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US 2016 Presidential Election

Right. Sure.
Trump is no worse or better than anyone else. They all want their "legacy" actually making a difference doesn't seem to matter anymore. And really, it's what we've got now. Social media is the thinking for the majority. Sad but true. The latest twit, post, meme, youtube is what most seem to live by. I wasn't surprised he won.Just disappointed.
"We" as a collective group of nurses, doctors, operational staff, clients and their loved ones were super shocked.

We had the count going on on the TV in the background during the count. Our AO said "she has it in the bag". Every single person from operational staff to doctors agreed.

When it was announced that he had won, outside monitors bleeping there was a silent shock. One client, an expat who has lived here for 30 years started crying explaining the fear she had for family and friends.

I think it might be one of those rare points in time, where you will always remember exactly where you were when the news hit you.
 
Er, no. I believe he never even truly thought he would win. And now that he has he doesn't have a clue what to do. He is totally out of his depth. He doesn't care about "poor, real people". If he did he would play by the rules, release his tax returns and completely separate himself from his businesses. He only cares about Donald Trump and making money... which he is now using the highest office in America - and, for that matter, the world - to do.
Well said. I totally agree.
 
Honestly I was not surprised that Trump got in. I was surprised when he kept getting to the stages that he did, but to me, for him to get to the point of being the republican candidate meant he would likely get in. How exactly I reconciled that I'm not sure, I suppose it showed me that a lot of people did support him. I knew we were getting one sided media and reports representing only a sample population that was not diverse enough. I would say that he and I do not see eye to eye on pretty much every sociopolitical issue but I actually think there are redeeming features there that inspire the possibility of success. Certainly this is what I hope for.
 
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Honestly I was not surprised that Trump got in. I was surprised when he kept getting to the stages that he did, but to me, for him to get to the point of being the republican candidate meant he would likely get in. How exactly I reconciled that I'm not sure, I suppose it showed me that a lot of people did support him. I knew we were getting one sided media and reports representing only a sample population that was not diverse enough. I would say that he and I do not see eye to eye on pretty much every sociopolitical issue but I actually think there are redeeming features there that inspire the possibility of success. Certainly this is what I hope for.

I hope he succeeds at tackling the troublesome issue of wealth inequality.
 
I knew we were getting one sided media and reports representing only a sample population that was not diverse enough.

Given the majority of voters voted for Hillary it was not like the polls were really wrong overall, they just weren't representative of the important redneck swing states that got him over the line.

Trump commanded 75-80% of media coverage (mostly with his outrageous statements and behaviour) so it's easy to argue the media's coverage actually helped him win*. How could Hillary compete?

*by the time the media realised they had created a monster it was too late for them to stop it.
 
Given the majority of voters voted for Hillary it was not like the polls were really wrong overall, they just weren't representative of the important redneck swing states that got him over the line.

Trump commanded 75-80% of media coverage (mostly with his outrageous statements and behaviour) so it's easy to argue the media's coverage actually helped him win*. How could Hillary compete?

*by the time the media realised they had created a monster it was too late for them to stop it.

Maybe crooked clinton should have tried harder rather than hanging out with smug hollwood elites like george clooney.
 
One section of the UK media dubbing it as follows:

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"Here’s why Congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis is right that Trump “is not a legitimate President”:

1. Nothing, including an arcane, racist section of the constitution, can change the fact that 3 million more Americans voted for Hillary than for Trump. It’s either a democracy or it isn’t. If he had won by 3 million, I would sadly admit that Trump is the President the American people wanted. But that’s not what happened.

2. He is not well and needs help. He has a number of serious mental disorders that make him unfit to hold office — and they are on display every day in one cringe-worthy tweet after another. He is a full-blown malignant narcissist. He displays sociopathic tendencies. He will say one thing and 30 seconds later say the opposite. He is disconnected from the truth. And he has a stunning lack of human empathy. These behaviors make him a truly dangerous occupant of the Oval Office.

3. The Russians interfered with the election in order to get him elected. Even Trump now admits as much. That alone makes the election tainted and should be voided. We spend trillions on ridiculous weapons and ineffective police state-style homeland security measures to defend us against those who would “destroy our way of life” — but we are to remain silent when a foreign government is caught trying to get THEIR candidate elected as OUR president? AND they succeed! This is a joke of monstrous proportions — and the fact that conservatives, Republicans and patriotic good ol’ boys are actively defending this foreign aggression into our country confirms to me what I’ve feared all along: that they really hate our form of democracy, our Bill of Rights, our belief that “All men (sic) are created equal,” our one person-one vote system, that whoever scores the most points wins and that people of all religions are welcome here. They don’t believe that, and I’d respect them so much more if they would just simply admit it.

4. The FBI clearly chose sides, and FBI Director Comey’s interference in the 10 days before the election most-definitely helped tipped the balance to the FBI’s preferred candidate, Fuckface von Clownstick. That our own federal police would so brazenly attempt to throw the election to the person with the least votes is mind-boggling, frightening and must be stopped. Attorney General Lynch must immediately, today, appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate what to me appears to be a criminal offense. If this is true, I want to see FBI Director Comey in handcuffs and behind bars. Short of murder and a few other heinous acts, is there a worse crime in our democracy than the highest ranking cop in the land attempting to throw the election?

5. Trump has nominated in Rex Tillerson the most powerful corporate CEO in the world as “our” Secretary of State. Why would the quarter-billionaire head of the world’s richest corporation want a “government job?” So that he, a personal friend of Putin’s, can get the US sanctions lifted off Russia so that his company, ExxonMobil, can get back to their exclusive oil deal with Russia — which will eventually net ExxonMobil three TRILLION dollars. This is nothing less than a bold, audacious robbery in broad daylight — and it says a lot about you and me that they think they can get away with it.

6. Trump has potentially committed a number of felonies — and a felon simply can’t sit in the Oval Office (I can’t believe I even have to state that). From his admitted sexual assaults to whatever he’s hiding in the tax returns, to possibly evading taxes, to his committing fraud with Trump U, to his long list of conflicts of interest — the chance of us having to suffer through his impeachment trial in the Senate is just too much to bear.

Fuckface von Clownstick is, as John Lewis said, NOT a legitimate president. He is unfit, unstable and was elected with help from the Russian government. John Lewis has announced he will not attend the Inauguration, and eight other members of Congress today have joined him. Call (202-225-3121) or write your Congressperson and insist he or she not attend the swearing in of an illegitimate president. It’s the least you can do short of standing in front of this runaway train."


— Michael Moore
 
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