Dear America,
Please get your shit together.
It's been a week now since the election.
It's time to get it together and move on.
I know some of you still can't believe Mr. Trump won. We could spend months on analyzing why....and I am sure those who don't want to acknowledge this fact will and we'll all have to hear about it ad nauseum.
Those of you who don't agree with who won the election....
You want to tell the world you feel "unsafe".
You want to protest.
That's fine.
But most of us out here need to take care of our families and earn our daily bread and get on with living.
If you just don't understand why Mr. Trump won I doubt you ever will.
But here are some clues for you....
It wasn't about his divisive language and personality traits during the campaign for those who voted for him who aren't likewise minded.
Like in Bill Clinton's campaign back in 1992, the catchphrase voiced by James Carville comes to mind--"The economy stupid."
In 1992 we were in the throes of a recession, much like the one we are still emerging from that came to a head in 2008.
People vote with their wallets.
Those of you who have jobs that are part of "global economy" just don't get that many Americans who aren't part of your bubble are suffering and sliding backwards economically into poverty.
And they don't want a handout from the government to keep them afloat.
They are a proud people and have always worked hard for what they have.
This is a trait in Americans that I hope I don't live to see disappear.
The citizenry has shown time and again that it can put up with ignorant and crash language from our leaders if they think he/she can changed their economic futures. Heck, Lyndon Johnson had one of the dirtiest and racists mouths known to man.
Evidently enough people in enough states thought Trump would do a better job seeing to their personal financial needs than Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Johnson or Mrs. Stein.
Racism, misogyny, or hate of any other ilk never went away and is not making a comeback like some would have you think.
Hate has always been there.
But I have to believe that most Americans aren't haters.
It's just that many are frustrated and have been ignored for many years by the current administration.
And they chose to change it.
And like a Fellow Blogger raised in his post today, I also have to ask you protesters(just like I inquired with all those Occupy Wall Street folks back in 2011)--what is your point?
Fellow blogger said it more elegantly....
"What do you want? I'm all for protest. But there has to be a solution. Marching in the streets because you don't like something is not protest, it is a tantrum. There is no indication the election was fraudulent. Trump was elected. Is your endgame to overthrow a duly elected government Isn't that the best example of the very tyranny you are protesting against? Is your riot the ultimate blackmail -- elect my guy or I will break your stuff?"
Let's all show a bit more sanity out here.
Sluggy
Please get your shit together.
It's been a week now since the election.
It's time to get it together and move on.
I know some of you still can't believe Mr. Trump won. We could spend months on analyzing why....and I am sure those who don't want to acknowledge this fact will and we'll all have to hear about it ad nauseum.
Those of you who don't agree with who won the election....
You want to tell the world you feel "unsafe".
You want to protest.
That's fine.
But most of us out here need to take care of our families and earn our daily bread and get on with living.
If you just don't understand why Mr. Trump won I doubt you ever will.
But here are some clues for you....
It wasn't about his divisive language and personality traits during the campaign for those who voted for him who aren't likewise minded.
Like in Bill Clinton's campaign back in 1992, the catchphrase voiced by James Carville comes to mind--"The economy stupid."
In 1992 we were in the throes of a recession, much like the one we are still emerging from that came to a head in 2008.
People vote with their wallets.
Those of you who have jobs that are part of "global economy" just don't get that many Americans who aren't part of your bubble are suffering and sliding backwards economically into poverty.
And they don't want a handout from the government to keep them afloat.
They are a proud people and have always worked hard for what they have.
This is a trait in Americans that I hope I don't live to see disappear.
The citizenry has shown time and again that it can put up with ignorant and crash language from our leaders if they think he/she can changed their economic futures. Heck, Lyndon Johnson had one of the dirtiest and racists mouths known to man.
Evidently enough people in enough states thought Trump would do a better job seeing to their personal financial needs than Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Johnson or Mrs. Stein.
Racism, misogyny, or hate of any other ilk never went away and is not making a comeback like some would have you think.
Hate has always been there.
But I have to believe that most Americans aren't haters.
It's just that many are frustrated and have been ignored for many years by the current administration.
And they chose to change it.
And like a Fellow Blogger raised in his post today, I also have to ask you protesters(just like I inquired with all those Occupy Wall Street folks back in 2011)--what is your point?
Fellow blogger said it more elegantly....
"What do you want? I'm all for protest. But there has to be a solution. Marching in the streets because you don't like something is not protest, it is a tantrum. There is no indication the election was fraudulent. Trump was elected. Is your endgame to overthrow a duly elected government Isn't that the best example of the very tyranny you are protesting against? Is your riot the ultimate blackmail -- elect my guy or I will break your stuff?"
Let's all show a bit more sanity out here.
Sluggy
