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Goodbye, America. (Original Post) Prisoner_Number_Six Jan 2017 OP
I'd hope we are stonger than this and refuse to cave... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #1
I like your attitude. The next four years are going to be hell though still_one Jan 2017 #3
The Resistance begins. dalton99a Jan 2017 #2
Things can be changed drastically in 2 years and we need to start planning democratisphere Jan 2017 #4
Don't give up that easily Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #5
make it your avatar, Prisoner_Number_Six Skittles Jan 2017 #6
Welcome to the Soviet States of America. DFW Jan 2017 #7

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
1. I'd hope we are stonger than this and refuse to cave...
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:13 PM
Jan 2017
....to the will of those who want to control us. Never give up, never give in.

This fight too can be "Our Finest Hour."

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
4. Things can be changed drastically in 2 years and we need to start planning
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:42 PM
Jan 2017

NOW to make sure that happens. All of Congress needs to be returned to Democratic control and shutdown the drumpf destruction machine.

Blue_Roses

(12,894 posts)
5. Don't give up that easily
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:49 PM
Jan 2017

Our country's history and the struggles we've faced have what brought us Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, etc.

Conflict always brings about change for the better. The bigger the conflict, the bigger the change.

DFW

(54,046 posts)
7. Welcome to the Soviet States of America.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:43 AM
Jan 2017

When Trump Tower gets designated a "high rise dacha," and Putie gets his own floor, you'll know all accounts have been settled. Look for all freedoms enjoyed by Soviet citizens to be upheld here after tomorrow. Elections will be held, in those states where this is not already the case, under the Stalin guidelines: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

In case there is any doubt that Republicans view elections through Stalinist glasses, I offer this peek at the Bush White House on an unusually warm election day at the Bush White House in 2004:

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