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JC Marin
Trad climber
CA
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I didn't vote for Trump...and I'll probably be deeply disappointed by his time in office...but I will give the guy a chance.
It would be nice if weren't at each other's throats for the next four years..the wheel keeps turning.
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sasha Cohen
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe CA
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pyro, there is no mandate so, stfu, your map is meaningless. Just get along.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Nov 10, 2016 - 05:01am PT
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Most people don't want onerously expensive healthcare (irrespective of whether it is paid by the private or public purse). Most people want a decent job. Most people want decent education for their, and the neighbor's, kids. Most people don't want to live in fear of criminals, and idiots mistakenly shooting people.
And until most people realize none of those things are the responsibility of the government to provide, we will continue down the garden path.
Case in point, in other news Yale professors are offering Mid-Term Tests as optional due to the "emotional stress" from the elections. Isn't that nice?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 10, 2016 - 05:31am PT
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The under 300,000 popular vote difference
basically came from 3 places that had
a YUUGE Democrat percentage win.
You're saying we shouldn't count votes from California and New York?
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Nov 10, 2016 - 06:12am PT
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....On balance, tens of millions of free-voting people want to be represented and guided by people who they respect for their virtues.....
Dude, you gotta wake up to reality.
There's nobody.... I mean nobody... who'd want that job who'd you might "respect for their virtues".
I'll settle for "is not totally evil". Maybe someone who hasn't murdered nations. (yet).
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 10, 2016 - 06:13am PT
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The people did not vote him in. Hillary won the popular vote. The majority of the people voted for her. She won the election.
He slimed in on a technicality, like what he does with his taxes.
Truly, the system was rigged, by design, and its out in the open for us all to se it.
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NO MANDATE !!! This cannot be emphasized enough!
Marx almost predicted it;
The dictatorship of the proletariat, by the hillbillies.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 10, 2016 - 06:41am PT
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Mandate my ass! You call LESS than half the popular vote a mandate? Get a f*#king grip.
The man who has mainstreamed hate, fear and xenophobia has a mandate?
Traffic and chatter on white nationalist and neo nazi sites and twitter is up.
He drives fear with dog whistle words like "law and order" which is an old language which means inner city and mass oppression and incarcerations.
The poor downtrodden white working class feels beatdown? The race of people that perpetrated genocides against American Indians, upheld slavery, lynched blacks etc. now feels beat down by people demanding their rights?
I will afford Mr. Trump all the respect and decorum that he and his supporters gave President Obama, which is exactly ZERO!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 10, 2016 - 06:51am PT
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Russ, you oughta buy a lottery ticket.
Calling the Cubs and Trump winners. . . .
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Nov 10, 2016 - 06:58am PT
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Survival... you took the words right outta my mouth if I could speak so eloquently!
Thank you!
Susan
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Nov 10, 2016 - 07:04am PT
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exactly survival
#F*#korangeHitler
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Nov 10, 2016 - 07:08am PT
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The Trumpy celebration is much like the scene from Planet of The Apes where Heston gets snagged in the net and the apes go crazy shaking their rifles and beating their chests...The electoral college and chimps have won...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 10, 2016 - 07:20am PT
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Trump is the dog chasing the car that finally caught it. Since he is basically a con man with no governmental or public service experience, I'm afraid even his supporters are going to be disappointed. The voters sent a pretty clear message about their distaste for the political elite (supported by the financial elite), but sometimes decisions made in anger and fear come back to haunt you.
I hope I am wrong for the sake of the country.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Nov 10, 2016 - 07:42am PT
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The Loathsome Duck, Madbolter, DMT, he belongs to you. You made him.
No, YOU made him. And your inability to recognize that blind spot opened the door for the likes of flophair.
Let's see what we can expect out of a Drumph presidency:
1. More morality legislated? Check
2. More government jobs created than eliminated? Check
3. Not a single piece of gun control legislation repealed? Check
4. Further enabling of the militarization of police? Check
5. More government managed healthcare? Check
6. Increased use of the military industrial complex? Check
7. Public debt increased? Check
So, tell me again how that's different from what your man Obeezy and the rest of the clowns in office have done the past, say, 25 to 50 years?
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Caveman
climber
Cumberland Plateau
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Nov 10, 2016 - 07:52am PT
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"The race of people that perpetrated genocides against American Indians, upheld slavery, lynched blacks etc. now feels beat down by people demanding their rights?"
Talk about broad brushing! But...yeah...everything went to sh#t when whitey showed up. Never should have let them ashore!
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c wilmot
climber
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Nov 10, 2016 - 08:02am PT
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There is always Liberia for all you people so upset at what kind of nation this is. No whitey to ruin everything . A liberal paridise
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 10, 2016 - 08:02am PT
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GCF, nice list. Troubling but likely a decent road map.
Flop hair. I like it, though I don't think the country created his supporters. The Repubs do some, by pretending to support them while really beholden to industry and their lobbiests. Total knife in the back stuff. Also, there are many who are simply stuck in the past and refuse to move forward. Nothing much can be done to help them. Over time they will understand the world has progressed past their limited views, but this election was the result of their collective grasp to keep it.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 10, 2016 - 08:05am PT
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And for you c wilmont there will always be dumbf*#kistan.
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c wilmot
climber
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Nov 10, 2016 - 08:07am PT
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It's always laughable how old white men are racist towards other men white men. You people are like children
And again if you hate whitey and this country then head to a black ruled paradise like Liberia or Zimbabwe. Then tell us how bad whitey is
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Nov 10, 2016 - 08:21am PT
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The Trumpy celebration is much like the scene from Planet of The Apes
And then there's the pathetic whining by the losers.
How 'bout those protests???
Let's tell the World we're a bunch of crybaby sore losers!
So it begins: American college campuses are currently experiencing a collective freak-out over the impending Trump presidency. Professors and administrators have cancelled exams and sent messages of support to students feeling traumatized by the election results.
A University of Michigan psychology professor delayed an exam until next week and wished students good fortune during this "tumultuous time." Some Columbia University professors postponed midterms as well. A University of Connecticut professor excused students from attending class. And at Yale University, one professor decided to make an upcoming exam optional.
Administrators were quick to reassure students that universities offer myriad counseling options.
Oh my.
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