TPM Reader EL: “Here are my voting pix: I was very excited to vote for Barack Obama in 2008, but this election feels different for me. For the first time in my 42 years of voting, I cast my ballot from someone who understands my life’s experiences. I wore white to honor the suffragettes who fought for the vote. I wore a pantsuit in honor of Hillary and I wore a Nasty Woman t-shirt because I am one!”
From TPM Reader JN …
I felt the need to share this because it completely moved me. We are very careful to not talk politics with our kids, not the least because the parents in our home school group are very conservative. But they’re old enough – 10 and almost 9 – that they are going to be aware. When my son woke up this morning he said he was worried about the election. My wife asked why and he said he really wanted to see the first woman president. He also said that Donald Trump doesn’t like foreigners and wants to build a wall and that’s bad because his sister is Chinese (she’s adopted). Hearing this made me cry – so proud of him and will be so disappointed in this nation if it breaks his heart. This isn’t BS – he came up with this on his own and unsolicited. Love him.
We’re already getting flooded with your election day photos. That’s perfect. Keep them coming. Here’s a bit more detail about what to do.
This is totally illegal. But it is perhaps the Trumpian vote buying scheme that could possibly be imagine. A Trump supporter is offering 50% stud fees to “breed with my 2 stallions” in exchange for voting for Trump.
For those of us … well, nevermind. Click the title of this post to see the legible full size version so you can read the text.
Today is the day.
I’ll share some thoughts on the election in a bit. But I wanted to start with some more personal or rather organizational ones.
I was thinking this evening that for all Donald Trump has tried to soil us, none of it can take away from me my love for the pageantry of democracy, my love of this country. He hasn’t been able to break us. I’m sitting here watching Springsteen sing in Philly, immense crowds behind him. This is a Democratic celebration, just one slice of America, not the whole thing. But something is different about this moment. This is not a normal election. I’ve thought more and more about this as a year of transgression. So many lines crossed, promises broken, so many things we never thought we’d see have happened. But here we are, bruised and transgressed. But still here and unbowed.
With all luck, by Wednesday morning, America will have dodged a catastrophe. But everything will go on. The damage wrought by this election is deep. We will be here to explain the story as it unfolds, bring you the news. My big goal for next year is to do more of it, pump up our ability to more original reporting. That’s why I’m so focused on getting all our regular readers to sign up for Prime. For most of you it’s not a heavy lift. Just 14 cents a day. Join us now. You’ll see the difference. And you’ll make a difference.
This has always been implicit in Trump’s message. Today he made it explicit. “The world hates us!”