Glynis mccants on 2016 election

Just when you thought the 2016 campaign couldn’t get any worse, it came to New York. The past two weeks have provided a distressing reminder of how alternately ridiculous and embarrassing our national political life is right now.

On Wednesday night, a Bernie Sanders surrogate speaking at a giant rally in Washington Square Park basically called Hillary Clinton a whore. This came a week after Sanders gave an interview about his key issue that left everybody thinking Sanders might not even be able to spell the word “bank,” let alone break one up.

In debating Bernie on Thursday, Hillary Clinton declared herself a supporter of a $15 hourly minimum wage in New York — even though she supports a mere $12 minimum wage nationally. The thing is, that word “minimum” is a killer. You can’t really be for the lower number and the higher number as a matter of basic logic.

But hey, maybe Hillary picks different numbers on different days depending on what her numerologist says. She did, after all, consult the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt with a New Age guru during her days in the White House. (Don’t take my word for it; Bob Woodward reported it in his book, “The Choice.”)

Meanwhile, Ted Cruz got yelled at in The Bronx, refused to answer a Jimmy Fallon question about being a “master debater,” saw his poll numbers plummet here after New Yorkers were reminded of his slap at “New York values,” was given the cold shoulder at a big New York Republican shindig on Thursday, and made some matzo.

John Kasich decided to lecture Hasidim about the ways in which Passover prefigures the coming of Jesus during a four-hour visit to a sect whose members register Democratic en masse and thus cannot vote for him. Also, he has a commercial running on local TV here that looks and sounds like an outtake from “The Deer Hunter.”

For his part, Donald Trump summoned an Orthodox Jewish employee to his conference room to prove to his Jewish media

W e are now wrapping up the World Number 2016 which is a 9 (2016=2+0+1+6=9). The 9 World Number brings things to an end to get us ready for new beginnings. And if you've been working hard at something for the last 9 years, this was a time for you to get some sort of payoff for all your hard work. I think of the Broncos and the Quarterback Peyton Manning. He was in a Personal year of 9, and everyone knew that be- cause he had turned 40, this would be his fi nal season, and the Broncos won the Super Bowl! And then there's the Cubs—it had been 108 (1+0+8=9) years since they won the World Se- ries—and as we all know, they had their big win in this Year of 9 as well! This was also a year for many people to cross over and move on to their next spiritual level—David Bowie, Prince, Glenn Frey, Patty Duke, Leonard Cohen, and Alan Rickman all come to mind. It was also a year to catch those who had been up to no good. A good example of that would be Wells Fargo and the way they had to let 5,300 employees go because of a scam. They had forced their employees to set up two million fake accounts and charge customers fake fees. The uproar was so loud, the CEO had to step down, too. The anger and frustration that people have been feeling all year came to a head during the Pres- idential election cycle which was emotionally very drain- ing for so many of us. I did fi nd it fascinating that, although Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. They both have a 9 Maturity Number in their Numerology Blueprints and I believe that is how they ended up in this election cycle together in the Year of 9. What we have learned by this experience is that hate and anger is not the way to live our lives, and no matter what our differences, we must try and fi nd some common ground. In the month of December (a 3 month), it is time for us to reclaim our sense of hu- mor and reconnect with the people in our lives who matter to us. In January,