Posted on 11/06/2016 6:45:15 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Somewhere off U.S. 62 between Sharon, Pa., and Masory, Ohio, a sign reads, "You had your chance, it's our turn now."
That homemade sign, located in the fault line of this election in the Mahoning Valley between Ohio and Pennsylvania, in all its simplicity found a way to capture the essence of this presidential cycle.
In fact, it offered more insight into the discord between the American electorate and the governing elite than any pundit has been able to explain, let alone comprehend.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
She said this after her 2000 mile roadtrip: "drove across country on #LincolnHighway in Iowa Colorado Pennsylvania Ohio decent shot Trump could win them"
I hope she is right.
But it’s more like the death of selective rule of law-ism.
Enough of laws for some but not the elite.
The Clintons and their gang have brought it to the surface by so blatantly ignoring laws, but they are by no means the only ones.
Drain the swamp and enforce the laws equally ... or get rid of them entirely if they are not going to be enforced equally.
Saleno also likes to say: “Trump supporters take him seriously not literally we [the media] take him literally but not seriously.”
Trump doesn't need to be president. He won't serve to enrich himself; I bet he won't, like George Washington, accept a salary. His quest is for enduring fame, the thanks of history.
I like the sign she talked about, but I don't agree with the statement above. If Mrs. Bill Clinton wins elitism is even more embedded into our system with less and less chance for the same rules for everyone returning.
My view of the many Clinton voters whom I know is that they are wanna-be elitists. They actuality of their lives is that they are middle class and getting poorer, dangling halfway between upper middle class and the poor working class. The trajectory that thought they were on was upward, but they sense their lives could easily go into freefall. For their self respect they trumpet the superiority of their college formed liberal tastes, and must abhor and recoil from the white trash deplorables, lest they too be that. But they are patsies, and the real elite will shove them aside as surely as they are now doing to coal miners and manufacturing workers.
I agree, but our movement will only continue to grow as current Hillary supporters start to realize we were right and they were wrong. The only question that remains is will that realization come to late? Most likely, yes, is my thought.
Good article, but she missed how the elite, especially in govt steal from the people by misusing tax dollars or being frivolous about using tax dollars IE, excess trips, parties, flying in food snacks etc as we’ve seen obama and michelle do in excess, not to mention how the political elites steer monies to friends and all the fraud some of which is finally being exposed.
I saw some thing a while back where I think it said Trump already said he doesn’t want presidents pay.
One thing is for certain: The power of elites to control every aspect of Americans’ lives is over for the foreseeable future no matter who wins.
This is overly optimistic. Does anyone really think they will give up that easily?
“they trumpet the superiority of their college formed liberal tastes, and must abhor and recoil from the white trash deplorable”
Yes, I agree that there is this aspect, and I do think that there is definitely an ‘academic’ elitism that has permeated politics, and IMHO it’s really ridiculous and hurtful to the country in general. The irony is that so many ‘elites’ pay homage to socialism and think Marx was a great intellectual, but they are incredibly hierarchical and look down their noses at those who don’t have what they consider an appropriate pedigree. They’re often so arrogant that they can’t even recognize their own hypocrisy.
No, of course they won't. I do think there are definite ways to stop this. One thing I think is absolutely necessary, is to institute post-higher education ‘qualification’ testing. I've said this many times, but I think it's crucial. You want to be an engineer? You can go to MIT, or you can study online, and everyone takes the same qualification examination, which should be rigorous. This puts an absolute ‘value’ on the education you received, and takes away the automatic aspect of ‘better school’ pedigree. It would also make educational institutions more competitive, and probably better at education, at a lower cost.
Think about Hillary. She goes to Wellesley for undergraduate education, and this was a huge ticket to the entire rest of her life. From there Yale law school, and the connections and people she's met throughout that time have given her the opportunity to travel in the ‘elite’ pedigree circles - all essentially predicated on the fact that she probably was more focused and worked hard in high school - and thus got into Wellesley. Should high school determine what ‘class’ you have in our society for the rest of your life? Of course not.
Ironically, with her superior education, she failed the bar in DC, which to me is a perfect example of why the school you go is not a surrogate for whether or not you've learned anything.
Plus anger & resentment over their, "brilliance & worth", not being recognized.
Aside from the violence they are too often inclined, they have hatred & jealousy for others. Mainly for physical wealth (that can be seen in property/possessions), a persons looks & fitness and overall, happiness.
The Left are a miserable lot. They are mostly happy when others are not- more so, when they have a hand in it (the unhappiness of others).
It's not only jealousy, it's also if the Prog values something for not - if they can't have or they don't want it - you can't have it either.
It will a hard sell to convince him to use Air Force One rather than his personal Boeing 757.
Good for you Salena.
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