Suck it John!

It isn't the differences in opinion, it's the smug, elitist, superior attitudes on both sides that piss people off.

I watch this show and Samantha Bee's and I like both of them a lot (the shows and the hosts), but they are definitely very left-wing, which I am not. But both are very entertaining and often make good points. Oliver especially is quite intelligent and his exposés on entities like MLMs and insurance companies are spot-on.

Bill Maher is the one who really needed to be taken down a peg or three - I wonder if the results of this election have wiped that smirk off his smug mug?


"Two gin and Frescas"
"Shaken, not ridiculed"

It wasn't just Hollywood against Trump. All of these were against Trump:

-- Most of the media. Even Fox News wasn't for Trump as much as it was anti-Hillary, except for a few individuals like Hannity.

-- The Republican leadership. They wanted anyone but Trump, and he spent much of the campaign calling them useless traitors.

-- Republican and conservative intellectuals almost universally abhor him and consider him a dangerous clown.

-- The breadth and depth of newspapers and magazines that considered him unfit was staggering. Newspapers that hadn't previously made endorsements in a presidential race broke with that tradition and endorsed Hillary because they considered Trump unfit. Newspapers like the Arizona Republic that had never endorsed a Democrat for president endorsed Hillary because they considered Trump unfit.

-- The vast majority of people with a college education.

The people who support Trump generally fall into these categories:

-- Hillary haters.

-- Partisans who will vote Republican no matter what.

-- People who rationalize away Trump's rhetorical nonsense, his lack of experience in political office, his ignorance of how government works, his ignorance of domestic and foreign affairs.

-- People who are anti-status quo and think we need to burn it all down.

-- People taken in by Trump's cult of personality, who think a loudmouth reality celebrity and Twitter troll should be president.

-- People who think the Supreme Court, particularly regarding abortion and the Second Amendment, is more important than anything else.

-- Racists and xenophobes.

Hillary was the perfect candidate to run against because there is such much entrench hatred and distrust of her. Even many people like myself who voted for her didn't like her.

The Supreme Court was a huge issue that determined many people's votes. Evangelicals voted for the most non-religious, morally corrupt individual imaginable because of the abortion issue in regards to the Supreme Court.

The echo chamber of social media and internet media was huge. Entities like the Republican establishment and traditional media that have traditionally been influential in presidential elections were rendered irrelevant.

We'll see where we go from here. Trump supporters are reveling in their implausible victory -- just look at this thread title -- but we'll see how they feel when they see the actual consequences of electing him. My hope is for ineffectual incompetence that we can outlast, but the fear of many is that we'll get arrogant stupidity that has disastrous and lasting consequences. The economy, the environment, international relations, the social fabric -- all are in great peril.

It is inconceivable to half the country that someone who is an incompetent, unqualified, arrogant, ignorant, xenophobic, and yes, racist buffoon could be elected president. After running such a mean-spirited, shallow, dishonest campaign and being elected on the backs of those filled with hatred and anger, you can't expect a measured victory speech and a plea for unity to placate the half of the country that feels betrayed and targeted by this man and his supporters.

I am clinging in my faith in our form of government as established by the Constitution. I have to believe that our form of government can endure a Trump presidency. I am under no illusions that there won't be dark times ahead, but I am trusting more than ever in the balance of powers between the branches and the limits of presidential power. I have to trust in the resiliency of our form of government and our society. I even retain hope that an electorate so desperate or foolishly duped to elect this man will learn from its mistakes.

Randy Newman wrote this as a satire, but let's hope this isn't our new reality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqBrw3rQvKo

it was basically everybody with a shred of human empathy and dignity left vs trump and his goons.