Sunday, December 18, 2016

Right Wing responds with outrage over Michelle Obama's assertion that America has lost hope.

First here is a link to Essence containing the First Lady's remarks: 

Following the election of Donald Trump, First Lady Michelle Obama says many Americans are now realizing what it's like not to have hope.

"We feel the difference now, See, now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like," she told Oprah. "Hope is necessary. It's a necessary concept and Barack didn't just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes." 

She also expressed concerns for children in the country as many parents continue to express similar feelings of hopelessness. 

"He and I and so many believe that -- what else do you have if you don't have hope?" the First Lady added. "What do you give your kids if you can't give them hope?"

Now if you are anything like me these words very closely mirrored your feelings since this election, and if anything seemed perhaps a little too carefully chosen to adequately represent how freaked out you have been since November.

However that is NOT how they were received by those who are thrilled that Donald Trump will soon be leading us to Armageddon.

Here was what Fox rabid attack dog Jeanine Pirro had to say about Mrs. Obama's words: 

“To try and convince America that once you and Barack exit the White House, hope is removed for America is an outrage,” Pirro ranted. “But I get it, for you hope is gone. You and your family and friends won’t be able to fly to another 46 countries, with security and hair and make-up in tow. Michelle, you may not realize it, but Americans’ rejected you and everything you stand for. Hope is when people — 30,000 at a time — stand in line in the cold with their children hoping to get a glimpse of a man they think can change the course of their lives from the downward spiral that you and ‘Mister Hope and Change’ have put them on.”

Hang on I have to wipe some venom out of my eyes.

Other Right Wing outlets were equally defensive and attacked Ms. Obama for suggesting that the election of Donald Trump means the end of hope.

In fact Trump himself suggested that FLOTUS just made a simple misstatement:

"She made that statement not meaning it the way it came out," Trump said.

"I assume she was talking about the past not the future cause I'm telling you, we have tremendous hope and we have tremendous promise and tremendous potential," Trump said Saturday. The crowd booed at the mention of Mrs. Obama.

Damn that is some thick ass bubble this guy lives in.

No the First Lady said EXACTLY what she was trying to say, and she is of course absolutely correct.

President Obama ran on "hope and change" and spent his entire presidency, sometimes naively, trying to bring the country together and work with both sides of the aisle to bring that about even when one side was working to sabotage every single thing he tried to accomplish.

On the other hand Donald Trump ran his campaign on building a wall to keep Mexicans out of the country, rounding up undocumented immigrants and shipping them home, while targeting others based on their religious affiliations. 

Try as I might I simply cannot glean even a glimmer of hope from any of that.

So yes Michelle Obama is correct. Hope is indeed dead.

And our job is to do our best to revive it, and once revived inform others how to keep it alive.

Here's a helpful hint, You cannot keep hope alive if you allow fascists to run the country.

77 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:39 AM

    Every. Single. Person. I have asked lately has been feeling a sense of loss or depression. All can't quite put a finger on why. They are saying how they aren't feeling Christmasy, haven't put their tree up, etc. These are Democrats, Republicans and Independents. I think it's because of the election and all the nastiness. Exactly what Michelle Obama is saying.

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    1. Anonymous9:36 AM

      Yes, this is how my friends are reacting as well. We have no sense of joy in the season. Christmas is about hope and we’re not feeling it.
      And Fuck You John McCain for bringing this into our body politic. Sarah Palin’s nasty diss “hopey changey thing” in regard to President Obama’s message of hope was one of many comments that led me to see how she sees the world. She is not a Christian, she is the closest thing to the anti-Christ next to Trump ever to step on the world stage. Anyone who supports them is a toxic mess.

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    2. Anonymous10:56 AM

      https://www.adn.com/opinions/2016/12/17/electors-pray-before-you-vote-and-thats-no-joke/

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    3. Anonymous1:07 PM

      Hopes and dreams are in limbo now. Just when things were getting better- this happens. As a senior citizen I am very worried about Social Security and Medicare. I am also nervous for my best friend who is disabled but was denied disability and now may lose health insurance. In the spring she will be able to start early Social Security- but will it still be there for her, or will it be cut so much that she won't have enough to live on? I won't even start with the violence and hatefulness that so many seem to think is acceptable now. Everyone I know is depressed and afraid.

