I've finally digested the election. I was in the hospital when the election process was going on and didn't get to vote. I'm ashamed to say that because I don't ever, ever NOT vote. I love this country and I love the election process even though they don't all come out to my satisfaction.
Now let's get down to the REAL reason people, including myself, are upset by this election. My Republican friends and family might think all this to-do and rioting and demonstrating is because we Democrats lost the election. That's not even close to being true. It's not about the election or about who won or lost. Some of you folks don't realize what was REALLY on the table this time. Our way of life.
Whether we want to go back to the 1950's where a girl got pregnant she had to have the baby even though she was raped, but she chooses instead to go to a closet “Doctor” for a quickie abortion and later bleeds out. Whether we want to go back to the idea that women are second class citizens and their p***y can be grabbed and the boys can giggle behind her back in the good ol' back room. Whether we want to tromp down people who don't have the sexual proclivities as others and sent them to people who can “un-gay”them and make them normal. Whether we want to wall people out of America and deport those who have lived and raised families here and rip those families apart with jack booted INS troops. Whether we want to turn our Social Security over to Corporate America who cares only about the bottom line, and when that isn't met...well...we just have to cut benefits. Whether we want to become a voucher system Medicare system that makes a determination how much a person's health is worth then gives out a voucher for that amount, and when that amount runs out...sh*t out of luck. OR NOT.
That is what was at stake in this election. Not Hillary's emails or Donald Trump's misogynistic Narcissistic verbiage. Do we want to live in a society where the “red-neck” rules the roost? Where a President, uniquely unqualified, is given the reins to the nuclear arsenal...which is the same as letting a 10-year old play with your loaded 9 Millimeter.
Mark my words, the first slap in the face of Rural America will be Trump's insistence of not occupying the White House, but demands to live in Trump Towers in New York instead or his Florida holdings. You see, Donald doesn't think the White House is good enough for him and his immigrant wife. Next, the Rural Americans will be introduced to the Trump Family including his children who have never worked up a sweat in their privileged lives. The country will be run by Pence, not Trump. His children will run Trump's Empire and there will be no Blind Trust, Trump promising his kids won't talk business around him [you actually believe that you need to take a course in codependency...the kids WILL talk forgodsake!].
When The Donald sat with Barack Obama and was getting a lesson in what his responsibilities were going to be you could actually see the wind leaking out of his over inflated ego. He does not like ACTUAL demanding hard work where he is demanded to actually think and ponder an issue, he likes to hire and fire from “The Tower” and after the building or the golf course or casino is build, Trump comes in puts his stamp on it then he returns to “The Tower.” He will be, as he is in real life, an absentee President. He wants to go around and do Big Events with lots of people out there to massage his ego by clapping any yelling “Trump, Trump, Trump.” Soon the yelling will stop and the crowds will be silent because Trump will be one of the biggest disappointments of our generation...perhaps worse than Herbert Hoover or, God forbid Andrew Jackson.
Okay Republican America, you got your wish, now you have to live with your choice and from where I sit, it ain't gonna be easy. You are the very people Trump's policies will hurt the most. Enjoy.