Election night showed why Trump voters don’t trust the media: Goodwin

Today we are all cynics or damn well should be. Show me an American who trusts politicians, polls, news organizations and social media bigs who fancy themselves our new masters and I ll show you a fool.

Regarding the forecasts of how the election would go, Casey Stengel s line about the hapless 1962 Mets fits the moment: Can t anybody here play this game?

As we stand on the smoking ruins of shattered predictions, the answer is no, a thousand times no. The usual suspects are bumblers and that s being kind because some are downright dishonest.

A disputed presidential election that appears destined for the courts is the worst possible outcome for a nation already gagging on anger and polarization. Yet that s where we are and while the campaigns position themselves for the final drama, it s impossible to divorce the shocking results from the run-up to it.

via nypost.com

Why are people so upset about politics? Because so much money is at stake. That’s the nub of it. If it were all just about the ideas, the principles of it all, only a few of us dweeby academics would care enough to argue over it all. It’s because quite a few Americans have skin in the game, and too many Americans have gotten used to having other people’s skin as well.