11-10-2016, 08:23 AM
(11-09-2016, 09:07 AM)GMDino Wrote: Someone on ABC, early in the evening said this was a "punch to the face of the elites".
I disagreed then and still do now.
The VAST majority of incumbents were re-elected. The only change is the Presidency.
So if one of the themes is "not liking career politicians" why did so many get re-elected?
Gerrymandering and the two party system. It is ironic that Trump highlighted flaws and divisions on the R party like no other presidential candidate yet still the R party won big on Tuesday. It is almost like watching someone refuse to leave their burning home because it is their "safe place" even if it is in flames. I really hope the R party breaks with 40 years of tradition and does something to help working people. I really hope Trump is the greatest president ever. I want America and regular Americans to win regardless of who is steering the ship. But I fear in four years I will be shaking my head as things continue to worsen in middle class America and they reelect Trump again.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
