The election is over.  I don’t know who most of my friends voted for and for the most part I don’t care.  I hope you all voted.  I have read several things about people in other countries being upset and thinking that the USA has collectively lost our minds.  This is my open letter to them and to others who think that same thought.

Donald Trump is not America.  The people who voted for both of the candidates are America.  The election of Trump was a signal to those people who have run our country ,for way too long, that changes are wanted.  We need something done about our health care system.  We need new infrastructure, we need to bolster our military and we need to regain the respect, if not fear, from nations that have lost their respect for our country.  Our system of government insures that no individual or small group can long run our country without the approval of the people.  November 8th was our signal to those people that our approval has been withdrawn.  I have no illusions that the new President elect can get all our problems corrected in a short 4 year term.  What I hope is that he starts a movement towards getting our country back to the position of being able to produce another “greatest generation”.

I have always failed to pay much attention to what happens in Washington DC.  I have promised myself that I will no longer do that.  I have been told that one of my talents is my ability to write.  I am going to accept that and plan on using that talent to make my thoughts and feelings known to the people who I have helped elect.

My advise to those who have some doubts as to how the USA will survive now that Trump has been elected is that we will do just fine.  Dont lose hope, don’t think for a minute that this country is on the way to perdition.  It’s the folks who attend church on Sunday mornings, go to work on Monday mornings, help their fellow-man and love each other who make up this country.  When push comes to shove, make damned sure you are not in way of the shove.  Several times in history countries have decided that our country was one that could be taken advantage of because of some perceived idea that we were weak.  What they didnt understand was that the country was its people not its leaders.

Gary