Quote Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz View Post
Yeah, that I know. I myself neither like her, nor I trust her. She looks to me like a drone on a mission, totally soulless, artificial and determined to kill.

I am not impressed with Trump, either. I tried to watch one of the debates and he didn't have too many smart things to say.
I used to be quite a Trump fan back in the 80's. Mainly because he was a brash real estate operator and that's also how I saw myself back then. But since then, things have changed... for both of us. So for me, it came down to who I could vote for and not turn my stomach. I chose to go 3rd party (again).

In certain quarters, it also didn't help her that the left-leaning pop media (backed by Hollyweird) and the leftist political elites (including Madeleine Albright, N.O.W., etc.) claimed that all criticism of Hillary Clinton was based on sexism and misogyny - and that there was a special place in Hell for women who didn't support her. Hypocritical Identity Politics and the constant whining of the PC/Social Justice Warrior types has worn thin with many people in this country, even those of us who were not Trump supporters, and are not married to one party or the other. I had no intention of voting for either one of them. But in a two horse race, if forced to choose only between the kook and the crook, I would have voted for him. And it appears that the demographic that we were told would reject Trump en masse (middle class, White women), actually went for Donald. I believe that he even picked up more Hispanic votes than was projected by the pollsters. So again, not everyone in this nation has bought into divisive Identity Politics.

As for the types of people who supported Trump (specifically the Alt-right that we keep hearing about), IMO, some of Clinton's supporters were every bit as deplorable as some of Trump's supporters. The difference being, the media has focused solely on the miscreants who were on Trump's bandwagon and let Hillary's flakes remain very, very low on the radar. Again, that's something that many in middle America took notice of... and it did not help her with them.

My hope going forward is that Trump realizes that he has been elected President and not emperor. Despite the fact that the media will spin things differently for him than had Hillary been elected, the proof will still be in the pudding - and the people should be able to judge the results for themselves. And even if it results in greater deficit spending (which I realize is a dangerous path to be on), I hope that he focuses on real infrastructure improvements and making sure that all present and future trade deals are both free and fair. Immigration (both legal and illegal) and entitlements are two more areas that have to be addressed. So as we begin this journey on the Trump Train, we do know that it won't be business as usual - I think that's a certainty. I just hope that means something generally good for our republic.

BTW, it's good to see some old names pop back up again. I wondered where some of you had been (slumming on FakeBook, I suspected ).