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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA post on my blog this morning. I'd appreciate your feedback.
https://namebrandketchup.com/2016/11/25/now-that-thanksgiving-is-over/
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A post on my blog this morning. I'd appreciate your feedback. (Original Post)
mac56
Nov 2016
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3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)1. I think you summed it up very well.
The disingenuous nature them of asking/expecting us to do what they did not is the very height of hypocrisy.
I don't suppose any of us should hold our collective breaths waiting for this to happen.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. Well said.
I continue to hear and read comments from people talking about Trump. Saying things like: She lost. Get over it. Suck it up, buttercup. And: Things cant possibly go as bad as you think they will. And: He hasnt even taken office yet. Wont you just give him a chance?
That last one is the one that sticks in my craw. This election has profoundly changed me. Ive seen peoples true colors, I no longer suffer fools gladly, and Ive forgotten the words to Kum-ba-yah. The give him a chance people have forgotten how horrifically they treated President Obama and his family for eight long years.
But Im a reasonable man. Id consider giving Clownstick a chance if one, only one conservative Republican came up to me and said something like the following:
You know, we were really too hard on President Obama. We gave him a pounding that he or any other President never deserved. We whipped up peoples hostility about him being the first black President. We spread lies, claiming he planned to do things that he never even thought of doing. We agreed among ourselves to block everything he tried to do, and even bragged about it openly. The things he was able to do, we whittled and chipped away at so that it didnt come close to what he intended. We insulted and demeaned his wife and daughters. We even told the world that he wasnt even born in this country.
We screwed up, and I am very sorry. I wish we hadnt done those things. Obama was actually a very good President. In particular, Id like to commend him for the following acts: (fill in blanks here).
If just one conservative Republican would say these things to me, and sincerely mean them, I would just as sincerely consider lightening up on Trump and giving him the chance they denied Obama. Thats all it would take.
https://namebrandketchup.com/2016/11/25/now-that-thanksgiving-is-over/
lucca18
(1,242 posts)3. Good post....Thank You
It is so sad that such a good person like President Obama had to endure such hostility from Republicans for eight years.
He did so much for this country; and could have done so much more if the Republicans had not tried to obstruct his every move.