And I'm saying the reason we may be seeing these protests is because the election was so close.

Had Clinton won? Maybe the same? Maybe not as much? Never know.

If Democrats want a party that reflects their values, then they need to get busy and take back the party. How many Democrats wanted Hillary just because she's a woman? If so, that's a pathetic reason. It's obvious the DNC wanted Hillary over any other candidate and they cheated to get it done. Democrats need to fire the liars and deceivers that own and operate their dear party.

So how do you supporters feel that everything Trump is saying is 180 degrees what he has said for years...again on video and audio? The quote about he'd run as a Republican because they are dumb enough to vote for him because they get all their news from Fox? And daughter Ivanka didn't vote for him in the primary because she was a registered Democrat.

I'm happy to hear about all your kumbaya marches. Oakland is being destroyed by protesters.....I mean sore losers. It's going to burn again tonight.

These tweets break my heart even further than it broke on Tuesday. Trumps racist rhetoric is giving them the OK to go further and come out in public. Here in Chicago there were peaceful protests last night, the Hispanic community is very frightend and are holding meetings on how to deal with the racism emerging, students chanting white power.

I fear that minorities and women will move back to what this country was like 50 to 75 years ago. If this is making America great again, we should be ashamed.

Ashamed is a good word. CNN posted several examples of bigotry and hate incidences on their website earlier today that have taken place this week... most but not all in schools. My heart breaks with yours.

"Seems that those who voted against hate and anger on the 8th are the most hateful and angry today."

Protesting because you didn't get your way is not a protest, it is a temper tantrum. The only people who should be ashamed are the people who condone this behavior.

Seems like some are quick to point out all of Trumps flaws but are conviently ignoring everything Hillary and Bill have done over the years. Just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Doesn't really matter anyway. He is our next President and all of you are who are predicting all this doom and gloom when the man hasn't even taken office yet must have some sort of crystal ball that the rest of us don't. At least have the decency to let him actually do something before you condemn him.

It's terrifying that the basest people of Trump's base see his election as a license to let loose their hatred and bigotry. Intimidating anyone is not acceptable. They need to be reminded that we still have laws covering hate crimes on the books.........at least until Trump decides to do away with them.

Jasdip, just because it's TX doesn't mean there aren't any democratic counties, especially Austin. There's no evidence these protests are professional or manufactured, despite the trumptweet.

...to let him actually do something before you condemn him.

He's already done plenty to be condemned for.

So has Hillary. And Bill who is a package deal. Do you just choose to ignore that?

This is a pointless argument. He won. He will be our next President and I for one hope he is extremely succesful at it. Hopeing for him to fail is just hoping for America to fail.

"He's already done plenty to be condemned for.", and

"So has Hillary. And Bill who is a package deal"

An accurate summary of the problem this election cycle presented.

Good grief, people. Put on your big girl panties and get over it.

Blocking roads is not protest it's endangering innocent lives. Setting fires and destroying property is rioting, not protest. Hopefully under Trump's leadership law and order will be restored and these idiots will have to start taking responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

California voted for Hillary so what are these idiots protesting? They are crapping in their own nest, destroying the property of people who most likely voted Democrat. Meanwhile Oakland once again has an ineffective liberal mayor who won't take care of her city or her police officers. BS statement she gave on how police could be hurt if they don't stand back. Well empower them. Let them go out and knock a few heads. Wash the scum off the street with a fire hose if they don't leave with a warning. Once the "protesters" realize they are going to have to pay to play they'll stop this nonsense.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-10/oakland-mayor-explains-why-local-police-cant-stop-looting-rioters

Those of you who think people have taken to the streets because they're sore losers having temper tantrums don't understand how many of us see the result of this election.

I've voted in many presidential elections, voting for both Republicans and Democrats, and my candidates didn't always win. When one didn't, I was disappointed but always felt we'd be okay. This time is different.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin summed up the feelings of many in a letter to his daughter and wife, published by Vanity Fair. Here's a link, for those who want to read it. I'm not posting an excerpt because his description of Trump is likely to incite . . . well . . . protests.

As I said in the "I'm sorry you're so hurt" thread, I'm not hurt; I'm alarmed. And, I think it's safe to say, so are those protesters.

Don't worry, watchmelol...you'll get plenty of law & order with trump at the helm...far more than you ever anticipated. He's already adding Kris "show the police your papers" Kobach to his team along with Rudy "stop & frisk" Giuliani.

