Presidential historian David Brinkley summed up what I feel today:
"Well, I think Donald Trump's doing a good job today, and Barack Obama. This is not 1980, the way Carter and Reagan just started not getting along. It's very clear for Barack Obama that he is somebody who believes in reconciliation. He is a student of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and he's got to heal the country right now. The wounds are deep.
Gerald Ford called his memoir "A Time to Heal." Today we are witnessing a healing day, a lesson in civility and the world is watching. It's not just about what they're whispering to each other right now, it's sending a wide message that the United States is here, that this election's over and that we are going to have a sense of unity and purpose. We're not Republicans, we're not Democrats today, but we're Americans."
BOOM - KNOCKOUT!
"Well, I think Donald Trump's doing a good job today, and Barack Obama. This is not 1980, the way Carter and Reagan just started not getting along. It's very clear for Barack Obama that he is somebody who believes in reconciliation. He is a student of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and he's got to heal the country right now. The wounds are deep.
Gerald Ford called his memoir "A Time to Heal." Today we are witnessing a healing day, a lesson in civility and the world is watching. It's not just about what they're whispering to each other right now, it's sending a wide message that the United States is here, that this election's over and that we are going to have a sense of unity and purpose. We're not Republicans, we're not Democrats today, but we're Americans."
BOOM - KNOCKOUT!
