I’m writing this as the results come in. The quote is from Sir Winston Churchill. I abide by it.

As I pointed out four years ago, no tanks in the streets tomorrow. Count your blessings that you can head to slumber in full confidence of this fact.

Some observations about the election:

The press shamed themselves. First they promoted Trump for the show, and to wreck the other Republicans. Well, they got their wish. At the end, not a nice word was to be found about him in the local fish-wrapper. I will not name them, except to say they’ve been known as “The Red Star” since I was a youth. Odious swine, including most of their colleagues on television.

The Republican party, especially the leadership among elected officials, also shamed themselves. They did not keep their pledge. Nor did the back their man. Louts. All of them. Except Reince. His was a lonely road. He is to be applauded.

The pundits. Tonight they are all agog over the results. Brian Williams, who was under sniper fire with Hillary in Rhodesia during the Second World War if I remember correctly, said “Nobody counted yard signs!” Really, doofus? For the sake of all… I counted them. My friend Bob counted them. The response from our liberal friends was that yard signs are not effective and a waste of money and it showed that Hillary! was smarter than Donald. I will continue to laugh for weeks. No matter which one wins, the press and the pundits were all very wrong.

Bill O’Reilly. Bill, I’ve got something for you: a swift kick in the ego. You pontificating nitwit. I knew you were a windbag for years. You have ugly ties. Now go eat a grenade and give Geraldo a hug. Seriously. You are now an official parody of yourself. My, but how tiresome you have become.

Now, to the rest of you: nice job. No riots, no bad behavior. The workplace was largely civil and I enjoyed standing with my fellow citizens to vote as we waited for the polls to open.

I’ll be back with some additional thoughts very soon. Right now, the noggin is empty. (Shut up, Larry. I hear you laughing.)