I'm sure none of you recall...well of course I do, but as they say, "back in the day"
I was trumpeting the thought that trump would win in 2016
my posts were mostly ignored ...a few times laughed at
but no matter....
in the face of the polls, and the punditry, I intuitively "knew" he would win
when there was a two hour wait to vote in a small town like floresville
when obama had thoroughly pushed racism and divided the nation
because the economy was lethargic and obama and the dimocrats were pusihing the idea that the american dream was over
obama's vision was that all that was left was to manage the decline,
the fact was, his actual goal was to diminish American wealth and power because we just had too much you know, just another globalist and leftist idea
Obama called trump crazy and said about bringing back jobs, “Well, how exactly are you going to do that? What exactly are you going to do? There’s no answer to it," Obama said."He just says, 'Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.' Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that? What magic wand do you have? And usually the answer is, he doesn’t have an answer.”
the wealth of the nation was flowing steadily to silcon valley from other states, either there or to the several counties around washington d c
and hellary and obama's prescription for miners and the oil patch and guys working in manufacturing and the rest of america was "learn to code"
obama's aca had priced small businesses and proprietors out of health insurance where once individual policies designed for catastrophic coverage could be had without tax penalties, the only good thing about the aca was pre existing condition coverage
and then of course there was all of hellary's lies and corruption
yeah trump was going to win
the only surprising thing to me was how close it was and the popular vote outcome
which leads me to the feeling that america isn't the america it was once by an even greater scale than in 2016
its certainly not the America that gave Reagan his landslide against a "liberal"
in 2016 trump won narrowly in key states, and that was even with all the baggage of hellary and the dims
social media is an even bigger destructive force, socialism is a siren's song, alluring the naïve and fools
and thus my feeling is that trump will lose as the America we once learned about and loved is in its death throes
I hope I'm wrong
it may be i'll be surprised and Hispanics will be America's salvation along with an increased number of blacks but I fear not
Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
This has also weighed heavily on my mind. Given the voting histories of the Millenials, Blacks and Hispanics, and Millenials views on capitalism and socialism, is America permanently fucked?
I don't think so. At some point I think Americans will recognize that things aren't working, and elect someone like Ronald Reagan, and the cycle will start all over again. The question is how long before that happens? Hopefully we'll be like the United Kingdom, where the Labour Party mostly dominated from 1964 to 1977 before Margaret Thatcher and Conservatives took control. And not like the Soviet Union where the Communist Party ruled for 70 years, admittedly with a much firmer hand than what we're likely to see from Democratic Socialists in the USA.
I disagree with your view of Trump. The other Republican candidates in 2016 likely would have done at least as well as he did during their first term IMO. And they were a lot less toxic. My favorite candidate was Rand Paul, but he dropped out early. By the time the Texas primary rolled around, it was down to Cruz, Kasich and Trump. On issues that matter most to my pocketbook, Cruz was my favorite candidate. But Kasich was the only candidate who looked like he'd handily beat Hillary. And he had the right pedigree -- he worked with Ronald Reagan to pass legislation that was good for America. So I voted for him.
Trump was a nonstarter because of his ethics and personality. I've gotten into bed in business with two people who are a lot like him -- narcissist promoters who screw everyone around them. And the results were not pretty -- lots of anal bleeding, figuratively speaking. If Kasich had been elected president I think Republicans would be looking at 4 more years in the White House, as well as controlling the Senate and/or House.
If the Republican Party is to do well going forward, it needs to shake off the Trump legacy and unite people instead of dividing them. If it does that, it won't be looking at 40 years in the wilderness before returning to power.