The fact that you argue here that Russia did nothing wrong in trying to influence the election result seems unpatriotic but I guess that's what it takes to be a Trump supporter. I owe you an apology though here. I asked you to prove a negative. It wasn't evasive
I didn't say what they did was not wrong, I don't give what they did the same weight that you obviously do. Every nation does it. You don't owe me an apology FORKUP. If I were where you are politically I'd be screaming about Russia too. It's all you have and I can understand completely. have a nice 4th and don't hate us too much.
Couple of things. First of I don't hate you,or for that matter most people who voted Trump. Hating someone over political affiliation seems to me as an idiotic way to judge someone. You are however wrong that the Russia thing is all I have against Trump. I have something against the entire abandonment of norms he represents. Since when does being president mean you don't even have to fake being a decent human being anymore. Since when does being president mean it's alright to be a blatant nepotist. Since when does being president mean you don't have to have impulse control. Since when does being the president mean you don't have to have an inch of humility. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't have liked Romney, Mccain or Clinton for that matter. But I've never imagined in my wildest dreams, that the president of the United States would not be expected by the people who voted for him to at least show maturity. Romney, Mccain or Clinton would have been people I would have expected to, in the end attempt to find a way to do what's best for most Americans. Trump I don't think is capable of even being able to distinguish what's best for him,or what's best for most Americans. The Russia thing is damning, but for me it isn't the worst thing about Trump. Not even close.
You hit on why we support him. The end of political norms, the draining of a pool of entrenched (we can do what we want politicians). Year after year the recession ticked on. People lost their retirement, their earnings were stunted at best.
People were not able to see a way out and no one did anything about it. In business if you go for 8 to 10 years struggling to make ends meet you can't get those years back. Your youth in those years wasted on a feckless president too busy playing golf to tackle the really tough issues.
I don't hate Obama supporters either, I just wish they could walk in our shoes for a while. I actually really like something president Clinton said; He said when you wake up in the morning and your business isn't paying off or you can't earn enough to make ends meet you look in the mirror and blame yourself. Obama hated that Bill said that but he did and at the time I really appreciated the statement.
I was blaming myself.
The very month Trump took over the government it was as if someone flipped a switch. My phone started to ring and has not stopped. I've hired two new employees. Why couldn't Obama do that? Because he didn't want to. He gained while people suffered.