Congratulations to President Elect Donald J. Trump.

I would like to offer my congratulations to Mr. Donald Trump on his winning the election for President of the United States. Our best wishes and prayers go out to him for a successful Presidency. We know that there are a lot of problems that need to be solved in our great land but many of them can be solved by just encouraging the American people and getting the government out of our way and out of our lives. Who knows, but if we find that we have less to fear from prying government eyes, maybe nudism can become an accepted main stream activity.
I am confident that President Elect Trump will work hard to fulfill his promise to the American people to "Make America Great Again". Good luck.
DesertRat

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RE: Congratulations to President Elect Donald J. Trump. - or Not

I agree with the prayers and have to remember God is really the one in control. Otherwise I think this was a major mistake but am hopeful because the Senate is more balanced plus since Hillary won the popular vote it should put Trump and the Republicans on notice. Second time now, maybe it is time to get an amendment to get rid of the electoral college.
Also, I've never understood the make America great again slogan. America IS great! Yes there are issues that need to be addressed but there always are and always will be.

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Well i hope Trump does not put into practise all that he promised,its nice to see someone upset the establishment and i know he's promised to put American jobs 1st but a lot of his policies sound of protectionism to me. I also hope he does not curry favour with his friend Putin by recognising Russia's annexing of the Crimea from the Ukraine. As for Obamacare,well i live across tthe pond but we Europeans find it very strange that the most powerful and wealthiest country in the world does not have a basic healthcare system for its people,Trump has said he;s going to do away with Obama care. God Bless America
All though this is my own personal political view i would just like to add that when i was in the states ,i found the American people to be very generous and very friendly and have only the fondest memories of my time there.

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I agree with yoiu

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Personally, I am shocked that an individual who offended the
blacks, the Hispanics and women of all color and races could be
elected to the highest office in the country. Imagine how I felt
when I had to assure my nine year old grandson, a US Citizen of
Mexican descent, that he would not be deported. Fortunately, the
founding fathers of this country set up a government with
asystem of checks and balances which assures that the
Presidentcannot run amuck and act as a dictator. To some
extent, at least, the office makes the man. The man does not make
the office.
While I don't feel that there were any good choices in this
election,if all the groups which Donald Trump
hasoffended hadflocked to the polls and voted, we might have our
first female president-elect, today.

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I agree wholeheartedly with Bruce...this is a great step in the right direction. Our government is 'for the people, by the people and of the people'. HRH Clinton does not fit into any of these categories including the HRH...may a new Justice Department seek the rule of law on her criminal actions and pursue something other than 'Civil Rights'. Go Donald....

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RE: Congratulations to President Elect Donald J. Trump. - NOT

I agree wholeheartedly with Bruce...this is a greatstep in the right direction. Our government is 'for thepeople, by the people and of the people'. HRH Clinton does not fitinto any of these categories including the HRH...may a new JusticeDepartment seek the rule of law on her criminal actions and pursuesomething other than 'Civil Rights'. GoDonald....
Ok if you want to make the arguement that it is by the people which
I agree it should be, you are contradicting yourself by supporting
Trump. He has absolutely no idea how the vast majority of us live
paycheck to paycheck or working long hours at a job we hate while
running the kids to school and then soccer practice etc. He
cannot in any way be considered one of the people. I know you are
thinking Clinton can't either and I somewhat agree but look at her
history, she does have a lot more exposure and firsthand
understanding.

Also, get off the criminal BS, she's been cleared and it is
'Trumped' up BS. For that matter if you really want to go down that path, Trump should be locked up for his fraud with Trump University, pay issues with his casinos, fraudulent dealings with contractors, etc. but the Clinton campaign took the high road and left that alone.

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Lambs led to the slaughter.

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Lambs led to the slaughter.I want lamb chops

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One of the main thing for you over the pond is what will happen over nudity as I think he is wanting to be more for the Christians and could they get hip to clamp down what they think nudity is a sin and be outlawed even though the sin in gods eyes is having cloths on.

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"If you look at the county map, this election shows once again that the American system of protecting the minority is encapsulated in the Electoral College. Without it, the big cities would rule the country and the majority of the communities would be rendered silent."
Please explain how the Electoral College silences the majority of communities. Here are the facts about the Electoral College:
Arguments Against the Electoral College Those who object to the Electoral College system and favor a direct popular election of the president generally do so on four grounds:

  • the possibility of electing a minority president
  • the risk of so-called "faithless" Electors,
  • the possible role of the Electoral College in depressing voter turnout, and
  • its failure to accurately reflect the national popular will.
Finally, some opponents of the Electoral College point out, quite correctly, its failure to accurately reflect the national popular will in at least two respects. First, the distribution of Electoral votes in the College tends to over-represent people in rural States. This is because the number of Electors for each State is determined by the number of members it has in the House (which more or less reflects the State's population size) plus the number of members it has in the Senate (which is always two regardless of the State's population). The result is that in 1988, for example, the combined voting age population (3,119,000) of the seven least populous jurisdiction of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming carried the same voting strength in the Electoral College (21 Electoral votes) as the 9,614,000 persons of voting age in the State of Florida. Each Floridian's potential vote, then, carried about one third the weight of a potential vote in the other States listed. A second way in which the Electoral College fails to accurately reflect the national popular will stems primarily from the winner-take-all mechanism whereby the presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes in the State wins all the Electoral votes of that State. One effect of this mechanism is to make it extremely difficult for third party or independent candidates ever to make much of a showing in the Electoral College. If, for example, a third party or independent candidate were to win the support of even as many as 25% of the voters nationwide, he might still end up with no Electoral College votes at all unless he won a plurality of votes in at least one State. And even if he managed to win a few States, his support elsewhere would not be reflected. By thus failing to accurately reflect the national popular will, the argument goes, the Electoral College reinforces a two party system, discourages third party or independent candidates, and thereby tends to restrict choices available to the electorate.Finally, in a strictly red or blue winner take all state, minority votes do not matter and their voices will not be heard. The only difference where minority votes may matter is in swing states.

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