United States Election: Nov. 8, 2016 |OT| Hate Trumps Love

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Roe v Wade, Mariage equality, ACA, EPA ...

All you Bernie or buster or 3rd party voter, who wanted to make a principle vote... Congrat.

Not over yet, but "path is narrow" doesn't quite cover it.

2 generations of ultra conservative supreme Court judge...
 
You know, I love the "he tells it like it is" people.

Not only does he just say whatever he thinks you want to hear, but what you think it is has never been like it is for anyone but you.
 
So educate me, is it normal for stock markets everywhere to crash after a US president is elected? I'm already guessing the answer is no.
 
There's going to be a lot of drama surrounding this. And some of it is warranted, the Repubs are going to control all levels of government and that *sucks* for certain progressive issues.

But at the same time, keep a cool head about it. I don't buy that electing Trump will have nation-ending consequences, he has too little actual policy for that and I personally think he just wants the position to stroke his ego. The real concern is the Republican establishment getting him to sign-off on their bills.
 
Well the narrative was right, the country is divided. My former POLSCI professor right now is probably trying to deconstruct wtf happen today LOL
 
I'm reading the Berserk manga now and it's giving me a more hopeful outlook than these results.

The only silver lining from this is that the people who voted for Trump and the "super-lefties" shitting on people for not being nicer to ignorant bigots will also feel some of the fallout to come.
 
President is just a figure head, this isnt Nazi Germany, mostly what the president wants he doesnt get, people need to calm down a bit.

True but even a president like the U.S can have huge implications just on what they say, Trump saying simply that he'll recognise (even just as personal opinion) that Crimea is part of Russia is a big deal.
 
Are you guys looking at a Bush and Cheney situation right now? I could see Trump being a PR puppet to what are ultimately Pence's and the GOP establishment's plans
 
One good thing is we can finally start saying things like Trump did well in the 2nd/3rd Debate and Clinton did pretty badly with red hot material.

Also the charity dinner? He fucking nailed that.

VP pick? Actually quite good; whatever your thoughts on Pence's politics hes been a good steady head and PR guy for the campaign.

Trump is a good campaigner. In fact on these results and from basically coming from no political base? Hes an exceptional campaigner. Whether he makes a good politician is something else.

Trump getting a few zingers that made his cult members jizz all over themselves doesn't make him win a debate - by every conceivable metric he lost them all.

Pence being an even tempered bigot who wouldn't defend Trump in his worst times doesn't make him a good campaigner.
 
I'm going to bed.

Look, GAF... I'm a Republican. I voted for Hillary because I think Donald Trump is reprehensible.

This is going to get lost in the pages, but for the one or two people who read it...

... Don't put your faith in government or presidents. Be good people day in and out. Don't lose hope. Be good to others. Be kind to your neighbors and strangers, even those you disagree with. Lead by example.

Progress is inevitable, even when it stumbles back and loses ground.

In the end... you can only be the best person you can be and impact others in a positive way.

I intend to.

This is the way we should be thinking all the time.
 
So educate me, is it normal for stock markets everywhere to crash after a US president is elected? I'm already guessing the answer is no.

They dip or tick up a few points. If the Dow is still taking the huge shit kicking it was, this is new and probably unprecedented
 
So excited that after years of "progress" we are finally ending the war on coal. I'm against war!
 
Being sick makes this really surreal, got some new meds today and this sure feels like I'm tripping hard. Also feeling like I might throw up shortly, this has been creeping up for while.
 
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