{"id":6351,"date":"2017-02-17T09:18:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=6351"},"modified":"2021-04-12T19:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:50:15","slug":"pumped-for-trump-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=6351","title":{"rendered":"Pumped for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I\u2019m going to lay my cards on the table. I voted Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/warnme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7201\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/warnme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/warnme.jpg 450w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/warnme-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/warnme-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Meme generator in same vicinity as rage generator<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No, I didn\u2019t. Let me repeat: <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">I did not vote for Donald Jehoshaphat Trump to be President of the United States of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jollygoodthen\/status\/1021862830658732034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America<\/a><\/strong>. That was just an experiment to see how you felt immediately after reading it. Pleasure at finding a kindred spirit? Pity? Disgust or even rage bordering on nausea?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-R-ye1prSfqJohNsLaZevFA.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6353\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-R-ye1prSfqJohNsLaZevFA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-R-ye1prSfqJohNsLaZevFA.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-R-ye1prSfqJohNsLaZevFA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-R-ye1prSfqJohNsLaZevFA-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Rage so great it can be seen from space<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Did you even get past the first sentence (let alone the headline) in order to read this plot twist, or are the saloon doors still rattling back and forth from the speed of your exit?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stay Tuned 1992 &quot;Ace Saloon Door Break&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJKvMjgAwLw?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s a not-quote-apropos YouTube moment for everything<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The truth is, I voted none of the above, which in the eyes of some Democrats makes me just as bad as the people who voted Nader in 2000. (I voted Nader in 2000.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-xRwXwREmZd5Wv3Oe3qSHjg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6357\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-xRwXwREmZd5Wv3Oe3qSHjg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-xRwXwREmZd5Wv3Oe3qSHjg.jpeg 575w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-xRwXwREmZd5Wv3Oe3qSHjg-300x186.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>And a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/in_depth\/americas\/2000\/us_elections\/glossary\/a-b\/1037172.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">butterfly<\/a> flapped its wings<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"abc0\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Not long after abstaining from my civic duty, I then had the audacity to hope that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=5583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too early to call Trumpageddon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f779\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">This is a view I still hold.<\/p>\n<p id=\"df47\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">I can read* (*the question is what one should be reading) and observe exquisitely unpresidential press conferences. I see how it looks. Amateur hour with clowns at the head table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clowns.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6358\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clowns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clowns.jpg 700w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clowns-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><em>Check please<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"46e3\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">And yet, I can\u2019t help but feel that anyone this widely reviled by the forces arrayed against him, including a press corps which made him despite themselves and is itching to unmake him (with the <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">tremendous<\/em> help of unforced errors), and political opponents more concerned about their stalled career trajectories than the nation\u2019s stability, can\u2019t be all evil.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Translator - SNL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfCCwEf_J5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"848f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">He also seems inclined to want to act on his campaign promises.*<\/p>\n<p id=\"74cc\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Sure he\u2019s got his bad points, like clumsily showing concern for America\u2019s borders by wanting to build a wall instead of a fence, or having disturbing tendencies to occasionally speak ugly truths (e.g., \u201cfor too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation\u2026\u201d, \u201cYou think our country\u2019s so innocent?\u201d) in between ugly tweets. His every syllable isn\u2019t scripted like a Hillary Clinton\u2019s, and a lot of people like a script.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0158\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Setting aside the pesky line of succession, I\u2019m sure we can all think of a hundred other qualified applicants for head of state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Y12JBoIQxcz6Ihgiq2ePmg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6359\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Y12JBoIQxcz6Ihgiq2ePmg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Y12JBoIQxcz6Ihgiq2ePmg.png 256w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Y12JBoIQxcz6Ihgiq2ePmg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>He&#8217;ll do<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in the IMPEACH HIM NOW crowd<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-1Pqjtgt_NMXvkD9EjoHypA.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6361\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-1Pqjtgt_NMXvkD9EjoHypA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-1Pqjtgt_NMXvkD9EjoHypA.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-1Pqjtgt_NMXvkD9EjoHypA-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat crowd<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-BIVqlqMCtL7GEg3-7FzNMA.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6362\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-BIVqlqMCtL7GEg3-7FzNMA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>When all you have is a guillotine, every problem looks like a neck<\/em><\/p>\n<p>or even the please-report-yourself-to-the-Secret-Service crowd<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-z-TulZaYOPBR4YigjZF3Tw.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6360\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-z-TulZaYOPBR4YigjZF3Tw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-z-TulZaYOPBR4YigjZF3Tw.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-z-TulZaYOPBR4YigjZF3Tw-300x195.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><em>Tainting the grassy knoll brand forevermore<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"a39e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">imagine the almighty turmoil the country would go through if there were a transfer of power in the current climate. Remember that 60 million of your fellow Americans voted for him. They had their reasons, just as you did yours for voting Clinton, or third party, or not at all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e41b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Maybe you have imagined it<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Z6FKokrNyeGM6UrmivfP0w.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6363\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Z6FKokrNyeGM6UrmivfP0w.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Z6FKokrNyeGM6UrmivfP0w.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-Z6FKokrNyeGM6UrmivfP0w-300x205.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><em>Worst. Weather. Ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>and still feel it\u2019s worth it; maybe you\u2019d be right. It\u2019s something thoughtful people should be able to debate in a reasonable way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I\u2019m going to lay my cards on the table. I voted Trump. Meme generator in same vicinity as rage generator No, I didn\u2019t. Let me repeat: I did not vote for Donald Jehoshaphat Trump to be President of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=6351\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6351"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11435,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions\/11435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}