Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton

    Regular readers of America’s Watchtower know how I feel about Donald Trump and how this election cycle has really had me down. Last night I was just going to surf the internet and keep up to date on the results of the election on the computer however it was not long before I had to go upstairs and watch the news coverage. Election day has always been an exciting day for me and it was not the same without watching the coverage live and I soon got sucked into the drama.

  It was not long before I could sense the momentum Donald Trump seemed to be gaining even though all of the so-called pundits on Fox News were trying to claim nothing special was happening which would stop Hillary Clinton from becoming the President-elect. 

  I remember watching the coverage in 2012 and texting some friends about the results as well as posting thoughts in the open thread that year. My friends were cautiously optimistic about Mitt Romney when the results started to come in, however I was deeply troubled by Florida. Mitt Romney needed Florida and yet it was too close to call for several hours, this had me realizing it could be a good night for Barack Obama.

  There was no Florida drama this year as the state was called fairly early and shortly after the polls closed in the panhandle. You could begin to sense something. Then North Carolina and Pennsylvania were called not long after but the big news came shortly thereafter when Ohio went to Donald Trump. I thought these states would be in doubt much longer and I began to believe Donald Trump had a real shot at winning. 

  I believe the next big state to be called was Michigan and when it went to Donald Trump I knew he was going to pull it off. The “blue wall”of Hillary Clinton had been penetrated and now she was going to have to turn a red state blue.

  I think where all the pundits got it wrong was in underestimating just how much people were upset with the establishment and I have to admit while I knew people were upset I also underestimated it as well. In this environment I think the Democrats probably nominated the worst person they could have with Hillary Clinton because she represents exactly what people are fed up with. I liken this to the Republicans nominating Mitt Romney in 2012 when he was the epitome of what the left was fighting against and he also passed the healthcare bill in Massachusetts which was used as the model for Obamacare, which was what the right was fighting against.

  I cannot help but think that if the Democrats had nominated Bernie Sanders this election could have been much closer but in the end Donald Trump secured nearly 300 electoral votes and won in a semi-landslide.

  In January the Republicans will have the Presidency and both Houses of the Congress and I think it is going to be interesting to see how the Congress acts toward Donald Trump. Will they get along with him or are the still going to harbor regrets and work to oppose him like some of them did during the election? I am not sure but we know many of the establishment Republicans are at odds with Donald Trump over issues such as illegal immigration so I will not be surprised if they are not cooperative.

 malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium