How are the marches helping?

If the marches were expressing frustration “with the establishment" of power, then they would be aimed at the previous administration who had almost absolute control for the past eight years.

But the marches are aimed at a President who, until now, has had no power and hasn't yet done anything to you other than hurt your feelings because of his political incorrect statements at political rallies. Words that were blown way out of proportion by the opposing party, ([i][/i]both parties do that for political gain[i][/i]), but after all the political stuff, and one candidate wins; we all come together as Americans and try to make the best with what we have and hopefully come out with a better America.

But in this case, the political rhetoric has continued seemingly for the purpose for disrupting the winning party to insure he is ineffectual at whatever he does. It doesn’t seem important if America, who is on the brink of sinking beyond a point of no return, is torn apart or destroyed in the process.

@freedomtrails: [c=#4C0073]I realize that you have been drinking the orange Kol-aid so this is going to go in one ear and out the other, but I'm going to say it anyway.

Congress controls law making. President Obama had a majority for all of one year while in office. The republicans in congress spent literally 8 years making sure nothing would be done to help anyone in America simply because Obama was the one proposing ideas. The people protesting have the right target. I don't understand why republicans spent 8 years being complete trolls and somehow thought liberals and moderates were going to accept an entity that did nothing but insult minorities to gain office. It really baffles me.

If the Republican Party was so concerned about America sinking, they would have put forth a man like Kasich who would Bridge the gap. Instead, they put forth the single most divisive entity since Jim Crow. They wanted this to happen because a nation divided is easy to control.[/c]

@VioletRayne: [b]Republican Party??![/b] ---
[b]The Republican party is a big part of the problem![/b]
The other half of the problem is the Democratic party!

The ultra-right and ultra-left have been willing to sell our country to the highest bidder as long as they keep their lush jobs and perks; I don’t see any of them caring about America! They’re just political slime and we DON’T need more political slime that show a fake public view on topics, and then keep their true political/corporate views of how they feel and how they really intend to vote in private.

If Donald Trump starts doing things that are not in the best interest of America and shows that he does not intend on bringing back American jobs as he promised. Then he will not just have you hanging around his neck like a noose, but all of Americans as well, because that is the ONLY reason he got elected.

Something you may not realize is; Donald Trump is not really a republican. He may lean more toward that party, but he is not one of them. The republicans know that and that’s why there was such an uproar about him winning their ticket.

Trump is a shrewd businessman who has benefited from the same advantages other big-businesses have in barely legal tax advantages, skirting gray areas in the law, and outsourcing jobs overseas. He is cut from the same cloth as the many businesses that have abandoned America and then try to ship their slave labor toxic products back to America. Most of us know that too.

But if he knows the corrupt system, how it works, how it is being gamed, and is willing to set up barriers to stop it and keep and return American jobs here so that we are not continuing sending money hand over fist overseas to buy the products that we use to make here; that’s a good thing, isn’t it?
Trump has said himself that he outsourced jobs because our politicians made it a good business practice to do so. I have heard that same statement from so many businesses who are barely surviving in America competing with businesses that don’t compete on a level playing field. We are at a point where we desperately need change or just accept that the America that we use to be is gone.

Please put aside your bitterness and let him have a chance. I’m not your enemy; I don’t think Trump is either. You may have preferred a woman president over a man – “any man;” but we have what we have, and we either try to work together to make America better, or pout like children.

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Oh yea.
I don’t know if you’ve tried it, but that orange cool aid is gooood stuff;
but the purple stuff is to die for!!! You should try it. 😏

[c=#4C0073]I honestly don't care if was apart of the wig party. I'm not Republican or Democratic thought I do lean more democratic. I'm a moderate. I can't support the orange one. He's a pompous xenophobic misogynistic idiot and I won't support someone like that.

I also don't believe he is anything more than another facet of the corruption in this country. He has his best interests at heart and see the presidency as another good way to horde more money for him self.
[/c]@freedomtrails:

⏳ - Only time will tell, but I hope you are wrong about him having his best interest at heart. . . At the moment, only Donald Trump and God knows if that is true. From what I can see, Trump has lost so much more in running for office than he can ever hope to gain back on a presidential salary. He is being watched so closely that any hint of impropriety from the moment he is sworn in will be carefully scrutinized. That alone makes me think that “maybe his motives are not money and are in trying to save America.”

He is almost at a point where he is in a lose/lose situation.

If he succeeds, in bringing back some jobs; he will succeed in a small way because so much has already been lost that can never return. Even if he brings some jobs back; it’s not humanly possible to reverse time and un-grow huge deficit we have or to bring really good paying jobs back. We still have to compete with very – “[i]very[/i]” low wage overseas workers that he has no control over. Even if he levels the playing field somewhat with currency manipulation of predator countries, (which I think he can do), I don’t see he has the power to triple or quadruple the wages for the slave labor in countries like China.

So he’s either going to win a little, or lose a lot. Personally, that’s not a risk/reward scenario that I would want to be in, but that’s just me. Someone who puts himself in that scenario either knows a lot more than me and is capable of doing things beyond my wildest dreams, is ok with being hated for trying and succeeding on a small scale, or is a glutton for punishment. Personally, I’m not that smart or strong.

Some will be happy, but others will have unrealistic expectations that can’t be met; still others will hate him from the start for his unfortunate careless usage of words, lack of compassion/empathy for selected unveted groups of travelers, or just for the sake of being a man when they could have had a woman.

If he fails; he will fail on a huge scale. . . I’m pretty sure he is smart enough to know that, and his pride will keep his nose to the grindstone. But only time will tell.
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@VioletRayne: