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Thursday, 7 November 2024

Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

Well, it is over. What has been touted by many as the biggest and most significant election of our lifetimes, the election of the leader of the free world at a particularly challenging time for the world.  Trump has triumphed despite the slings and arrows of outrageous democrat slurs, accusations, lawsuits, and 2 assassination attempts. In short, everything that the Democrats could throw at him both legally and illegally. And it has been no small victory. He has thoroughly vanquished his opposition by resoundingly winning the popular vote, the electoral colleges, the Senate and, most probably, the House. A full sweep. 

It has been all the more dramatic because it was largely unexpected. The polls, the main-stream media, the wide range of independent commentators, all predicted a very close election that would take weeks to sort through. It didn't happen. Within a few short hours, in the early hours of the 6th November, Trump reached the magic 270 electoral college votes with many more to come. He is today at 295 but with his count leading in Nevada and Arizona, he is likely to reach 312.

The win has realized the dream of many of his supporters. Those who have stood by him despite the wild commentary by the media. It has also realised the worst nightmare for glued-on Democrats and even some Never-Trumpers who have come to believe, quite irrationally, that he is evil incarnate. 

I have been a supporter, so am pleased with the result. I confess to some misgivings about his style but judge from his achievements in his first term. My support and I guess the support of many, has also been predicated on the blatant unsuitability of his opponent. Harris was a very weak contender for the Presidency. She was inarticulate, could not deliver a cohesive message, and was afraid to face the media. She is a muddled thinker and poor communicator incessantly generating convoluted, nonsensical verbiage. She should never have been selected to run for the Presidency and would not have been if she faced the normal democratic selection process. But all that is moot. The people have voted and I believe they made the right decision.

The reaction on social media has been predictably entertaining.  I could not resist re-posting a few of the wide range of memes generated by the X-eratti (I think Twitteratti sounds better, but I guess we may get used to it eventually!)

Here they are, enjoy!



 


 


 


 


That's all folks! 

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