For the record, I am an Independent.
The campaign season. It was a long and painful one for both sides, filled with name-calling, accusations -- some false, some not -- lies, manipulations, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. In other words, it was a typical campaign season. How sad it is that that is the norm to which we have been forced to grow accustomed.
As I sat on my couch last night watching the returns come in, I expected what I suspect most of us did -- that it would be a tight race in many states, but that Hillary would ultimately win. As the night went on, I grew more and more surprised. Many Americans are fed up with Washington. That much was already known. What wasn't known was just how loud a statement those Americans would make. In the end, Donald Trump pulled an upset, though I doubt that he would consider it to be an upset...at least publicly. How he looks at the results in his own private thoughts is, of course, known only to him. So, very late last night, actually very early this morning, the race was called for Mr. Trump and my wife and I hurried off to bed.
Then, this morning, I got up and logged onto Facebook.
Hate. Vitriol. Name-calling. As I stated in a post there, I have not seen that much hate and vitriol on Facebook in one day for a very long time. Hillary supporters...some Hillary supporters...threw names such as Racist, Bigot, Stupid, Ignorant, Intellectually depraved, and several others at Trump supporters. Others, painting with a very broad brush, accused Trump supporters of not caring at all about the rights of non-whites, non-Christians, and members of the LBGT community. One man who happens to be gay posted that if any of his friends supported Trump then they are through as friends.
I understand the disappointment. I have felt it myself after previous elections. No one wants to see their candidate lose. But hasn't this country been divided long enough? At the very least, now that the process is over...thank God...let's give the man a chance. Let's stop the name-calling and all the other negativity. Let's pull together, work together, move forward and make things better. With the support and help of the American people, maybe our new president and his team actually will make things better. We owe it to them to give them a chance. If they fail then we can replace them in four years.
Yes, I said move forward. For example:
In one of the debates, Trump stated that if he were to win the election he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillary's activities. As a man with 20 years' law enforcement experience and several years' experience working with classified information, I would like to see Hillary charged and prosecuted for her willful mishandling of classified information, and then punished IF found guilty in a court of law. I would also like to see her have to answer for a number of other things IF investigations showed that to be warranted.
All of that being said, this country is tired. If President Trump were to change his mind and let her off in favor of moving forward, I would, eventually, be all right with that.
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