I Can Not Wait Till The Election Is Over

I assume we are s[peaking of the US election. I am tired of the depth to which the election rhetoric has gone. I am truly fearful of the outcome and the effects on my children and grandchildren. Regardless of the outcome, the country has been so divided, that I wonder how it is possible to join together again. Is this a "bloodless" civil war? I truly believe it started the day after Mr. Obama was elected and then then senate minority leader stated that the goal was to prevent a re-election. When that didn't happen, the effort was to block everything Obama tried to do and now putting up with a divisive, narcissist candidate against an imperfect opponent, my goodness what will come of our society, even more important than our country per se.

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hunkalove · 61-69, M

I don't think Trump has a chance, but what really scares me is what will happen after four years of Hillary. 2020 could make Trump look good!

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

I am not speaking who is better qualified, that is for another discussion, I am simply asking how can the country get back together after what we keep hearing. Do you think Mr. Trump will be better equipped to pull this divided country back together?

hunkalove · 61-69, M

@samueltyler2: I don't think it's going to get better, and I'll bet it gets much worse.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

I hope to heck it doesn't! I can't see how it could become even more divisive!

SooperSarah

People always assume what's happening right now is the worst possible. This election is no different than any other when you get right down to it. The elected officials aren't the ones that run this country. How could they when they're in office for a short time? It's the career politicians under them that are running the show, along with those that finance their agendas, but that's a different issue.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

I agree and thankfully so. It is the rank and file, career government worker. Those same workers are the ones attacked by one of the candidates who has pledged to decrease their numbers, and worse. The point I tried to make however, is how to get the anger down, how to bring the nation together. there are a lot of similarities with the Civil war, it took a long time to get one country in fact after the war was over, if we ever really were one country!

questionWeaver

Civil war sorts out who has the power and who doesn't.

It works when voting does not.

It occurs when talk grows hollow and infuriating.

These issues date back to the Kennedy and the Vietnam war Johnson pursued.

Yes, there is evidence of sides being drawn.

But, it is Globalism that may become the common enemy that reunites us.

An interesting twist of fate.

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