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Daffey Thoughts on 2016

Dave Griffey at Daffey Thoughts has some observations about 2016, the year in which the improbable frequently became probable:

 

 

  • Never, ever underestimate Donald Trump
  • Arrogance is a bad strategy
  • Insulting millions of registered voters is not the best response to a candidate who insults millions of non-voters
  • Bipartisanship is not accomplished by blaming everyone else
  • There is a fine line between journalism and propaganda
  • Pretending that problems don’t exist won’t convince those who are suffering as a result of those problems
  • If you pop champagne corks because experts assure you that no matter what, your side will win by the Electoral College, then don’t cry about how unfair it is when your side loses by the Electoral College. It’s unbecoming.
  • Surrounding yourself with yes-men doesn’t help
  • A nation has a right to demand higher standards from its president, it has no right to demand different standards
  • If the latest scientific conclusions are always what I want to hear, someone’s doing something wrong
  • ‘Do unto others as long as you don’t do unto me’ is not the Golden Rule
  • Expediency does not lend itself to moral outrage
  • Truth is not based on a majority
  • Working with people involves working with people, not saying you’re working with people
  • When everything is going for you, it’s still not wise to overplay your hand
  • If you cry wolf too many times for too many years, people won’t listen even when they admit they see a wolf
  • People don’t always align with partisan assumptions
  • People pay attention, even when you don’t want them to
  • If education is just a means to an end, it’s probably not the best education
  • The problem with saying ‘That idiot’s mean because he called me stupid’ should be obvious
  • It’s pointless to ignore the past in the Internet age

Go here to read the rest.  In 2016 most of the general public woke up to the fact that the mainstream media is often quite clueless about what is going on outside of the bubble most of them inhabit.  One of many reasons why I have a fondness overall for the departing year.

 

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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Monday, January 2, AD 2017 4:59pm

That was amazing!. In all of the coverage, he was the most incorrect. 180° from reality. BTW, I thought he was no longer on the air. I’m glad he was still on for that “expose”.

Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Tuesday, January 3, AD 2017 4:01am

Yes 2016 was a ‘very good year’, a year in which the “smart” guys got it wrong and the “dumb” ones got it right. The year where we realized political advertising was largely a waste of money. And a year that showed why the Electoral College is a good idea, etc. etc.

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