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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 07:42 PM Dec 2016

Mea culpa

This last month has been very difficult for me, as I'm sure it has been for a lot of Americans. I have to admit, I didn't see this coming until way too late. I can remember hoping casino don would get the nomination because he was the easiest to beat. We had a 4th of July cookout (20-25 of my friends) and all of us were elated the he was going to be the nominee. We were going to take back the Senate and maybe the House was in play!

Well living in red Virginia, I saw some warning signs. A lot of trump-pence yard signs, but hell what does that mean? Interacting with people I've known for a long time I saw a reluctance to talk about the election. Ok, Hillary crushed the debates. Game over right? I bought into the whole Sam Wang model etc. Still didn't see a landslide but she was going to win this thing.

Well, I am angry at my fellow americans. They have shit the bed and now we are supposed to sleep in it! It's gonna whole lot worse before it even starts to think about getting better.

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Mea culpa (Original Post) Va Lefty Dec 2016 OP
A GOP aquaintance zipplewrath Dec 2016 #1
"I don't think most Americans understand what they've done". 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #2

zipplewrath

(16,692 posts)
1. A GOP aquaintance
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 07:52 PM
Dec 2016

I have a GOP acquaintance who never particularly revealed for whom he voted. But he was never complimentary about either candidate. First thing he said that Wednesday morning was, "I don't think most Americans understand what they've done". I strongly suspect he is right.

3catwoman3

(25,478 posts)
2. "I don't think most Americans understand what they've done".
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 08:02 PM
Dec 2016

No, they don't.

But we certainly do. Maybe they soon will.

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