Dude...
If you are going to come on here and gloat, why the fuck do it like this? You are part of the problem. At least Kaos has reasons other than taking personal shots at people. Stop feeding the stereotype...
I'm only gloating because I was right. About all of it. Right about the way the vote would go (based on what I saw in my daughter's classroom as much as anything). Right about him being the only one who could take down Hillary because he was the ONLY candidate who could connect with the working class in Michigan, PA, Wisconsin. Right that he could deliver Florida and GA and Arizona when those weren't sure. Right that the conservative majority was still there and just waiting for somebody, anybody to hear them. Right that this majority has felt abandoned since GHWB said "read my lips, no new taxes" and then taxed them anyway. Right that they've been ignoring elections because they've been ignored themselves.
I saw every bit of it coming. Yeah, the relentless media battering and the constant ridicule on this board and out in public made me doubt. Even as i felt in my guts that I was right I started to doubt what I knew. Same thing with Chizik, by the way. I knew I was right but got confused by 2010.
I knew I was right because I was hesitant to admit that I was going to vote for Trump in public. I didn't put signs in my yard like I have in past elections. I didn't volunteer. I've campaigned for people in the past. Back when I was fresh out of high school I was a county youth coordinator for George Wallace in his last gubernatorial campaign. I worked on the Carter campaign when I wasn't even old enough to vote. I volunteered for Reagan. I even did a little work for Bill Clinton's second run. I thought he'd done a fair job (was wrong) and wasn't impressed with Dole. I volunteered for baby Bush. I was part of the Rudy G campaign when there was one. I wanted to bed Sarah Palin and stay there for months. I've always been a political animal. For a long time growing up my only ambition was to be governor. I actually practiced being political, shaking hands with people, working the crowd. Until I decided sex and alcohol were pretty important, I went about every day as if I were campaigning. But... I went to the wrong college because of a girl and because I thought it would give me a political advantage when the time came to run. Of course I screwed up my life, flunked out because I hated it, etc. and can never be governor now, but still. I've always been interested in and involved in politics. I didn't do anything for Trump. I figure there were lots of folks like me who simply could NOT vote for her but due to the stigma didn't want to announce we were voting for Trump.
Whether you recognize this or not, Chiz, you were stereotypical of that response. Say you're voting for Trump and it unleashed a lengthy screaming diatribe where you were branded racist, sexist, lycanthropic or castigated for liking the Xena tv show.
That "how could you be so stupid" reaction only reinforced my determination to vote for Trump. Apparently I wasn't alone.
The protests this week? The failure to comprehend the very basic reasons for her failure? The blame being shoved at Gary Johnson, the Electoral College, the stupidity of women, the laziness of minorities, racism, etc.? That only guarantees that Trump's movement will continue. It's only going to get stronger. The minority is the minority for a reason.
Am I delighted over a Trump presidency? No. I wish it were somebody stronger and more polished. But I'm part of the majority he reached. From this maybe we can begin to find people who don't cater to the fringes and instead speak to the true, compassionate heart of America.
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