Frustrating
Dec. 13th, 2016 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribAs readers of this blog know, I found this current election very frustrating. First, had Clinton won narrowly with implications of Russian hackers providing help, the entire Republican establishment would be up in arms over it. But because a Republican did it, it's okay.
Second, this article, entitled Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump, also drives me nuts. Beneficiaries of Obamacare are convinced, or have convinced themselves, that Trump and the Republicans won't do what they say they will and take their benefits away. They're also convinced that, unlike themselves, "undeserving poor" are getting freebies that they aren't.
Having said all of this, all I can do is point out the truth.
Second, this article, entitled Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump, also drives me nuts. Beneficiaries of Obamacare are convinced, or have convinced themselves, that Trump and the Republicans won't do what they say they will and take their benefits away. They're also convinced that, unlike themselves, "undeserving poor" are getting freebies that they aren't.
Having said all of this, all I can do is point out the truth.
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Date: 2016-12-13 05:42 pm (UTC)'Eavy kudos for th' ref'rence, guv'nor.
https://youtu.be/chZjiVs7boQ?t=4m51s
[Try that - it's not what you're expecting!]
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Date: 2016-12-13 06:40 pm (UTC)As for being “up in arms,”
“If it ain't broke, don't fix it” depends entirely on how you define broken.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/democrats-electoral-college-faithless-trump-231731
Of course, if Comrade-Secretary Hillary had won, they'd have no problem with the Electoral College, the institution works just fine… because it provided the Correct results.
[The funny thing, Chris, is that you and I get on well despite all this - I had someone unfriend me! - but I think it's because we have something basic in common: Our standard-bearers aren't bearing our standards. Your position is not well served by today's DNC (http://baron-waste.livejournal.com/2544756.html), and I'm a Reagan Republican in the GW Bush era. Donald Trump may be a fat-cat robber baron yadda yadda, but as Gene Simmons said, “You may not like rich people, but when did a poor person offer you a job?”
Pardon my language, but I liked the Twitter remark I saw immediately thereafter: “All right, you orange f**k, let's see what you've got.”]
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Date: 2016-12-13 06:56 pm (UTC)Which, to paraphrase, is: enjoy this, I live in a rich, liberal state which can afford to pick up the slack, most of you don't.
I do wonder if the 2 tier USA we're heading towards will make any impact on the people most impacted?