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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 01:07 PM) People who should be concerned: African Americans Undocumented people and their children Poor people Muslim Americans LGBTQ community Palestinians Am I missing anyone? Hillary since she's getting locked up!

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 01:07 PM) What happened was the dems selected a candidate that simply couldnt be president. She got more votes than Trump did so there's that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 12:18 PM) Obama ruined everyone's lives. Trump even said voting for Hillary is like voting for 4 more years of Obama. The weird part....Obama's approval rating is higher than Reagan's on election day 1988. The only 2 modern Presidents with a higher approval rating on election day were Reagan in 1984, and Bill Clinton in 2000. Approval ratings, like polling, did not matter in this election. The people who came out in waves to support Trump did not respond to approval ratings polls nor any polling. They did not exist. Until yesterday when they did by the millions. 1.1 million more people voted in Wisconsin alone in 2016 than in 2012.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 11:52 AM) That's not the real account for Jill Biden. oh ok

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 11:27 AM) Jill Biden ‏@JillBidenVeep The kid who made fun of you, called you fat, embarrassed you, made lewd comments to girls, told you to learn English is our new President This doesn't help anything.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 11:19 AM) We're becoming a reality TV show... Becoming?

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 10:39 AM) http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-secr...poses-equality/ This was one of many problems the entire campaign. The extreme right and the Donald would simply spout lies and the deplorables would eat it up.

QUOTE (SouthSidePride05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) Anyone can become president in this country.. except gays. That will never happen. Well and women.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 08:19 AM) They hate ME. I know, I've been paying attention, I know exactly how a large swath of Americans feels about me and the person I am. You know your relationship is over but still sometimes when you hear your spouse say "I don't love you" the words cut you deep. A large swath of Americans doesn't hate you as well.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 07:57 AM) I know it's corny to bring up your kids when you talk about politics, but I told my son this morning about the election after he got dressed for school and the kid broke out into tears. That really caught me off guard. I'll have you know that neither me nor my wife talks to him about politics, he just had a bad feeling from the hostile vibe he saw from Trump, these are his own feelings. Now he's scared because he thinks people are going to be ugly and hate each other. I'm not naive, I never thought I'd be able to shield him from that, in fact I was really trying to do the opposite. I am not a person who cries often unless someone dies but when he cried, I started to cry too. I wasn't really ready for his reaction and I didn't know what to say to him. I just said "come on buddy, give me a hug, you're gonna be ok." I'm gonna be fine, I'm a hardened combat veteran, but that was soul-crushing. That broke my spirit and there's no fight in me right now. I guess if there's a silver lining to that, it's that the lessons I try to push on my son about treating other people as equals, with respect, dignity, compassion, empathy, etc. are sinking in. You've got a wonderful kid there. Everything will be ok. In the end, I don't think that much will change. Part of me hopes that Trump, now that he has it, truly takes to the position and represents himself properly. We'll see.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 08:13 AM) Of course this is the view of the uber left. Have to make it about race and race only. Why can't it be that people just didn't like a corrupt, dynastic, career politician? I mean that's a HUGE component to this. Not saying race isn't one but at some point with the numbers he pulled from all groups, including an INCREASE from minorities compared to Romney, you gotta look at non race factors. Not a terribly inaccurate response.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 06:52 AM) Hate to be that guy, but what do the Dems throw out in 4 years? Booker? Cuban? Biden will be too old. I'll see myself out. Michelle

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 06:48 AM) Hahahhahahahhahhaa Hillary lost this election, she couldn't even win the votes Obama got. I really think in the end people didn't like or trust Hillary and decided the lesser of two evils was Clinton, not Trump. That would be accurate, and I wish it were true.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_pol.../white_won.html

This is a good and terrifying read: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_pol...presidency.html

Ho boy. Oh boy oh boy. The people who elected this man came out of the woodwork. He's what we have to work with. At his heart, Trump is center-left. To get elected, he conducted a reality show and spoke to a base of white Americans I had no clue existed in such numbers still. Perhaps, this won't be the end of everything. My questions to the board are follows: What can be undone? Will the LGBT communicty lose rights already granted? Is it possible that abortion could be made illegal? What the f***? We, as a nation, have to find a way to work together. Like it or not, there won't be any bottlenecks in our government now. 24 hours ago, it looked like the Republican Party was going to fall apart. Now, they hold all of the power. What does a Trump presidency look like? Is there any hope?

QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 06:21 AM) Let's just unify behind healing a broken nation. The nation wasn't broken.

I am so sad right now. All the progress of the last 8 years goes out the window. The LGTB community will no longer be able to wed whom they please, abortions will be illegal again, those who can't afford healthcare and/or have pre-existing conditions will be turned away, any chance at gun legislation is gone. Instead of having democratic control of anything, the behind-the-times Republican Party is set to undo it all. I have no hope for the country right now, and I'm really sad and disappointed about having to raise a daughter here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 10:18 PM) For the tiny sliver of hope - here's the Detroit Free Press explaining why they made an early call of Mi for Hillary and why they believe it still holds up. Wisconsin is the concern right now.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 10:04 PM) So what options are left for Hilary to pull thus out? Can she still win somehow if she wins Michigan but loses Wisconsin? No. She must win Nevada, Wisconsin, and Michigan. If she loses any of those, it's President Trump.

I am sad. A bunch of people without the internet who only get local channels just elected a President because he dislikes non whites as much as they do.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:43 PM) Just crazy to me dems could lose mi but I'm looking at these numbers Detroit is the key. Somehow, I'm forced to root for Detroit.

At this point it's looking like Trump Presidency and a DOW -1,000

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) It's better than not winning Colorado? It's nice, but you should still be shaking like crazy.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Colorado to Clinton, shaking slightly less Why? Unless she wins Michigan and Wisconsin, she's toast.