tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post5096443176304127249..comments2024-03-27T09:16:20.507-07:00Comments on Allison's Post Work Thinking - now that I have time to think: More ElectionAllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post-50967668794968214602016-11-12T15:29:13.295-08:002016-11-12T15:29:13.295-08:00I'm pretty much high centered on anger. Pence ...I'm pretty much high centered on anger. Pence scares me a lot.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post-53375956341971454392016-11-12T13:48:15.468-08:002016-11-12T13:48:15.468-08:00Excellent post, Allison. I knew that Trump planne...Excellent post, Allison. I knew that Trump planned major changes to the ACA but was not aware about Medicare. That could be really bad, along with everything else you point out, especially the sickening hate and bigotry that is coming out of the closet now. Trump has really opened the floodgates on saying whatever the h*ll you think with no regard for others. I always thought we were better than that as a country! <br /><br />On a positive note, it is refreshing to know that at least a few other RVers are on "our side". As we've traveled through the country this year (mostly in bright red states), we have felt very out of place and outnumbered among the vast majority of other campers. It was pretty obvious most were Republicans and likely Trump supporters. As we drove or rode our bikes on rural roads, we saw probably a hundred Trump yard signs for every one Hillary sign, which did make me fear for the election results. When we landed in Orange County, NC (very blue and where we used to live) for the past two weeks, including Election Day, finally the blue "Stronger Together" sighs prevailed. I started breathing a sigh of relief. Here were my people, here was sanity. The election was saved! But NOT. Like the pollsters and pundits, I was dead wrong in my eternal optimism. I can only hope that I, you, and all of us on the blue side are wrong about how dangerous a Trump Administration will be. Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572905521059358017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post-90642196509506359502016-11-12T12:13:17.477-08:002016-11-12T12:13:17.477-08:00I keep cycling through the stages of grief and kee...I keep cycling through the stages of grief and keep getting stuck on ANGER. Hans keeps telling me that Drumpf is really more liberal than what he was spewing during his campaign in order to get votes and that he may very well swing left on actual policy...and that may very well be true based on some of the headlines I've been seeing. But I also know that his most trusted advisors are some of the most far right conservatives in office, and that scares the crap out of me.Metamorphosis Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637866156639686101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post-39942794053703449522016-11-12T08:14:49.225-08:002016-11-12T08:14:49.225-08:00You're right. I'm just not as far into the...You're right. I'm just not as far into the five stages of grief as I need to be.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250333507042547703.post-63704437247319380362016-11-12T07:06:55.653-08:002016-11-12T07:06:55.653-08:00My view is that I have done all that I can do and ...My view is that I have done all that I can do and now is the time to give up, kick back and try not to worry. They have won and for at least the next two years they will be able to pretty much do what they want.<br /><br />It would have been nice if Mr. Ryan had not started off with a lie. That lie being that the ACA has caused problems with Medicare which need to be addressed. In fact, changes the ACA has made to Medicare will make it solvent for at least 10 years longer than before the ACA implementation.<br /><br />You just have to accept that the GOP has an agenda that they will pursue by any means without any regard for facts or truth.<br /><br />Our voices are irrelevant and thanks to GOP obstruction they have been so for the past 8 years.<br /><br />We can only hope they don't screw it up too badly. As for climate change I have never believed anything would be done globally. The political will simply doesn't exist. Besides, how appropriate that the species who has caused so many extinctions will cause their own. The planet won't miss us.<br /><br />JimJim and Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com