Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States. Now theres a sentence I never thought Id write.
Against all odds and against all forms of the establishment, he prevailed. He won, legitimately, including in many states that were thought to be safely blue. The pundits and the polls were wrong. There was more pent-up hunger for change and also racial, ethnic and economic angst than many models considered.
Mr. Trump will become this countrys 45th president. For me, it is a truly shocking fact, a bitter pill to swallow. I remain convinced that this is one of the worst possible people who could be elected president. I remain convinced that Trump has a fundamentally flawed character and is literally dangerous for world stability and injurious to Americas standing in that world.
There is so much that I cant fully comprehend.
It is hard to know specifically how to position yourself in a country that can elect a man with such staggering ineptitude and open animus. It makes you doubt whatever faith you had in the country itself.
Also, let me be clear: Businessman Donald Trump was a bigot. Candidate Donald Trump was a bigot. Republican nominee Donald Trump was a bigot. And I can only assume that President Donald Trump will be a bigot.
It is absolutely possible that America didnt elect him in spite of that, but because of it. Consider that for a second. Think about what that means. This is America right now: throwing its lot in with a man who named an alt-right sympathizer as his campaign chief.
How can I make sense of the fact that the president appeared in pornos?
How can I make sense of the fact that the man who will appoint the next attorney general has himself boasted of assaulting women? What will this presidents vaunted law and order program for inner cities look like in an age where minority communities are already leery of police aggression?
How do I make sense of the fact that a man who attacked a federal judge for his Mexican heritage will be the man who will nominate the next Supreme Court justice and scores of federal judges?
I cant make it make sense because it doesnt. I must sit with the absurdity of it.
I must settle this in myself in this way: I respect the presidency; I do not respect this president-elect. I cannot. Count me among the resistance.
I hope that there are areas where people in Washington can agree to actually advance Americas interests, but Im doubtful. Trump has made multiple campaign promises, promises he will be obliged to keep, that would specifically do harm.
My thoughts are now with the immigrant families he has threatened to deport and the Muslims he has threatened to bar and the women he has demeaned and those he is accused of assaulting and the disabled whom he apparently has no problem mocking.
My thoughts are with the poor people afflicted by ill health who were finally able to receive medical insurance coverage, sometimes lifesaving coverage, and the fear they must feel now that there is a president committed to repealing and replacing it (with what, I dont know), and who has a pliable Congress at his disposal.
When I think of all these people and then think of all the people who voted to make this man president and those who didnt vote, thereby easing the way for his ascension I cannot help but feel some measure of anger. I must deal with that anger. I dont want to wrestle it to the ground; I want to harness it.
I have spent much of my life and definitely much of my time writing this column championing the causes of vulnerable populations. That work only becomes more important now. Trump represents a clear and very present danger, and it is in the face of that danger that courage and truth are made more necessary and more perfect.
I strongly support and defend the peaceful transfer of power in this country and applaud the current administration for doing what is right and normal in America, what every prior departing administration has done: to make sure the transfer of power is as smooth as possible.
We need a Trump presidency to succeed to some degree at least to have it do as little harm to the republic as possible in order for America to remain safe, steady and strong during his tenure.
That doesnt mean that I dont believe Trump to be an abomination, but rather that I honor one of the hallmarks of our democracy and that I am an American interested in protecting America.
That said, it is impossible for me to fall in line behind an unrepentant bigot. It will be impossible for me to view this man participating in the pageantry and protocols of the presidency and not be reminded of how he is a demonstrated demagogue who is also a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe and a bully.
That is not a person worthy of applause. That is a person who must be placed under unrelenting pressure. Power must be challenged, constantly. That begins today.
#10: redleghunter To: Willie Green (#0)
He should know by now that Hillary lost. So his title is incorrect.
redleghunter posted on 2016-11-10 12:42:03 Reply Private Reply
#11: misterwhite To: Roscoe (#6)
And Trump would love Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel if he ruled in his favor.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-10 12:47:47 Reply Private Reply
#12: Justified To: Willie Green (#3)
Why now? He has been in the public eye for most of his life and no one said a word. But when someone runs against the demoncrap party the demoncrats pull shit out of the sewer and sling it to see if it will stick and if it doesn't who cares who it hurts! The end justifies the means!
