Posted on 01/22/2017 2:17:36 PM PST by Kaslin
Nobody cares one whit whether or not you consider Donald J. Trump your president. He is now the president of these United States of America. He won the election fair and square, by the rules Electoral College and all that everyone knew well in advance.
I wont say, Get over it! Because you dont have to get over it if you dont want toits a free country.
At least thats the idea.
By the way, for the last eight years, I have encountered post after post on Facebook from folks proclaiming that Barack H. Obama wasnt their president. I dismissed them like you dismissed them, as completely irrelevant. Beside the point, Obama was the president elected both times by the rules.
And it wasnt even very close.
On Friday, in the capital of our little piece of heaven, Mr. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president. Some people rejoiced. At these words, I did as well:
For too long, a small group in our nations capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left. And the factories closed.
The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs. And while they celebrated in our nations capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land. That all changes starting right here and right now, because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you.
A commentator at National Public Radio compared Trumps anti-Washington establishment remarks above to Ronald Reagans, which follow, from his 1981 inaugural address.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?
Both men embraced the notion that We, the People can regain power over those (in theory) serving as our representatives in the capital. This specific goal has so far proven difficult to implement those (theoretical) Washington servants have resisted.
Mr. Reagan also emphasized the importance of the individual, and individual freedom, as the building block of a truly free society. And in my mind a safe society . . . for each individual . . . regardless of race, creed, or team color.
Conservatives rejoiced at these inaugurals; Liberals not so much. Liberals celebrated Mr. Obamas two celebrations. Not conservatives.
My beautiful, brilliant, thoughtful niece came into town for the Womens March on Washington yesterday to protest Mr. Trumps ascension to power. And in favor of a certain political agenda, with which I happen to disagree in large measure, I rejoice at her action. Because good, caring people getting engaged in politics are anything but our countrys political problem.
We can disagree without being disagreeable.
Thats absolutely essential in a national sense if the American people are to ever hold Washington politicians accountable. United we stand, divided we fall and all.
Note: The political wedges dividing us havent simultaneously stopped Republicans or Democrats from enjoying high rates of re-election to Congress or stopped the growth of government power, or spending the capitals favorite metric.
Yet, along with the inauguration and the Womens March, came acts of violence designed to disrupt Trumps festivities. A limousine was burned, windows smashed out at various businesses (including a Starbucks where customers were filmed cowering under tables to avoid the onslaught), people punched in the face and police and citizens hit with rocks, bricks and chunks of concrete.
CNNs Chris Cuomo referred to the disturbances as some pockets of protest. . . some mixing it up with police. . . . Nothing major. His account seemed disconnected from the tone of reporters on the scene and the violence and destruction displayed before viewers in living color.
Sadly, surprise is unwarranted. The campaign also saw numerous acts of violence. There was the Trump supporter who sucker-punched a protester, along with Trumps provocative promise to pay legal costs for anyone mixing it up with disruptive opponents there. More menacing was the large-scale violence against people attending Trump rallies, most disturbingly in San Jose, California, when the city police force seemed to take the night off.
And in the aftermath, the violence seems to be condemned more on a partisan basis than a universal one. That has to change.
But dont count on Mr. Trump to change it, or the Democrats in Congress. They benefit from the friction.
What about the news media? No, we better put reconciliation on our own plates to chew on and swallow.
That doesnt mean to compromise any agenda or issue. It simply means to give those with whom we disagree the respect they deserve, to treat them as individuals and not stand-ins for the other group or gender or race or party or whatever.
It means supporting Pres. Trump when hes right and opposing him when hes wrong not looking the other way, because hes on the Red Team. It means our politics must be people- and principle-based, not partisan.
If We, the People are to truly tame the political powers that have dominated Washington, you and I have work to do. Im accepting help from all comers. Are you?
MoveOn maybe?
for the record, the march was planned as a Hillary is President celebration
the march was therefore a failure.
That face says everything she was about to do to America.
Billy Boy saying “Thank God we are not in Federal prison!”
How bad does it hurt, hillary? Go home and make the pain go away...
Yet............
“My beautiful, brilliant, thoughtful niece came into town for the Womens March on Washington yesterday to protest Mr. Trumps ascension to power. And in favor of a certain political agenda, with which I happen to disagree in large measure, I rejoice at her action. Because good, caring people getting engaged in politics are anything but our countrys political problem.”
Well said. One of my sons and my nephew were at the marches. I know that they were there for honorable reasons. They are gentle peace loving souls and I pray for those souls daily. I know that they did not wear p**sy hats and that they did not swear allegiance to PP. I know because I asked and my son at least said he wouldn’t.
It is what it is.
Trump wants hillary to heal, so I think they’re safe.
Here’s a nice, light schadenboner, suitable for high tea:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028518348
This is just going to be one stunning body blow after another isn’t it?...
Liberals worship satan, period. Their involvement IS the problem.
Good point I hadn’t thought of.
Excellent point in fact.
A Happy and Wonderful Schadenboner New Year to all the le Deplorables/Freepers across America!
(The Never Trumpers and Dems never die. They just get smellier, snarl, whine more and look/act very depressed!)
Urban Dictionary: Schadenboner:
Schadenboner. An extreme degree of pleasure from the misfortune of Never Trump A$$holes whining, crying and moaning after Trumps victory..
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One of my childhood best friends stayed with me as well. I hadn’t seen her in 20 years. She’s pro-life. I love her.
They only think that they know what is coming their way!
Trump in a little over one day in office has hurt them more than they have been hurt the last 20+ years.
BOHICA Libs, get ready it is coming your way!
I want to thank you for the mental anguish I now suffer from, having visited that cesspool of idiocy.
opposing him when he's wrong
Hmmm - I haven't seen him be wrong yet.
That’s why you should never venture, except for posted schadenfreude threads. I actually watch them convulse and scream all day. It’s like watching lettuce heads try to think, write, while they’re shrieking seeing the hoe coming :)
Every one of those nasty bitches just looks so **smug.**
No human being ever has any excuse to feel that smug.
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