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    4. All of the people I know in DC are depressed and utterly stressed out about what we're going to be coping with all too soon.

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    5. Anonymous6:05 PM

      It's called 'Trumppression' (h/t to whoever said it first, not me)

      dowl

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    6. Anonymous5:06 PM

      GET OVER YOURSELVES....GROW UP AND STOP WHINING! GOOD GRIEF YOUR WHATS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY!

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  2. Anonymous8:46 AM

    Jeanine Pirro is in for a rude awakening. After eight years in the WH, the Obamas have no clue as to what has just transpired? Michelle only concerned about AF1 trips, hair, and makeup? I watched President Obama's presser last week start to finish when he calmly explained everything so eloquently. I just cannot tolerate the stupidity anymore. I JUST CAN'T.

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    1. Anonymous9:17 AM

      Sounds like a Palin road trip to me.
      Add drugs....plenty of 'em.

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  3. Anonymous8:55 AM

    Man, Russia is good. It orchestrated the shootings of people who peacefully tried to investigate DNC fraud and it got Brazile to give Hillary questions in debates.

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    1. Anonymous2:14 PM

      Will Russia show the young drunk drugged out Russian citizens and their hope?

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    2. Anonymous7:26 PM

      Russia sent a mole to marry Trump:

      https://ohfree.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Melania-Trump-Nude-1.jpg

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  4. Anonymous8:58 AM

    Jeanine Pirro is a smoothly lying, twisted and malignant POS. Sociopath.

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  5. She meant what she said . . . .
    Bravo Michelle!

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  6. Anonymous9:03 AM

    I have three children, 21, 17, and 16.
    I'm actively encouraging them to not procreate.
    The destruction to the environment under 4 years of Trump is going to be catastrophic.

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    1. Anonymous9:42 AM

      This has crossed my mind too. It breaks my heart beyond repair when I consider how different their lives will be. Bristol Palin’s lame narrative that having children shows optimism looks downright abusive in light of the degraded environment our grandchildren will inherit. Already, it is clear a large part of the population is ignorant, losing touch with reality and irresponsible. Why would I wish my descendants to live in such miserable times?

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    2. Anonymous2:22 PM

      Our election was an example of the dumbing down of Americans. Shipped out jobs, destroyed public schools, lowered the standards, lowered moral, injected disrespect and divided friends and relatives with lies and hate.

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    3. Anonymous2:29 PM

      Sadly, and oddly, 9:03, I have seen several comments on Redstate, RightScoop and other rightwing blogs that say "procreate! The only way to keep ahead of the non-white invasion!"

      These people are crazy.

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  7. Anonymous9:06 AM

    Let's see, if u believe in scientific facts, and the next head of the epa is a climate change denier, then u may not have hope. If u believe in civil rights and u have an attorney general who doesn't, u may not have hope. If u believe in protecting our natural resources and wildlife, and he picks a guy to head Interior who donny Jr and fossil fuel people likes, then maybe u don't have hope. If u believe in LGBT rights and a woman's right to choose and the VP is someone who even ISIS is saying is taking religion too far, where's ur hope. If u believe in having competent people in charge, not Carson or Perry, u have no hope. And I could go on.

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    1. How can you have hope when our soon to be President is such a clown that he goes on these "love me" tours so he can hear the idiots cheer him and behind the scenes his kids are picking the worst, anti-government low lives to run OUR country?

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    2. Anonymous2:16 PM

      (++++++++++++)x10000000000!!!

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  8. The New Yorker published an article entitled "Indivisible: a Practicle Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda". Everyone, please spread this far and wide, read and take action.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzOz3Y6D8g_MNXHNMJYAz1b41_cn535aU5UsN7Lj8X8/mobilebasic

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    1. Anonymous9:49 AM

      This is awesome and I feel it is a good strategy! Empowering! Will spread and put in action. In Alaska we have very few members of Congress, but I think this is a good start. Also, in my experience locally it is clear many repubs are as horrified as dems.

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    2. That's very nice except for two things. when you are in a heavily blue state and your MoC are Democratic and unlikely to lose their positions to any Republicans. They know they're safe and that you can't do much to threaten their chances of re-election.

      It says NOTHING about State and local elections. That is where we really need to make inroads. We need majority Democrats in state legislatures and we need Democratic governors we've been losing ground on both fronts for years.

