Post-Election Thoughts

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(11-09-2016, 09:40 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm here to eat crow. I said all along that this was a Clinton win. I am a political science junky (I study public policy and admin because it is the practical application of poli sci) and the vast majority of what the field looks at pointed to Clinton, and that was wrong. This means that for the next few years academics will be having all sorts of fun trying to understand what happened. Of course, they will likely face decreased funding to do so, but that's a different matter.

My wife is very unhappy with the result, but I am a bit more pragmatic. I told her not to get to snappy with any of the folks we work with that voted Trump, because their votes didn't help him win since Virginia went Clinton and all of our electoral votes go to her. I also told her to keep in mind that while the House will be favorable to Trump because they will often look to their constituents to take their cues, the Senate is not that way and looks more towards the country as a whole and while it is a GOP majority they will not just let things go through that will cause irreparable harm to our country.

My frustrations with this situation are these:

1. We don't know what we are getting. With the constant position switching and ambiguous policy plans it's hard to say what he will actually be pushing for. This leads to the next one.

2. This was not an issues election, and that concerns me. Either major party candidate would have been elected not based on issues, but on emotions. That's not logical, and that's concerning.

3. This country just elected, for the first time in our history, a President with no prior government experience. The first President in our history that has neither held public office and/or been in the military. Someone without knowledge of how government works to head up the largest bureaucracy in the hemisphere. This concerns me. Everything else aside, this is what concerned me the most about Trump from the beginning.

So, whatever your leanings in this election, what are your thoughts this morning?

I agree with your analysis. I know people talk all the time about leaving if x happens, and it is just talk. I am not saying I will leave, but I will seriously consider it. I keep reminding myself that somehow America has survived 35 years of train wrecks in the White House and maybe if the country just dissolves it will be for the best.