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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Election aftermath and
accepting the results
It is disheartening for me
to see the immense divi
sion in this nation since the
election results.
I have to admit that while
I was not a fan of Trump,
I am highly relieved that
Hillary Clinton did not win
this election; however, I
have seen some of the most
ruthless reactions to this
election, and mainly from
her supporters.
Some of us have learned
what others knew all along:
that the mainstream media
is completely discredited
and biased.
We have seen Wikileaks
publish the emails of John
Podesta to see multiple
high profile journalists
backing and helping Clin
ton, including from pub
lications such as CNN,
MSNBC, and even the
New York Times.
We have seen Donna
Brazile helping Clin
ton cheat in debates by
providing predetermined
questions and giving veto
power of interview ques
tions to her and her oppo
nents.
We have now seen the
New York Times coming
out with a public promise
to try to be more unbiased
(which isn’t really a bad
thing, but let’s marvel in
the fact that they had to do
this at all).
In fact, we just saw CNN
caught placing a camera
man in the anti-Trump
protests and calling for
Clinton to “sue the U.S.”
in order to continue perpet
uating the story and con
tinue the division.
Now we are seeing the
likes of Rachel Maddow
from MSNBC continuing
to throw temper tantrums
on live television by blam
ing third party voters for
the election outcome.
“If you vote for some
body who can’t win for
President,” she says, “it
means you don’t care who
wins for president.”
Well, this is simply not
true. The entirely cliched
lecture we libertarians get
from the establishment
voters is that we are sim
ply “wasting our vote” on
a candidate who “cannot
win,” and apparently Mad
dow takes that to mean that
we just “don’t care who
wins.”
This is simply false. A
vote for principles is not a
wasted vote at all.
In fact, if more people
would vote on their prin
ciple rather than against
another establishment can
didate based on the fear
mongering argument that
the principled candidate
“cannot win,” then the
principled candidate would
win.
Obviously the fact that
those who voted third party
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voted at all shows that they
care who wins, and it also
suggests that they found
both Trump and Clinton
equally appalling and nei
ther deserving of
their vote.
Perhaps the
fact that Johnson
got the highest
third-party votes
seen in 16 years
was not even nec
essarily because
he was a good can
didate (because as
a “Libertarian,”
he’s not a very
good one), but
rather because
Trump and Clinton were
that unlikeable by those
voters.
For Maddow to suggest
that the Johnson voters are
the cause for Clinton’s loss,
they really need to follow
the politics and tendencies
of libertarian voters.
For me, I honestly went
back and forth for months
between Johnson and
Trump (because not voting
for me is not an option),
which is the case for most
people who considered
Johnson as an alternative.
The policies of the
Libertarian party mostly
resemble the conserva
tive Republican (with the
exception of a few social
issues, such as the drug
war) rather than the liberal
Democrat.
This means that the lib
ertarian voters would have
“taken” more votes away
from Trump than Clinton;
however, it is a ridiculous
notion to say that a third
party vote was “taken”
from any establishment
candidate.
Candidates do not have a
right, nor are they entitled
to our votes.
They must earn our
votes. We must remember
that. I also find it fascinat
ing that those who were
demanding that Trump
accept the election results
before Tuesday are the
same ones pitching a fit
and rioting in the streets,
and I am placing the main
stream media as being
directly responsible for the
division that has occurred
before, during and after the
election.
Donald Trump
never labeled as a ‘
ist,” “misogynist”
“xenophobe” before
was
rac-
or
he
started running
for president,
and he has been
talking about his
political views
for decades.
It was not until
he was running
against Hillary
Clinton that the
media even tried
to paint this por
trait of him,
and now we
know that this
is because the media was
favoring Clinton through
out the election.
So now we see liber
al, progressive feminists
in the streets in front of
Trump Hotel in D.C. are
holding up signs reading
“Rape Melania” in reac
tion to the election results.
No, these liberals are not
“accepting” the results, nor
are they behaving in a “pro
gressive” or “pro-woman”
manner.
We have also seen a
protester on CNN declar
ing that “some people
are going to have to die”
in order to bring about
change.
This is not peaceful.
This is not progressive.
This is not tolerant. This is
not humanitarian. This is a
temper tantrum.
While Trump has scold
ed his own supporters who
have committed violence
against others, Clinton and
the “progressive” media
has done no such thing in
response to violence com
mitted by their supporters,
including beating those
who voted for him, or the
mother who threatened to
throw her own child out
of the house for voting
for Trump in his school’s
“mock” election.
You either want to end
racism, misogyny and divi
sion, or you don’t. Make
up your mind.
Jessica Swords is an
opinion columnist for the
Barrow News-Journal.
She can be reached at jls-
words!998@aol. com.
Terrell continued from 4A
of Hispanics, 13 percent of black men
and 45 percent of college-educated
white women voted for Trump.”
Trump's election has also turned our
college campuses upside down. A Yale
professor cancelled a test last Wednes
day because his students were too upset
emotionally after learning Trump had
won the election.
Other classes were cancelled and
reports even indicated that school coun
selors were on hand at various public
schools to help students deal with the
election results.