Justified posted on 2016-11-10 12:48:34 Reply Private Reply
#13: calcon To: Willie Green (#0)
Cry like a little girl for a couple of days then get over it.
YOU LOST!!!!!!
calcon posted on 2016-11-10 13:02:17 Reply Private Reply
#14: Justified To: Willie Green (#8)
It was either Clinton or Trump and the best candidate won. There was no one else that could have won.
Donald Trump is the clear & present danger to our society now... He is a disruptive antagonist... not good leadership material.
As compared to want? Obama? He will be 1000 times less an issue than Obama or Clinton. Crazy ass progressives may pop some brain cells but who cares and how could one tell any way? ;)
MSM has put out so much bs that in the end we will find out he is not anything like they claimed.
Justified posted on 2016-11-10 13:07:46 Reply Private Reply
#15: civilwarbuff To: Willie Green (#0)
civilwarbuff posted on 2016-11-10 13:26:49 Reply Private Reply
#16: Vicomte13 To: Willie Green (#0)
Donald Trump is not a "bigot" in the sense of the word you mean. He opposes the political agenda of certain groups of people who have organized to advance a certain agenda. You yourself, Charles, are part of at least one of those groups. You're a mouthpiece of it. You're writing in anger, and in sincerity. But if you want to understand, you can understand. I can explain it to you myself, from the common ground of humanity.
But if you'll deny Trump and me the status of sincere human beings along with you, then you will never understand. I think your career is build on not understanding, of seeking division, gaining energy from the division, and winning battles based on that energy.
It doesn't have to be as bad as you think it is. It's up to you if you really want to understand enough to come down off the ledge. If you've just gotta jump, well, I won't stop you.
Vicomte13 posted on 2016-11-10 13:44:30 Reply Private Reply
#17: Gatlin To: Willie Green (#0)
Obviously!!!
Gatlin posted on 2016-11-10 13:44:40 Reply Private Reply
#18: Hondo68 To: calcon (#13)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-11-10 13:47:35 Reply Private Reply
#19: Gatlin To: misterwhite (#7)
Gatlin posted on 2016-11-10 13:53:33 Reply Private Reply
#20: Willie Green To: calcon (#13)
Horse manure... He's no different than effin' Jorge Dubya Bush.
Willie Green posted on 2016-11-10 13:55:10 Reply Private Reply
#21: calcon To: hondo68 (#18)
their tears taste like honeyed milk
calcon posted on 2016-11-10 15:41:06 Reply Private Reply
#22: calcon To: Willie Green (#20)
calcon posted on 2016-11-10 15:42:49 Reply Private Reply
#23: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#3)
The author said Trump "boasted of assaulting women". His boast was, "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
He never boasted of assaulting women. In fact, he never said he touched anyone.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-10 16:31:23 Reply Private Reply
#24: Willie Green To: calcon (#22)
Learn the difference: Accept vs. Except
Do I accept an invitation or except it? If someone is left off of an invitation list, has she been excepted or accepted? What’s the difference between these two terms, and how can we keep them straight?
Accept means, most broadly, to take or receive (something offered) or receive with approval or favor, as in “I accept this trophy.”
Except has a verb sense of to exclude; leave out, as in the phrase “present company excepted.” But it can also be used as a preposition, as in “They were all there except me,” and a conjunction, as in “Every inch of the facility was well fortified except here.” Except is also widely used in the phrase except for, meaning were it not for, as in “She would travel more except for lack of money.”
One easy way to keep these two terms straight is to zero in on the ex- in except and associate it with exclude. When determining whether to use except or accept in a sentence, first consider what part of speech the context calls for:
As with some other commonly confused terms, accept and except share a linguistic ancestor. Both can be traced to the Latin verb capere meaning to take. The prefix ex- means out of. The prefix ac- is a variant of ad-, which occurs in loanwords from Latin where it meant toward.
