Morning in the new era
About three hours of sleep.
President Grabthembythepussy.
We have a president who calls a US Senator “Pocahontas.”
Who calls women pigs.
Who has an upcoming rape trial on his schedule.
I have a few articles open, that I haven’t read yet –
Meghan Murphy: America really, really hates women.
David Remnick in the New Yorker: An American Tragedy.
Sarah Ditum in the Independent: Donald Trump is President of the United States – so tell me again how rape allegations ruin a man’s life.
We (Americans) will never live this down. Never.
Three hours of sleep, only to awaken to the real nightmare. I feel your pain. (Feeble consolation.)
I feel this result may be put down to America’s inferior education system. Of course it’s not inferior for everyone, but this result recalls the ability to disbelieve in evolution and to believe in an ultra-young Earth.
Unfortunately, with Republicans in control at all levels you are now going to see even worse public education, along with an illiberal Supreme Court and an erosion of human rights.
And the worst of it is, if he were convicted of rape and went to jail, we’d have Mike Pence in the White House.
I didn’t watch the returns last night; I couldn’t stomach it.
This morning, I woke up and googled the results. The first result told me the horror. The second result told me everything I needed to know about why it happened–it was a headline offering to tell me “How the polls got it wrong”. The mere existence of that, rather than of an analysis of how AMERICA got it fucking wrong, makes it clear how useless and feckless the mainstream media is in this country.
I don’t want to hear how Trump’s rise is a ‘shock’ or a ‘surprise’. It’s not (though it is a disappointment); it’s been a possibility all along, one that anyone who has been paying attention could see coming.
Just read Meghan Murphy’s article. It’s great…in a very dismaying way. She didn’t spare the left or the middle, she didn’t make this about some sort of anti-establishment movement of out of work sweethearts, she called it what it was – hate.
And the next time I hear some man crying about losing a job to a “less qualified” woman or minority (yes, I’ve heard many on the left defend affirmative action, with this giant ‘but’), I’ll point them not to my own experiences, which they don’t believe, but to this…so visible, so public, so grotesque.
I have lost jobs before to men less qualified…but never to this incredible level of unfitness.
England votes for Brexit.
Australians vote in 4 openly racist candidates.
Now America votes for Trump.
I’m going to set my browser to kitten videos for the next four years.
Low turnout (something like 46%), vote suppression/gerrymandering, the suicidal incompetence of the Regressive Left, tabloid media and the absence of real journalism.
I’ve heard from four Stein-voters so far. They learned NOTHING, and will stab the country in the back the next time they have a chance.
Trump has established himself as a sexual predator, taker, control-freak and skidmouth inclined to rather loose, unpresidential talk. Here is one evaluation
“Mr Trump is directing our anger for less than noble purposes. He creates scapegoats of Muslims and Mexican immigrants, he calls for the use of torture and for killing the innocent children and family members of terrorists. He cheers assaults on protesters. He applauds the prospect of twisting the Constitution to limit first amendment freedom of the press. This is the very brand of anger that has led other nations into the abyss,” ………… Mr Romney said.
“His domestic policies would lead to recession. His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe. He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president.
“Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He’s playing the American public for suckers — he gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat.”
– Mitt Romney, to be sworn in shortly as Secretary of State
http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-is-furious-with-kellyanne-conway-for-going-rogue-and-attacking-mitt-romney/news-story/092b8996d72161de021a93b7c141ea08