I know,

I'm just gutted,

to say the least.

Well, it looks like the religious right got out the vote and young voters didn't show up again. Tired, didn't sleep much last night, Full work load today. Most likely I'll spend the day contemplating a exit from this hell hole.

Mick, you and your family need any house painting, faux/decorative painting done? I do top notch, classy stuff! No $$$ just room and board till we find a place to live? At least we know your country will be smart enough to re-elect someone else!

Found online this mourning:

—Nazi leader Hermann Goering, interviewed by Gustave Gilbert during the Easter recess of the Nuremberg trials, 1946 April 18, quoted in Gilbert's book Nuremberg Diary

Goering: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in American, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship."

Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.

Goering: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.