Back from the Bush years
Hi everyone!
I used to be a member here during (most) of the Bush years. After President Obama was elected, I no longer saw fit to post here. Unfortunately, it was part of a larger overconfidence and hope on my part that we as a country were past the danger of right wing extremism. The results of this election were a huge surprise to me... the polling data strongly suggested that we had it in the bag, and it wasn't until it was painfully obvious what had happened on election night until what I never even took seriously had occurred. I wasn't naive. I knew we obviously would not gain control of the house and would not control most of the states.... yet, I was certain we would obtain the presidency and thought maybe there was a 50/50 chance we would get the senate.
Furthermore, I told myself that, even if Trump somehow won, checks and balances would keep him at bay, he wouldn't really be that bad, etc. Yet, the day after the election, I had a sick feeling that I was in a deep denial, and this is going to be something unlike anything the country has experienced before.
So here we are again. Hopefully, those like myself that were overconfident, will come out to vote in the midterms and at least put the breaks on his policies in two years.
