Don't blame Hillary. Blame and shame upon:
== GOP operatives who succeeded in changing day into night, demonizing a totally straight arrow, one of the most qualified presidential candidates in U.S. history, and who succeeded in portraying her as untrustworthy and unlikable.
== FBI director James Comey, who will forever live in infamy for interfering in an election campaign and playing a major part in electing a man who is eminently unqualified to be president.
== Newsmedia who gave prominent publicity to the ridiculous Benghazi and ridiculous email "scandals" and repeatedly called Hillary a "flawed candidate".
== TV newsmedia who in search of ratings assiduously promoted Donald and the horse race, and ignored the policy positions of the two parties.
== Democrats who failed to vote.
== Republicans and others who turned out en masse to vote for a loutish (but riveting) entertainer, who made a virtue of bad behavior, of violating all norms of civility and truth, of making outrageous statements and outlandish promises he could never fulfill.
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America, my country, you never cease to amaze me in your infinite variety.
I could hardly believe it when you elected an Afro-American in 2008, and re-elected him in 2012, which is so cool.
And I could hardly believe it today, November 9 2016, that you have elected the most unqualified candidate in U.S. history. Because the news media muddied the waters.