There were people in 2008 who thought Obama would be some socialist dictator and would take away everyone's guns and shit like that.
The president isn't some dictator. I think if anything we've seen in the last 8 years that the president is actually a lot more powerless than ever before depending on who controls the house/senate. If the whole republican party backed Trump this would be a lot scarier because they control the House and Senate, but if the primaries and GOP convention taught us anything they are not fully supportive of the disruptive Trump. My guess is very little will be done in the next 4 years just like the last 4.
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2000 all over again. Lost by a margin of GARY FUCKING JOHNSON in most of these states.
A lot of Johnson voters were Republicans who did not like Trump though I would say.
Even if some of the Gary Johnson/Jill Stein voters had switched it could have put Hillary ahead in key states.
The president can do whatever the fuck he wants if he has a compliant House and Senate (Senate majority still not filibuster proof though)
Expect to see major overhaul/repeal of obamacare, abrogation of current treaties, permissive policies on federal land use/fossil fuel extraction, a 7-3 conservative majority in the Supreme Court (revising Roe v. Wade, affirmative action, policies on lgbt issues), suppression of likely democratic voters, creating an even more vulnerable and desperate underclass, maybe pissing off Saudi and ending up with oil no longer being valued in USD, maybe a little war here or there.
I might be Chicken Little but there are ample opportunities for this to get really bad.
Topic: 2016 Presidential election (Read 58107 times)