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The Official Paracast Political Thread! — Part Two

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Gene Steinberg said:
They just want change at any cost, and they will get it.
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I have the feeling that Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” have won the battle, and in the end will have lost their war. In the sense that over time, both literally & figuratively.
 
Well, America: just remember, you picked him.

He won't moderate Gene. He'll do the opposite of that because he will be more emboldened now.

You just put a racist, misogynist, joke of a human being into the seat of power.

He's obviously the president America deserves.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
I think the media and the pollsters underestimated the extent of disaffection, and didn't sample rural voters properly. Despite all the gains in the Obama administration, millions of people are suffering. Hell, I'm suffering, as you well know, and it's not gotten better for me.

These people believe Washington isn't paying attention, and they don't see the process issues (Republicans saying no to anything Obama proposed). They just want change at any cost, and they will get it.

President Trump will have to moderate after he takes the oath of office, or it'll be a mess. The Republicans have a scant Senate majority, so Democrats can filibuster anything they don't like. There will have to be compromises.
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This says it all.

Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment
 
DaveM said:
The markets go down anytime someone farts in the room. Everything will smooth out eventually. They always do.
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Actually the markets are concerned because if he enacts his fiscal policies and trade plans, your GDP will be in double digit declines while your deficit does the opposite.

Which is bad for everyone.
 
marduk said:
Well, America: just remember, you picked him.

He won't moderate Gene. He'll do the opposite of that because he will be more emboldened now.

You just put a racist, misogynist, joke of a human being into the seat of power.

He's obviously the president America deserves.
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Most everyone agrees with you, other than a few forum members & Russia.
 
marduk said:
Well, America: just remember, you picked him.

He won't moderate Gene. He'll do the opposite of that because he will be more emboldened now.

You just put a racist, misogynist, joke of a human being into the seat of power.

He's obviously the president America deserves.
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Jeff said: The ONLY reason that the market looks as it does right now is very simple. A bunch of adolescent, party throwing, and thoroughly irresponsible teenage world banking cheese eaters are standing there hushed, with their half empty party accoutrements in hand. The front door is flung wide open amid their folly, and guess who's standing there in the threshold, having just returned home early and unannounced? Their daddy, Big Don. "


Markets probably move more based on emotion, anxiety, and perceived threats than real logic...much like this election... Trump understands money and could probably see his investments in Asia taking a hit. I'm convinced one of his handlers got to him last night and said to him "look don't take this personally but you got to go out there and be conciliatory" Perhaps he would of anyway but that was the flatest acceptance speech I've ever seen. Unlike this campaign speeches There was no passion in it at all. At least that's my opinion. Mike's observation of a lot of volatility in the markets for the time being I'm sure, is dead on.
 
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Gene Steinberg said:
I think the media and the pollsters underestimated the extent of disaffection, and didn't sample rural voters properly. Despite all the gains in the Obama administration, millions of people are suffering. Hell, I'm suffering, as you well know, and it's not gotten better for me.

These people believe Washington isn't paying attention, and they don't see the process issues (Republicans saying no to anything Obama proposed). They just want change at any cost, and they will get it.

President Trump will have to moderate after he takes the oath of office, or it'll be a mess. The Republicans have a scant Senate majority, so Democrats can filibuster anything they don't like. There will have to be compromises.
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It's going to be interesting over the next few days to hear all the analyzing about their demographics and the direction they went in. last night we heard everybody mention about how the silent majority (those that would vote for Trump but didn't want to admit it) and the millennials not showing up. this morning I'm hearing that part of the reason Hillary lost Florida because she took it for granted and sent Obama down instead of her and apparently that 16% of the people that thought Trump was not qualified but still voted for him.

Trump won but I hope he understands that because Hillary will win the popular vote this is not a mandate.

Regardless I'm with Jeff on let's get this place turned around.
 
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And I'm going to pay more attention to that USC Dornsif/ LA Times poll in the future.
 
Arpaio was ripe for being knocked off his perch. He was an anti immigration/anti Latino law enforcement officer. He would instruct his sheriffs to make traffic stops on Latino drivers to check their papers. He didn't make many fans in the Latino community.

He was held in contempt of the Arizona courts and is now facing possible jail time. In short, he was trying to make laws instead of enforcing them.
 
Wade said:
Trump understands money...
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You give him quite a benefit of the doubt. Those you have studied his business practices over the years say he acts impulsively, lacks long term strategic thinking, and uses screwing creditors as a central business practice. Recall that just a few months ago Trump said his solution for the U.S. debt was to default on U.S. Treasurys, a move that if executed would devastate the U.S. and world economies, and was most likely the stupidest statement on economic policy ever uttered by a Presidential candidate. He quickly tried to change and clarify what he was saying, but did it in such a muddled and confused way that no one was sure of what he was talking about.

Donald Trump's Messy Ideas For Handling The National Debt, Explained
 
Wade said:
Jeff said: The ONLY reason that the market looks as it does right now is very simple. A bunch of adolescent, party throwing, and thoroughly irresponsible teenage world banking cheese eaters are standing there hushed, with their half empty party accoutrements in hand. The front door is flung wide open amid their folly, and guess who's standing there in the threshold, having just returned home early and unannounced? Their daddy, Big Don. "


Markets probably move more based on emotion, anxiety, and perceived threats than real logic...much like this election... Trump understands money and could probably see his investments in Asia taking a hit. I'm convinced one of his handlers got to him last night and said to him "look don't take this personally but you got to go out there and be conciliatory" Perhaps he would of anyway but that was the flatest acceptance speech I've ever seen. Unlike this campaign speeches There was no passion in it at all. At least that's my opinion. Mike's observation of a lot of volatility in the markets for the time being I'm sure, is dead on.
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IMO Wade, you're correct in that the current market upset is emotion driven (fear) rather than being driven by any form of logic or reason. Actually, that's typically how that whole show seems to roll apart from a once in a great while real world event that it's responding to with respect to actual repercussive feedback. That being unlike the present situation consisting of a world banker show of protest in the form of an alarmist reaction. That's sheer dog n pony action IMO. Most likely, I do not believe it will take too much time to see a very real degree of wall street stability (if there genuinely is such a thing) apart from typical reflections of what is an already slow and rickety world economy. I am very confident that President Trump will dramatically help the economy of those he presides over.

As far as President Trump's acceptance speech is concerned, I took it to be a candid glimpse into the man's solemn understanding of the immensely important and delicate nature of the situation at hand. I genuinely think he knows just how scared those people are within the circles that he now, overnight, ultimately controls. He without a doubt feels the sweeping feedback from the "party's over" foreboding atmosphere of tension in DC, and is keenly aware of all the fear, along with the disdain, and the utter disillusionment that has political local's heads a spin currently. He knows just how unprecedented this whole thing is, and I do believe he humbly knows just who he has to thank for it as well.

I am being very serious when I fully and adamantly contend that what we have clearly seen in the ushering in of President Trump, is nothing short of a vast majority of the United States citizenry having declared, and having won, a peaceful revolution. By electing Donald Trump, we have defeated the NWO. The same one represented by the Obama administration, the Bush administration, and the same one the Clinton administration sought to perpetuate right into the United States' 3rd world status. The very essence of what has been the immense abuse of power called "professional politics", is DEAD. Long live a real sense of integrity and accountability, and the notion of what is a REAL democracy. One of the people, for the people, and by the people. We did it Abe, we finally did it!:)

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Whatever way you lean politically you have to admit that it is an extraordinary achievement by Trump.For him to take on the old guard and also the vast majority of the media and still come out on top is pretty impressive.
 
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