But surely a lot of the things that the American people are fed up about, like losing jobs, is down to the massive influence of huge corporations who have off-shored business to other places where they pay less to the workforce ..... and isn't Donald Trump part of that culture?
Good point .Trump is a Republican and that is the party that cares more about corporations then the people .
He hoodwinked many blue collar people who usually vote for the Democrats that he will stop the loss of jobs .
Fat chance .
Trump was able to get away with that lie since Hilary didn't say anything about stopping the loss of blue collar jobs .
We are entering into a rough 4 years with him as President .
Again does anyone ant to sponser me for British citizenship ?
At present Hilary is still leading in the popular vote, our eccentric electoral college system has again given us a President most people voted against
Vladimir Putin is happy Trump won as is Netanyahu in Israel ........great , a despot & racist murderer !
On the news they said many other foreign leaders are shocked/scared. Not everyone is happy . Last nite there were huge anti trump rallies in 25 cities across the USA.
Have run into a few Trump supporters but many more people who don't like it .Wud any of you like to sponsor me for British citizenship ?
The popular vote is when everyone votes.True democracy .The electoral college is only for Presidential elections , the members of the electoral college pick the President .They are electors in every state , in some places by law and elsewhere by tradition vote for the President based on who got the most votes in their individual states.The bigger the population of the state the more electors .
The founding fathers of the USA thought an electoral college made up of upper crust types was the best idea since they didn't trust the people to always make the best choice for President .Huh ?
The electoral college favors the states with the biggest populations since they have the most electoral college members. A candidate could kip many small population states to concentrate on the larger populations to win .There have been elections like 2000 where a candidate can get the most votes but still lose since the opposing candidate won in the states with the larger populations .This also happening now, Hillary is leading Trump in the popular vote .
They should scrap the electoral college and leave it to the popular vote but don't think that will happen since it wud cause too much trouble.
Ironically Hilary is now ahead in the popular vote thee electoral college system has let America down again .
Trouble ahead for the USA & the world.
Hilary ran a terrible campaign , while I voted for her she didn't have any stand out clear cut message .
trump got help from the head of the FBI ( a Republican ) who brought up the e-mail server scandal to arouse suspicions about Hilary's honesty .Then suddenly dropped it , the harm had been done , he'd done his job .
They say Trump tapped into discontentment about how things are going , a declining economy , illegal immigration , Islamophobia .
We watched the returns in the lounge , most people were for Hilary but there were a few loud Trump supporters . Had to keep quiet around them !
Thanks for the positive feedback to all of you wonderful ladies !
I will post from Asia .Maybe someday a book about life as a hotel manager , at times stranger then fiction even science fiction
Trisha ............. A goodbye party wud have been nice but since since Henry took over as general manager they are a thing of the past .Thanks to the toxic atmosphere he created morale/camaraderie are things of the past . Am happy to say my friends the Sales Director and the HR manager did say good bye and I got calls from some old co - workers wishing me the best
badpuss................ You must have a million stories yourself from running a B&B You really are living with your guests .
Am wrapping things up here. Some old friends who own a garage are going to sell my car . The ex may have put the knife in my back as far as our relationship went however she's being good about the money . She paid me my share of the cost for the furniture, TV's, appliances etc , bought my kayak . Best of all she's taking in the cats who will be well cared for . Our apartment is up for sale ,don't like paying for someplace I don't live but at least can still get a tax deduction .Anyone want to buy a 2 bedroom with a wood burning fireplace in Louisville Kentucky ?
I'm taking mostly clothes but am also bringing along some old black & white framed photos of the city docks I found at a thrift store ,photos , my favorite coffee mugs ,some books .
Some on tv have worried about what might happen if The Donald loses .Trump is already encouraging the lie the election will be rigged so Hilary wins.
Some of his supporters are fanatic . There was a newspaper article how some militias ( private armys of feeble minded guns nuts with big beer bellys ) are drilling in case there is a revolution.