On the deportation issue, everyone
needs to understand that actions carry
consequences. Illegal actions, such as
illegal immigration, carry negative con
sequences for the offenders.
True American citizens have been
paying millions of dollars for years for
illegal immigrants and they have now
spoken out. Will Trump have Immi
gration officials conduct mass depor
tations? Probably not. I think he and
Congress will come up with a reason
able plan.
Nevertheless, we must do something
about the number of illegals coming
into the country.
Oh. We should be thankful to Obama,
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid for all
that they did to give conservatives the
win. With their help this time, we didn't
have to read the entire package to find
out what was in it for the future of this
country.
It will be interesting to see if Trump
and the new Congress play by the rules
the Democrats put into play eight years
ago. Remember, to the victor go the
spoils.
Jimmy Terrell is a retired law enforce
ment official. He can be reached at
ejterrell@ gmail. com.
Thompson continued from4A
lose the election — calls
to scrap the Electoral Col
lege in favor of a system
where the popular vote
winner takes the grand
prize have resurfaced.
While that makes
sense on its face, going
to a popular vote system
would in fact place all
of the influence with our
largest states.
Candidates would
spend almost all of their
time in states like Cal
ifornia. New York and
Texas and little to none
in the Main Street, USA
communities of Geor
gia and Iowa and New
Hampshire. More peo
ple would be without a
voice.
All of this should be
expected, though.
In a battle between two
passionate campaigns
where there had to be a
winner and a loser, some
one was going to get
their feelings hurt and
the overdue acceptance
of the result by everyone,
especially in my gener
ation. may take a while.
When transcendent
elections like this occur,
the word “mandate”
often gets carelessly
tossed around. It’s dif
ficult to say either party
has a mandate to inject
only their ideas into the
political sphere when
both candidates failed
to reach 50 percent, and
when more than 46 per
cent of registered voters
stayed home, a 20-year
low in presidential elec
tion participation.
The one mandate
that should exist is the
need for both parties to
come together and work
toward real solutions that
will benefit the lives of
everyday Americans.
But we must also
bridge the gap dividing
Americans.
That starts with lis
tening to and showing
empathy for the uneas
iness and fear of some
of the protesters, who
are justifiably concerned
with some of the rhetoric
that came from Trump’s
campaign.
While it’s blatantly
unfair to say hate crimes
against Americans are
entirely the result of a
looming Trump presi
dency, several that have
found their ways into
the news in recent days
stemmed from extremist
groups feeling empow
ered by his win.
On the other side, there
has been violence against
Trump supporters. All of
these acts are abhorrent,
and Trump and our lead
ers should continue to
swiftly denounce them.
Trump’s post-elec
tion rhetoric suggests he
wants to be a uniter. And
it is incumbent upon him,
as our president-elect, to
lead the way in healing
the deep wounds this
election has wrought.
Scott Thompson is
the editor of the Barrow
News-Journal. He can be
reached at sthompson@
barrowjournal. com.
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November 16, 2016 ~ Crossword Puzzle
Across
1. Baker’s dozen?
5. Bed board
9. Corolla part
14. Withdraw gradually
15. Container weight
16. Deposed leader, perhaps
17. Betrothal gifts (2 wds)
20. Do museum work
21. Short, sharp drum sound
(hyphenated)
22. Jail, slangily
23. Balances
25. Without previous examination
(2 wds)
29. Not yet dry
32. Doing nothing
33. Fail to see
34. Kidney waste product
36. Approaches
38. Brown-capped mushroom
39. Blends
40. Art able to
41. Experienced
43. Sean Connery, for one
44. Antiquity, in antiquity
45. Expressions of loathing
48. Wilkes- , Pa.
49. Elephant’s weight, maybe
50. Stanley Kowalksi’s wife
53. Rat
57. Respect of one nation for
another’s laws (3 wds)
60. Gorillalike
61. Old Glory
62. Clothing
63. Airheaded
64. Sort
65. Eye affliction
Down
1. The America’s Cup trophy, e.g.
2. Characteristic carrier
3. Comedian’s stock
4. “Invasion of the Body ,” film
5. Chest protector
6. Flimsy, as an excuse
7. “ we having fun yet?’’
8. Big Conference
9. Yearly (2 wds)
10. Leaves
11. Haircolorer
12. Aquatic plant
13. “ we forget”
18. Attack
19. Certain surgeon’s “patient”
23. Core
24. Evening bell
25. Because
26. Archetype
27. Pituitary, e.g.
28. Neigh softly
29. Expression that radio message
will be acted upon
30. a high note (2 wds)
31. Exams
35. Plastics containing
organic material
37. Furtive
42. Power
46. Inside shot? (hyphenated)
47. Barfly’s binge
48. Seventh heaven
50. Bunch
51. Pith helmet
52. Give off, as light
53. Become unhinged
54. Boor
55. May racing event, for short
56. “ quam videri”
(North Carolina’s motto)
58. “How Has the Banshee Cried”
(Thomas Moore poem)
59. Bug out
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