St Vinny’s doesn’t ignore poor as prez election did

In a recent column for the Inlander, former Coeur d’Alene state senator Mary Lou Reed comments:

In her wise and amazingly generous words spoken on the morning after that fateful Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told us that we owe Donald Trump an “open mind and a chance to lead.”In her wise and amazingly generous words spoken on the morning after that fateful Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told us that we owe Donald Trump an “open mind and a chance to lead.”

Along with countless others, I have found that opening the mind is very difficult after such an ugly, brutal, day-after-day assault on our senses of right and wrong. Though offended by the bullying, horrified by the gross disclosures and worried for the children who were watching, many of us became addicted to the combat and were too weak to “throw out the TV.”

For the more than 63 million of us who voted for Hillary, withdrawal in defeat has been intensely painful. Finding an open mind in a bruised brain is a challenge. More here.