The 2016 Presidential Election

I stopped listening the moment he said, "White America...".

This idea that so many people have, that "white supremacy" and "white racism" elected Trump...it's fantasy, it's delusion.

Listen...if you reading this think that racism is what elected Donald Trump, you must, must, must seriously re-examine your perspective, worldview, and outlook on life. It's simply not the case. It's a handy excuse, used by race-baiters...like Sharpton, Jackson, and yes, even Clinton...to both amass and maintain power, but it's a fiction. It doesn't exist.

When will we stop looking at people...for ANY reason...based on the color of their skin? When will we stop treating people...negatively OR positively...based on what they look like?

Is there racism? Of course there is. Is it the problem it was 150, 100, even 50 years ago? Not even close! Not by a landslide close! There will ALWAYS be racists and racism. As long as humanity is in control, that will ALWAYS be the case. But is America systemically racist, institutionally racist, as many of these people claim...? No, no, a thousand times, no. Otherwise, Obama couldn't have been elected, regardless of what the new "intelligentsia" believe is just Obama "denying his own white supremacist leanings."

Yes, someone actually said that. Obama is, apparently, just a token, a black politician who serves the white supremacy.

Views like that are racist to their very core, and incredibly, foundationally destructive, of individuals, of families, of communities, and entire nations. 

And remember...just like there will always be racism, there will also be a certain percentage of the population that believes Elvis Presley is still alive.

People ought to be treated on the basis of their skills, talents, and abilities. No more can the excuse of "well, I was held back by "the system" (read: The Man), because I'm (insert whatever here)" be accepted, by anyone, because it's not an excuse. 

I have a man who works for me right now whose mother is black and whose father is white. Does that matter? Not one damn bit. All that matters is 1. does he do his job well?

That's it. 

That's all that matters to me. I don't give a damn what his skin color is, what his background is, what his ethnicity is. All I care about is "does he do his job well?" And if the answer is yes, there is no limit to what he can accomplish. 

And that's all anyone should care about. 

I don't know think race had anything to do with it. I'm sure a lot of people are frustrated in those areas. The bottom line is she was a deeply flawed candidate, too much baggage to overcome. While there is a small percentage of people who would never vote for a woman, I think her issues probably had a bigger impact on why they didn't vote for her. The fact that despite all her issues she still made many of those states close, where another candidate would probably have beat her easily, just shows how much of a bad candidate he was himself. The were both horrible and that will probably be the lesson learned for both parties.


I do have an issue with Trump for some of the things he said he wanted to do. However I'm going to wait and see. Many politicians have said a dozen things to get elected why should he be any different.

this idea of "make america great again" i suspect many people will be left disappointed after the first 4 years


lets just give people what they want already and divide this country up. blue states and red states.

im tired of Montana and the Dakotas not pulling their weight 

And let's be honest...do you think you can be united with someone, like Transplant, who says " you ", spitting with naked contempt on people with whom he has a political disagreement...? You can't reason with an attitude like that. There is no reasoning with that.

And that's the kind of person who will happily vote for destruction, because he's smarter than everyone else, and, as smart as he is, he doesn't comprehend what's at stake. That's what he believes, and forget trying to convince him. He knows everything already.

Again...how can you reason with that? You can't.