OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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From my newsfeed. Someone who I used to play in a band with, moved to Texas and became a completely different person.

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sleewell said:
I get so mad when I see pence and mcconnel saying the dems should give them a chance.

they literally said they would block everything obama tried to do from day one.

the hypocrisy is really infuriating. you have to compromise to get things done and they refused for the last 8 years but now they want everyone to keep an open mind and work together.
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"Should" and "would do themselves" are completely different concepts.
 
Chad said:
:facepalm:

Its hard to believe people actually believe that shit when the facts are out there and they refuse to see them.
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I can understand someone who believes in less government or having conservative values but the embracing of ignorance, the kind of racism that pretends to not be racist (by picking on the elements that makes another class of people who they are or what they are dealing with as a matter of situation without naming them directly) or the complete inability to separate their religion from the government of this country as it was originally conceived makes me sad and angry. And to use all of those elements to justify hiring someone for the job of president just because they want their team to win regardless of the effect on our country as a whole is something else I can't understand.

I really wish that education had a higher priority in our culture because I still feel that this would have never of happened this way. I could care less if the president were democrat or republican as long as they were qualified to handle one of the most powerful positions in the world but both major parties put forward horrible choices. I have voted both ways over the course of my adult life, as I would guess some of you have.

I can rehash this entire thread over and over again and still not understand while completely understanding the results of this election. I was watching a small portion of the inauguration coverage this morning with a strong sense of foreboding and I'm not exactly sure what it is in particular that I'm nervous about. The effect of Trump on this country for the next generation or more? For sure. The possibility (or probability) that the Democrats will continue digging a hole that will render themselves effectively irrelevant? The fact that passions are so close to a flashpoint that some idiot on either side will take a shot at Trump or blow up another building with fertilizer? That the international community will see this time in our history of one of such disarray and incompetent leadership that they will start taking advantage of that fact economically, politically, militarily? Or that terrorist groups will start pushing harder if they sense that the intelligence community and the political leadership of this country are not communicating or working effectively?

I could go on and on. I am not someone who reads every bit of the news every day or is actively political but I am fairly well read in terms of the history of the last couple of hundred years and what I see unfolding today makes me very uncomfortable.

Anyway, sorry for the TL;DR - I just wanted to vent before I went to Namm and was made a whole other kind of grouchy.
 
Chad said:
:facepalm:

Its hard to believe people actually believe that shit when the facts are out there and they refuse to see them.
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This is why I can't stand people who say the problem is liberals being elitist and not engaging with conservative Christian voters. How am I supposed to engage with some who is willfully ignorant and defends that with religious fervor? What am I supposed to say to people who think liberals are amoral godless lunatics who want to ban guns so the UN can give America away to muslim terrorists disguised as refugees? If the best conservative minds couldn't keep their people from jumping on the Trump bandwagon how am I supposed to reach them?
 
I'm waiting for Obama to stand up and say FUCK YOU at any moment. Trump is basically telling everyone that Obama has fucked everyone over and now he is going to bring power t the people. You know, the people of Wall Street.
 
isn't trump in violation of the constitution right now?

dems need to stop being gigantic pussies and get impeachment hearings started immediately. clog everything up until the mid terms.
 
I really feel depressed and angry today. I can't bring myself to watch the inauguration... it's too raw, too real right now. I've got a packed restaurant to cook for in a few hours, a mountain of prep work that needs to be done, and right now I just kinda want to sit in my chair and pet my dog. :(
 
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