      I'm lucky. California now has a super majority. We have a Democratic majority in both state houses and a Democratic Governor.

      Our governor has already put Trump on notice. A big finger and a threat he better leave us the hell alone.

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    3. Anonymous4:00 PM

      Hahahahaa. Oh your big bad Governor lol.

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    4. Anonymous7:21 PM

      @4:00 PM Hahahahaa. Oh your big fat bad adulterer, child predator, incest lover, and escort pimp, unpresidential(sic) wanker in chief. Your use of lol is your camouflage for your stupidity.

      http://images.askmen.com/1080x540/2016/08/01-110416-new_york_post_uncovers_melania_trump_nude_photoshoot.jpg

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  9. Anonymous9:24 AM

    Michelle Obama has more intelligence and elegance in her little fingernail than Drumpf will ever be able to claim for his entire brain.

    Those who harbor the hatred and lack of appreciation for what OUR President Obama has done to lift this country out of the mess he inherited are a drag on all of us who live in the US.

    I can say with confidence they are not bright because they keep voting to repeat history. Can they not remember during Papa Bush's reign that his two sons cost the country billions when they screwed us with the Savings and Loan debacle?

    Reagan who took away all the mental health care and facilities and gave us the street people because he needed the money as he spent us into a huge hole that cost Papa Bush a 2nd term because he had to raise taxes to make up for Reagan's deficit. (We are now steadily trying to deal with getting care for the mentally ill, all these years later.)

    Papa Bush, Reagan(with the largest loss of Marines since Iwo Jima on his watch) Bush 2, all sent our troops into combat.

    These dimwits, who obviously know nothing about history, voted for this clown with his 6 bankruptcies, in debt to China banks, Russian banks, and Germany's Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo for a total of way over a billion dollars and who knows how much more since he refuses to turn over his tax returns?

    Remember G W said "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... You can't get fooled again!"

    The voters keep voting for those more stupid than the last so... now what? Will the alt right be able to find someone dumber than Drumpf for the next go round? It will take some searching!

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    1. Anonymous5:11 PM

      SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE LIBERAL FROM BEING BRAIN WASHED FOR TOO LONG!
      EGADS PUT YOUR BIG GIRL PANTS ON AND SEE THE DIVISION THE OBAMA ADMIN HAS CREATED IN THE LAST 8 YEARS

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  10. Anonymous9:28 AM

    I still have hope that enough electors will change their vote from Trump that he won't become president. Failing that, I have hope that a President Trump will be impeached quickly. I will not give up. None of us should give up. We need hope in order to not give up. I wish Michelle had chosen her words differently. We need to be ready to resist and fight.

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    1. Anonymous9:32 AM

      I don't.
      She said what needed to be said.

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    2. Anonymous10:35 AM

      Our First Lady was correct in what she said. I feel exactly like that and worry for our country.

      Americans should all be concerned with the likes of the egomaniac Donald Trump. Be prepared America!!

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    3. He won't be impeached. The Fascists own the House and Senate. (And soon the Supreme Court.)

      Our choices are that he'll resign or die.

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    4. Anonymous11:13 AM

      And then we get Pence. Remember, all very calculated and NMP has already said that he will be in charge of all foreign and domestic policy.

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  11. Anonymous9:30 AM

    I struggle every day to find any sense of hope in the election of Donald Trump. He is a small-minded man who shows no vision for the world except excess materialism. I do not find him to be uplifting. The people he has picked to advise him are frightening and do not in any manner show a sense of restraint or concern about the environment our children will inherit. Nothing.

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  12. Anonymous9:35 AM

    After 8 years of failure, she is right people lost hope in hope and change, and America decided to clean house. These are the comments of a first lady? What a useless ungrateful asshole and shit stirrer.

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    1. Anonymous10:25 AM

      You are a nasty excuse for a human being. You get some sort of sick satisfaction posting this hateful message on a liberal blog. Congratulations on showing us how hateful and useless you are.

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    2. Anonymous10:25 AM

      You must be a Trumpanzee:
      http://images.askmen.com/1080x540/2016/08/01-110416-new_york_post_uncovers_melania_trump_nude_photoshoot.jpg

      http://hollywoodrooster.com/page/149/ivanka-trump-nose-job.jpg

      https://i1.wp.com/4fc.7d2.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/donald-ivanka.jpg

      http://www.snopes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ivanka-trump.jpg

      Is that what you wish for your future? ESAD, Troll.

