You're the black sheep of the family? Thumbs up.Boo you troll. (And yet I take the bait.)
Trump won because people hate Hillary Clinton. Nearly half the US didn't vote because these have been the worst two candidates in history, arguably. He's not nearly as popular as you'd like to believe.
America basically hit the self-destruct button Nov. 8 rather than dealing with Clinton. People voted for him because they were pissed at the establishment and want to see it blow up. And here we have Trump working on filling his administration with renown bigots and racists already...
My entire family voted for him, and nobody likes him... My brother said he would have voted for Bernie Sanders had he run. It was the year of the outsider.
Yes, I am the lone liberal progressive. Holidays are so much fun!You're the black sheep of the family? Thumbs up.
I can't get my mind around how closely aligned people were with Clinton... and that so many people voted for her... and were genuinely upset she lost; because, as you say, she was a very repellent character.
Mind you, many people seem to have a deep-seated resentment towards change. In my working life, I have seen people quit over changes to the lunch catering system. (Different company, that provided fresh-cooked instead of pre-prepared).
Are you saying that Clinton was the conservative (lower case 'c') choice?Yes, I am the lone liberal progressive. Holidays are so much fun!
I voted for Clinton because I'd rather have status quo than someone with zero experience and no demonstrated understanding of the US Constitution "shake things up." Isn't that ironic?
People voted for him because they were pissed at the establishment andwant to see it blow upwanted a candidate that spoke heavily to the poorer, blue-collar rural communities that make up the geographic majority of the nation, as Obama's administration left many feeling left out/disenfranchised. Also white nationalists and people who were sick of career politicians. And email scandals, or something.
I had to insert one word into your post: 'don't'.@Horatio
If you have a point to make, do it in your own post, do not insert your words into mine.
He's a disaster, and people still voted for him. I'd like to see him do some good because I don't want to live in a hellhole, however, I don't have a lot of faith given his admin picks so far and his behavior in recent days.
People talk about how horrible Hillary Clinton is (and still want to say she is guilty after she was cleared TWICE. many of us no longer value the concept of innocent until proven guilty.)--Trump hasn't proven himself to be ethical. He is just an outsider promising to "drain the swamp." People hate politicians these days. Anyone who voted for him because they think he is qualified and possesses the ethics and character to lead is delusional.
I edited this a few times because I kept thinking of more to say... But the mobile version is wonky. And sometimes the characters don't show up in editing despite typing them. Oh well. That is for another thread.I had to insert one word into your post: 'don't'.
The DNC failed us, why the fuck would we vote for a neocon "democrat" who basically has 99% republican policies? DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP OR CLINTON BTW
Fuck both of them.
You know who would have won? Bernie Sanders. Fuck the DNC for putting up Hilary the crook instead of a Dem who would have actually won
as for trump
pretty sure he is going to get assassinated right soon so I ain't too worried about it
EhhhExcept then you have the religious bigot Pence running the show...not sure which is worse.
You would have to assassinate them both simultaneously.
Ehhh
Look I'm a progressive, a hardcore progressive and at the end of the day we now have a Republican House, Senate and President. At the end of four years when everything is worse we can raise hell about how the Republicans fucked everything up, now they have no excuse, they have full control and I promise ya they are not gonna folllow through on their promises of creating more wealth and jobs, and certainly not going to
"make america great again"
because that is the vaguest slogan ever, and due to that, impossible to satisfy.