How About an Open Mind?

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Grace Under Fire

“Mrs. Clinton said she hoped that he would be ‘a successful president for all Americans,’ and that she respected and cherished the peaceful transition of power. She told her supporters that they must accept that Mr. Trump would be president. ‘We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead,’ she said. But she also acknowledged that the country was more divided than she had realized.”

— Alan Rappaport & Alexander Burns, “Highlights of Hillary Clinton’s Concession Speech and President Obama’s Remarks,” The New York Times, Nov. 8, 2016 (the day the sun exploded...)

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
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In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/election.html

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/election.html

• Editorial Comment: I’ve never been any good at division. Just ask Nate Smith, my 9th grade math teacher.

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