Well, let's assume that there are two sides to every story and that compromise can usually be reached when it is desired. Yes, let us assume. Assumptions always work out so well for everyone involved.
So, the United States has elected a man to the highest office in the land who has no interest in truth or ethics, by his own admission, and who has appointed many similar-thinking cronies and oligarchs to high posts in his new administration. The "other side" of the story is....not that he is none of those things, but rather that his lack of interest in truth is endearing. He is seen as a "straight talker", even after many things he has said have been proven to be untrue. That kind of a talker, in the old days, would have been known as a liar. Unfortunately, that term was only reserved for his opponent. I guess that could be the other side of the story.
This election was truly a choice between two candidates whom everyone either loved or hated. My preferred candidate never made it past the primaries for one reason or another, which it might be better not to get into here and now. There will be a time and a place for that some day soon, I am sure. But back to the candidates who actually made it onto the ballot. One of the individuals had a long career in public service, even though she managed to amass a fortune through the efforts of her family and herself. The other candidate had a family fortune to play with, much of which was initially not handled well, and made a bigger fortune by manipulation of tax and bankruptcy code, and by not paying for what he owed. He has had no experience in governance nor law, except in how to avoid it. With two resumés side by side, names omitted, the choice would have been laughable. Had anyone other than Barack Obama been in the White House for the past eight years, the man who won the election would have been booed off the stage as being an idiot. Yet he was not. And now he will be your president, because he most certainly is #NotMyPresident.
