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Unprecedented is a CNN published book documenting the 2016 presidential election. It is a fair (99.9%) portrayal of the events during the campaigns and election. The book includes many photos that will help you relive (if you can handle it) the events of this momentous race.
Here is a brief excerpt from page 189, just after the Republican convention, that resonated with me:
In downtown Cleveland, the public square was nearly deserted. Two men stood in the moonlight, talking about Trump. A 32-year-old Bulgarian immigrant named Martin Genev had flown to Cleveland from Seattle to be near the first man for whom he’d ever cast a vote. Every political movement was a reaction to the last. Genev recounted a story from the old days under Soviet rule in Bulgaria. He said American political correctness reminded him of those days, when his grandfather was arrested for telling a joke.
[In Cleveland] The flag on the soldiers’ monument stood at half-staff, commemorating one recent tragedy or another. The statue of Lincoln stood inside, along with an unfastened chain. Genev talked about politics. The conservative movement was fading, he said. Clinton was corrupt; Sanders a socialist. Genve could see only one rational choice.
“You compare Trump to the rest,” he said, “he comes off as a savior.”
It will be very interesting to see how the next few chapters unfold.
Here is a brief excerpt from page 189, just after the Republican convention, that resonated with me:
In downtown Cleveland, the public square was nearly deserted. Two men stood in the moonlight, talking about Trump. A 32-year-old Bulgarian immigrant named Martin Genev had flown to Cleveland from Seattle to be near the first man for whom he’d ever cast a vote. Every political movement was a reaction to the last. Genev recounted a story from the old days under Soviet rule in Bulgaria. He said American political correctness reminded him of those days, when his grandfather was arrested for telling a joke.
[In Cleveland] The flag on the soldiers’ monument stood at half-staff, commemorating one recent tragedy or another. The statue of Lincoln stood inside, along with an unfastened chain. Genev talked about politics. The conservative movement was fading, he said. Clinton was corrupt; Sanders a socialist. Genve could see only one rational choice.
“You compare Trump to the rest,” he said, “he comes off as a savior.”
It will be very interesting to see how the next few chapters unfold.
