Posted on 10/26/2017 10:41:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Duane Miller realized at the “very last minute” last November that he was going to vote for a candidate he didn’t much like, Donald Trump. He did not even really vote for Trump, to hear him describe it.
Instead, he voted against Washington fecklessness and corruption, which he saw as embodied by Hillary Clinton, in his eyes the ultimate establishment candidate, who was doubtlessly going to win anyway, he thought.
“I thought there was no way that Trump could beat Hillary, right up till the end,” said Miller. “Right up to the night before.”
That was almost a year ago, now. Enough time for the surprise of Trump’s victory to sink in. Enough time to get a look at Trump in the White House, and to assess his performance as president.
Miller, 79, a Democrat and the former mayor of Bangor, Pennsylvania, has not been impressed by Trump – but it would be inaccurate to say that Miller is surprised, either, because, as he puts it, he never mistook Trump for a political savior. It is a view shared by many of the customers at his paint store, he said.
“Trump’s losing support because of his, of the complete stupidity – you know, maybe we should give him an IQ test with others,” Miller said, referring to Trump’s recent challenge to secretary of state Rex Tillerson to compare IQ tests. “People are getting fed up with that. But there’s not much of an alternative. We’ll elect someone in four years. So.
Conversations with Trump voters as the anniversary of the 8 November election nears do not typically reveal such regret. Most people who voted for the president are still solidly behind him, at least in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, which voted for Barack Obama twice before opting for Trump last fall....
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In Newthink, one example proves the rule. It’s how they legislate by anecdote.
I figured his first year, Trump would struggle a bit, as he learned how things work in DC, and learned who he can trust, and who he can’t trust.
The important thing is for him to stay the course, and eventually he will deliver big time.
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