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Wednesday, Nov 9, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller

* What one word, and only one word, would you use to describe yesterday’s election results?

Try to be creative. Thanks.

194 Comments

- up2now - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 4:14 am:
dystrumpian

- FormerParatrooper - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 4:24 am:
Whoa

- Kippax Blue - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 4:28 am:
Atrophy

- Foie Gras - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 4:38 am:
Apoplectic

- Glen Beck's Softer Side - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 4:51 am:
Trumped

- worried a bit - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:05 am:
revealing

- Independent - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:05 am:
Chilling

- DuPage Dave - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:06 am:
Disheartening

- sal-says - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:07 am:
Sad.

- Jack Franks for Governor - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:23 am:
Pivot http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161109/news/161108830/

- Honeybear - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:27 am:
Horror

- Sarcastic One - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:36 am:
American!

- Morningstar - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:37 am:
Revolting

- JoanP - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:40 am:
Terrifying.

- CT - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:42 am:
WINNING

- reelpro - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 5:45 am:
Goodbye

- Springfield - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:00 am:
ArchieBunkerIsAlive

- Rufus - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:05 am:
UnreliablePolls

- Belle - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:10 am:
Mexico

- Ron - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:15 am:
Disaster

- foster brooks - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:19 am:
cubsfault

- Jose Abreu's next homer - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:24 am:
Meteor!

- Wensicia - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:25 am:
Inferno

- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:26 am:
OHCanada

- Dr X - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:33 am:
Facsism

- Angry Republican - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:39 am:
predictable

- PublicServant - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:45 am:
Stunning

- tobor - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:47 am:
Trumpeled

- illini - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:48 am:
Nightmare

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:51 am:
Swampless

- K Man - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:53 am:
Gone

- thoughts matter - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:55 am:
Deplorable

- Last Bull Moose - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:55 am:
Jacksonian

- Augie - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:55 am:
Yikes

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:56 am:
Bastille

- The_Equalizer - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 6:59 am:
Putinian.

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:05 am:
Bernietrumpers

- Gruntled University Employee - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:05 am:
Selfish

- Magic carpet ride - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:06 am:
Superstars

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:08 am:
Foundation

- Gruntled University Employee - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:08 am:
Troublein18

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:09 am:
Yuge

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:11 am:
Grabbing

- Allen D - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:13 am:
OUTSTANDING

- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:15 am:
Bottomless

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:16 am:
Uneducated

- Bruce (no not him) - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:17 am:
Billionaires

- Huh? - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:19 am:
Surprising

- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:23 am:
Pepto-Abysmal

- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:23 am:
Wrecksit.

- Anotheretiree - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:23 am:
Bigly

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:26 am:
Repeal

- Pink E Kent - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:29 am:
NotSoUndecided

- Earnest - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:31 am:
Republican

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:31 am:
Specialprosecutor

- Anon221 - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:33 am:
Surreality

- Big Joe - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:34 am:
Deflating.

- Enviro - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:35 am:
Horrific

- Big Joe - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:36 am:
Trumphobia

- Bluecollargal - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:37 am:
Redcollar

- Lincoln Parker - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:38 am:
Democrexit

- TinyDancer(FKASue) - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:39 am:
Apocalyptic.

- Angry Chicagoan - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:41 am:
Disturbing

- Pink E Kent - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:41 am:
Clickbait

- Jay Dee - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:44 am:
Unforeseen

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:45 am:
Raunerism.

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:46 am:
Silentmajority

- Bored Chairman - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:48 am:
Roads-tastc!

- Jeff Trigg - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:51 am:
Blowback

- JS Mill - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:56 am:
Pro-Canadian

- Per rid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:58 am:
Disheartening

- Andy S. - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:01 am:
Brexit

- Jocko - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:02 am:
Chauvinistic

- logic not emotion - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:03 am:
Enlightening

- LizPhairTax - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:03 am:
Muskets

- walker - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:05 am:
WLM

- Tired - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:05 am:
Tired

- SOIL M - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:07 am:
Antiestablishmentism

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:07 am:
Drainageditch

- Diogenes in DuPage - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:07 am:
big-ly

- Roadiepig - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:08 am:
Racistrific !

- Name/Nickname/Anon - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:08 am:
Whitelash

- Roadiepig - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:09 am:
Backsliding

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:09 am:
Term limits

- Responsa - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:10 am:
Clarifying

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:10 am:
Decisive!

- RIJ - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:12 am:
One-term

- Roadiepig - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:12 am:
Scaliatopia

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:13 am:
Rejection

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:15 am:
Affirmation

- RNUG - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:16 am:
Karma

- Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:17 am:
(To quote Michaleen Flynn…) Impetuous….

- Trolling Troll - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:18 am:
Over

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:19 am:
Nextit

- GlimmerGirl - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:23 am:
GladISpeakRussian

- Big Muddy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:24 am:
D’oh!

