Did not vote for him, but have no personal knowledge of anything that strikes terror into my heart. When the gun control act of '68 was signed, that was pretty dicey. When Newark and LA and Detroit had hundred of square blocks on fire, that was cause of some concern. When the year I entered college they shot those students at Kent state that made me raise an eyebrow. We had wage and price controls, gas rationing, and went off the gold standard.
People have always played politics, had cronies, shady deals. I have heard people scream national debt for decades. There WILL NOT be civil war, insurrection, uprising, or economic collapse, outside someones auto-erotic nightmare. If you are an average American, the change of parties is like being in Afghanistan for the last 30 or so years- You were doing your best to make a living and this bunch of guys came in and blew up and tore down things and left everything in a mess. You kept your head down, got in a few good licks where you could. Finally they ran out of money, got tired, and went home.
The place was really screwed up, you were doing your best to make a living, a bunch of guys came in and blew up and tore down things and left a mess. You kept your head down , got in a few good licks where you could. Finally they ran out of money, got tired and went home. (or are going)
Next year, after working somewhere for 44 years, I will retire. I will be worried about REAL issues that have a good statistical probability of occurring. Colon cancer. Wife having cancer return. Heart bypass surgery. Whether to sell and move into a smaller house, maybe closer to the kids. Getting a smaller, more fuel efficient car. All of these things I must deal with. Only I, CAN deal with them, no one else cares, no one else will. They CAN kill me. They CAN make my life easier or more secure.
There is not diddly I can do to make a measurable difference in public policy, or political outcomes, that is all paid for by those with money. The real difference in my life will be effected far more by how well my tomatoes do than by who is president next time around. I have heard the hyperbole every year since '64, every time they have sworn this time is different. The pundits and polemics have cried wolf several times too many. Whatever comes, I will deal with it.