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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2017-01-20 11:49 pm

Good luck, Americans

Eight years ago, I remember going to bed thinking that tomorrow would be better. This time, I know it will be worse.

I do not think that I will ever be able to forget that so-called Christian Americans chose to vote for a serial adulterer whose campaign was driven by racism and sexism and whose business record is littered with profits made at the excuse of the average worker, rather than a woman.

Goodbye, Obamas. You remain people to admire and I am happy I saw you in the White House. I will remember you constantly over the coming up-to-four years.

The only good news today is that they have found survivors in that hotel in Abruzzo. That is cheering!

[identity profile] fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com 2017-01-20 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
We will need all the luck we can get. Obama may have been flawed like every human being, but I never doubted his intentions, intelligence, and integrity. He listened. He was thoughtful. I always knew that his dream for America was like mine. He might not have all the answers, but he had the right goals. His heart was in the right place. I trusted him. How often can you say all that about a politician? My kids have only ever known his presidency and I loved that.

I am really worried about the next four years. But clearly our nation has some serious problems we need to address. Trump is a symptom of the illness festering within our nation. I would have thought it was impossible to take such a large step backwards, but we did. Now to take the steps forward needed to regain that lost ground.