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So Donald Trump is going to be the next president of the United States. I guess I can go back to mocking disabled people, condoning sexual assault and embracing my natural white guy superiority.
Seriously, I never said this during Vietnam or Watergate or the the Rodney King verdict or at any other time in my life but I am truly ashamed of my country right now. Disagree and flame me all you like, but look at at the kind of person you’re defending.
Nothing to do but drink beer and look at naked Asian sirens.
I’m sure this will be a hot topic, but may I remind everyone: the President of the USA may not need to mind his manners, but around here, we do!
The question isn’t whether we want Hillary to win, but whether we want Trump to win. I personally wanted Bernie Sanders, but he wasn’t an option today sadly (a shame, as I’m sure he would have beaten Trump soundly). And out of Trump or Clinton, well, I’d take just about anyone over Trump!
The way I look at it is, don’t dwell on the negative… the election of a narcissistic, know-nothing boor and look at the positive
, the people rejected a grossly corrupt, little accomplished phony feminist that a system was attempting to foist on us. Don’t cry for her. Except for missing the absolute power she’d been pursuing for nearly 40 years she can console herself with the $153 million she accumulated while in office from 2001 to 2015 while “working for the people.” Perhaps that last fact will cause thousands of young people to turn to “public service” in the hopes that they too may become one of the 1%. 
If Bernie endorsed her you know it must be good! And if lying were currency she’d be worth even more than that! No matter who won I felt we would all lose. While she wasn’t my preferred candidate—and I do think Bernie was by far the best choice to go up against Trump—I do feel Hillary is very unfairly maligned, just as Julia Gillard was here in Australia. Conservatives have been smearing her for literally years, but they’ve never been able to pin anything on her despite overwhelming scrutiny. People tend to assume that where there’s smoke there’s fire—especially when there’s so much of it—but maybe it’s really just a smokescreen. She’s also held up to a lot of crap with more resilience than most men would have (once again, like Gillard).
What you say about Bernie sounds like what a lot of people were saying about Trump (too extreme to win any US election). The thing is, this wasn’t a conventional election: people were desperate for real change; they wanted an outsider. Hillary’s insider status was to her detriment in this election, even though her immense experience and moderate, steady-as-she-goes politics would normally be an advantage. I think Bernie would have trumped Trump as a real man of the people and a big change from business as usual (being a self-described socialist almost adds to this).
This article explains it succinctly:
https://usuncut.com/politics/shortest-explanation-why-trump-won/
Here’s a good statistical analysis:
https://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-would-have-crushed-trump/
And this astonishingly prescient article explains it in great detail:
wingsfan19 wrote:
Also, no one ever answered my question about which city in Australia is best for finding employment.Sydney (or perhaps Melbourne) is the obvious choice, but accommodation is relatively difficult and expensive.
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