Posted on 11/06/2017 1:11:18 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Journalists Retell Their Election Night Horror Stories
'People were throwing up. People were on the floor crying'
BY: Andrew Kugle November 6, 2017 2:32 pm
Reporters, editors, and other members of the media are reliving their election night horror stories in a new exclusive detailing what journalists and figures in the presidential campaigns themselves experienced on the night of Nov. 8, 2016.
Esquire interviewed 40 people who either covered or worked on one of the campaigns during the 2016 presidential election. The individuals gave their personal stories about the unexpected election of President Donald Trump and the defeat of Hillary Clinton. Most of the reporters and editors who were interviewed expressed shock and horror at Trump's upset victory.
Here are some of their stories.
Rebecca Traister, writer at large for New Yorker Magazine, shared her feelings on being confident about a Clinton victory and how she subsequently felt "so alone" when it was apparent that Clinton would lose. She also observed Clinton supporters throwing up and crying on the floor, according to Esquire, which recounted the progression of her thoughts throughout the night.
They were serving, like, $12 pulled pork sandwiches [at the Javits Center]. It was nuts, people were bouncing off the walls. Everyone genuinely believed she was going to win. I don't know if it made me feel more confident or not.
I felt so alone, I knew it was done. I was by myself on the floor. I started to cry.
I was thinking everything from, "I'm gonna have to rewrite my piece" to, "Can we stay in the U.S.?" I texted my husband, "Tell Rosie to go to bed. I don't want her to watch."
People were throwing up. People were on the floor crying.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
The anger I have felt since I first realized all the GOP could put up was McCain in 08 finally lifted.
Truly so was I but the re-election, after the leopard had shown his stripes so clearly, really hit me hard.
I went to check on the girls. When I went to say goodnight, I looked at Rosie, and I had this conscious thought that this is the day that will divide our experience of what is possible. This is the day where a limitation is reinforced for her.
Really? Darling Rosie can never be President because a vicious, crooked, power-mad harridan was the only woman who will ever be allowed to run? You have to wonder how this ridiculous drama queen felt about Sarah Palin. Well, you don't have to wonder long.
Thanks for the link. I noticed all the gutter language came from the Clinton supporters.
Two tidbits:
One: “Bret Baier: The futures markets had taken a nosedive, so we were covering that aspect of things. Fortunately, we had Maria Bartiromo on the set, who looked at the numbers and said, “Well, I would think this is a buying opportunity, because if you look at policy, tax cuts, regulation roll back, and everything else, that’s probably going to mean the market turning around when businesses weigh in.” That turned out to be pretty prescient.”
Boy, was she ever!
Two: “Dave Weigel, The Washington Post: I called Jeff Flake the Sunday before the election. I said, “I have one round of questions if Hillary wins, and one if Trump wins.” And he just started laughing, saying, “Why would you bother asking the second one?”
Too bad the swine wasn’t still running so he could be beat to death with that quote.
And they have no clue they are admitting to being emotionally crippled social misfits and snowflakes without even a teensy a bit of mature adult coping skills....
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