18 AM PDT by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
. . . her and hubby Bill’s suite at The Peninsula hotel, selected so she could personally see Trump Tower, home to the foe she was set to crush . . . chosen in large part because of its distinctive feature: a glass ceiling.

So many symbolic decisions, so little time. They remind me of the football player who spikes the ball and celebrates just before crossing into the end zone. What kind of person puts that much energy and attention into celebrating a victory without first securing the victory? (Don't answer - we all know just how power-hungry, entitled, and evil a candidate has to be to act that way. This isn't sports where showmanship is still stupid but at least excusable . . . Desean Jackson.)


72 posted on 05/01/2017 2:05:20 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: chesley

No it does not. Every few days I watch the various media reports on election night. The best one is RT with Ed Schultz and others who actually did a fairly balanced report
and really went after Hillary for not giving a concession speech.


73 posted on 05/01/2017 3:11:20 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: chesley

No it does not. Every few days I watch the various media reports on election night. The best one is RT with Ed Schultz and others who actually did a fairly balanced report
and really went after Hillary for not giving a concession speech.


74 posted on 05/01/2017 3:11:21 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Teacher317

Only someone at the Huffington Post would think Hillary could carry Utah and Georgia.


75 posted on 05/01/2017 3:17:05 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Down in Florida, Craig Smith’s phone rang. The former White House political director, and the very first person hired onto Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, had been ignoring calls and texts. This one, he took. The raspy voice on the other end of the line asked him if Florida could be turned around.

“Sorry to be the one to tell you,” Smith said in an Arkansas drawl echoing the former president’s, “but we’re not going to win Florida.” Bill hung up and called Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was eager to depart Virginia for the victory party at the Javits Center. Don’t bother coming, Bill told him.

Now *that's* entertainment.

76 posted on 05/01/2017 3:18:52 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep.

I woke up this morning smiling, thinking about her loss for some reason.

I wonder when she had the screaming violent breakdown and threw the $950,000 bottle of champagne through the screen of the 150 inch ultra UD tv that had been a gift of the Saudis:

WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY FINANCED 20% OF HER CAMPAIGN!!!!!


77 posted on 05/01/2017 3:33:29 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
For anyone who saw the pic at the link: Is it just me, or do those purple and black outfits look like something straight out of Rocky Horror??
78 posted on 05/01/2017 3:43:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I see the House of Saud paid for the boob tube. I wonder who sprang for the champers...?


79 posted on 05/01/2017 3:49:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Man, did that make me feel good.

L


80 posted on 05/01/2017 3:51:17 AM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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