wvbuckbuster
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- Nov 5, 2015
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Looks as if Mr. Trump won, thank goodness. As Gene Autry sang" I'm back in the saddle again".
Back in the saddle
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DrMike
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- Nov 8, 2006
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I'm cautiously optimistic, especially since he has a Republican Senate and likely a Republican House. He will face intense opposition from the swamp. Cleaning up the DOJ, the FBI, the IRS, and all the other three letter entities will take time, distracting from other equally essential tasks a President faces. Still, we have to start somewhere, and this is far better than what was in place.
3 Meter Para Bellum
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- Apr 17, 2020
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My sentiments as well. I would have thought two years ago that I would be quite excited at this result, but I am a little more withstrained at this point. Hopefully the next four years will see some improvement, but I can't help but think about the larger picture and what happens after the next four years. The general shift that I am seeing still seems precarious, but I can't try to swallow the worries of the world either. I've got to take what victories may be had with thankfulness.
gerry
Ammo Smith
- Mar 1, 2007
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Congratulations to president Trump on his third straight win! It was too big to for them to rig it this time.
RL338
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- Mar 23, 2017
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I’m hoping he surrounds himself with better people this time around. Several of his picks that got canned by him were out promoting Harris in the run up to the election.
DrMike
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I'm under no illusion that the President elect is infallible in his selections to fill various posts. However, in his last go round, he did manage to dump some of them pretty quickly. Perhaps he learned from his failures. We'll see. Admittedly, he dumped some appointees who were highly competent and who demonstrated they were truly committed to the Constitution; Mr. Trump demonstrated a significant flaw in that he valued loyalty to his person more than he valued loyalty to the Constitution. I suspect this reveals that he is not as well versed in the founding principles of the nation as could be hoped. Still, he is immeasurably superior to the alternative with which the nation was presented. Moreover, I do understand that a distressing number of the senators and representatives are less than honourable or competent. Still, I should hope that the potential for a measure of stability exceeds the potential for harm that the alternative would have presented. The people must realise that the price of continued freedom is constant vigilance.
