A few more days and Donald Trump's inauguration will be cemented in history books. He'll be sworn in, and we'll officially have a new President of the United States sitting proudly in the Oval Office. To say I am feeling euphoric is an understatement, it is so much more than that.
And here you sit, my readers, my friends, my family, and you're worried. Truly worried and honestly frightened. I have been told that "You can't express your support for Trump, it'll ruin your reputation." Or you may be thinking, "He's misogynistic! How can any strong and educated women, support that loser?!" There may even be you closet supporters of Trump telling your spouse, "I am so ready for Obama to leave office, but to say so publicly it will be assumed that I am racist."
Yes, I know. I understand everything you are feeling. I do! You're surrounded by stories bigotry of company CEO's telling their employees who support Trump to quit, hailed by the members of the press and your friends on social media. You're bombarded by celebrities and high ranking elected officials telling you that we should not support this "illegitimate" President. The press is going out of their way to tell you that Trump will destroy our nation and, to make you even more afraid, that Trump will kill the 1st Amendment and after he wakes up from Putin's bed. We're being told that the members of the Press may be thrown in jail and waterboarded. We are being lead to believe that we must protect our precious Press because no one else will be able to give you the most accurate news during Trump's term in office.... These are great, but tired, scare tactics being deployed as a last ditch effort to save their own skin, so don't buy in.
You know what I hear when all of this noise enters my ears? Crying. Pure, unadulterated crying; and I am lapping it up! Their fear is hilarious! At the end of the day my readers, my friends, my family, you know what I say to all of these scare tactics? "Kiss my Grits!" Seriously, forget those people trying to scare you into oblivion!
But, but... Pam! We're supposed to be unified and support one another and the only way to do this is to have everyone agree on everything! And by agree we must agree with Liberal Logic because if we don't then we'll slide back into the days of Jim Crow and segregation and it'll be like women's suffrage would never have happened.... Nonsense! Remember when Obama was elected? Remember the headlines and the stories that were reported for him? He hadn't even set foot in office, had not even created one job, yet he was the next best thing to happen to America since Washington! Don't you see how WRONG they were?!
94 million, give or take, are out of the labor force, company's have moved their base of operations from the US to other nations without penalty, wages are stagnate, the Middle Class is disappearing, 1 out of 7 Americans are on food stamps (according to Bloomberg), our allies are questioning our loyalty, our military is a shrinking mess, race relations are worse than when Obama took office, government funded organizations are selling aborted babies, Americans are forced to have health care that is affordable and eating away at any of their disposable income, public education is driving our children into a hole of ignorance, people are calling for the murder of police officers and all white male babies, and the US is 19 TRILLON dollars in debt. How can you tell me that Obama's term in office is anything short of a failure? What has this administration to make anything better?
For all of you who are scared to be Trump supporters, please, please take a moment and look at everything that has happened these past 8 years. What has been the only memorable event that has come from electing Obama? America elected it's first black President. That's it, nothing more. Obama's legacy will be one of disillusioned hope. There has not been any policy laid forth that has helped our nation, nor its people.
What will Trump's legacy be? It's too soon to tell, but I am more hopeful than I have been in years, and you should be too.
If you are happy about this new chapter in America's history, then hold yourself in high esteem! You've got more company then you are being lead to believe. If you lose a few friends along the way, that just shows you their ignorance, not yours.
If you are unhappy with the election results, the find a way to work with the new administration in a way that diplomatically benefits all. Having hissy-fits and stomping your feet will not accomplish what you want. You're actually going to have to present yourself in an adult-like manner and bring your facts with you to help your case. You're going to have to do more than Tweet on social media, you're going to have to roll up your sleeves and work.
Our nation, and the world, depends on all of us working together.
Lead by example.
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