Validation

First of all, for all the Bernie or bust people who “just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary”, to the idiots who wasted their votes on third party candidates and to those who simply did not vote, FUCK YOU!! We’re screwed and it’s your fault. By throwing away your vote you have endorsed hate and bigotry…sorry just had to get that out of the way.

So how does this happen. How does a lying, alleged rapist, egomaniacal bigot become president of the free world with absolutely no political experience. How did America elect a con man who’s so incompetent he loses money on a Casino? How did America get this stupid? In addition to the non-voters, I blame the Trump supporters who were played by a con man and are too stupid to even know it. He tapped into their anger & fears. Did we underestimate their numbers, sure but he exposed and provoked their seething racial acrimony, rallied the xenophobes, misogynists and homophobes and they showed up to vote. These birther touting  bitter Bettys have been vocally upset and angry since President Obama won his first term and Trump made it ok for them to hate again openly…and they showed up to vote. The con comes into play when none of his promises are kept. When he cuts taxes for the wealthy, when he repeals Obamacare has no alternative plan and 30 million people find themselves without healthcare or when he’s unable to create the jobs he’s promised. His pro Putin attitude and ideas of allowing nations to arm themselves with nuclear weaponry is frightening to say the least. The promises to pull out of established trade deals and global agreements if brought to fruition threaten to severely damage U.S. markets and create another recession. Unfortunately, we all share in the same economy and all including his idiot base which are mostly the poor and middle class will be affected equally.  

But it wasn’t just the overt, over the top Alt Right racist supporters who got him elected. Nope, included are the closet Trumpeteers. You know them, they’re probably right there at work with you now. The ones who’ve been smiling in your face all this time laughing along with you at Trump’s buffoonery and expressing their disgust of him. But they too have been secretly hating President Obama’s tenure, they just weren’t as overt as the mainstream Trump zealots. For them the excuse of what they consider immigrant encroachment is reason enough to wrongly blame them for all of their problems. The slow economy and loss of jobs brought on by the conveniently and often dismissed Bush recession and the threat of terrorism all excuses for them to buy in to the false Trump rhetoric. Quite honestly, they probably don’t believe themselves to be racist but the promises of change and their pent up anger won out and they allowed themselves to support his racist attitudes and behavior…they showed up to vote and voted for Trump, quietly in the privacy of the booth.

The other day I wrote that I can’t imagine living in a world with Trump as the president and I still can’t. Unfortunately it seems I underestimated the number of idiots in this country. This morning Wick and I looked at each other as we both separately prepared for work and silently we communicated. Without a word we both expressed our disappointment and frustration of the election outcome but we both knew we had to soldier on. Bills need to be paid and we still have to eat. And no, the world hasn’t radically ended but it seems once again racism has been validated in America and it sure feels different.

Armageddon

Have you ever been told you couldn’t vote because you didn’t own property? Or that because your grandfather didn’t vote prior to the civil war, you were ineligible? How about being told you had to pass a literacy test in order to vote. Ever been required to pay a poll tax before you were allowed to cast your ballot? Do you know why you’ve never experienced such humiliation? It’s because blood was spilled and people died in order to give you the right to vote. Donald Trump has unleashed an unfocused anger in the White electorate. A desire to blame the "other" that is both ugly and scary…and they would love it if you chose not to vote.

This man couldn’t pass a 6^th grade American Civics test but he knows he can control by placing blame on African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities. He has taken the uninformed and instilled fear into them and he actively courts those who blame people of color for their situation. You know them, the extremist, radical, ALT Right, Birther, Tea Party, Evangelical, weapons of mass destruction carrying, anti-everyone except white people Conservatives. Look, I know the Hitler comparisons abound but I fear for America. If you took two minutes of your time and looked at how Hitler controlled his country with hate and fear, look at how he began the movement with Jew haters and then you really listened to Trump, you would fear for America too. For those who say they won’t or can’t vote for Hillary, don’t vote for her. Vote the party platform. A party platform which now includes much of Bernie Sanders thoughts and ideas. Vote the party platform and make sure she’s held accountable to it. And remember the next President could appoint as many as three of the next Supreme Court Justices which will ultimately determine the legal course of the country.

Donald Trump is like a huge orange asteroid from some disaster film and he’s headed for earth. No matter how you may feel about Hillary or the system, Trump is headed for earth. It’s not too late. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to vote.