When i was at the polls some guy was like “If you’re voting for Trump, get out. You’re at the wrong poll.” as a joke. And I was like “Fuck you, I don’t care if Detroit is mostly pro-Hilary, you can’t try to influence people like that. I blame that black guy. He’s the reason I changed my mind at the last second.
Don’t worry about it. That’s the kind of support Clinton set herself up with and that’s the kind of support she had back in the primaries. I can’t stand her but still voted for her, but I don’t feel bad this about her losing because all that goes through my head is the Clinton supporter in the primaries who told me she was inevitable and Bernie was un-electable. They didn’t say it politely, they said it while mocking people for daring to want someone other than the ‘first woman president’.
Then her campaign doesn’t actually campaign and acts as if they had already won a year ago and were only humoring everyone by sometimes showing up to silly events like debates, just to be polite. They had no campaign to speak of, no platform to stand by, no slogan to chant. “I’m with her” is the most conceited tagline they could have picked. She was just “inevitable” to them. Despite the controversies and scandals she was neck deep in they decided it was her turn, when we had already decided we didn’t want her 8 years ago.
They ignored all other elections for congress and the senate, for state and local positions, everything but the presidential. They ignored them for the 8 years since Obama beat Clinton, as if their only plan was to wait until now and get Clinton her turn.
She deserved to lose, and if we have to suffer through Trump it’s on the DNC’s hands not anyone else’s. They are guilty of hubris and should not be rewarded for it, no matter how bad they make us feel the other side is.
What you did was vote your conscience. You saw one side as being more toxic and went with another. You weren’t wrong.
Professor the class before a big test: This test is going to be easy. If you fail this test you’re really having problems. Me the day when we get our test back knowing I failed:
please take extra care in WATCHING his speeches, and RESEARCHING his policies. It is more important than before to look at what he actually says; do not let others twist his words, you have to research it yourself.
Accept that it has happened and move on to continue fighting
Remember that if your vote has lost, it is not the end of the world. We still vote in a democracy, your hopefully researched voice can continue to be heard. Impeachments can still happen with evidence, and congressional over-rulings can always occur. Give the senate the messages you want them to represent you on.
When i was at the polls some guy was like “If you’re voting for Trump, get out. You’re at the wrong poll.” as a joke. And I was like “Fuck you, I don’t care if Detroit is mostly pro-Hilary, you can’t try to influence people like that. I blame that black guy. He’s the reason I changed my mind at the last second.
