Okay, obviously none of us are happy about our own (us in the U.S. that are President Trump supporters) desires not being met. Obviously, we'd have preferred to see someone who had the best interest of her country in mind win the presidency. We wished to see a country reflect the views of ourselves. It's not OUR country, but we felt a kinship with the candidate.
But let's take a moment to reflect how this differs from President Trump's win and her own loss. Sure, it's hard to equate the two because of social and political differences, but we DID see some similarities when they were running (Antifa action, immigration problems, etc.)
When Obama was elected for the first time, I sat with my wife in a restaurant and said, and I quote myself here, "At least he'll screw up enough that our next president will be a republican." Sadly, it took a second election for me to see that become a reality. But it did ultimately happen.
The idea that people would riot in the streets after Obama's election was the furthest thing from my mind. But this is what happened with President Trump's election. At no point did I, or anyone I know of, consider losing their everloving minds over Obama's election.
Then there's Le Pen's loss. Is there rioting in the streets today? Have people gone absolutely ape-shit over her loss? Clearly not, as the majority supported Macron.
THIS is how it's SUPPOSED to happen. He won. He's the leader of their country now, democratically voted in. We have to deal with this, and more than "deal" we have to "support" the wishes of the French public.
This said, it'll be an interesting next few years, and I'll say again, at least we can rest assured a conservative will be voted in next time.
Discuss.
Submitted May 08, 2017 at 12:26AM by HotDogen http://ift.tt/2ppoLHn