MD wrote:The last 48 hours I have observed CNN and MSNBC behaving almost conciliatory in their rhetoric.
Let's be Frank: some major power brokers around the world fully expected to see a Clinton White House. Their collective disappointment was and is epic in scale.
From the slightly changed tone observed in the MSM over the stated period, I conclude that some serious discussions occurred behind the scenes. "Stand Down" is where they are at, sort of.
You all hate MSN, as do I. I watch them though, in cycles through the various factions.
Their commentary is a barometer. The weather has changed.
OK, I am becoming nearly as cryptic and metaphorical as VM. Might need to adjust my meds.
Yes yes yes---I see that happening too.
To me it seems like the MSM and the Ds have been going through the five stages of grief over the election and are just now....five weeks after the election.....getting to where they can accept what happened.
#1:
Denial. Election night Ds all over the country and the MSM were stunned. Hillary was so deep into denial she couldn't even get herself together enough to make the usual courtesy call to congratulate Trump on his victory. Some Ds even went out on the streets and chanted "he's not my president" ----as though by denying Trump was president the Ds could make him not be president.
#2:
Anger In the days after the election Ds in many cities went out and demonstrated against Trump and in some cities angry Ds rioted and smashed cars and vandalized shops. Even Ds who weren't rioting were still angry. Even weeks after the election at a post-election forum held at Harvard angry Ds from the Clinton campaign screamed at the Rs who worked on Trump's campaign and attacked them with the usual angry name-calling.
#3:
Bargaining Then we had the ridiculous spectacle of the recounts on the crazy premise that the Russians had hacked all the voting machines or that Russian hacking of the DNC emails had cost Hillary the election. Then there was the wacky spectacle of the Ds trying to convince electoral college delegates to switch their votes to Hillary...or Colin Powell...or ANYONE but Trump. It was classic irrational bargaining--the Ds and the MSM would say anything and believe ANYTHING if it meant Trump wasn't really president.
#4 and #5
Depression and Acceptance Now, at last, the MSM is starting to accept reality. Ds may still be depressed that Trump won the election but they have to accept it. I've heard some of the new tone of accommodation in some of the media towards Trump and I hope it spreads.
Trump is a bit of a buffoon and a wild man, but he is also an independent thinker, he isn't cowed by the media, and to his credit he gets things done.
I never supported Trump but I never doubted he is our President, for better or for worse. I wish him luck---he's going to need it.