How appropriate that today is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the coming out party for Adolph and his goosestepping brown shirts. Today we awoke to the stunning news that Drumph had won...against the odds, against the polls and pollsters and against better judgement. He is the President Elect...excuse me while I puke.
I'm not an expert on the political landscape and so it would seem can be said of every "expert" trotted out over the past year and a half of non stop electioneering, but I can't for the life of me see how this was possible from a country that had voted in Barack Obama, twice. What I can say is that no one, not one single person knows what will happen now. Anyone that says they know are just trying to get their fifteen minutes. With the trifecta of a Republican Congress and Senate alongside his Presidency, anything is possible...nothing will surprise me anymore but I suspect there will be much to worry and wring our hands over. Every Thursday could turn out to be Tuna Thursday, where he and his cabinet ride 300lb yellow fins down the Potomac or we could see images of internment camps full of "undesirables". Nothing is off the table.
I get that there is a large portion of the population that feels disenfranchised, left behind and angry...and these people just voted with their feet and have raised to the top post in the land, a man that, I think, pays lip service to the people that just voted him in. Well, now The Donald will have to deliver to his supporters...good luck I say as more than likely he will be in it for him. And if I'm wrong and he defies his image and actually does good, I'll be the first to say it...I was wrong. But I'm betting on somewhere in between Tuna Thursday and Armageddon.
Trumpsters collectively felt short changed, marginalized and lost at sea. The establishment ignored them at their own peril and a valuable lesson has been learned...and now we have to get used to the idea of a President with a pocketbook agenda. It's almost hard to believe that he won't be mired in scandal after scandal but the damage he will wreak in the meantime will be profound. The Supreme Court is not a plaything and this orange clown will get to name at least one justice. The steps forward to a progressive society may well be set back to the 50's. Nobody knows, and that's the scary part right now.
George Carlin called it though, "never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" Clinton must be devastated, Obama probably needs a stiff drink right about now at the thought of what this maniac may do to his work over the past eight years. His remaining days in office will be a dark cloud of doubt and fear. The people have spoken and one thinks they probably got what they deserved...since this is what they asked for, voted for. America just said "hold on to my drink, I want to try something."
The rights of women, minorities, the LGBTQ community and a whole host of others have a right to feel nervous and scared,he has provided plenty of fodder for this feeling. One hopes against hope that cooler heads will prevail in the months to come.
My Drumph rants will fade away from here for awhile I think...I'm tired of it all and especially of thinking of him. I didn't sleep well at all last night, like much of the world I suspect, and I just want to turn my attention elsewhere. Good luck America, and to the rest of the world...have hope, maybe he will surprise yet again.
Ciao
D
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