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Yavin4

(35,432 posts)
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:31 PM Oct 2016

I'm more worried about what will happen after the election than the election itself

I think that Hillary will win comfortably at the very least, but what kind of country are we going to have moving forward? There's a real, angry constituency out there, and this election will make them even angrier.

Obama got the Tea Party. What hell awaits President Hillary Clinton?

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I'm more worried about what will happen after the election than the election itself (Original Post) Yavin4 Oct 2016 OP
They are a bunch of cowards and will crawl back into their caves. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1
I will have fewer concerns if we get the House and Senate. NCTraveler Oct 2016 #2
If we don't, then we get to look forward to Thav Oct 2016 #11
They're a bunch of crybabies and will do the same thing as in 2008 and 2012 kysrsoze Oct 2016 #3
Yep Cosmocat Oct 2016 #23
There are a lot more people who had a problem with Black man in the White House than Hillary there. Snake Plissken Oct 2016 #4
Understood, but it feels like internet comment trolls now have a voice in the mainstream Yavin4 Oct 2016 #5
Their 15 minutes is not only over, they will get blame for the GOP train wreck Snake Plissken Oct 2016 #10
Snake Plissken? I thought you were dead! Frank Cannon Oct 2016 #14
The Hillary hatred is almost equally intense, and now moonscape Oct 2016 #16
Its going to be an absolute shitfest Cosmocat Oct 2016 #24
I think two things will happen at least. Part of the country will move left and I think over time upaloopa Oct 2016 #6
I hope you're right! randome Oct 2016 #20
Oh how I wish you are right. OnionPatch Oct 2016 #25
There's a single moment canetoad Oct 2016 #7
The less than 3% that own 50% of the guns will buy more guns, endangering us all. onehandle Oct 2016 #8
been on my mind recently also rurallib Oct 2016 #9
I think Trump will try to take control and encourage that hatred, maybe even a RKP5637 Oct 2016 #13
Obama may need to ready the National Guard to deal with election fallout NoGoodNamesLeft Oct 2016 #12
Trump, is an extremely dangerous person, it's hard to tell what might happen, but I RKP5637 Oct 2016 #15
Trump is no longer Runningdawg Oct 2016 #17
I want a landslide! hamsterjill Oct 2016 #18
That will "prove" the everything is "rigged" oberliner Oct 2016 #22
Regardless of the number of votes, when Trump loses, his supporters will scream that the election hamsterjill Oct 2016 #28
We will still have the republican civil war for entertainment workinclasszero Oct 2016 #19
Agreed oberliner Oct 2016 #21
The only thing we have to feahh, is feahh itself. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2016 #26
I am beginning to get nervous also Gothmog Oct 2016 #27
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. They are a bunch of cowards and will crawl back into their caves.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:33 PM
Oct 2016

They will be like those yappy-ass dogs that bark and bark, but never bite.

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)
3. They're a bunch of crybabies and will do the same thing as in 2008 and 2012
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:35 PM
Oct 2016

Absolutely nothing of substance

Cosmocat

(14,561 posts)
23. Yep
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:42 PM
Oct 2016

Same thing, in fact they already have framed her as illegitimate before she even got elected.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
4. There are a lot more people who had a problem with Black man in the White House than Hillary there.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:37 PM
Oct 2016

First and foremost these lowlifes are racists. Their unhinged insanity won't be as bad as the last eight years

Yavin4

(35,432 posts)
5. Understood, but it feels like internet comment trolls now have a voice in the mainstream
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:39 PM
Oct 2016

They're a real political force to be reckoned with. Sure, they may not win a national election, but they can win a state election here or there and definitely put people in congress.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
16. The Hillary hatred is almost equally intense, and now
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:20 PM
Oct 2016

there will be an outlet for all that hatred via whatever commercial hatred enterprise Trump, Bannon et al come up with.

They hated Obama, but he was so squeaky clean all they could come up with was the birther nonsense. So they stewed. But with Hillary, I expect Bengazi-type investigations ad nauseum, and impeachment hearing over some Trumped-up something.

