# kaylasdad99: "It is unacceptable for America to ever again have a Republican as President." Well? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaylasdad99-it-is-unacceptable-for-america-to-ever-again-have-a-republican-as-president-well/771254 "2016-11-09T19:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaylasdad99-it-is-unacceptable-for-america-to-ever-again-have-a-republican-as-president-well/771254/27 "2016-11-09T21:18:27Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Maybe he should have voted more enthusiastically. > > But, who he voted for in the presidential is slightly irrelevant. I assume he went republican on the down ticket, which until 8:30 last night, were the races I was actually worried about. > > He is obviously very happy with the result, even if it is not the one he voted for. Not exactly. As I shared elsewhere: > [@\* \* \* ! Official 2016 US Presidential Election Day Thread ! \* \* \*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1652): > > I’m probably not as upset as most people, since I regard the House and Senate results as generally good news, and hopefully as a moderating influence on Trump. > > But I am pretty angry, and part of my anger is directed at the unwillingness of people to be accountable for their predictions and be willing to learn. > > I disfavored Trump so strongly that I was willing to vote for Clinton, although when it actually came to voting for her, I had such a crisis of will that I literally stared at the ballot, unable to make myself mark her name, finally marked Trump’s name… and then found myself unable to submit a Trump ballot. I ended up marking the ballot void, getting another from the elections officer, and finally voting Clinton. > > This is an illustration of how odious I found Clinton. > > Irrationally, I find myself angry at effete liberals whose smug confidence and willingness to casually insult Trump voters led, in some measure, to this Trump victory. > > The country will survive. > > The Democrats nominated someone that couldn’t beat Donald J. Trump. What were they thinking? > > _sigh_ > > We nominated Donald J. Trump. What were WE thinking??? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaylasdad99-it-is-unacceptable-for-america-to-ever-again-have-a-republican-as-president-well/771254)._