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Monthly Archives: December 2016
It’s not looking good, people.
It’s more than 6 weeks from the election and less than a month from the inauguration and I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that this idiot has been elected. I strongly believe the next four years are … Continue reading
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Hardly a mandate
I saw a photo of Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the other day. I’ve made no secret on this blog of my feelings toward Trump, but this particular posting was stimulated by the smirk on McConnell’s face. I’m … Continue reading
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Seriously, what am I missing here?
I simply do not understand those who voted for Trump. Again, I am differentiating those who voted against Hillary; many of them they simply refused to consider a vote for her so they would have voted for anyone BUT her. … Continue reading
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“I am not mad at you that Clinton lost.”
This is the title of a meme floating around the Interweb; it’s popped up on my Facebook feed a couple of times, and after reading and rereading it several times I find that it so precisely captures one of the … Continue reading
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And…the circus continues.
Trump has been president-elect for just at four weeks now and continues to appoint people to his cabinet who are either totally unqualified, ideologues with no agenda other than to dismantle every positive step made during the Obama administration, or slobbering sycophants … Continue reading
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What pivot?
Trump supporters I spoke with (the more reasonable ones anyhow) predicted that much of what Trump was saying during his incredibly vitriolic and divisive campaign was just hyperbole, and that after the election he would pivot to the center and … Continue reading
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Tweeter-in-Chief
One of the things that Trump mocked Clinton for was her lack of face time with the media. He said she was afraid to hold a press conference because they’d pull her house of cards down (my words, but you … Continue reading →