Expectations Versus Desire

[wlotus]

There is a subtle difference between wanting the president to fail and expecting that one to fail, and some people are missing that difference. I and other PUMAs do not want that one to fail, because his failure means more trouble for our country...and lord knows our country has seen enough trouble to last a lifetime. But we expect him to fail, because we saw right from the beginning that he was nowhere near experienced enough to take over the leadership of this country right now. We are not surprised when he blunders and stumbles. We are not shocked when he goes back on his word. We saw this pattern of his when we checked his near-nonexistent political record and watched his behavior during the democratic primaries. It would be great for our country if he did not fail, but we think his success is about as likely as the Loch Ness monster being real. :-)

That is why we did not support him, in the first place.

Furthermore, PUMAs banding together in support of him (even when we have no reason to believe in him) will not help him succeed. Our support of or opposition to him does not affect his abilities or the lack thereof. The only way for him to succeed is for him to be competent in the first place. Blaming PUMAs or Republicans or anyone other than him for his lack of performance is making excuses. If he succeeds or fails, it will be because of him, not because of anyone else.

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[syven.livejournal.com]

*amen*

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

If I hear one more talking head, particularly those addressing the black community, say, "We need to all band together and work for his success," I am going to scream. HE has to work for his success, and none of us everyday citizens can help him get there or stand in his way. I don't accept that guilt trip.

[syven.livejournal.com]

My vote didn't depend on the color of the candidate's skin and yet, if I object to the unrepentant path to a dictatorship that is clearly being made, I'm racist. Sorry, if you vote for someone for the color of their skin, that makes *you* (not you) racist, not me.

I can't even tell you the frustration I feel being unable to even stomach the news stations who are all ignoring any objection by American citizens to this puppet's (he could do nothing without the Democrats in Congress and he's little more than their talking head) insane desire to enslave the population with oppressive taxation and the destabilization of our economy with debt more than the cumulative terms of all 43 presidents preceding him.

My big "thing" is term limits. Its the only way we can stop this insanity and take our country back from the politicians. They need to know Congress isn't a career and if they aren't there to serve us like they are elected to do, then we will vote them out and keep doing that until we force them to make term limits for Congress (both Senate and House).

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

You don't have to tell me about the frustration; I am living it, too. After the umpteenth mention of his name on the news last night--my roommate watches the news...I stay away from the nightly announcements of all that is wrong in the world--I said, "I am so sick of hearing that man's name!"

I hadn't thought about Congressional term limits as a tool to take back the country. How could that go into effect, though? I doubt Congress would be inclined to institute it, so long as the major parties control the pipeline of who gets into office.

[syven.livejournal.com]

We have to encourage people to take their power (and responsibility) back from the politicians. I won't color the issues, it will be a hard and long fight but it will be worth it.

We'll have to write letters (I'm going to draft a couple up and post them on my LJ for folks to copy and paste) to our current Congress representatives demanding that they put in legislation to add Congressional term limits to the Constitution. Amendments (and revocations of which we have only one - prohibition) to the Constitution take the majority vote of Congress (House and Senate) of 75% and it takes 75% of the States to agree*. We have to stipulate that if they ignore the demands of their constituents, we will (and we will encourage everyone we know to) vote them out of office at the next earliest opporunity.

In the meantime, whenever there is an upcoming election in our district to either the House or the Senate, we need to write them letters (and have our family/friends) that state we will only vote for them if they will work to put forth legislation for Congressional term limits.

We have to keep at it and help others see the need to do this - educate them in the need to have a government that works for us, not the other way around - for our sakes, for our children and our families. With term limits, lobbists aren't going to be able to insulate themselves into the lives of Congressmen.

Currently the House of Representatives has terms of office of 2 years and the Senate 6 years. *6* years - no wonder these people are out of touch with us. The drafts I'm going to write will support a term limit of 2 terms for the House and 1 term for the Senate.

[ciardhapagan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This is how I felt all along too. Add his blatent use of misogyny on top of that and no way in way shape or form was I ever going to back him, much less vote for him. I voted Cynthia McKinney in the general election because she was the only candidate left who supported my ideals and knew had a track record that showed she acted on what she said. Same reason I voted for and backed Hillary during the primaries.