I cop to having voted for Trump in '16 because Hillary represented the dynastic more-of-the-same incrementalist hogwash that had disappointed me for decades as a Democrat. Trump was my Hail Mary vote, and my expectations were low. He sure surprised me in a delightful way! If you had told me in 1987 that that philandering, gold-plated real estate blowhard on the cover of People every other week was not only going to be president, but a *good* president, I would have hollered, "Get outta town!"
You were ahead of me. I was a Bernie supporter then, and voted for Jill Stein when the DNC nominated the one Democrat I detested at the level of Bush-Cheney. I had mixed feelings: I was a bit disturbed that Trump won, but also relieved to the point of euphoria that Hillary had not. I was pleasantly surprised that his administration was actually fairly decent, in contrast to the hysterical hatred fomented by the Clintonists over his every move. Between the Covid scam, the George Floyd race riots, and their open support for censorship, the Democrats had gone full-on terrorist-totalitarian by mid 2020. The Green and Libertarian third parties I usually voted for were busy showing lack of leadership on current issues by pretending it was still the 1980s, and Trump seemed to be the only one who was at least trying to do anything good, so I voted for him with reservations. In 2024, I voted for him again, with enthusiastic conviction, and so far have been at least 80% tickled pink at the result.
I cop to having voted for Trump in '16 because Hillary represented the dynastic more-of-the-same incrementalist hogwash that had disappointed me for decades as a Democrat. Trump was my Hail Mary vote, and my expectations were low. He sure surprised me in a delightful way! If you had told me in 1987 that that philandering, gold-plated real estate blowhard on the cover of People every other week was not only going to be president, but a *good* president, I would have hollered, "Get outta town!"
You were ahead of me. I was a Bernie supporter then, and voted for Jill Stein when the DNC nominated the one Democrat I detested at the level of Bush-Cheney. I had mixed feelings: I was a bit disturbed that Trump won, but also relieved to the point of euphoria that Hillary had not. I was pleasantly surprised that his administration was actually fairly decent, in contrast to the hysterical hatred fomented by the Clintonists over his every move. Between the Covid scam, the George Floyd race riots, and their open support for censorship, the Democrats had gone full-on terrorist-totalitarian by mid 2020. The Green and Libertarian third parties I usually voted for were busy showing lack of leadership on current issues by pretending it was still the 1980s, and Trump seemed to be the only one who was at least trying to do anything good, so I voted for him with reservations. In 2024, I voted for him again, with enthusiastic conviction, and so far have been at least 80% tickled pink at the result.