6 reasons why Clinton lost, or Why I voted for Trump

I was pretty certain, for months before the election, that Trump would win. The day after the election, when I went in to work, I couldn't figure out why a couple of my colleagues were so visibly upset. I thought maybe they were feeling sick or something. Turns out they were in mourning - quite literally - about the election. I walked in to work that morning not only with the person I voted for having won the election, but I had prepared myself for his victory for months, so it came as little surprise to me. I guess that was why there was such dissonance, and complete shock, at my co-workers reaction. They truly felt it was impossible, literally impossible, for Trump to have won.

Why was I so sure he would win? Why did I vote for him?

1. Leftist news agencies like CNN and just about every other outlet were wagging the dog. They kept writing articles that Trump was going to be blown out of the water, that there was no way in the world Clinton could lose. It was obvious that they were trying to sway the election, and were not simply reporting facts. They wanted American voters to think that Clinton was a winner, that Trump was a loser, and it was a waste of time to even think of voting for Trump.

It wasn't easy, but you had to go to non-leftist, non-liberal websites to see alternative points of view. You had to just open your eyes that Trump was filling stadiums of supporters wherever he went, whenever he spoke, and Clinton struggled to get her supporters out. It was fairly obvious that the left was spinning the news, instead of reporting the news. This may also be one reason that voter turnout for Clinton was so low - they were lulled into not voting because of the "Clinton landslide" that kept being reported.

2. Pollsters weren't polling everyone. When I looked at their polling methodology, they kept reporting that they were polling "likely voters." But what about the unlikely voters? Those that never voted before, or rarely voted in the past? The lower class, the poor, the overworked middle class, who may not be there in the evening when the phone call from the pollster came in, because they were working a double shift? Trump pulled those people out of the woodwork. It was fairly obvious that the pollsters were skewing towards people who would vote for Clinton, not Trump.

Also, Trump was almost always within the margin of error so much of the time in these polls. Clinton may have been on top by 2, 3, or 4 percentage points in the polls, but that was within the margin of error. I don't recall ever hearing or reading about that little problem.

3. Trump supporters, like me, were underground, and remain underground. As I explained in my very first blog post on here, there was no way in hell I was admitting to anyone, even anonymously, that I was going to vote for Trump. Go back to that first post to see the reasons why. There were probably millions of underground Trump voters, and they were not counted, because we were (and are) afraid of liberal prejudicial reaction to us.

4. He turned on the working class, and whites, in ways Clinton did not. Here's something I would never say out loud, or risk being fired, or stoned to death (I'm being very literal with those consequences): I didn't appreciate being made to feel guilty for being an upper middle class white male. I can be a proud white male and not be a racist or a skinhead or a Neo Nazi or an Aryan. Millions of people like me were tired of being made to feel guilty because we have a penis, or white skin - that's a liberal, leftist specialty.

Another way of saying it is that the left came across, and continues to come across, as snobby, looking down upon conservatives as less than them, as stupid and ignorant, as racist, and so on. Somehow at the same time Clinton and the left was alienating tens of millions of people, Trump was speaking to them, and was also saying that there's nothing wrong with making money.

5. Clinton was a bad candidate, forget about Trump. Beyond being snobby, and robotic, and part of the establishment during a major change election, her emails were a really big deal. I don't think she or her people understood that. At the very least, she was dumb to have done that and was in some way corrupt, at worst she committed a felony and a federal crime, and deserved to go to jail. Probably somewhere in between. The only reason she seemed like a viable candidate was because she was up against Trump. She was simply a bad candidate, and I probably wasn't going to vote for anyway, just because of who she was, her policies, and what she represented.

6. Trump wasn't as bad as people made him out to be. Yes, he said some really stupid things. But most of the time, he wasn't way off. I'll take just one example, and return to other examples in future posts. The way that he initially spoke about fixing immigration from Mexico was really unsettling. He was offensive - no doubt. But the gist of what he was saying is true - we have an immigration problem where lots of people are illegally crossing the border who are smuggling in drugs, creating crime, and in general are bad for America. We need to tighten our border, stop the bad people from coming in, get the bad people who came in illegally out of America, and not be apologetic for that.

Could he have said it in a nicer way? Yes. Was he offensive to Mexicans? Yes. From a policy and philosophical point of view, is his a legitimate opinion? Yes, it is. And I agree with it, as do tens of millions more Americans. I'll write more in a future post about his negotiation tactic of talking in extremes, with an eye towards getting what he wants which is probably much less than what he initially says.

Stephen Bannon, or On Critical Thinking

Immediately after Stephen Bannon was named by Trump to be his chief strategist in the White House, he was roundly condemned as an anti-Semite. I don't know - maybe he is. But what bugs me is that the liberals whiffed ammunition against Trump, and without any critical thinking, began to relentlessly say that this only affirms Trump's racist ideology and his plan to make America into Nazi Germany.

So the first thing I did was look up why people think he's an anti-Semite and White Nationalist. He was accused by his ex-wife of saying something about there being too many Jews and too many Jewish books at an elementary school his daughters was looking to attend. Yet he ended up sending his daughters to this school anyway, and he denied ever saying that. Not terribly convincing proof.

