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Score: Rabble 1, Elite 0 You know all the talk about how the “elite” are in charge and ruining the country has been making the rounds among all the (elite) media, talking heads and politicians, right? Well, I thought it was about time to see how this charge is holding up now that this “deplorable” campaign season is over. Here’s how I see it: Essentially, the elite gave us Hillary. Now you can love her or you can hate her but the fact is that she was a deeply flawed and unpopular candidate; it may not be totally fair but she lost and there you have it. Despite her resume, in a normal election there is NO WAY she should ever have been a candidate.  However, she was clearly the candidate that the elite (at least on the Democrats side) wanted. And they got her. On the other side, the rabble (sorry, can’t think of a better name for the opposite of elite) gave us The Donald. Despite the herculean efforts of the Republican elite to stop him, they had a candidate who, if he

Poor Prudie - even she was surprised by Mr. Trump's victory! This was a tough election – duh! In my opinion we were offered two very poor candidates for president, both with very obvious flaws. So much so that it was the case that many people voted AGAINST the other candidate rather than for their's – a damn sad way to run a country. In any event Donald Trump won so we need to move on but I cannot lie, it hasn't made me happy. This is my effort to help get straight with this, for myself if no one else. If it makes you feel better too, fine. If not . . . well, there’s always 2020 (or 2018.)   If you’re a Republican you might feel like this . . . " Go back to  Pharaoh  the liberals," the LORD commanded Moses. "Tell  him  them, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me (and guns)   Exodus 9:1(mostly) "For evangelicals, for the Christians, for the everybody, for everybody o