Trump

What a long fucking day... that began with me waking up, turning on the computer and seeing, on Yahoo that Trump was our new president! Whoa, I couldn't believe it. And wouldn't you know it, on that same head page was the story (or non-story, in my eyes) of Tom Brady/Bill Bellicheck's last minute public support of Trump but whatever. It was like, I went to bed, the outcome was a forgone conclusion like a sporting event, a Superbowl or World Series that you knew your team had no chance to win. And by God, they won! Anyway, I voted for Trump (surprisingly Robin voted Hillary, last minute). Listen. I've never been about politics. I don't follow it, don't care for it and have very few opinions on their agendas. All I can say and I won't get into the endless back and forth rhetoric that I have to listen to from everyone else, is that I have always liked the way Trump thinks, his no nonsense approach to life, his motivation to make things better and I truly believe that he believes in the old ideas about America-- that it should be great again. I watched his show The Apprentice from the beginning and loved listening to his board room assessment of the game. I loved his old interviews on Howard Stern when he came across as just one of the guys. I've been tired for so long of the politicians. Manipulators, liars and to some degree murderers. Hillary isn't the first nor last to be involved in mixed up Benghazi type stuff... whatever, it happens. It's what politicians do. I felt we needed a change, some swagger, some hope. The last great American president was Reagan, the actor. Maybe it was time for a non politician to take the steed.

And just a few things that were important to me that Trump seems to be tackling and hopefully he will: build the fucking wall. Send the illegals home and make them come to this country the proper way. And enough free shit to illegals and terrorists and deadbeats. Get what you earn, earn what you get. Go after Isis, destroy those fucking maniacs. Check all Muslims or whatever it is he wants to do and keep this country safe. Get rid of Obama Care (without getting too much into it, part of that is that it gives 200.00 dollars worth of food stamps to heroin junkies who then turn around and sell them to Asian convenient stores for half the cost). And if you all don't like it, you got 4 years to get baked and piss and moan about how Trump is a racist, rapist and Putin bro mance uncouth fool. Hillary would be more of the same bullshit; Trump represents change... I hope.

It was nice to be on the side of the winning team too; the last time my vote seemed to count was when Bush Jr won. And no thanks to Massachusetts either or Braintree for that matter in 2016. Of course Mass backed Hillary, what 61% to 42% or something like that. I forget. Braintree too-- such smug Democrats. They even voted against the pot thing, 54% against, 45% for and in the prseidential race, voted for Hillary 52% to 42% (just checked on those numbers).

So on that note, I was at the gas station tonight after work (in Braintree), filling up the truck, listening to sports radio through my open window. A black man tapped me on the shoulder and pointed at my Trump/Pence bumper sticker, smiled and said, "nice sticker. We did it."

Had to vent somewhere. Most of my friends are Dems and voted Hillary. I see myself more as an Independent and make up my mind as things go in the race. However I remember one time watching The Apprentice and Trump was really laying in to one of the players, really just reprimanding them about fair play but at same time looking for strategy and I remember telling Robin, "I love this guy. He should run for president. He'd have my vote." True story.