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Let's all join in wishing the new POTUS well, even though he wasn't my choice for president, if Donald Trump doesn't succeed we are all in trouble. Let's see what happens next.
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The only way America can be great again is to bridge the chasm between the poles of the political spectrum.
This anti-LE rhetoric is what I'm looking forward to get rid of. The most divisive tone that the current President let fester. Once this wound heals we shall move forward. Do the crime suffer the consequences.
That is no choice that that we should have to make. Where are the leaders that inspire what is best in us, who work to make life better for every American, not just for their own little circle? Both candidates suffered from this. Did you see how few voters thought that *either* candidate was qualified to run this nation? Both sides were voting against a person they thought would be worse.
I really do wish Trump the best. I hope that I was wrong. For better or for worse, he is my President for the next four years.
Good luck, my fellow Americans, and may God help us all to heal this nation.
Trump will probably rubber-stamp the Ryan plan for privatizing Social Security and turning Medicare into some sort of voucher system. Don't know the details or how it will be phased in -- but I wonder how the aging crowd on TUSCL will adjust. Might have to cut back on those blowjobs at your favorite club.
So many votes still uncounted, like in California. Hillary's popular vote margin will be huge, probably bigger than Obama's 5Meg margin.
The electoral college is an antiquated system.
SJG
It is my theory that the nation is 30-40-30. 30% far left, 30% far right and 40% split in the middle. This is why the primaries give us fucked up options from which to choose. Then, in the general elections, the center 40% each year are faced with choosing the lesser of two evils -- a nearly 50-50 split over and over.
If we went to popular vote, then the candidates would spend more time in cities. And instead of battleground states, they would go to places where they are unpopular, as that is where they would have the most to gain.
I mean think about it, 100 votes based on Senate count, totally independent of population. Then 435 based on population. So it is already skewed.
They say that in 1960, Kennedy v Nixon, first time with 50 states, that all 50 states were competitive. But since, due to Nixon's Southern Strategy, and the new Lee Atwater type coded racism and the use of religion, we have this Red State - Blue State situation where most people's votes, like mine, don't matter.
SJG
they say, they say, they say
AND TAKE YOUR MEDS IDIOT
Something to think about Trump got over a million votes less than Mitt Romney or John McCain did, in the two previous presidential election cycles, and it is starting to appear that Hillary got more of the popular vote he did. Mr. Trump needs to be careful not to overplay his hand, as his mandate is not exactly overwhelming. In order for him to be successful he will need to become much more inclusive and avoid the divisiveness that he used so effectively to get elected.
Still I hope he succeeds. I mean that sincerely.