The
post election hysterics have been fascinating to watch. People were
literally crying in the streets over Hillary Clinton's loss. Despite
the media's best efforts (was this fake news?) to lie to us and tell us
how big of a lead she had, she was not going to win. Then came
desperation, protests, recounts and attempts to get electors to switch
that actually backfired.
I
hear the outcry over her popular victory, based largely on California's
support of her. We will eventually have a serious debate on this
topic, but it probably won't happen immediately. Why? The Republicans
are in control and have clearly benefited more from the status quo. Why
would they change it? Even with the globalists in the party that
would side with the Democrats, it won't happen yet. But, we should have
this debate.
Here's
the reality. Hillary lost because she was a bad candidate. People
saw
that. More people who voted didn't vote for her than did. Over six
million people wanted a better choice than either candidate, and
millions of people didn't bother to vote for any of the poor choices.
This prompted outcry from entitled Clinton supporters who think that
the people who voted third party should have voted for her some reason.
No,
she lost because people saw right through this entitled candidate who
simply got her party's nomination because it was her turn. In forcing
her on the party, they also managed to alienate Bernie Sanders
supporters. Despite him selling out and falling in line, not all of
his supporters got behind Clinton. She was a weak, yet entitled
candidate,
and she did not play well enough in states that she needed to win.
Russian
hacking? Give me a break. There is no credible evidence that the
Russians changed any votes. None. The e-mails. These were leaked
e-mails, and no credible evidence has been suggested otherwise. Even
if they were hacked by Russia, there is still no evidence that they
manipulated the voting machines. Plus, what about the actual content of
the e-mails? Nobody ever addressed any of that, did they? Just
deflections to the Russians. It couldn't be that enough people did not
want Clinton in the states that mattered (by electoral standards) to
give her
the win, could it?
The
Democrats need to regroup and come back in four years, but they will have
a chance to get it back. How could a party that gave us Obama eight
years ago botch the 2016 election so badly? Whether you believed in him
or not, and I didn't, he still represented something new and different.
He wasn't the same old thing in people's perception. He wasn't sabre
rattling for the next war. He was preaching inclusion. Yes, he is
black too, but that alone didn't win it for him. The party went from him
back to Clinton. Big mistake. If they learn the lesson of this
election, they could come back in four years and win.
Let's
be honest about Donald Trump. He isn't the outsider he's been painted
to be.
You don't become a billionaire in this system by being an outsider.
Neither does he have the same group of elites pulling his strings.
However, don't make the mistake of thinking he doesn't have anybody
pulling
his strings. You don't get into this position without answering to
somebody. If he's truly an outsider, he'll be on the endangered
species
list, because they don't like it when people interrupt their agenda.
Even
if he comes on as not following the recent path, that doesn't mean he's
not doing their bidding in other areas that connect to the overall
pattern we've seen over the last few decades.
Trump
got in because the perception was that he was an outsider giving a
middle finger to the establishment. He got in because it appeared to
many of his supporters that the establishment was out to get him. Human
nature
has proven that some people love the underdog that Trump was portrayed
to be.
And, a lot of these people will be disappointed because they are
projecting their own beliefs onto him. When you believe in somebody,
there's a tendency to do that. It can eventually lead to major
disappointment.
We
shouldn't be cheering for him to fail any more than we should have with
Obama.
By the way, Obama was not the worst president ever. Not even close.
And there are things he has done that were good. Avoiding the war that
the
war mongering Bush presidency was going for in Iran was a start, though
indications are that this will change when Trump gets in. Equality for
the LGBT community was another good move, though some people insist
there is some evil gay or transgender agenda as if wanting a fair chance
to be successful is evil. Obama inherited a pile of crap from Bush,
who
people conveniently give a pass to. It was bad then. Maybe he didn't
fix enough, but he didn't create that mess.
We should be wanting Trump to be successful. We should hope he really wants to
being more jobs back, because we need them. A stronger border is not a
bad thing, because our country won't survive if we don't. Then again,
the globalist view is that this country doesn't need to be sovereign anymore.
We should be hoping for good, and prepared to stand up against the bad
as we would with any president. The global situation with regards to war
means we are still on the brink of bad things happening.
Saber
rattling against the Russians is not a good idea, though they need to
understand we are not pushovers. Standing up to China and getting
better
deals, as I believe Trump has said he will do, is not a bad thing.
Obama threw a big surprise into the equation with his administration's
last
minute decision to push for the two state solution with Israel and
Palestine. I love the idea, but what took him so long? Why now?
Trump's stance will be more along the lines of where Bush was, meaning
Obama's efforts will largely go ignored as Israel again gets a pass to
do what they want under Trump. But, these are some of the things Trump
inherits, not to mention Syria and North Korea.
People
need to understand that there's not a lot we can do individually when
it
comes to the bigger picture unless we unite as a people and demand
change. Given the way we are manipulated and divided among our tribes,
that's not likely to happen. Hillary lost because she was a bad
candidate. Trump is not some sort of savior, but we ought to hope he
tries to do good. As for us, maybe we should stop fighting each other
over it. Maybe we should just get our own houses in order and do the
best we can. It's not like Trump or Clinton would come knocking on our
doors personally and ask us if they can help us with anything.