Hillary winning is a great relief, but the next 4 years are going to be pretty depressing, esp if we don't get the House. It will be comforting having her there, but I don't expect govt to function any better with all the obstructionism, and that will keep the divide and tensions high.

If we could only get the House and show people again how govt can work.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
6. I think two things will happen at least. Part of the country will move left and I think over time
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:42 PM
Oct 2016

it will become the majority.

I think the Trump campaign will have really opened some eyes.

Secondly I think being alt right is going to be very unfashionable. Even being right will feel out of place at a lot of places.

I think the end of the conservative movement is at hand.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
20. I hope you're right!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:31 PM
Oct 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

OnionPatch

(6,169 posts)
25. Oh how I wish you are right.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:53 PM
Oct 2016

Wouldn't it be great to move the national conversation forward, beyond these caveman, knee jerk issues the conservatives get all riled over? Human rights (workers, women, minorities, LGBT, etc.) should be a given. Environmental protections, a given, economic justice, a given, separation of church and state, a given. The things we could achieve!

canetoad

(17,149 posts)
7. There's a single moment
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:48 PM
Oct 2016

That worries me; after the deluge of votes electing Hillary, when the losing nominee traditionally concedes as gracefully as they can, what will Trump say? I can picture him calling for an instant armed rebellion.

In reality, the deplorables will probably slink back to their couches and TVs and stew for four years.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
8. The less than 3% that own 50% of the guns will buy more guns, endangering us all.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:52 PM
Oct 2016

Gun corporations and their blood soaked lobby, the NRA will smile.

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
9. been on my mind recently also
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 01:02 PM
Oct 2016

I am thinking there will be some individual incidents such as vandalism to cars that have Hillary stickers or houses that have Hillary signs.

But I expect long term that there will be a huge civil war within the Republican party. They have nurtured this anger and the unrealistic world view for the purpose of gaining power and then to direct it to control society. It is now coming back to bite them.

Will the angry, unhinged contingent take control of the party and the more "moderate" (I use that term loosely) take control or will it be vice versa. Either way I expect there will at the very least an attempt by the angry group to create some vehicle to harness their hate.

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
13. I think Trump will try to take control and encourage that hatred, maybe even a
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 01:45 PM
Oct 2016

new party. Trump, seems to love hatred, violence and stupidity, and has garnered quite a few under his command. His relationship with Roger Ailes will probably be major.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
12. Obama may need to ready the National Guard to deal with election fallout
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 01:39 PM
Oct 2016

Trump is purposely stirring up the crazies.

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
15. Trump, is an extremely dangerous person, it's hard to tell what might happen, but I
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 01:51 PM
Oct 2016

doubt all of the crazy hatred of the crazies is just going to go away. Trump, loves them worshiping him at his feet, so he well might take a leading role to stir up as much hatred and discontent as he can, as he promotes himself as master of the universe.

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)
17. Trump is no longer
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:42 PM
Oct 2016

trying to win an election. Now, nothing short of armed revolution will satisfy him. He would much rather see people die for him than vote for him.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
18. I want a landslide!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:09 PM
Oct 2016

Then, the Trump supporters need to be told to sit down and shut up by the rest of us.

They talk about wanting to "Make America Great Again" - well then let them take the first step by showing some humility and cooperation when Hillary takes office.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
22. That will "prove" the everything is "rigged"
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:33 PM
Oct 2016

And they will be "forced" to start a "revolution" to "take back the country"

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
28. Regardless of the number of votes, when Trump loses, his supporters will scream that the election
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 04:30 PM
Oct 2016

was rigged. There's no avoiding that.

The only issue will be how their "revolution" gets handled. It's time to make those in the minority realize that they are in the minority. Perhaps we need a little "revolution" of our own.

I'm only advocating that which is legal and just. We need to get Hillary elected, take back the Senate and take back the House. Then we need to make sure that every Democrat in existence gets to the polls in the mid-terms and keep those majorities.

Gothmog

(145,086 posts)
27. I am beginning to get nervous also
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 04:10 PM
Oct 2016

The best way to slow down these idiots is for trump to lose by a large margin so that there is no chance that they can claim a stolen election

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