In an interview with Politico, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power described (along with Ben Rhodes) what happened on election night, and it’s nothing short of progressive letdown gold:
This story is so delicious I feel like I'm cheating on my diet just reading it. https://t.co/w6hPuP1VID
— neontaster 🚟 (@neontaster) January 15, 2018
Power described what happened (if you will) during her party as it became clear that Hillary Clinton, the candidate so many obviously considered a sure thing, was going down to defeat. Don’t be drinking a beverage while you read any of these snips:
Samantha Power invited the 37 women UN ambassadors to her penthouse for an election night party to watch Hillary shatter the glass ceiling. It turned into a monumental Gob Bluth moment: pic.twitter.com/AJVfpUogRb
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 15, 2018
Come for the “I wanted to milk the soft power dividend of this moment,” stay for the “post-traumatic stress” that election night triggered. And it was all documented on film as part of an HBO movie about the 2016 election.
“I wanted to milk the soft power dividend, Michael!”
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) January 15, 2018
That'll be the tagline for the HBO doc
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 15, 2018
“Post-traumatic stress.” The drama.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 15, 2018
Awful. I'm going to go read it again.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 15, 2018
So stupid. Was sure this was a joke. Here's a link to the full article. It's real. These people are idiots. The movie will be hilarious. https://t.co/zzd80173dq
— MKH (@mkeh74) January 15, 2018
It really is an unintentional instant classic!
HBO has video of this!!! https://t.co/JxoIIDABUC
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 15, 2018
Alas, the soft power dividend went unmilked. https://t.co/1zp4foZpwS
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) January 15, 2018
This moment of Samantha Power's "post traumatic stress" caused by Hillary's loss on election night tells you a lot about how deluded Obama acolytes and appointees had become about their own invincibility. It's a scene of macabre shattering of egos of self-obsessed "icons." https://t.co/fCsAe9Fn1G
— Bansi Sharma (@bansisharma) January 15, 2018
"…and HBO was there…" 😆 https://t.co/C0YvYDpczY
— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) January 15, 2018
Here is my first nomination for Tweet Of The Year. https://t.co/Xn42zqrVPO
— NARNfan (@NARNfan) January 15, 2018
Only Samantha Power would use the phrase "milk the soft power dividend" to describe a party. https://t.co/zrh72Uiwz0
— mitrebox (@mitrebox) January 15, 2018
Who talks like that?
God may be punishing us with the Trump presidency, but arranging for HBO to be there when Samantha Power is denied the opportunity to milk the soft power shows us He still wants us to be happy https://t.co/8vVpAt59mV
— Rogue Works Progress Administration (@GabrielRossman) January 15, 2018
Day = MADE.
