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I get it it, but for me this isn't really a shock. It's a disappointment and it sucks encrusted putrescent slimy asshole, to be sure, but I pretty much called it around three months ago. My problem was that I actually let hope infect me again, given how much more energetic and happy Kamala Harris seemed to be. I was hoping to be proven wrong in my prediction... Alas, racism and sexism won the day yet again yesterday (because you can't not think that the fact that Harris is a female POC was a disproportionate consideration for far too many voters). Anyway, now we're stuck with Dumbfuck Trump again for the next four years (or until Vance takes over as POTUS, if and when that may be).
I'm not even remotely surprised that Trump won North Carolina, sad as it is. For every one Harris/Walz sign I saw in the wild around here (and I was a bit surprised that I saw any at all, to be honest), I saw dozens upon dozens of Trump signs and flags and big LED boards (too often, again, side-by-side with Christian themed signs/flags, especially those particularly asinine ones that throw "guns" into the mix, too).
I will say this much for North Carolina, though... we did somehow manage to keep a Democrat in as governor, with Josh Stein succeeding Roy Cooper. That kind of is a shock to me.
In any case, I'm not going to go hermit or anything here and stick my head in the sand for four years, but I'm not going to actively seek out Trump news, either. If I see it, I see it (and I'll probably rant about it, as per usual), but... it's kind of meh. Trump is Trump. We know who and what Trump is now. We've known for years. And yet, too many people still chose to vote for him anyway, despite all that. And now we all have to pay the price for such rampant dumbfuckery.
Anyway, if you've paid attention to my blog at all, you probably already know what I think the biggest problem with this country is and what needs to be done about it. Until and unless that is ever accomplished, Trumpism (and whatever the sequel to Trumpism turns out to be) will continue to survive and thrive.
I get it it, but for me this isn't really a shock. It's a disappointment and it sucks encrusted putrescent slimy asshole, to be sure, but I pretty much called it around three months ago. My problem was that I actually let hope infect me again, given how much more energetic and happy Kamala Harris seemed to be. I was hoping to be proven wrong in my prediction... Alas, racism and sexism won the day yet again yesterday (because you can't not think that the fact that Harris is a female POC was a disproportionate consideration for far too many voters). Anyway, now we're stuck with Dumbfuck Trump again for the next four years (or until Vance takes over as POTUS, if and when that may be).
I'm not even remotely surprised that Trump won North Carolina, sad as it is. For every one Harris/Walz sign I saw in the wild around here (and I was a bit surprised that I saw any at all, to be honest), I saw dozens upon dozens of Trump signs and flags and big LED boards (too often, again, side-by-side with Christian themed signs/flags, especially those particularly asinine ones that throw "guns" into the mix, too).
I will say this much for North Carolina, though... we did somehow manage to keep a Democrat in as governor, with Josh Stein succeeding Roy Cooper. That kind of is a shock to me.
In any case, I'm not going to go hermit or anything here and stick my head in the sand for four years, but I'm not going to actively seek out Trump news, either. If I see it, I see it (and I'll probably rant about it, as per usual), but... it's kind of meh. Trump is Trump. We know who and what Trump is now. We've known for years. And yet, too many people still chose to vote for him anyway, despite all that. And now we all have to pay the price for such rampant dumbfuckery.
Anyway, if you've paid attention to my blog at all, you probably already know what I think the biggest problem with this country is and what needs to be done about it. Until and unless that is ever accomplished, Trumpism (and whatever the sequel to Trumpism turns out to be) will continue to survive and thrive.
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