The Day After
The Day After November 8, 2017 By David Perry, A year ago, I went to bed assured that I would awake to a Democratic President: a woman, a progressive – not him. I was wrong. I was complacent. We all were. The NY Times (complete with graphics) told us that “Hillary Clinton has a 90% chance of winning the Presidency!” That wasn’t helpful. Trump won, and for the last year, sales of antacid tablets soared (as did bar tabs) and many a TV bore the brunt of heel marks from shoes thrown at screens every time “he” appeared. Of course, “he” appeared A LOT. Escaping “him” was impossible. Until last night. A year ago, I went to bed cocky, spoiled, entitled, gay-and-legally-married and feeling a bit superior: A Black president, now a woman! Soon, aliens from another planet will come and welcome us into the great kumbaya of extraterrestrial togetherness! I was wrong. Here on earth, the “elites” and the know-it-all-know-nothings lost to the “just say nos” of the last eig...