- zatoichi - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:24 am:
barreled

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:27 am:
Acrimonious

- iroquois county dem - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:27 am:
REALITYTV

- wolf - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:27 am:
Calamitous

- Commonsense in Illinois - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:28 am:
Apprehensive

- Leave it to BVR - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:32 am:
Breaksit

- wolf - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:33 am:
Day-drinking

- Present - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:33 am:
Strike

- Bogey Golfer - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:33 am:
Huh.

- JS Mill - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:34 am:
Anti-intellectualism

- RNUG - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:34 am:
Generational …

- amazed - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:35 am:
Fremdschämen

- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:37 am:
Reverse

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:38 am:
ItsaBeautifulThingFolks

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:39 am:
Apprentice

- Steve - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:42 am:
Watershed

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:42 am:
Wrong

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:45 am:
Winning

- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:45 am:
Divisive

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:53 am:
Choosing

- oldman - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:53 am:
Horrifying

- Fairness and Fairness Only - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:54 am:
Cannibalistic

- DGD - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:56 am:
Suh-weeeeet

- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 8:58 am:
Polled

- Former Hoosier - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:00 am:
Devastating

- Dance Band on the Titanic - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:00 am:
Grabbed

- charles in charge - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:00 am:
Idiocracy

- CrazyHorse - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:03 am:
Refreshing

- Mama - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:04 am:
rebellion

- Ahoy! - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:05 am:
misogyny.

- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:06 am:
Palin-esque

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:06 am:
EndOfDays

- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:07 am:
Jacksonian.

- power to the people - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:11 am:
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”

- over cooked - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:11 am:
Fired!

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:12 am:
anti-labor

- Wow - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:12 am:
Barf

- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:12 am:
Wharrgarbl. (google it)

- Anon@11 - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:13 am:
Rigless

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:18 am:
lawless

- TheGoodLieutenant - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:19 am:
TRiUMPh

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:19 am:
corporatetakeover

- BBG Watch - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:20 am:
Nauseating

- Northside Dude - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:21 am:
Prelude

- wordslinger - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:30 am:
Embarrassing

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:30 am:
Triumphant

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:32 am:
Mobrule

- proudstatetrooper - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:34 am:
bluelivesmatter

- Illinois Refugee - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:36 am:
Demopocalypse

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:37 am:
Undisenfranchised

- Loop Lady - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:38 am:
Apocalyptic…

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:42 am:
Uncharted.

- East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:43 am:
YES!!!

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:46 am:
HANG ON!!

- Just Sayin' - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:47 am:
Intense

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:47 am:
Newyorkminute

- JackD - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:49 am:
Ugly

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:52 am:
Presidentelect

- Go Figure - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:53 am:
Apolling

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:55 am:
Orangepower

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 9:59 am:
Endoflegacy

- fed up - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:05 am:
Uneducated

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:14 am:
Merrytrumpsters

- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:15 am:
Agape

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:17 am:
Poorlyeducatedi

- Nomar - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:19 am:
Godbless

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:20 am:
Presidentalcoattails

- olddog - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:24 am:
polarized

- A guy - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:28 am:
Enigma

- wondering - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:46 am:
Rich: Tocsin:1 : an alarm bell or the ringing of it. 2 : a warning signal…..not to be confused with “toxic” nor “toxin”

- Dutch 3001 - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:49 am:
shortsighted

- Dysfunction Junction - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 10:50 am:
TimeMachine

- Cheryl44 - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:04 am:
gobsmacked

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:09 am:
Mandelaeffect

- Ret. Captain - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:13 am:
Merican!

- Amalia - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:24 am:
Breitbarted

- Rabid - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:28 am:
Assangenator

- Notacop - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 11:49 am:
Anomie

- anon - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:03 pm:
Oligarchic

- Waldi - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
Canada

- TooManyJens - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:14 pm:
Catastrophic.

- DuPage - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:31 pm:
Trainwreck

- A new day - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:34 pm:
Expected

- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:37 pm:
Red

- blue dog dem - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:42 pm:
Impasse

- Sine Die - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:45 pm:
Unsettling

- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 12:54 pm:
Comey-sided

- Anon - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 1:10 pm:
Putsch

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 1:23 pm:
Poleaxed

- wolf - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 1:25 pm:
hallucinatory

- Joe Bidenopolous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 1:35 pm:
Scary

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 2:52 pm:
Australiabound

- JDuc - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 3:27 pm:
reset

- Anonymous - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 3:29 pm:
Exhilarating!

- LessAnon? - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 3:53 pm:
eye-opening

- Swede - Wednesday, Nov 9, 16 @ 7:03 pm:
Ufda (Swedish)

- Bootleg Carhartt Designer - Thursday, Nov 10, 16 @ 8:56 am:
Alt-Right

- Flaming Liberal - Thursday, Nov 10, 16 @ 10:10 am:
Terrifying.

(None of my go-to words are allowed on this blog)

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