
Originally Posted by
Jim Wright
Time for pragmatism
It's over. Clinton cannot win at this point. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. He will have at his disposal the Senate and the House and eventually the Court.
That's just how it is and it's time to face up to it.
I don't think it's the end of the world, but it's going to be damned grim for a while. Maybe a long while. More grim for some than for others.
But here's the thing: you can NOT become that which you've fought against for the last eight years. You cannot let yourself become the hysterical Chicken Littles, the conspiracy theorists, the raging haters and the drooling nuts you and I have faced down for the last eight years.
Life is risk. Life is challenge and setback. The measure of a person is how they face that risk, how they rise to the challenge. This is no time to lose your reason or your dignity or to retreat into your belly button.
You're disappointed, certainly.
And you have every reason to be concerned for the future.
Resolve is easy when you're winning. But true character is how you face defeat and adversity -- and what you do afterward.
Tomorrow is another day.
The sun will rise.
And we will face it. Together.