And there you have it! Hopefully you’ll accept our help with these two terms—of course, those who don’t need the assistance are cheerfully excepted.
Willie Green posted on 2016-11-10 16:53:10 Reply Private Reply
#25: calcon To: Willie Green (#24)
i win when the moron spends a whole paragraph correcting my spelling.
LAME JUST LAME
calcon posted on 2016-11-10 16:57:08 Reply Private Reply
#26: GrandIsland To: Willie Green (#0)
Fuck you and all your white hatred.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-11-10 17:05:36 Reply Private Reply
#27: Willie Green To: calcon (#25)
No... you're a loser when your grammar is crap.
Willie Green posted on 2016-11-10 17:06:39 Reply Private Reply
#28: GrandIsland To: Willie Green (#27)
Then go into the inner city and teach your brothas how to say ASK. Not one of your relatives can say that
GrandIsland posted on 2016-11-10 17:09:45 Reply Private Reply
#29: redleghunter To: Willie Green, civilwarbuff, CZ82 (#3)
Like this?
Or threatening people had to die to remove Trump?
redleghunter posted on 2016-11-10 17:53:20 Reply Private Reply
#30: ConservingFreedom To: no gnu taxes (#2)
LOL!
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-11-10 19:48:01 Reply Private Reply
#31: ConservingFreedom To: misterwhite (#7)
Does this even count as porn anymore?
(Honey?! Yuck.)
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-11-10 19:51:39 Reply Private Reply
#32: A K A Stone To: redleghunter (#29)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-11-10 20:01:54 Reply Private Reply
#33: GrandIsland To: A K A Stone (#32)
Police those entitled suck holes from the roof tops.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-11-10 20:18:33 Reply Private Reply
#34: etypejag To: Willie Green (#27)
this is rich. totally vector off topic in defense of your own stupid NYT polemic rant and diverting to your field of special agent in charge of grammatical compliance for liberty's flame.
fix your own sentence.
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you lost.
eat it, bitch.
etypejag posted on 2016-11-10 22:37:38 Reply Private Reply
#35: civilwarbuff To: redleghunter (#29)
civilwarbuff posted on 2016-11-11 05:44:44 Reply Private Reply
#36: Roscoe To: Willie Green (#0)
That's a remarkably honest title you used.
Roscoe posted on 2016-11-11 06:22:19 Reply Private Reply
#37: Willie Green To: Roscoe, Fred Mertz, sneakypete (#36)
Pebbles was masterbating again.
Willie Green posted on 2016-11-11 06:26:34 Reply Private Reply
#38: CZ82 To: GrandIsland (#26)
And decided not to vote for another one in Hilliary.
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-11 08:21:37 Reply Private Reply
#39: CZ82 To: redleghunter (#29)
Now you see why I say we need to do a lot of tracking of where all the money went during the last 8 years. To get it back and identify the players involved and prosecute them, if they don't this will keep happening.
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-11 08:25:47 Reply Private Reply
#40: misterwhite To: ConservingFreedom (#31)
Sounds like an episode from Game of Thrones.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-11 10:46:55 Reply Private Reply
#41: Roscoe To: Willie Green (#37)
Roscoe posted on 2016-11-11 11:35:01 Reply Private Reply
#42: Roscoe To: A K A Stone (#32)
Roscoe posted on 2016-11-11 11:38:26 Reply Private Reply
#43: A K A Stone To: Roscoe (#42)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-11-11 11:46:03 Reply Private Reply
#44: redleghunter To: civilwarbuff (#35)
redleghunter posted on 2016-11-11 13:37:02 Reply Private Reply
#45: redleghunter To: CZ82 (#39)
redleghunter posted on 2016-11-11 13:42:44 Reply Private Reply
#46: civilwarbuff To: redleghunter (#45)
That statement would cause "voices that only carry in her head" to go bananas....maybe work it into a cf thread she is on......LOL....
civilwarbuff posted on 2016-11-11 14:36:39 Reply Private Reply
#47: redleghunter To: civilwarbuff (#46)
redleghunter posted on 2016-11-11 17:19:53 Reply Private Reply
#48: CZ82 To: redleghunter (#47)
And had natives helping him fight the other natives.
