‘The People Have Spoken, the Bastards!’
She Might Feel It, but It’s a Quote from Dick Tuck
TUCK SAID IT: No, Hillary Clinton didn’t say that after her bitter loss to Donald Trump last week. But political prankster Dick Tuck did after the former UCSB student lost his 1966 California Senate race.
But over the years, how many losing presidential candidates must have thought it? Especially the ones who won the popular vote but lost in the nightmare of the Electoral College — such as Hillary Clinton, according to the latest count, along with Al Gore. And going back to the 19th century, there’s Andrew Jackson, Samuel Tilden (who he?), and Grover Cleveland (not to be confused with Grover Cleveland Alexander, former pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies).
So what’s going to happen when Mr. Trump goes to Washington? Well, he also predicted in a zillion campaign speeches how he plans to strike fear (or spread joy) in millions of hearts.