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    3. Anonymous10:29 AM

      So, it's ok for Trump to say similar things about the U.S.? But a strong black woman cant say she doesn't feel hope? It Must be because you're a racist mIsogynist Republican.

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    4. Anonymous1:14 PM

      America decided to clean house
      ---------
      Well you must be very disappointed that trump has chosen the same players: the Wall St execs, long time politicians and CEO's.

      Not a new face in the crowd.

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    5. Anonymous1:57 PM

      Not only that, 1:14 PM, but cabinet picks blatantly against the strides made in departments they are now in charge of.

      I NEVER thought I would witness this in my lifetime. "Make America Great Again?" Hold tight to those you love and help locally when you can. We're going to need all the help we can get.

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    6. "After 8 years of failure"
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      You are a liar, or stupid, or both. You are also most certainly a racist piece of shit. You are also a "useless, ungrateful asshole" for being so willfully blind to what President Obama accomplished for all Americans even worthless traitors like you and trump.

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    7. Anonymous3:44 PM

      After 8 years of an improved economy, lower unemployment, lower gas prices, higher stock market, and more soldiers at home, you Trumpettes are still as racist and ignorant as before. Did your redneck parents raise you wearing confederate flag diapers, and a racist attitude about everything? Is there a cross burning in the back of your trailer park?

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    8. Anonymous3:56 PM

      9:35 AM has been suffering from lifelong incest from parents and siblings. Poor thing.

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    9. Anonymous3:59 PM

      Nefer, showing your true unadulterated bigotry, biased views, and lack of critical thinking, once again. Big surprise.

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    10. Anonymous5:04 PM

      3:59 PM - sorry, doll, Nefer is one of the most coherent people here. Read what you wrote and note that three fingers are pointed back at you.

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    11. Anonymous5:28 PM

      Of course a moronic follower like you 5:04 would prop up Nefer's bigotry, ignorance, and racist viewpoints.

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    12. Anonymous7:11 PM

      @3:59/5:28, Are you butthurt again? Do Donald Trump's examples of class offend you? He is the pussy grabber in chief.

      https://i1.wp.com/4fc.7d2.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/donald-ivanka.jpg

      http://img.wennermedia.com/social/melania-trump-donald-trump-ivanka-trump-zoom-56d119ff-4b49-4609-8a2a-21c7fa6bb936.jpg

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      http://images.askmen.com/1080x540/2016/08/01-110416-new_york_post_uncovers_melania_trump_nude_photoshoot.jpg

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    13. Anonymous10:34 AM

      Funny how the butthurt trolls aren't feeling any better about their pathetic little lives even after the election. I figured they'd watch the rich get even richer and eventually clue in to how utterly they were conned. Maybe it's happening sooner than I expected.

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  13. Anonymous10:00 AM

    9:35 AM - You are clearly one of the deplorables and you and your ilk have not the ability to discern class from the swamp critters that are poised to make your right wing life miserable.

    How much can you accomplish when you have a Hastert-like barrier for everything that is put forth? Bet you don't even know what the Hastert rule is or who Hastert is and doubt Drumpf does either. Take your ignorance elsewhere.

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    1. Give them time. Maybe they have the capacity to finally recognize that the ungrateful asshole and shit stirrer is about to be confirmed by the electoral college and will be inaugurated on Jan 20, barring death or a change of heart.

      (Yeah, that criticism and public ridicule isn't going to let up any time soon. If anything, it will just increase.)

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    2. Anonymous5:17 PM

      SAD PART IS...TRUMP WILL MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFE AGAIN AND OUR ECONOMY WILL SOAR LIKE NEVER BEFORE. GET READY ITS FINALLY GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY AND YOU LIBS ARE GONA HAVE TO ADMIT IT...LIFE WILL BE BETTER FOR ALL!

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  14. Anonymous10:03 AM

    9:35, that's pure projection. You are the evil words you use. You describe yourself.

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  15. Anonymous10:06 AM

    UNSLUT NOW!
    https://twitter.com/emilylindin

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  16. Please share this site. It is excellent practicle guide to resisting the Trump agenda.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzOz3Y6D8g_MNXHNMJYAz1b41_cn535aU5UsN7Lj8X8/mobilebasic

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  17. Anonymous10:32 AM

    Our First Lady was absolutely correct in her statement!