Maybe we'll skip the interim "yellow star" stage and go straight to tattooing barcodes on everyone.

Alisande, I too am alarmed. I'm not sure which I find more alarming...that trump is clearly on a path and of a personality to usurp as much power as he can, even to the point of dictatorship? Or that so few of his supporters can see it and/or care, and have literally voted away all of our individual liberties.

I love this country. Lets get back to living our lives and I wish Mr. Trump a HUGE success as president.

Alisande, thank you so much for that link. It gives me hope that we can survive the next four years. I don't wish Mr. Trump ill. Heck, I hope like crazy that things will go well. I just can't come to believe it yet based on his campaign and demeanor.

Since I commented on individual harassment of members of minorities, I want to say that I abhor the violent protests. They are wrong, and the perpetrators should be punished, just as the bullies who are attacking and harassing people should be punished. Peaceful protest is our right; violence is not.

I have been privileged to see the first woman who ran for President of the United States of America win the popular vote--not just a decent showing, but more than half of the (too few) voters in the country supported her. She will go down in history with only four other presidential candidates who won the popular vote, but not the electoral college. My grandchildren and great-grandchildren will read about her when they study civics in school.

Donald Trump will be there, too, as the fifth U.S. President who lost the popular vote. Whether or not we agree with the electoral college, that's our system, and no matter my personal feelings toward him, he was elected under the status quo. I hope and pray, for the sake of our country, that he, too, can make history--by becoming a good president, after having no experience serving the country whose citizens elected him.

I think I will stop pointing out that, while Hillary was *accused* over and over by GOP smear goons, she was not found guilty of *anything*. I think I will stop pointing out that we've elected someone who created the 'birther' nonsense; who is a racist; who is a con man who has gone bankrupt six times and is currently being investigated for his sham colleges; who is an admirer of Russian dictators; who is a neo-fascist. I'll just stop -- before I am forced to stop by a president who will tell the FBI and CIA they are free to waterboard me.

Yes, let's don't wish the pilot of the plane dies. Hope he takes off and the sky's the limit!

(I'd give credit if I knew who said it first. Wishing Trump to fail is like wishing the pilot of the plane would die. We're all on that plane)

In other news, the sun rose this morning.

Annie, Alisande, Lily and others.

I can't speak for everyone else on this board but I did NOT vote for Trump and I wish he hadn't won, but he did.

Not all of us who are upset with the childish temper tantrums are Trump supporters. We (or at least I) simply feel that acting this way and shouting not my president is NOT helpful for our country and won't move us forward as a nation.

It is childish and immature. You don't always get your way, isn't that what we teach our children? We don't view this behavior as acceptable when a toddler does it, why is it ok when grown adults do it?

TG, if you still think the protests are childish temper tantrums from people who didn't get their way, I guess you didn't get my point.

Honestly, I don't know if the protests are helpful or hurtful. Probably neither. I'm not inclined to get out there myself, but I fully understand why someone--especially college students--might want to.

The guy ran on a platform on hatred. I don't think it's far-fetched to think some of us have concerns about that and want to talk about it.

Protests are an important way of getting a group-like message across. They are a necessary and can be an effective method of communication for those who have no other way of having their voice heard.

Think back through your history where protests played an important role. For those who want to shut down these protests, would you also have shut down those and told those people to get on with their lives.

Those who are protesting are afraid for the safety of their society and all who live in it that are a little "different" - those who aren't white men. I feel sorry for those who don't see that.

Trump as already shown his contempt for those who chose to protest or who chose to disagree with him and just because he's President-elect doesn't give him the authority to do so. In fact, the very opposite.

Ordinarily I'd expect protests to die down after a short time. After reading about KKK Victory Rally planned - I doubt that's going to happen very soon.

Anyone who doesn't want to hear negative things about Trump may want to become more choosy about where they read on the internet.

Can't wait for the million women march on inauguration day. Bet they get more than that.

So, if one million women march, will that cancel the inauguration?

No. The March is the day AFTER the inauguration. I will be there.

Will Hillary be there?

No. I don't think so. The job of elected officials and candidates is the peaceful transition of power to ensure our democracy. That is their constitutional duty. Hillary and Barack have been clear that we must accept the new President and wish him well. Having said that, it the constitutional right of every citizen to protest. The Suffragettes protested Wilson for example. People protested against George Bush and his policies. This march will be no different. People are protesting the hateful rhetoric. What I think is a more interesting question is will Michelle Obama be there? She was not an elected official and she is one heck of an orator.

