I Find Politics Interesting

I have listened to a lot of so called commentators analyze the election results. They are scratching their head and most commentators think Hillary lost because she is a woman. Some have insisted it is a "Whitelash" of racist revenge. So I wanted to point out that a large number of voters for Trump had supported Ben Carson early on till they figured he was too soft spoken to deliver their message, and if you haven't paid any attention Ben Carson is black. Some of Trump's supporters originally were supporters of Carly Fiorina who for those who missed it, is a woman.
The answer is an obvious one. When polled, 70% of the people thought the country was headed in the wrong direction. Hillary Clinton was Barrack Obama 2.0. She had no path to victory because she had gladly aligned herself with his policies. Don't overanalyze it. She would continue the policies that most Americans thought were not working. The other big issue was trust. People didn't trust her, whether because of her email scandals, her past scandals or even Benghazi she had shown not to be trusted.
Harry Truman once said, "You can't get rich in politics unless you are a crook." The Clintons have accumulated millions of dollars in personal wealth after having been in politics their whole lives. We were told about her "experience" but I really don't think jetting around the world getting foreign officials to donate to the Clinton Foundation is experience that could help us in the government. She is a good salesperson however and could always fall back on that, although I don't think she has any worries about starving. The donations to the Clinton Foundation will dry up now that Hillary has no access to sell.
The one thing that sets us apart from most countries of the world is the peaceful transition of power. It started with Washington handing off the reigns to Adams at a time when there were no term limits, Washington just had enough. British King George said, "If Washington voluntarily leaves office, he is the greatest man in history." I don't know if he was the greatest man, but he was certainly the man we needed at that time in history. Were there political battles then, of course there were. In Washington's own cabinet he had to referee between Hamilton and Jefferson. There was the famous duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton which took Hamilton out of the picture completely and ended Burr's political aspirations.
Our constitution is different than any in the world. Instead of granting rights to citizens it assumes the citizens are the ones who already have the power. The constitution grants "limited" power to the federal government FROM the people and then states that power not "specifically" granted to the federal government remains with the states and the individual respectively. That my friends is what many have grown tired of with the courts. It isn't the courts job to act on cases based on what may be a good idea or even what a large number of people think. Their job is to determine if there is power granted in the constitution to act on that case. If there isn't any constitutional provision for it then it MUST be relinquished back to the states.
We have provisions to make changes in the constitution. They are called constitutional amendments. They aren't easy but if there is enough people who believe something it can be done. Because it is hard, too many have tried to bypass the constitution and go directly to the courts. That is a danger to personal liberty. The constitution is a marvelous thing and the founders were pretty smart in the safeguards they tried to build into the document to try to protect us from us. They studied democracies of the past that had failed to try to figure out how to avoid those shortcomings.
The other thing that drove voters to the polls for Trump was how bias the media was. People are simply tired of commentators who pretend to be newsmen and present their slanted view of reality. A note to news people, stop trying to make me think like you do. Present the facts just the way they are or just shut up. If you want to retain viewers in the future you damn well better pay attention to what is happening in this country.
We are a divided country and have deep wounds. We haven't been as divided since the civil war and the task of healing will be a massive one. But it is time to do so. Paid protesters will not alter the outcome and will in fact just solidify the rest of us even more. The vote is in and we all play by the same rule-book. We have to mend the country and find some unity, let's hope we can do that and move forward. I do have a suggestion for dealing with protesters who damage property or perpetuate violence. If you are arrested because of violence or the destruction of property and you receive a check from the government, your check will be garnished to pay for the damages you have caused and any remainder will be returned to the federal government. There will be no future checks. Then, non profit organizations who are determined to have incited a riot in any way, will lose their tax exempt status and be prosecuted. They will also be prohibited from receiving any foreign donations.
On the first day if I was Trump, I would go to all of the federal departments and offer a deal. We need to find and eliminate waste and at the end of the year for every dollar cut from your budget I would divide 10% of it among the employees of the department. That is the private business way, create an incentive. Incentives work and I think you would be surprised in what could be eliminated just by that one task. Those gaming the system should face as sever a penalty as possible. That includes Medicare fraud, disability fraud, social security fraud and tax fraud. I think congress should have to live with the same health-care as everyone else. No special treatments, if you pass a law, you should live under the same results the rest of us do. Public officials who have violated the law should be treated just like anyone else who violated the law.
It is time for a change and I hope we can all work toward that goal. Let's work to make it attractive to build factories in this country again. We need to show the world that American's aren't a bunch of spoiled brats and that we know the value of an honest day's work. We know that when the government tells us the unemployment figures, they don't count the people who have been unemployed too long and can no longer get unemployment payments. Those people still don't have a job but just aren't counted anymore. We know when we get inflation figures and the government removed food and other items from the calculation we don't get an honest number. We also know that if you count savings as spending your GDP looks better we know that isn't an honest number either. Isn't it time we bring back honesty in financial reporting from the government?
Immigration seems to be the sore spot for many pundits these days. I have trouble understanding it, since every country of the world has immigration laws and that includes Mexico. Get caught in the interior of Mexico sometime without papers and the only free health care you will get is in the confines of one of their prisons. It is about security. Your country is no different from your home, if someone comes to the front door they are usually welcome but those that come through a window in the back room are not nearly as welcome and may even be shot. It isn't rocket science. We have legitimate means to enter this country legally and that is how it should be done and yes, THEN you will be welcome. But sneaking across the border like a thief in the night is not the way to get support any more than sneaking into someone's house through a back window would be.
Immigration laws already exist and have for many decades. We have just done a poor job of enforcing what we already have. The reason they exist is to make sure we know who it is that is entering our country. It would be like allowing some stranger to stay in your home without knowing their background. Not having border security would be like not having any locks on your home. I don't really advocate searching for people to deport but if someone is arrested for a crime and it is discovered they are here illegally than they should be sent back. There are many people who won't even use the term illegal immigrant, not politically correct. But we have immigration laws and if you break them it IS ILLEGAL. Without rule of law, we have lost our civilization.

I still don't understand what they're so upset about. Like what is going to happen that's soooooo awful the country is ending?

Great post!

I especially like the part about the reactions of colleges to Trump's win. Wow. I admit, I was horrified when Obama was re-elected in 2012, and I cried quite a bit that night, but the next day I pulled myself together and carried on with what I needed to do to better my own life. I was looking for a new job at the time, and I eventually got one. :) And even though I questioned the legitimacy of Obama's win (as I'm sure some others did as well), I don't remember any demonstrations or tantrums. It would appear that we Republicans are made of stronger stuff (though I'm sure that there are exceptions to that).

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Thank you for the "Hearts"