Unfortunately, Harris was a lame candidate. She got started too late and riding Biden's coat tails was not a strong platform.
My daughter (university senior year student) is really worried about the future under Trump. Economically, I'm sure that tariffs aren't the answer either. We, as a nation and as a people, can't continue to borrow at this rate. Giving billions of our borrowed money away across the world. My son (29 years old grad student) called me last night really in a state of fear about Trump supporters, very worried about the violence and protecting his family and property since he and his wife are Democrats with many LGBTQ+ friends. He wanted to borrow a hand gun, expecting riots against Kamala supporters in his neighborhood if Harris won the election. I talked him through it, but I am saddened that the rowdy yobo Donald supporters could frighten a usually calm, collected and considered man to this point. He cited the threatening behaviors around the country by YOBOs assaulting Harris supporters in TX, as well as vociferant D.T. supporters in his corporate environment, in his own office! There was more of the same, but you get the point.
Deportations? How are they gonna accomplish that? Really.
I'm of the opinion that the prosperity of the 50's and 60's gave way to malaise in the 70's, optimism of the 80's, upheavals in the 90's and the war's of the 2000's. We are back to the malaise of the 30's and 70's. It's all cyclic.
Politics is almost always distasteful. Getting along is hard to do when there is disparity and class warfare. There needs to be competition, but not at the cost of civility and cooperation.
