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I found out through text barrages at around 2am. So many of my friends went, a couple with their daughters, to PA and NH to do what they could. They're just crushed being told they don't matter. The women that I know were sexually assaulted (I'm sure more were than I know) and are open about it are besides themselves, we just elected a person who bragged about sexually assaulting women.
Well, I guess we deserve this, thankfully I live in a sane state, but I'm bummed about what happened to my second love, Wisconsin.
Right? Goofy neighbors... That was also on my text list: "I hear she emailed her concession speech, then destroyed it". - from a so called 'friend' in WI. The one who's last words to me were: "I know you'll vote for pantsuit, you're a woman in the union". The thing is, that's the difference between us, if it were the other way around I wouldn't be texting good morning with: 'na na Na na na". Which is a prime example of the differences. IMO.
I really don't mean to be simplistic, but isn't part of the reason he would've won by a landslide, the fact that he's a man with more experience (and emotional IQ) instead of being a woman in that position? I kept hearing people refer to HC as 'that ol hag', she wasn't older than anyone else worth voting for...the whole thing's just puzzling and surreal.
I'm a woman, and if Bernie was Bernadette she would have got my vote as well. I don't think it is a gender thing. I would have loved to have seen a female president finally. But not this one. She rigged the primaries with her conspirators so Bernie wouldn't have a chance. I am a full time college student and being around our nation's youth gives me a perspective on their thinking. They saw Hillary as an out-of-touch, elitist, establishment type, funded and scaffolded by big finance and corp, not someone who would care too much about young, poor, starving students who are scrambling to carve a life for themselves. Virtually none of my classmates had anything favorable to say about her. If Bernie had been allowed to win the primaries as he would have, I think a lot more of our youngest adults would have shown up yesterday. And we wouldn't have a buffoon for president for the next four years.
I'm just numb. I went to bed early last night because the news was making me anxious, fully expecting that when my old timey clock radio went off this morning that Steve Inskeep and Renee Montaigne on Morning Edition would tell me that it was close, but PA, MI, WI, MN, etc went blue and it was a historic day. It's a historic day all right, and I feel like I'm going to puke. All of my non-straight, non-white, non-Christian friends feel betrayed, and I'm so sad for us.
I stayed up until 1am, watching the Electoral votes as they came in, then gave up when I saw CNN's prediction that he then had a 95% chance of winning. Hoping I'd wake up to a different outcome. My kids burst into tears and said "But he's so mean to everyone!" I was so bummed, I blew off class this morning and took my bike out instead
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I stayed up until 1am, watching the Electoral votes as they came in, then gave up when I saw CNN's prediction that he then had a 95% chance of winning. Hoping I'd wake up to a different outcome. My kids burst into tears and said "But he's so mean to everyone!" I was so bummed, I blew off class this morning and took my bike out instead
I feel really sorry for the parents of young children. What they heck do you tell them? I want you to be the exact opposite of the President?
I feel really sorry for the parents of young children. What they heck do you tell them? I want you to be the exact opposite of the President?
Geez, I didn't even think of that. You'd have to just be straight with them I suppose. Sometimes the worst candidate wins....
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As a non American, all I'll say is, we're a bit surprised down here. With his commentary on Asia (statements on Japan/Sth Korea to get nukes ) we do feel a little uneasy, about how things might play out in our region.
If I were American, I'd be devastated, & that'd be based on his flimsy policy ... let alone all that other stuff.
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