We've Got This!
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121580)
Gainesville, Florida
November 9, 2016 6:47am CST
There is a lot of raw emotion in America this morning. This was a tough election, and no matter what the outcome proved to be, it was a very conscientious time for Americans. People are taking to social media this morning to express their disappointment, frustrations, anger and fears. And rightfully so. This pressure has been building to a crescendo for well over a year. And it's time to let it all out. Get it all off our chests, so to speak.
But never fear Americans, for we are a great nation! A great nation because of its PEOPLE, not because of who our president is. We've got this, America!
We will persevere, we will overcome, we will rise to the challenge! That's what Americans do. We are better than our government! We are a nation of good, hard-working and decent people! People who care for each other; people who are accepting and welcoming; people who accept and welcome diversity. Just because of who did or didn't get elected last night, isn't going to change who we are as a nation!
We are going to look adversity straight in the eye, and we're going to to say, "No problem, we got this!"
It's going to be okay! Now, let's go out there and make good things happen in our neighborhoods, our cities, our states, and our country!
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14 responses
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace Chump would be an appropriate codename.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 Nov 16
I still have one. My sister and I text each other every night. We won't use his name, we've developed a code word for him. It's pretty funny.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 Nov 16
@Asylum I can always count on you.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
9 Nov 16
Great pep talk and positive attitude but I do have a room available!! lol
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
I already told you I was coming up to see you! Keep that room ready for me! 
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Nov 16
As always and forever-God is truly the one in control. =) God's will was done and we should strive to be more like Him. I think everything will be fine.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace Oh, well, yes, but... we learn, don't we? 
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 Nov 16
I remember people in Germany thinking the same thing.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
Everything has a chance to work itself out if we quit hating each other and blaming each other for everything that goes wrong, and instead find a way to create a mature dialogue so that we can work together to find workable solutions to our countries problems and issues. The problems certainly aren't going to go away on their own, we have to rise to the challenge to overcome the obstacles.
@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
I am depending on Congress to keep Trump in check. If not, there's always the Supreme Court. We have a system of checks and balances for a reason!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Nov 16
@moffittjc Well, don't count on the Republican Congress or Republican Senate or the tied Supreme Court (and then stuffed with Trump appointees). I'm worried.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 Nov 16
I won't be able to watch or read the news for the next four years. Not much of a loss.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace But do you have to put on the news in the background for company? Could you put on a game show, or a soap opera, instead?
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
Who's got time for that anyways? We've got too many other wonderful things we can be doing instead!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
10 Nov 16
@moffittjc You don't live alone. The news in the background is company while puttering around the house for people who live alone. But today was much easier to get through without seeing you know who.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
Well...most will get on with their lives. Some will just not let this election go, and will spend the next four years trying to prove the Trump supporters wrong, and finding fault in every single decision Trump makes. Me, I've got too much more important stuff to do in my life, like raise my family, volunteer in my community, and make life better for everyone I come in contact with!
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace Well, considering I don't like Communists or Unions, I would have been in the group hunting them down! LOL
Haha, just kidding, I wouldn't have been hunting them down. But I seriously don't like Communists though.
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@AmbiePam (92708)
• United States
12 Nov 16
I agree. I strongly believe when the divisive smoke clears this will spark people to get really involved in their communities, in various forms. Also, Democrats and Republicans know they better get their business in order because in four years someone has to be a lot better than they are right now.
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@marguicha (222967)
• Chile
9 Nov 16
Excuse me, but people are represented by their president. That´s what the US is in the eyes of the world now. President Trump. I did not elected him. You, americans, did it. How will you overcome this? You killed Martin Luther King Jr. years ago. And President Kennedy. And Abraham Lincoln.
Decent people get together before an election and vote in mass for someone better.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Nov 16
We did. She won the popular vote. We need to get rid of the electoral system. This is twice in my lifetime that the will of the people did not prevail.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace Up until yesterday, I would have agreed with you 100%. But last night, I watched a video that described exactly why our founding fathers put an electoral college system in place. Once it was thoroughly explained to me, it made absolute sense as to why we have that system. It may not be the most perfect system, but it is doing what it was designed to do...keep any one political party from monopolizing power indefinitely.
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@marguicha (222967)
• Chile
11 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace A pity. But many times it is not easy to get rid of a system. In Pinochet´s time they wrote again the chilean Constitution and we still have big problems with that.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 Nov 16
Great positive thinking regardless. Past ten months has made People here get together too after enduring hours of unrest caused by those reality political programs they have had on over here. A few Americans that live here or work here have given their own view of it all too.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
I know we all have our own views of how our government should be run, but we must not let politics divide us as a nation. We, the people, must all work together for the good of the nation, regardless of who is in power at the time.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Nov 16
@ElizabethWallace Whether we like the word or not, our POTUS is one of the most powerful persons in the world. I don't think it's power we should fear, but abuse of power.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Nov 16
@moffittjc I sure don't like that word "power".
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@vandana7 (100280)
• India
10 Nov 16
@moffittjc .. How sweet junior...to use it for wiping your tears..lol
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Nov 16
@vandana7 There's no tears coming out of my eyes! I don't let my emotional well-being be dictated by whichever person is elected to office. My life is going to go on as normal whether it is Trump elected as our president, or Hillary elected as our president.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Nov 16
So I could wash it and get it nice and clean, and then send it back to you?
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@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
10 Nov 16
It's going to be alright as your country and the people are great. Let's hope for the best.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
10 Nov 16
Trump just made friends with Putin and Duterte.. He just made friends with 2 leaders who hates the guts of the previous President.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Nov 16
Trump is a shrewd business man. He is going to befriend anybody that helps him get what he wants, whether that person is friend or foe. I don't like Trump, but I'm going to give him a chance as our President. He at least deserves a chance to prove himself.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Nov 16
And the guts of our entire country.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Nov 16
@moffittjc This sounds great in theory. You're a nice guy, but when dealing with someone who cannot be trusted, don't turn your back.
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Nov 16
That is why America is a great nation when we the people work together to improve our world instead of fighting over petty issues.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Nov 16
I guess the big question is...are we going to come together as a nation, or just spend the next four years bickering and fighting each other? It's up to us to decide.
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@moffittjc (121580)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Nov 16
@Deepizzaguy If you don't mind me asking, did you vote for Trump because you are for him, or did you vote for him because you are against Hillary?
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Nov 16
@moffittjc True my house is a zoo now that Trump has been elected since I am considered an "idiot" for voting for Trump.
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