Frodo - 2016-12-21 7:30 AM Tell us why you don't like his picks........like Barack Obama do you not like military in general and/or successful people who know how to handle finances and budget.  Wonder if Donald Trump will go out of his way to visit our troops.....Obama never bothered.  



 

OregonBR - 2016-12-19 5:06 PM .

Bear - 2016-12-20 9:16 PM Of course now there is a movement afoot to dropping the Electoral College, and switching to the popular vote, in the aftermath of Gore and Hillary winning the popular vote but losing the EC. I find this very amusing, but not at all surprising. The Dems can focus on the high population urban centers, some made up of over 50% minorities. They can flip off the rural areas and states if that happens. Hillary lost the election because she was a weak, inept, sh!tty, corrupt congenital liar......and Trump's message resonated. If they held the election again today, Trump would whup her flatulent ass even worse, including the popular vote. Hillary spent $1.2 Billion, to Trump's $600 million. She didn't even visit Wisconsin, and Trump stole it out from under her nose. It was a masterful campaign. He worked his ass off giving as much as 7 stump speeches a day and he never let up. Hillary had all these entertainers and celebrities, along with Bill and the Obamunists campaigning for her and the voters rejected them too. She spent too much time at fund raisers in the Hamptons, while Trump just out hustled her. Since 11/9, Trump has been busting his ass non-stop. The guy never lets up. This is how many successful people win......hard work.

jd&ez - 2016-12-21 7:57 AM There was never a question that the electoral college would do it's job. All the other stuff was just noise. It's terrible when it happens that the popular vote winner doesn't win the election but there's a reason the founding fathers set it up.



Being from one of the less populated states that it was designed to protect I don't want to see it changed even though I don't like the outcome this time.



Trump is the presdent. he deserves our support until and unless he shows he doesn't deserve it. 



My biggest problem with Trump is his saying that America is not a great country now. But the majority of voters didn't seem to mind and even embraced him for saying it.



I do disagree with my fellow democrat that say that Trump divided us across racial and ethnic lines. He did not. What he did was shine a light on what was already there.



But, if he keeps his campaign promises most of that stuff will go away or go back into hiding. 

1DSoon - 2016-12-21 10:30 AM


you keep talking sensible like that you will lose your status as King Lib.


only thing I can sort of disgree with you on is the fact of American Greatness(exceptionalism)

WE are still the greatest Nation int he world, but we are not as great as we were, or as we should be

 

1DSoon - 2016-12-21 10:30 AM you keep talking sensible like that you will lose your status as King Lib.





only thing I can sort of disgree with you on is the fact of American Greatness(exceptionalism)



WE are still the greatest Nation int he world, but we are not as great as we were, or as we should be



 

jd&ez - 2016-12-21 12:38 PM My talk is sensible when one agrees with it??



If someone says that America is not as great as it once was in their opinion then I can respect that statement even though I disagree with it.



When someone says that America is not grat, which is what Trump said, then I vehemently disagree and always will.



I actually believe that what Trump was saying was more racial, or more to incite the racists to action, than a statement on the well being of the country. But I don't know Trump so I can only surmise what he meant. I've never heard his explanation of what he meant if he has provided one.



But it's water under the bridge. All politicians says things when running for office.



To the victor goes the spoils. I don't like many of Trump's cabinet appointments. But he won so he has the right to pick who he wants. And they should be ratified barring some criminal activity or something like that pops up. They should not be denied by congress just because of politics. Again, to the victor goes the spoils.



He has a GOP house and senate. There is nothing to stand in his way of governing as he choses. Good or bad. I certainly hope it's for the good. I don't fear that he will be bad because I don't live in fear. If he's bad he will be bad fast and he's outta there in 4 years.



As for my title a top lib or whatever it was, I am a yellow dog democrat. And I am a fiscal conservative. For some reason people seem to think that those two things cannot exist together. That's because of media spin and especially the likes of Faux News.



If I were given the power I would abolish welfare with the stroke of a pen. I would abolish affirmative action programs but I would come down hard on discrimination. I am fundamentally against abortion but not in favor of abortion being illegal.



If that all still makes me top lib then I can handle it.

rodeomom3 - 2016-12-21 12:55 PM  This, highlighted yellow, the racial divide that has never been as bad as the atmosphere that was created in the last eight years.    It has not brought to the forefront issues that were hidden , we all know racism is out there. "Racism" was a term used  whether it applied to not  by the current administration and created the divide  without any attempt to resolve the issues, a card well played to garner votes.  When people see racism in every single issue they need to look internally and see why/who created that thought process.   For the life of me I don't see how you equate him saying our country is not great to being a racial issue.   I agree with previous comments ,people needing therapy because Trump one is evidence of a weaker society ,  safe spaces on college campuses,  the thought that you should never be offended and it's an issue if you are, etc.  



I am not one to see racism in everything but I am also not one to try and say it's not there.



I don't know if Trump is a racist or a bigot because I don't know Trump. I do know that Trump says racist things and says bigoted things and he makes racists feel as though he is one of them The KK has not stopped celebrating since the election.



While Trump may not be one of them, they think he is.





 

Dinero10 - 2016-12-21 2:15 PM how do you read the yellow - my eyeballs can't.

 

rodeomom3 - 2016-12-21 2:54 PM  Sorry, on my phone hard to pick the right color.    JD&ez, your other sentiments I agree with.  My husband and I are fiscally conservative but would be considered socially liberal.   



As to Trump's statements, open to interpretation, most were taken out of context others I see how they could be seen as racists.   True about the KKK but the mistake is in profiling the majority of Trump supporters by the worst of the rhetoric out there.  How many KKK members are there, a few thousand?   The millions that voted for Trump are not defined by these few thousand.   I was not a Trump supporter as much as I was an anti Hillary Clinton political machine.  My original question, how is his statement making America great again tied to racism?

jd&ez - 2016-12-21 4:32 PM The only trumper that's answered me as to when America became not great said it was the day Obama got elected.



My opinion is that Trump is racist. Again, I don't know Trump. That's my opinion though. But my opinion is based on what he says and who he associates with.



And there's been plaenty of talk about the racist comments he made everyday on the set of The Apprentice. Now Tom Arnold says he has those recordings to back it up. But the way he mocked that handicapped reporter? It's not a leap to believe that he has disdain for anyone not like him.



Yes the Clinton campaign said it was code for Make America White Again. I believe that to be true.



Bill Clinton just said this past weekend that "Trump knew how to get angry white men to vote for him". And Bill was being complimentary. And he is right. Trump knew how to puch those buttons and he pushed them.



Politically I don't really have a problem with Trump. He's been a domocrat all his life. Only reason he didn't run as a democrat was because he couldn't have gotten the nomination.



But people wanted change. There's a void that the people saw. Trump filled that void. I hope I'm completely wrong about him and he shows me that I am. If he's good for this country then he's good for me.



I'm a small business owner. If he's good for my clients then that will also be good for me. A rising tide lifts all boats.  We can only pray that he is that rising tide.

slacy09 - 2016-12-21 8:22 AM