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New questions to ponder
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: KeepThisSecret on January 20, 2017, 08:03:10 AM ---All of this!! I completely agree and I'm not even American!! I can understand being loyal to a certain political party, but if the current leader of the party that you usually support is blatantly misogynistic and hateful towards certain groups of people, why would you still vote for them? I cannot, for the life of me, understand why ANY woman voted for Trump! Perhaps our political system is a bit different. Here, people tend to vote more for the person and less for the party. We are less "loyal" I suppose.
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Voting for the person or strictly on issues makes so much more sense than voting along party lines. I am fairly liberal, especially with social issues, but I'm not registered to either party and have voted for candidates from both parties before. I think the biggest problem in U.S. politics lately is that, as South Park puts it, our choices are usually limited to voting for a giant douche or a turd sandwich. Neither candidate is admirable, so people vote for the lesser of two evils or vote against someone rather than for someone. That was definitely the case in this last election.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on January 20, 2017, 03:37:40 PM ---It's been a really difficult day today. I happened to have the 8th grade at the time of the swearing in and they all wanted to watch it. Unfortunately for them, my room doesn't have a smart board and no cable so unless they all gathered around my little laptop, they weren't able to watch. To try to be impartial was really tough as I explained the swearing in process to them and the transfer of power etc... One of them said at around 12:30 "Do you think he's President yet?" And not thinking I said "Well I thought I heard the seventh seal open so. Yes" he looked at me like huh? And I just said, yes I think he's our President lol
These four years are going to be rough!
Steph, I was wondering how things were going for you guys with the whole EU thing happening. This world is a hot mess!
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I did not even mention the inauguration all day at school. I saw some of our sixth grade classes watching it and heard a few seconds of him going on about how he's going to "make America great again" as I walked by, and I thought, I am not going to expose my students to this propaganda.
In the afternoon, one of my boys asked, "So is Donald Trump our president now?" and I threw up a little in my mouth and then said "Yes." His next question was, "Is he going to bomb us? Some of the sixth graders on the bus were saying he's going to bomb us." So even the kids are scared. I assured him that the president would not bomb his own country, but didn't tell him I'm more worried about other countries bombing us after he starts a war. What a sad day indeed.
The weather here was rainy and gloomy all day, and it reminded me of the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, when the Dementors are breeding and making it cold and misty as Voldemort's taking over. Either that, or it was the tears of 39 dead presidents weeping for the future of their country.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on January 20, 2017, 05:03:29 PM ---I'm glad you're still writing and reading. I'm sad that out of all my stories, the whole Trump becoming President is the thing that's coming true!
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Well, better that than the ones that involve Nick being kidnapped and tortured, right? LOL
RokofAges75:
Maybe we should do the AC convention we've always talked about in PA. Seriously, next time the Boys have a summer tour that takes them there, I would be so up for a big AC meetup!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: KeepThisSecret on January 20, 2017, 07:44:34 AM ---I legit laughed out loud at this!! You sound just like me! I do think that wifey has quite the influence on some of his choices and on how he presents himself to the world. Sometimes, I do wonder what would have happened if he'd married someone different. He did get married fairly young and sometimes I can't help but think that it was a slightly impulsive choice because of what was happening in his life at that time. *sigh*
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Yeah, I do wonder. I don't doubt that he loves Leighanne or that she loves him, for as long as they've been married. And I don't hate or even dislike her. I've interacted with her quite a bit compared to the other wives, and she has always been very sweet and friendly. She just makes me roll my eyes sometimes.
Who is everyone's favorite Backstreet wife? I would probably go with Rochelle, although I like all of them.
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