Posted on 09/16/2016 1:14:33 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
Beside the olive display at Zabar’s, that iconic hub of lox and neurosis on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Linda Donohue was trying to talk herself down.
Surely the polls she tracked anxiously were not to be trusted, she said. Surely Donald J. Trump, the man with the garish golden tower across town, would not be allowed to reach the White House.
“We have to have more faith in the American public,” said Ms. Donohue, 61, a longtime New Yorker now living in Seattle.
A man behind her could not suppress a loud snort.
Then Cathi Anderson, who was shopping with Ms. Donahue, mentioned yet another distressing poll, this one from Ohio, which showed Mr. Trump ahead. Ms. Donohue nodded grimly.
Just in case her faith in the American electorate was misplaced, Ms. Donahue said, she had retained her Irish citizenship.
For both parties, every election can feel like the most vital of a lifetime, the one day standing between a still-proud nation and its imminent demise. Among liberals, there is an especially rich tradition of “bed-wetting,” as even some practitioners call it, at the faintest sign of shakiness from their candidate.
But as Hillary Clinton lurches toward Election Day, her supporters at times seem overwhelmed by a tsunami of unease, exacerbated by Mrs. Clinton’s bout of pneumonia and a slow-footed acknowledgment of the illness. They are confronting a question they had assumed, just a few weeks ago, they would not need to consider in a race against the most unpopular presidential nominee in modern times: Could Mrs. Clinton actually blow this?
“It’s like someone dropped ice water on the head of America,” Julie Gaines, the owner of Fishs Eddy, a home goods store in Manhattan, said of Mr. Trump’s increased odds. “Everyone sobered up. This could happen.”
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Many many sleepless nights ahead , I hope
Their tears are very, very sweet.
Panic time.... they were sure the election was in the bag.
Oh well, they’ll feel like we felt about Obama in 2008.
...Now racked with pneumonia, racked with dehydration, racked with sleep deprivation, racked with .....oh, man, there's just too many now. Go ahead help me....Racked with:
Like honey upon my tongue.
Just in case her faith in the American electorate was misplaced, Ms. Donahue said, she had retained her Irish citizenship.
This reminds me of the various Hollywood idiots, who have vowed to leave the country if Trump is elected.
And what the heck is this Irish immigrant saying?? Her faith in the American electorate is upheld, only if they elect HIllary??? People’s belief in our system of government and values is upheld only if an election goes your way??? Really????
Mass suicides are always a possibility.
Pray there is no “comeback kid” in the future
We should post that South Park tear-linking scene.
Unfortunately, 7-1/2 weeks is an eternity in an election. Anything can happen. I’m optimistic, but we shouldn’t get to over-confident.
We’ve been there twice sad to say! But if Monday’s polls tic up for trump I can let a little hurrah yell in the middle of the street!
“We have to have more faith in the American public,”
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My faith in the American public evaporated when they elected the Kenyanesian Usurper.
The American public does not understand that he is still ineligible to be President.
Children of foreign nationals are NOT natural born citizens, even if they are born here as citizens.
Who wrote this? I’ve never seen anybody talk to each other in Zabar’s! It’s too crowded, too overstocked and the guys at the deli counter yell at you just for breathing.
I have no doubt heads are exploding all over the upper west side, though.
They should just off themselves now and beat the rush on Election night.
More like Obama in 2012. In 2008 I kinda thought it was inevitable.
They should be afraid. They are pushing Hitlery—a fascist.
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