    HOPE HAS BEEN LOST with Donald Trump!

    Republicans can spin it any way they want - even though the majority of Americans will NEVER agree with them!

    The majority in America voted for Hillary Clinton by a landslide! Trump is not admired or respected and will never be potus to many!

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  18. Sharon10:42 AM

    I guess I am still in denial that this is all happening...watching the cabinet picks is like writing the most far fetched scenario in government. Surely this can't really be happening to America????

    I have always considered the "Obamas" to be the greatest gift this country every got. They had a very successful life going on before the decision....there was no lust for power or greed. I truly believe there will never be another president or first lady to compare...certainly in my lifetime. My heart is broken beyond repair for what this ungrateful country has done to these good people that basically saved us. The entire world is more aware then we are, not even half of eligible voters care enough to use this right when millions have died to protect it. I thought I was ashamed when we allowed Bush to steal the election twice...it doesn't come close now. After those horrible 8 years of a total destructive reign, we again elected more Republicans than ever...there is no collective memory of the past, none.

    Democracy in America will be destroyed from within, aided by Russia. It is true that the Trump voters will never be confused with the truth..let them enjoy what they did to all of us.

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    1. Anonymous10:52 AM

      Those who voted for him will be hit the hardest. Don't come crying....

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    2. HIs cabinet would be a joke if it wasn't so horrendous.

      I think putting Rick Perry on Energy was the last straw. Is Trump fucking with us? Rick Perry who wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy and couldn't even remember it during a debate?

      It's a never ending really bad, horrendous, hurtful joke in very bad taste that will destroy us all.

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    3. Anonymous5:19 PM

      SMILE MORE ITS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY WOOHOO!!!!

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  19. Anonymous10:43 AM

    Michelle Obama has become the voice for all of us who despair of having Donald Trump as president. She became the voice for all American women when she spoke out about his outrageous misogyny. I fear that we will be voiceless over the next four years or more.
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous12:17 PM

      Fuck Donald Trump! He smells and speaks pure evil! He will be as horrid a leader as was Hitler of Germany!

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    2. Anonymous5:22 PM

      Actually what we have been living in for the last 8 years is a hair away from socialism...do you not desire to think for yourself or do you prefer the crowd mentality...one cattle with the others nose up its butt following along

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  20. Anonymous10:52 AM

    https://www.adn.com/opinions/2016/12/17/electors-pray-before-you-vote-and-thats-no-joke/

    SM

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    1. I think SNL's message to the electors was spot on.

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  21. Anonymous11:47 AM

    I hate his Merry Christmas signs at his "thank you tours". It's like giving the middle finger to all Americans who are not Christians.

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    1. Anonymous12:33 PM

      He's as much a "Christian" as the Wasilla Wndingo.

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    2. Anonymous1:17 PM

      For heaven sakes, it is Christmas time and there is nothing wrong with Merry Christmas signs.

      Just because there are no Happy Hanukah or Kwanza signs just means they are not trump supporters.

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    3. Anonymous1:55 PM

      scientologist or objectivist do not practice religion.

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    4. Anonymous2:37 PM

      It was Trump's sign on the podium. Should he be for all Americans?

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  22. Anonymous1:01 PM

    Watching NFL, I see Michelle's last interview is with Oprah is tomorrow night on CBS? As horrible as it sounds, I can't do Oprah and not for racial reasons.

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  23. Anonymous1:18 PM

    I haven’t lost hope!!!

    I am hoping TRAITOR trump and company end up in Gitmo, where we house terrorists.

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  24. Anonymous1:57 PM

    Hope that electoral people do the right thing.

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    1. Anonymous5:23 PM

      YEP THEY DID TRUMP IS OUR PRESIDENT GET OVER YOURSELF! WOOHOO

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  25. Anonymous5:08 PM

    Rush Limpbaugh's screamed how much hope he has! The deplorable hope and change. Hope any devilish racist would want! 52% Of Republicans actually believe that don won popular vote? Fox No News twisted the fiqures for the most loyal fair and balanced viewers. These people would not turn the channel if their life depended on it. Fox fake news should be sanctioned along with alex jones and the rush of the loons.

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    1. Anonymous5:24 PM

      Jus speaking the "real" truth

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