From your lips to God's ears...so to speak.

I'm venting some anger. If you don't like it then you go away.

@Humanistheathen Talk out your ass much? I'm also a progressive liberal that voted straight blue. I had higher expectations for my countrymen that they failed to deliver on. Maybe the fault is mine for expecting more of them than they were capable of or maybe the fault is theirs for not being capable to begin with or maybe the fault is shared. Either way, I'm not being toxic, tribal, uncivilized, obstructionist, or petty simply for being disappointed by the outcome. Frankly, your post just comes off as trolling.

@Humanistheathen I don't feed trolls. Move along now. Shoo!

We need to find a way to counter the propaganda and whatever else allows this to happen. Serious political reform for sure and, on a more basic level, we need a public that is capable of thinking more clearly. That could be the more difficult challenge.

@itsmedammit Something I’ve come to realize from hanging around here is how the better educated, the more ‘reasons’ there appear to be to have a different opinion… Whereas the ignorant and their single-issue motivation are so easy to coerce..

With half our nation worshiping an idiot (the second in 20 years), someone they can ‘identify with,’ then assuming anyone criticizing their idiot is criticizing them … they appear to ‘fight back’ by supporting said idiot

At least one leg of our government's in the hands of intelligent leaders. And, the thinking media’s kept up on it ...as they’re continuously demeaned.. Our nation should not be here, and though many of us saw it coming … we couldn’t sufficiently inspire or wake enough people to stop it, we didn’t control the wealth of the world...

Don’t leave.. They didn’t. Let’s go down fighting ~

@Varn I don't have the time to wait. Sessions just fired, the shit is hitting the fan now. I rely on SS and half my husbands pension to survive. If rump stays in power I'm sure I will lose it all. I'm thinking I better get out while I can still sell my house and hope to make a little profit so I can start over somewhere else. Thank goodness I have family in Canada.

Sanity is the operative word here. This country has none left. We put a fascist-leaning game show host with delusions of godhood in charge while the citizens of the richest, most technologically advanced nation on earth lined up like lemmings to follow him blindly.

How the fuck does that happen???

@Redheadedgammy trump wasn’t going anywhere, and maybe it’s best he doesn't; we don’t need pence in there. This ‘Lame Duck session’ concerns me, but they’ve got to act fast… I fear another attack on the ACA.. Not sure what their ‘Senate landscape’ looks like in 2 years … but any Senator attempting to take away healthcare, let alone Social Security ..should consider themselves toast.

@Sgt_Spanky I wish I knew the answer Spanky. Things just seem to be going from bad to worse. I had real hope that there would be a big blue wave and wipe out a whole bunch of these repub scum, but that didn't happen. Yes, some gains were made, but not enough. I have realized that there are far more of the idiot repubs than I thought, and they are screwing up our Country so badly that I fear for my grandchildren's future. It is all very depressing....

@Varn I truly doubt anything will happen to any repub Senator who decides to go after SS, Medicare or the ACA. I am feeling nothing but negative today as I see my life getting harder and harder.

We did see record turnout. I was hoping the Trumpsters would have become more complacent...

@Sgt_Spanky I would like to know how we can start a counter movement. I've never been one for activism, but I guess it is time.

In fact, I'd say in a booming economy the democrats did well. The stupid thing is, if the dumb-ass had've pushed the evenings message rather than the racist immigration bullshit, he probably would have done better.

This is a real sore point with me. The Trumpublicans keep parroting "the economy!" even with no real improvement in their own financial situation. I've actually benefitted with a one time bonus of $1000 and a $3500 per year raise and even I don't see this as a meaningful improvement when measured against the tax cuts for the 1% and the huge ballooning to the deficit, dismantling the ACA and the pending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Many of those people saw no improvement or even a decline to their finances and still they squawk about how great the economy is. SOME people, like myself, saw a MINOR uptick while many more saw nothing. Trump's "accomplishments" are bullshit.

Interesting how gas prices were brought to a recent low… The economy’s a large part of it ..and no thanks to trump.

@Sgt_Spanky I agree, he's a master at piling on the bullshit and a lot of people buy into it.

It was never about the money for me. My biggest concern has always been national security. Trump is truly scary in this regard. There is only so much control the sane ones can exert over him, and they won't be able to exert any if they are fired.

I, too, got sick of hearing about the money and what a wonderful idea it would be to have a businessman in the White House, nevermind that he is a piss poor businessman. Its government, not a business. Sheesh.

@itsmedammit I agree, even though I'm a business owner myself I never really bought into that 'we need a businessman to run things'. Especially a billionaire type with a long history of sketchy business dealings.

They had the Senate.. and we had too tuff a row to hoe there. Republican Politics is their new religion; fear & hate is their rallying cry, and a bull-shitting ‘strongman’ is all they need/ed…