Four years ago, when Donald Trump was first running for president, Slate's Jim Newell, wrote this article titled,

Of course you should be panicking about the election.

Yeah, you know, I forgot about that piece, and I reread it last night.

And, you know, I think most of my pieces are garbage, but that one holds up pretty well, I think.

Reading this story now, Jim comes across as Slate's own hilarious Cassandra.

He laughs off the idea that Hillary Clinton has the election in the bag.

Actually, he says, if you're worried, go get some more people worried. He says, and I quote,

stress vomit on their faces, anything to get their attention. Yeah, as you said, you know,

beautiful writing, just lots of vomiting imagery. What made you write that piece? Well, I, it was like

around September.

I felt like I just kept running into people who were like,

there's no way Trump's going to win, right?

And I was like, like, what are you talking about?

You know, like, of course he could win.

It's a polarized country.

Democrats have been in power for eight years.

The other side's going to be psyched. Hillary Clinton

is not popular. Like, I just thought it was a weird mindset. This election, too, they're like,

should I be worried, you know, that Trump could win again? I was like, of course you should

be worried that Trump can win again. Yeah, you heard that right. This year, in spite of all the polls

showing a solid lead for Joe Biden,

Jim Newell wants to encourage you to channel your inner dread. Put it to work.

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