CB what exactly would you have protested against Obama's 1st term?
Just curious. Other than Obama being black what was so controversial? He was a socialist, Muslim that was born in Kenya. That sort of thing?
Originally Posted by themystic
But that's the point, mystic. We went did our duty, wetto the polls in '08 and obviously we lost. Okay, fine...to the victor go the spoils, right. Congratulate the Dems on running a tough but successful campaign...time to move forward, be a good citizen, support the new president and his agenda, and regroup to fight another fight in another four years. I know I did my part in those things.
But this we know to be true from recent events: no law-abiding Republicans (that I know of) "went into total histrionics....complete emotional meltdown....and lost their ever-lovin' minds" over those results. I just didn't see it...did you?
While we weren't pleased about the outcome, we acknowledged (as we were so eloquently reminded,
"Elections have Consequences"). Yes, they do, absolutely. So, that said...(we) suck it up, put on our boots and move forward....we get back to work.
Flash Forward....we ALL saw (and heard) for ourselves the reaction from the snowflakes...the libturds....the fragile Hillary Backers on Election Night. No need in rehashing what we all witnessed at Clinton Campaign HQ that evening now, is there?
And no need in mentioning the stunned reaction that night either, from the blatantly biased media-to-entertainers, etc....Rachel Maddow...Chris Matthews...Stephen Colbert...Jimmy Fallon, etc, etc. Nobody hid their raw feelings (nor felt compelled to choose their words carefully one bit).....and it simply escalated from there.
People taking to the streets. Violent, hate-filled protests that ensued. Destruction of personal and private property. Anyone remotely appearing to be a Trump supporter attacked verbally and / or physically (ie: a 16 year old kid assaulted by adults....my god. What?)
Ask me all you wish what I or others "might have" protested about Barry being elected in 2008, fine. Okay, was he a (closet) muzzie? I don't know. Kinda acted like he was at times. Was he black? Yeah, I guess he was. Kenyan? Who knows...
Now while that "little detail" might have irritated some, surely we didn't see hordes of people in the streets days after the election or the day of the inauguration, smashing out windows, pepper-spraying people, setting shit on fire, acting like thugs / criminals now, did we? Dollars to donuts that stuff would've been front page news (and splattered all over MSNBC, CNN, etc, etc....)
But it wasn't....'cause it didn't take place.
Quick story......I went (with my daughter) to the Women's March the day it was held locally / internationally to satisfy my curiosity (and to support her, of course). I asked questions amongst the women (and men) attending "Why and What" was their cause, reason, motives, etc for being there and making a stand that day. The answers were somewhat surprising.
Nine outa ten were there to protest the election results, period...to protest Donald Trump. Many still refused to believe he was actually the president. Some told me they were there because of "peer pressure" (lol). Some told me they were protesting DT simply because they "just hated him for being him" (but couldn't give more than one logical, reasonable reason for those negative feelings towards a human being they'd never actually met). And some were there to champion their cause...Planned Parenthood...abortion rights..."Don't Grab my Pussy"...Russians and "hacking"...gender identification rights (that one still mystifies me so "no comment"...)
I left the march feeling how different...how far apart the two sides were still. Hopeful, however, that time would heal any and all wounds and as a nation we could still find some common ground to build on and move forward. But concerned that the left has no desire whatsoever to give this president a chance to prove himself. And that maybe is the biggest difference I currently see....'cause I sure didn't feel things were that way eight years ago.
Lastly....Cg, Trump isn't "my idol", dude.....far from it in fact. God, Family and Football pretty much sums me up (oh, and a really good bottle of wine on occasion, too)...the order of those things just depends on the time of the year, that's all. Can't be any more honest than that.