[Magdalen] Next Steps

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> America not only is not the greatest country in the world, it is up there
> for the dumbest country in the world. The information is out there, but
> people willfully refuse to look at it.
>
> I'm ashamed of this land, and I deeply regret that I wasted all that time
> serving in the military to preserve the rights of a few hundred million
> slimy dirtbags.
>

Jim -

If 35,000 voters in Pennsylvania and 65,000 voters in Florida had voted for
Clinton instead of Trump, she would now be the President-elect.

If the election had been held three weeks earlier, or were to be held three
weeks later, Clinton might well be the President elect.

If the election were decided by popular vote, Clinton would be the
President elect.

Now it is true that Trump won the election and that may lead to
consequences I would rather not ponder.  But he could just as well have won
it from the toss of a coin.  Statistically speaking, the country looks just
the same as it would have if Clinton had won.

I do find it disturbing that Trump received the support of roughly half the
voters.  But I felt that way long before I knew the results of the election.

All that said, I am still proud to be an American, still proud to be a
veteran, and though gloomy about the immediate future, still optimistic
about the long run.

Mike M..