Posted on 11/07/2016 6:09:55 AM PST by shortstop
Only one thing is certain about Wednesday morning, half of America is going to be pissed off.
Infuriated, alienated, disenfranchised.
If the winner is known, if the presidential race isn't hung up in some court challenge or Russian hack, the only prediction that can be made with any confidence is that this election will leave about 50 percent of the people in this country feeling like this isn't their country.
The divide will be wide and deep.
And the prospects of bridging it are meager.
But first, who's going to win.
It's anybody's guess.
Reasonable arguments can be made for several scenarios. The polls could be right and Hillary will win before the thing leaves the Eastern time zone. The Trump surge in the polls could push put him just past her and he squeaks it out when they close the polls in Nevada. Or there could be a rumbling subterranean tide, a huge surge of enthusiasm for Trump shown at his rallies but not in the miscalculated polling samples, and he could win in a landslide when they tally up Ohio and Michigan.
The range of reasonable outcomes stretches from a Clinton landslide to a Trump landslide, and any number of hanging-chad situations in between.
Both sides hope for victory, both sides are holding their breath.
And one side is going to be kicked in the ass.
And kicked to the curb.
The first responsibility of the president elect will be to reach out and welcome in. The great challenge will be making peace, not with foreign governments, but with American citizens.
And that doesn't seem likely.
Neither candidate seems inclined to graciousness. Neither candidate seems particularly interested in or capable of reaching out to people who disagree. Trump has spoken more of love, and been less specifically condemning of his opponent's supporters, but his brand has been so destroyed among Democrat voters that the only reasonable response they can have is hatred.
And it seems that a great deal of hatred has been shown by Hillary and her supporters for Trump voters. Election Day isn't a magic wand that makes "unredeemable" and "deplorable" go away, and when you have described your opponents as racists, xenophobes, sexists and Islamophobes as a matter of course, victory doesn't make bygones be bygones.
There is a likelihood that either side will see electoral victory as a justification for its own delusions of infallibility. Wednesday won't be brotherhood and understanding, it will be taunting and end-zone celebrations.
And one side will read the outcome as a giant middle finger in the face. The sense of being disregarded, disrespected and disenfranchised will be enormous -- no matter who wins. Recent years, and this campaign, have exacerbated dramatically social division along the lines of race, gender, religion and politics. Even the things that used to unite us -- God and country -- have become flash points of anger, with both being disregarded and dumped by some.
There is a revolution afoot, and one side is going to lose.
And the losing side is apt to be shouted into silence, defined out of the new America.
In times past, that would have troubled the winning side.
But not anymore. On Wednesday morning, half of America is going to be pissed. And, sadly, that is going to thrill the other half.
In recent days, people have been saying, "Won't you be glad when this is over?"
The answer is, "No."
Because when the election is over, that's when it's going to get bad.
Out of the frying pan, and into the fire.
That's about what I thought, too. If a truly honest election could be held here, she would lose by AT LEAST 20 points, probably closer to 30 points. I still don't believe that hardcore liberals make up more than around 30 percent of the population. The sad, scary thing, of course, is that number continues to grow as the Godless "education" system does its thing.
I disagree. The Hillary leftists do not make up half of this nation. The Bernie people might not be thrilled but they aren’t going to be furious and will settle right down when Trump’s policies are proven to work.
Maybe 1/3 of Americans tops will be upset by a Trump win. If Hillary wins through fraud, however, there will be more than half who are mad as he$$.
If the US descends into Civil War, we are all sunk as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will begin their major provocations...
Not quite. Whether or not Hillary steals the election through vote fraud, this is our country. It may not be our government, but it's still our country. We just may need to ramp up the (non-violent, lawful) resistance to pure evil in power.
YOU DA MAN! SHORTSTOP!
love the show and articles
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, the 2nd Amendment isnt JUST a right, its a RESPONSIBILITY given to us by those who bought our freedom with blood.
One word added.
Hillary is the one under investigation.
“Trump has spoken more of love, and been less specifically condemning of his opponent’s supporters, but his brand has been so destroyed among Democrat voters that the only reasonable response they can have is hatred.”
That’s the money shot right there
They had better hope it is not the producers that are kicked to the curb.
On Wednesday morning, I’m going to have a pep to my step, a smile on my face, a big brick taken off my shoulders...BECAUSE TRUMP IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT POTUS!!!
ANYONE who doesn’t believe that on this site shouldn’t be here...We have fought right along side Trump for over 500 days to get where we are...and some liar, snake, evil, vile, formaldehyde witch isn’t going to take over half of the American Voters joy away...
Trump is a fighter, he has spent HIS own money to get us to were we are, and if your not a fighter and haven’t been in the trenches like he has, elbow to elbow with him, your not a Trump supporter...
So take your pearls and your fainting couch and go over to the Hillary camp, your going to need it...
THANK YOU MR. TRUMP AND YOUR FAMILY FOR SAVING AMERICA!!!
Yes, and the journey will not be over by any means. I cannot see Trump and all his supporters just going away quietly.
The Trump Movement has already accomplished what the Tea Party never did: it has mobilized and galvanized We The People under a unified theme (MAGA) against the corrupt ruling-class unoparty.
This is why I bought my property in central KY two weeks before the 2008 election, and moved there in 2011. I knew it would be bad, and I expected McCain to win.
This is SIGNIFICANTLY worse. The country is divided and neither side is going to go down quietly.
..it will feel like 1994—only better...
Tuesday: Clean, lube, oil, lock-n-load. Wednesday: Stay alert.
I don’t know, but I will be locked and loaded.
If Trump wins, I would say a lot of prayers have been heard and answered.
If Trump wins, they’ll be immediate claims of widespread voter fraud and voter suppression which will all have to be fully investigated by the Lynch Justice Department. Sufficient evidence will be “found” to delay the inauguration, while Obama and the establishment ram down as much as is humanly possible. If they find a shred of impropriety, they will roast Trump over the coals in the “trial of the century”.
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