On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 10:08:21 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton
>
> >Ophelia
> > Well I just woke up to the news. Not what I expected. I just hope it
> > will
> > go well for you all. He is saying wonderful things. Good luck.
>
> Thank you. I'm more worried about the fact that the Executive and
> Legislative branches are both controlled by the same party. I prefer
> the braking effect of having at least one of the three (President,
> House, Senate) be different. Doesn't matter who's in charge, being
> all too much the same leads to mischief.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
> ==============
>
> Obviously I know little about your systems, but I did hear that his party
> don't like him

Quite a few establishment Republicans find him repugnant. It's simply
Not Done to brag about your genitals while seeking the highest office
in the land. Plus, although one might wish to see fewer brown faces,
one finds covert ways of talking about (and achieving) that, rather
than referring to citizens of a neighboring country as rapists.

> and it might be difficult for him to get anything through

With any luck, yes. A U.S. political party is a loose aggregation of
more-or-less like-minded individuals. There's no requirement for anybody
to cooperate or to toe the party line, although elected officials find
it's easier to get business done if they do so.

Way back when (before the party was hijacked by the religious right), I
registered to vote as a Republican. I'm still registered that way,
although the last Republican Presidential candidate for whom I voted
was Bush I. I doubt either the party or I would consider myself
a member of the party. I was able to vote in the Republican
primary this year, so I voted against Donald Trump (not that it did
a scrap of good).

Cindy Hamilton