Loosers and Huuge Winners: The American People

Flopping Aces ^ | 11-10-16 | Wordsmith

[Starman417]

"No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning; and America will still be the greatest nation on earth."
- President Obama, November 8, 2016

Prior to Election Day:

But here’s what Trump actually says will happen if he loses to Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8.

First, he has said the nation could face a messy fight around the election results themselves. Trump declined to promise at the final presidential debate that he would accept the election results regardless of outcome. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” he said. The following day at a rally in Ohio, he elaborated: “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win,” he said.

In 2008, I do not recall demonstrations and protests and destruction of property after the presidential election. I do not remember it happening in 2012. I do remember feeling dejected like I had my guts kicked out. I felt relief in 2004. Disappointed in 2006. Relief in 2010 and 2014. So I do have empathy for election losses when you are fighting for what you are passionate about; and to lose feels like a rejection of your values and your ideals by your majority countrymen.

When I woke up Election Day morning and checked into Facebook, I saw so many FB friends who were Hillary supporters, taking selfies, posting photos of their "I voted" stickers, and expressing patriotic fervor and gratitude over living in a country where they can exercise their constitutional right and a citizen's privilege of voting for their next presidential leader. "I love my country", they were saying.

Then Election night, as I came home in the evening and logged back onto FB from sundown into midnight- concern, disbelief, shock, horror, depression, anger; embarrassment of being American. I rolled my eyes at one photo of a friend who had a picture taken of her curled up in the fetal position. Good....grief!

Morning after? It's like the Gestapo is going to come after everyone. Parents saying how they have to comfort their children. "Not my president". On the news? Demonstrations and protests. Of what?! Election outcome results?! I see:

"You can't say that you like the democratic process, but only if it comes out your way."
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley reacting to protests on college campuses.

So it was great to be an American until you didn't get your way. I even heard one protester interviewed saying, "This is not what our military fought and died for!" Um....excuse me? They provided you the safe space to be able to exercise your right to vote and to protest. You've done both of those.

There's screams about the popular vote and denouncement of the Electoral College system. Oh, I see: Where was this protest prior to Tuesday evening, when the shape of the Electoral map favored Democrats?

It's like the end of days all over again. Didn't liberals believe a Reagan presidency would take us into nuclear Armageddon? And before Trump was Hitler, there was Bushitler.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Looks like FReepers aren’t the only ones who can’t spell ‘losers’.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Not much of a wordsmith if they don’t know that
lose= not win
Loose= not tight

[arthurus]

If you lose your dog that is sad.
If you loose your dog that might be an assault.