Michelle Obama is an admirable person, IMHO, being highly accomplished in her own right as lawyer (graduate of Harvard University), activist, mother and of course, U.S. First Lady. Her skill as an orator would be reflective of all her interests. Perhaps, though, her role as First Lady would mean that she would have to refrain from any controversial activities.

This is quote about the violent protests in California......that watchmen posted.

Moments ago, Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf sent out the following letter to local business owners, many of whom were battered during the latest anti-Trump riots since Trump's presidential victory, which unlike peaceful protests in other cities, "ended in harm being done to our business community and the rest of Oakland." As a result "graffiti and broken windows were left behind by a group of anarchists who continually invade these otherwise peaceful protests with the intention of doing nothing but causing destruction.”

"PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN OTHER CITIES" BTW there is a difference between PROTEST and DEMONSTRATION. To DEMONSTRATE our distaste and grief for the lowering of our civility in this election.

ALSO....IF Obama were the "evil" "Muslim" "Bent on changing our constitution" "etc. etc.etc. ......Listen up. HE still has his finger on the "real atomic red box" that COULD change our way of life.....FOREVER....and fulfill the anti-Obama dreamers charges.

I KNOW he is not warming up Air Force One and taking it (the Red Box)and our countries future with him so he can "NUKE'EM" because he is angry or vindictive about an event..

Who can vouch that our future "ego driven" ...."NUKE 'EM" promising successor to hold on to his sanity when his vengeful taunts are thwarted.

And this:

http://nypost.com/2016/11/11/kkk-celebrating-trumps-election-with-victory-parade/

I had a sad experience. I was in the grocery store parking lot, and a Muslim woman was walking in the other direction. I smiled at her -- I smile at everyone. She looked absolutely terrified. She thought I was going to hurt her. She put her eyes down and walked as fast as she could to get away from me.

I am concerned about Donald Trump being in charge of nuclear weapons. Anyone with that hot of a "tweeter" finger is a danger to society. He whips off a tweet (seemingly without thinking) at the drop of a hat. Suppose that finger was on the red button.

Funny you should mention that, Murraysmom, because I just read this. He's back at it.

Trump says he'll be "restrained" in Tweeting, but then . . .

I really believe he cannot help himself. He needs to let the world know what he is thinking every moment. Unfortunately for us, he isn't always speaking the truth. Or it could be he truly believes the things he says even though there is concrete evidence to the contrary. I am going to be watching the interview on 60 Minutes tonight.

I am scared to watch 60 Minutes but I'm going to do it.

You're tougher than I am. Just cannot watch.

I've seen snippets of it and as far as I'm concerned every word that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Call me cynic if you like. I won't be watching it, I don;t have the stomach for it.

OMG.... is all I can say.

I just watched the 60 minute interview online. What a gracious, charming family. No matter how Leslie tried to bait them they kept their poise. Toward the end she looked constipated and in actual pain.

I've seen snippets of it and as far as I'm concerned every word that
comes out of his mouth is a lie.

Whew! Thanks for the reassurance. Looks like he'll transition from businessman to politician in a short time.

It's a clown show with a white nationalist the Klan loves as Trump's chief strategist. The Klan had a really good day. I guess the Trump boys will have to put their slaughtering of majestic African animals off the table for a while. No more holding elephant tails and laughing gleefully. Yeah they know so much about government, they should be on the transition team. What a farce to unbelievable levels.

Article today says that over 3,000,000 non-citizens voted in the elections. If that is true then Trump may have won the popular vote too. 3,000,000 Votes Link

Adellabedella's link takes us to InfoWars, Alex Jones' conspiracy-theory website. Here's part of what Forbes has to say about Alex Jones:

Jones believes that a pan-global cabal of the super-rich, with its origins in a century-old cult called the Illuminati, is conspiring to exterminate most of the world’s population and enslave the rest. Among the tools of this so-called New World Order: mind control, water fluoridation, the global warming “hoax,” eugenics, the World Bank and the IMF, flu vaccines, FEMA, the Gates Foundation and psyscho-active drugs, both legal and illegal.

I'm not inclined to believe anything his website has to say.

Wait alisande, isn't everything on any internet website true? Are you suggesting the source needs to be considered?