"The days of wine and roses are over. Myself? I am hoping that Trump wins. He deserves a second term. But if his second term is one of frustration by not getting anything done - plus being impeached a dozen or more times, maybe his victory would not be worth it."
I was listening to someone on the news yesterday, and he said something very interesting - maybe even profound. It might not matter who wins the election. Why? With the country so evenly divided, the House and Senate are also going to be evenly divided. For now, at least, mandates are a thing of the past. Because of that, presidents have become neutered. One side who is not in control, will focus their hate on derailing the new president. The side who is in control, will have to constantly fight off the other side. Meanwhile, especially in the House, getting the president's priorities in some kind of legislative format might be a bridge too far. And if the Senate is made up of those who oppose this new president - good luck with that one.
Does anyone think those who truly hate Donald Trump, in the electorate or in the legislative part of our government - will stop hating him should he be elected? And does anyone think those who truly think Kamala is a phony and an airhead, will think differently of her should she be elected? No - as the saying goes, the hatred runs deep in this land at this point in time. Half the country will not accept Trump as president, and the other half will not accept Kamala as president. Living in the WH could be a toxic brew of hate and resentment.
What will be the net result in getting anything done? From the playbook, the new president will resort to using (as Obama said), "A pen and a phone" to get stuff done. But Executive Orders are as weak as the paper they are written on. Everyone hates them, and they are easily reversable. Plus - for Kamala to tinker around with our tax code, she will need willing friends in the House and Senate to pull it off. An easy task? Not hardly.
The days of wine and roses are over. Myself? I am hoping that Trump wins. He deserves a second term. But if his second term is one of frustration by not getting anything done - plus being impeached a dozen or more times, maybe his victory would not be worth it.
Kamala would get less done. This whole "Joy in the morning" thing has worn thin on many. For her to garner support for some of the hairbrained ideas on tax reform she came up with, will be tough to impossible. She will of course blame Trump for her failures, and then his MAGA crowd who fills up half the House and Senate.
Oh, that is right - Trump's MAGA crowd also fills the streets and towns of this great nation. Translated? If Trump loses, he may be done, but not the folks who believe in his message. Those folks, and that message, will live on for a long, long time.
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