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Dan Rather: Secretary Clinton has conceded. It is now official
facebook ^ | November 9, 2016 | Dan Rather

Posted on 11/09/2016 3:43:20 AM PST by a fool in paradise

Secretary Clinton has conceded. It is now official.

Well the polls were wrong - very wrong, most journalists were wrong - and the earth has been shaken with an earthquake of a magnitude many didn't see coming. This is Brexit on steroids. We are entering into uncharted territory as a nation with a now president-elect who has run roughshod over the norms of American presidential campaigns. Clearly a silent but vocal majority has poured forth and pulled down the status quo in Washington with an energy that is echoing not just across the United States but around the world.

America is divided, not along geography as it used to be, but within states between races, educational levels, and urban vs. rural. This is a county by county map and clearly there were many voters who felt overlooked by a new world order who have roared with vengeance. They will not be by forgotten any longer.

No doubt many will disagree but I do not believe Hillary Clinton lost because she is a woman. My analysis is that a majority of voting Americans ached for change, especially structural changes in the economic system. They believe the American middle economic class has been mostly lost and they want it back.

There is sure to be deep despair amongst Clinton supporters who seemed to be tasting the sweetness of victory for most of the campaign. I have heard from many who feel like they are staring into an abyss. Many of you have posted on this page, there is palpable fear about the future of the nation, of the world. But this is the verdict of the American people and we must accept it. We also must work on the process of hope, healing and a re-dedication to unity.

It may be unbelievable to think now, but we cannot fogo our values. Flush with victory, will Trump change his tune at all? He has always been a mercurial man who has shown very little of a policy compass. His supporters will allow him to do anything. And perhaps he can build a bridge we never saw coming. Hope is father to the thought, I grant you. But it is a hope.

I have seen dark days - after Pearl Harbor, during Vietnam, in the depths of the Civil Rights Movement. I still believe that most Americans are kind and decent people, including--overwhelmingly--those who voted for Trump.

I still believe we can work together. If Donald Trump does indeed win, I pray for him tonight to be a wise and magnanimous leader. I pray that he is not bound by the limits of party. I pray that he can prove his critics wrong. I pray for my country. I pray for its leaders of all political parties. I pray for my country and my countrymen. I pray for the future.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: danrather; election2016; facebook; media; msm; presidentelecttrump
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To: samtheman

The first time since 1928 that a Republican ticket won without someone named Nixon or Bush on the ticket.


41 posted on 11/09/2016 4:29:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: a fool in paradise

President Donald J. Trump — proof of the power of prayer!


42 posted on 11/09/2016 4:32:02 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: a fool in paradise
His supporters will allow him to do anything.

Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool.

43 posted on 11/09/2016 4:33:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: a fool in paradise

I still believe that most Americans are kind and decent people, including—overwhelmingly—those who voted for Trump.

Which is why Trump is President and not Clinton!


44 posted on 11/09/2016 4:34:32 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: PlateOfShrimp

Ask Kenneth...


45 posted on 11/09/2016 4:35:34 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

How soon before Donald J. Trump is photographed standing behind an “Office of the President Elect” podium?


46 posted on 11/09/2016 4:35:34 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: johniegrad

Fact is, aha HAS NOT conceded. She OWES US one more speech.


47 posted on 11/09/2016 4:37:01 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: exDemMom
I still believe that most Americans are kind and decent people, including--overwhelmingly--those who voted for Trump.


Then there are those Americans who voted for Clinton.

48 posted on 11/09/2016 4:38:07 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: a fool in paradise

I just posted that to my friends


49 posted on 11/09/2016 4:59:20 AM PST by samtheman (Vote Trump)
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To: PlateOfShrimp

“What’s the frequency?”

In his case, the frequency is 0.000 KHz.


50 posted on 11/09/2016 4:59:38 AM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: Elsie

That’s Trump’s pen now, Barry.


51 posted on 11/09/2016 5:02:25 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: wastoute
Did Hillary see her shadow this morning?


52 posted on 11/09/2016 5:18:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

all he does is criticize and it’s not constructive criticism


53 posted on 11/09/2016 5:18:57 AM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (TRUMP 2016)
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To: a fool in paradise; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Kaslin; Arthur Wildfire! March; Clintonfatigued; ...

Whoever made this, thank you!

54 posted on 11/09/2016 5:20:47 AM PST by Impy (Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
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To: Impy

55 posted on 11/09/2016 5:21:56 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: a fool in paradise

No, Rodney, er,Dan- we can’t all just get along.


56 posted on 11/09/2016 5:28:00 AM PST by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Dan Rather, it was your DISHONEST reporting in November of 1963 that began the downward spiral of the journalism profession in this country to the depths of traitorous hell it’s in now. no thanks, just go away! Nobody trusts you or any of the other old media presstitutes.


57 posted on 11/09/2016 6:21:09 AM PST by uncitizen (Every vote is needed to offset the Cheating Left!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Uh oh. If Rather says she’s conceding, it is now in doubt.


58 posted on 11/09/2016 6:22:34 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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To: a fool in paradise
No doubt many will disagree but I do not believe Hillary Clinton lost because she is a woman.

The only correct statement ever uttered by Rather.

59 posted on 11/09/2016 6:26:16 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: a fool in paradise


60 posted on 11/09/2016 2:51:34 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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