It looks like he was accused of battery against his wife during their divorce, but that was thrown out in the courts.

There's more evidence from Breitbart.com - the fact that he has been Executive Chairman there during its rise as a central site for the alt-right is a bit more damning that he oversees some pretty stupid articles being written. I don't deny how totally ignorant and dumb these articles are, in particular those of Milo Yannopolous: Donald Trump Would Be The World's First Black President; and Does Feminism Make Women Ugly. Here's a fuller article on Bannon's own words, and articles he has published on Breitbart.

I agree he seems ignorant and stupid, and I agree he seems like a really rotten choice for a Chief Strategist in the White House.

Is he an anti-Semite? A White Supremacist? Does he want America to be like Nazi Germany? I'm not so sure about those things. There's a lot of difference between being an ignorant idiot, and someone committed to creating an Aryan Nation.

It's not like he was the CEO of the KKK or of the White Aryan Resistance. He said things and oversaw people saying things very similar to what Trump said about grabbing pussies. Ultimately, it's inexcusable, but at the same time, it's locker room talk. There's a big difference between talking about grabbing someone's genitals and actually raping someone, and almost 50% of voters in the presidential election agreed on that point.

Does Bannon really think feminism makes women ugly? Probably not - we can't take that literally.Was he (or the writer) trying to be provocative and make a point? Yes.  Is it a stupid thing to say? Absolutely. Does he hate women? I doubt it.

Does he really think Trump would be the world's first black president? Probably not - we can't take that literally. Was he (or the writer) trying to be provocative and make a point? Yes.  Is it a stupid thing to say? Absolutely. Does he hate black people? I doubt it.

Does he want to kill black people? Make them slaves? Reduce their civil rights? Deport them? Probably not.

Could I be wrong? Of course. I hope I am not. However it's also not so black and white - there's a lot of gray.

I do agree, though, that Trump could and should have chosen someone less controversial.

My only point is this: I wish the liberals had done their research on Bannon. I doubt that they did. I seriously doubt most of them read any articles, did any research, or thought at all critically about Bannon. They just whiffed controversy and pounced on it, tweeting and posting on Facebook that this proves how awful Trump is. I guarantee you the great, vast majority did this. We need more critical thinking, more research, more thinking about the other's decisions, before saying anything.

(Intentionally) Gullible Clinton Supporters?

I'm seeing lots of angry Facebook posts about anti-semitism from Trump supporters, and hate speech from his supporters, and bullying at schools, and KKK rallies, and all kinds of fear about how Trump is a white nationalist who, at best, is passively going to turn this country into a racist cesspool, and at worst, is going to make America into Nazi Germany and kill or expel all the gays, blacks, Muslims, immigrants, and who knows who else.

At work, I have colleagues who are literally act like they are in mourning. They say they can't sleep at night. They look sullen. They talk like Hitler himself won the presidential election.

There are so many people who are encouraging protests against Trump, and not accepting his presidency. Who are predicting the doom of America, and the urgency in rising up against Trump and his supporters.

Yet where are the condemnations from these same people when an innocent, white man was beaten up in Chicago by a group of black people for no other reason than that he was white, and that he was a Trump supporter?

Or when Trump protests turn violent, and they destroy innocent people's property, and injure people?

Or acknowledging when Trump clearly and immediately, in no uncertain terms, denounces any harassment of minorities from his own supporters?

I also have doubts about the veracity of the reports of harassment by Trump supporters. Here is one article proving many reports are simply made up.

So I wish the Clinton supporters would be less gullible with these reports of Trump supporters' harassment, and more inclined to denounce harassment by Clinton supporters, a lot less apocalyptic, and more even-handed overall.

I mean, if Obama himself is urging Americans to give Trump a chance, when he very, very easily could subtly (or not so subtly) encourage opponents of Trump, I think anti-Trump people should learn a lot from Obama.

Who am I? I'm too afraid of liberal Jews to tell you...

It's true. I am afraid of telling you my identity because I am afraid of what liberal Jews would do to me. I don't mean physically. But I do feel that I would be harassed and intimidated. Called names, made fun of, demeaned, insulted, looked down upon, and worse. People in my work place would treat me differently and wouldn't respect me. My own family would think less of me. All for one reason: I voted for Trump.

I have never seen liberal Jews act with such venom before - ever. Hate in their hearts. I think the non-Jewish candidates themselves acted with such grace when they lost. Hillary's concession speech was beautiful, conciliatory, and graceful. Obama's speeches just before the election, and just after, were exactly like one would expect - graceful in defeat, and respectful of the president elect, and asking everyone to give him a chance and hoping he succeeds. Just the opposite from much of the liberal Jewish world, and I am embarrassed by that.

I'd like, in this blog, to explain why I voted for Trump, why I still support Trump, why I think he will be a good president, why I think the liberal Jewish world is so devastatingly wrong and harmful in their actions, and where I hope we go from here.

But I must remain anonymous. How sad is that.