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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am heartened that there are people like McMullin willing to speak out. I have considered wether I was simply a "hater", as suggested, but I think not. I don't remember feeling this way in 2000 or 2004.

I think I can see that Trump is not a normal GOP President, and definitely not a Reagan.
[b]I understand the pickle some people found themselves in when having to choose between two flawed candidates, but I hope that, once the euphoria for having gotten rid of one evil wears off, people will be able to see the one we are left with.[/b]

I hope it is true that everything falls by its own weight.[/quote]

Would you have felt the same way if Hillary had won the election?

I did not vote for Trump and have some trepidation about how he will fare but I can tell you that Hillary as president would certainly not have offered any comfort.[/quote]

Yes, I would have but in a slightly different way. I am going to adapt an analogy somebody- I think O'Malley? - used before:  Hillary is a sniper with a gun; Trump is a monkey with a gun. With Hillary I would have been worried about some of her poor judgment but I do agree with her national policies as outlined-which in any case would have had no chance at all with GOP house to the point of making her Presidency useless and possibly even harmful to the long term health of the party.

Also, I would have been cringing every day about her latest flip flop, scandal, bad judgment but I would not have been afraid of a temper tantrum accidentally escalating into a trade war or real war, or disgusted by KKK celebrating, with reason or not- election of what they think is one for them. In the long term, the Democrats will fair better because they got their 'pruning' (and will get some more); I hope the GOP is not made into the party of Trump, as the Democratic party was made into the party of Clinton. I want people like Graham, Collins, McCain, Hogan, Romney, Huntsman, etc...I guess I am dreaming.

I am not hoping for the GOP to fail but I am hoping for Trumpism to fail, in particular the anti-expert, anti-intellectualism that has prevailed. Not just against the intellectual Left, but also against any Intellectual Right that does not agree with Trump on everything (WSJ is bad at math kind of tweet from Trump and Co). I think in the end that's what saddens me the most of all because I believe in studying, and in academic rigor, and not that anyone can do anything well without preparation or practice or real study of the evidence...all decisions made by gut or popularity.... Anti-vaxers anti-GMO crazies on the left, climate change deniers, anti-social science on the right. Sigh...
...But this election showed me I am wrong I guess. 
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Thanks for this thoughtful post. I don't agree with your characterization of Clinton, but I understand why you feel the way that you do and I am 100% in agreement with your position on Trumpism.[/quote]

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