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Things I learned from the Election

November 9, 2016 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

Pollsters are overpaid

Liberals are not that tolerant after all

Most democrats get their rebuttal points straight from CNN

CNN gets its rebuttal points straight from the DNC

You can learn a lot from emails

The Rust Belt shouldn’t be

Denial does not equal truth

Chris Wallace is the man

Voting matters

Sean Hannity talks a lot

Honesty counts

Don’t drink at a 9/11 ceremony

Megyn Kelly makes a lot of money

For a billionaire Trump’s suits don’t look that great

I like “The Five” – except for that Juan guy

We are all Americans

The Clinton Foundation frowns on refunds (paraphrased from Thomas Kennedy)

Celebrities should stick to entertaining

Kellyanne Conway should have been hired a year ago

The media is biased

I don’t trust John Podesta

The Department of Justice isn’t

The FBI used to be good at investigating

Watching political shows can be addicting

Celebrities should take Economics 101

France is kinda irrelevant

The Clinton Foundation could use an IRS audit

Don’t trust stock futures

MSNBC isn’t really a news station

Donald Trump and social media don’t mix

You need to respect everyday Americans

Greg Gudfelt is pretty funny

Obama lectures – but he sounds good while he does it

I like Trump’s children

Donna Brazile makes a lousy journalist

Prepping for a debate is a good idea

Melania is kinda pretty

Liberals are nicer to you when they think they are winning

I like Dana Perino’s dog

Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper are lazy

Teleprompters work

Democrats can really spin a story

It’s a bad idea to build your political legacy on Executive Orders

Bill Clinton needs a steak

Hillary Clinton needs a personality

Huma Abedin makes poor personal relationship decisions

Nobody should be named Weiner

It’s nice to have your own plane

I really dislike Brian Fallon

Trump can actually give a pretty good speech

Political rallies can actually work

Eric Bolling explains Obama’s mistakes pretty well with his little whiteboard

Most people don’t use facts to make an argument

Omarosa is still alive

Liberals are nicer to you when they think you are losing

Tim Kaine looks like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”

CNN has a really boring election room

The best thing of Fox’s multi-million election room was Karl Rove’s whiteboard

Hipsters look sad when they lose

That chandelier thing at Fox made me nervous

Democrats look nervous when they find out you hold the House, Senate, Presidency and will shape the SCOTUS like a guy named Scalia

I like Tucker Carlson

It’s physically painful to listen to a Hillary Clinton speech

The sun does come up after election day

Hell does not freeze over

And the single most important thing I learned:

Do NOT mess with an Australian computer programmer locked in an Ecuadoran embassy

 

newer post  Reversal of Fortune

older posts  President Trump (and The Power of the Uncool)

 

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Jeff Carlson is a CFA® charterholder.

He worked for 20 years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the High Yield Bond Market. He holds degrees in finance and economics.

He can be found on X (Twitter) at @themarketswork or on Substack at Truth Over News

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