I was in the waiting room of an auto service dealership. The television in the waiting room was faithfully turned to the morning Fox network news. The story on the screen was something related to a "white man's wish list". I had heard Fox had a deep conservative European American connection so I have never watched it all the way through. I thought about going to another room where guests could wait, but decided to listen to the diatribe as this is what lies ahead for at least the next 4 years.
The news correspondents were proudly expressing conservative European American viewpoints. Several video clips of Trump were shown where he expressed his views on immigration. The concept of the immigration wall came up and another black customer and I exchanged quiet smirks and knowing smiles at the rants.
But as the saying goes, to the victor belongs the spoils. So I'm already used to just staring with no emotion at the conservative rants already coming out over the airwaves. But to the victor also comes the responsibility to deal with all the myriad of problems in this country and world. Now it's the turn of the conservatives to put forth "solutions" to problems and to defend the policies and programs that result from these "solutions". So, let's see what new programs will be in effect after 6 months in 2017.
We should have some idea by then as to who will be helped and who will not be helped in the next 4 years. Checks and balances. That supposedly is what our government is about. I'm eager to see what proposals and policies will come out in place of all the political rhetoric we heard in the past 2 years. Strap yourself in. It should be an interesting rodeo the next 4 years.
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