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-11 18:18:58 Reply Private Reply
#49: calcon To: Willie Green (#27)
Did i piss the little snowflake willie green off. Obama is out of works soon so perhaps he might kiss your butthurt better.
calcon posted on 2016-11-11 18:35:10 Reply Private Reply
#50: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#0)
Donald Little Hands appeared in pornos????????
Somebody needs to stop drinking.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:36:32 Reply Private Reply
#51: sneakypete To: Justified (#4)
That sums it up nicely.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:37:51 Reply Private Reply
#52: CZ82 To: calcon (#49)
No it doesn't work that way, Obozo will throw his ass under the bus instead of smooching it.
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-11 18:39:23 Reply Private Reply
#53: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#8)
Are you trying to make the claim that Bubbette! would have been a better pick for President?
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:40:28 Reply Private Reply
#54: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#20)
Well,we know he's not a drunk or a drug addict,and while saying he is probably smarter than dumbya is like praising with faint "damns",he probably is.
It is true that as a person Boy Jorge was a very nice person,but he flat sucked as a president,and the prime difference between the Bush Crime Family and the Clinton Crime Family is nobody in the Clinton Crime Family were on the Nazi payroll during WW-2.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:49:10 Reply Private Reply
#55: sneakypete To: redleghunter (#29)
The BEST thing to do when in the situation that man was in would be to snatch a eye out of the head of the first one that attacks you,and make him eat it. I can guarantee you he wouldn't be able to run fast enough to catch any of them if he had done that.
If you attack me as a lone attacker,I will cut you some slack. If you try to ratpack me,I will do my damndest to cripple you in some fashion for life,if I don't outright kill you. My goal will be to make you scream in pain so loud that your mama can hear it over Oprah on her tv 5 miles away.
But maybe that's just me. I could be wrong,but it has worked in the past. Those people aren't brave. If they were brave it wouldn't take more than 5 of them to have the courage to attack one lone man. Scare them by taking out the lead attacker,and they are GONE.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:57:16 Reply Private Reply
#56: sneakypete To: ConservingFreedom (#31)
The most important factor to take into consideration and ask questions about is "Does the typical DIM consider those things to be pornographic in 2016?"
Hang them with their own slogans.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 18:59:11 Reply Private Reply
#57: sneakypete To: GrandIsland (#33)
Ok,pay attention here. You may want to print this post out and frame it,because me agreeing with you on anything ain't likely to happen again in your lifetime.
I agree.
I'm guessing you stole it from someone else?
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 19:00:53 Reply Private Reply
#58: Justified To: sneakypete (#51)
Justified posted on 2016-11-11 19:34:26 Reply Private Reply
#59: sneakypete To: Justified (#58)
Thanks.
I guess you were wrong.
Yup,sure does. First time in recorded history,too! (G)
Trump was in it to kick the shit out of Obama.
I still THINK he was in it to help her,but I THINK his ego got the best of him once he won the primary,so he went for it.
This has just begun! ;)
Oh,yeah. My new prediction about Trump is there is a chance the same massive ego that convinced him to go for it will also make him do his best to be a good president because he just wouldn't be able to live with history books putting him down as the worse president in the history of the US. There is nothing he fears more than being tagged a loser,and there is no more public stage to win or lose on than the Office of President of the United States.
I still hope Congress hammers his ass if he tries to put his business interests in the hands of his daughter instead of an actual blind trust. Handing over control to your family is NOT the same thing as putting it in a blind trust no matter who you are.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-11 19:41:26 Reply Private Reply