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I'm torn. On one hand, we've now elected an offensive bully who's entire platform in a bunch of vague, undeliverable slogans, bullshit and pandering. On the other hand, we've successfully avoided electing a candidate who's every political instinct I disagreed with and a candidate who embodied the self-obsession of the Washington bubble.
The best thing to come out of this is a neat demonstration that an obviously compliant and biased media smugly ensconced in an echo chamber of its own making doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. Also, we get a nice demonstration that treating a large part of the voting base as a bunch of debased racist idiots who need to get back in their box is not a good way to win elections. The DNC deserves what they got here. We're all losers, though.
The best thing to come out of this is a neat demonstration that an obviously compliant and biased media smugly ensconced in an echo chamber of its own making doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. Also, we get a nice demonstration that treating a large part of the voting base as a bunch of debased racist idiots who need to get back in their box is not a good way to win elections. The DNC deserves what they got here. We're all losers, though.
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I'm not dead. Yet.
Yeah, I always felt like this was a Republican year. I felt like we would probably see a Rubio or Bush presidency but, at different times, thought different candidates stood a chance. I was wrong.
So, back during the Republican primary, when everybody thought this Trump thing was just HILARIOUS, I was already nervous.
When Trump won the primary I felt sick and have felt sick ever since. There were times that I was able to persuade myself that there was no way Trump could win. There was no way that the American people could ever support such an abusive and cruel person. I was wrong again.
FWIW, Hillary was a horrible candidate. That's why I didn't support her in 2008. But next to Trump she was like Joan of Arc. I still wonder though if America will ever elect a woman president. The fact that women voted for Trump belies a scary and deep sickness that I find hard to even fathom.
So, back during the Republican primary, when everybody thought this Trump thing was just HILARIOUS, I was already nervous.
When Trump won the primary I felt sick and have felt sick ever since. There were times that I was able to persuade myself that there was no way Trump could win. There was no way that the American people could ever support such an abusive and cruel person. I was wrong again.
FWIW, Hillary was a horrible candidate. That's why I didn't support her in 2008. But next to Trump she was like Joan of Arc. I still wonder though if America will ever elect a woman president. The fact that women voted for Trump belies a scary and deep sickness that I find hard to even fathom.
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A bit pointless to wonder how Sanders might have faired. He wasn't the candidate, very little oppo came out on him during the primary.
If the thinly veiled dog whistle anti-semitic ads from the Trump campaign are anything to go by, a Jewish candidate probably would not have done very well.
If the thinly veiled dog whistle anti-semitic ads from the Trump campaign are anything to go by, a Jewish candidate probably would not have done very well.
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As the numbers get crunched, I think that we're going to find that Democratic turnout was down in some (although not all) key areas and that the independents broke for Trump.
Here's a fun factoid to chew on:
-Percentage of Florida vote won by Romney in 2012: 49.1%
-Percentage of Florida vote won by Trump in 2016: 49.1%
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Trump can do lots of things on a whim. For example pulling the military out of Afghanistan, Turkey and the entire Middle East without notice. Or pardoning Edward Snowden and putting him in charge of the NSA.
But he probably won't. I heard not a hint of "draining the swamp" in his victory speech. Not a word of thanks to wikileaks without whose work his election was not even remotely possible. So it remains to be seen whether or not he was lying, like the rest of them. Time will tell.
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It would have been better if the gun show loophole were to be closed
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This kind of thinking, that anyone disagreeing with you is "insane", is exactly what led to Trump. Keep it up.
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Right. But when things are likely blocked at the federal level, the only way forward is at the state. Even with Clinton as president, nothing on the gun control front would have got through congress.
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President Erdogan of Turkey has said that if Trump was elected the the US air strikes against ISIS currently operating from Incirlink air base would no longer be allowed
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I'm not dead. Yet.
Yeah, I always felt like this was a Republican year. I felt like we would probably see a Rubio or Bush presidency but, at different times, thought different candidates stood a chance. I was wrong.
So, back during the Republican primary, when everybody thought this Trump thing was just HILARIOUS, I was already nervous.
When Trump won the primary I felt sick and have felt sick ever since. There were times that I was able to persuade myself that there was no way Trump could win. There was no way that the American people could ever support such an abusive and cruel person. I was wrong again.
FWIW, Hillary was a horrible candidate. That's why I didn't support her in 2008. But next to Trump she was like Joan of Arc. I still wonder though if America will ever elect a woman president. The fact that women voted for Trump belies a scary and deep sickness that I find hard to even fathom.
Yeah, I always felt like this was a Republican year. I felt like we would probably see a Rubio or Bush presidency but, at different times, thought different candidates stood a chance. I was wrong.
So, back during the Republican primary, when everybody thought this Trump thing was just HILARIOUS, I was already nervous.
When Trump won the primary I felt sick and have felt sick ever since. There were times that I was able to persuade myself that there was no way Trump could win. There was no way that the American people could ever support such an abusive and cruel person. I was wrong again.
FWIW, Hillary was a horrible candidate. That's why I didn't support her in 2008. But next to Trump she was like Joan of Arc. I still wonder though if America will ever elect a woman president. The fact that women voted for Trump belies a scary and deep sickness that I find hard to even fathom.
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Van Jones on CNN called it a White-Lash.
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