{"id":12203,"date":"2017-01-20T08:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=12203"},"modified":"2017-01-20T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:59:58","slug":"inauguration-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=12203","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration Day – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Today Mr. Donald Trump transits from being President Elect to President. \u00a0Inauguration Day is always a historical event in this country, and today is no different. \u00a0Unfortunately there are too many people who are simply sore losers. \u00a0There are too many people who are incapable of putting partisanship aside and accepting the fact that Donald Trump is the President of the United States. \u00a0He is President because he was duly elected to that office in a tried and true election process that has now worked well for several centuries.<\/p>\n

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Sadly there are many who are unwilling to accept the outcome of the election. \u00a0There are too many people unwilling to put their pettiness aside and agree to allow this country to move forward. \u00a0I find the boycotting of the inauguration by a number of Democrats not only despicable, but childish. \u00a0The elected officials are not representing the people but declaring war on the same man the people have determined to be their elected leader. \u00a0Fortunately for them, this is America and this type of immature behavior is protected by the 1st Amendment. \u00a0Time will tell if their constituents agree with this “protest”. \u00a0If they truly believe this action is in the best interest of the country and in the best interest of those who voted for them then I support their decision to protest. \u00a0Let me be clear, however, that supporting there right to do so does not mean I agree with what they have chosen to do.<\/p>\n

It is time for Americans to unite behind their new President. \u00a0Every election has a winner and a loser. \u00a0At that point the process is over and the people need to accept the fact that the winner is the winner. \u00a0They must accept the fact and realize that the process is designed to impose a limit. \u00a0If the winner of an election fails there is a high probability he\/she will not be reelected to a second term. \u00a0That is how it suppose to work, and how it will work. \u00a0To take a stand and refuse to accept the outcome of the election will gain nothing. \u00a0All the predictions of gloom and doom are merely that, predictions, nothing more. \u00a0No one person knows what kind of President Donald Trump will be. \u00a0We only know that he is the President. For the rest we will just have e to wait and see.<\/p>\n

For the sake of this entire country and all of its citizens, I truly hope Donald Trump proves the be the best president, the best leader, the best Commander-In-Chief we have ever had. \u00a0But that is only my hope. \u00a0I do not know if this will or will not occur, and neither does anyone else. \u00a0What I do know is that he will have a better chance to do this if the people of this nation unite behind him. \u00a0He is the elected one, nothing is going to change that. \u00a0All the negative sentiments will accomplish nothing . \u00a0Let us all stand behind him, let us all help him meet his goals. \u00a0It is time to put pettiness aside. \u00a0Remember the words from The Liberty Song, written in 1768, \u00a0for they are still true today, “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!”<\/p>\n

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