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The “Get over it!” mantra is beginning to grate on my nerves.<\/p>\n

It’s coming from those who are glad to see Donald J. Trump elected president of the United States. The mantra is aimed at the rest of the country — more than half of those who cast ballots, actually — who voted for someone else.<\/p>\n

They can’t “get over it.”<\/p>\n

I don’t quite consider myself in that category of disgruntled voter. Maybe others see me as one of the sore losers. I don’t like being perceived that way. I am doing my best to level my criticism of the president-elect in a way that focuses more on the issues as I see them.<\/p>\n

I will admit to occasionally challenging the man’s temperamental fitness for the job, but then again, that’s an issue<\/em>, too.<\/p>\n

The annoyance over the calls to get over it stems from the eight-year bitch session that’s been under way since Barack Hussein Obama was elected president.<\/p>\n

A lot of folks haven’t gotten over that seminal event. The election in 2008 of the first African-American as head of state and head of government of the greatest nation on Earth just hasn’t gone over with a certain segment of this nation.<\/p>\n

Sure, they’ll respond with, “I am not a racist, but …” And, no, I am not hanging the “racist” label on all<\/em> of the president’s critics.<\/p>\n

I understand that the man’s policies themselves have angered a lot of Americans. We had that big economic stimulus package that rescued several segments of our then-failing economy; we got the Affordable Care Act, over the strenuous objections of Republicans; he granted a temporary reprieve for about 5 million illegal immigrants through the use of an executive order.<\/p>\n

I happen to support<\/em> all those aforementioned actions. That’s just me. I’m one of those Americans who voted twice for the president.<\/p>\n

We are a sharply divided nation. The election of Donald J. Trump enhances and emphasizes that division in ways we haven’t seen in some time.<\/p>\n

I am still struggling with the idea that Trump will become the next president. I’ll “get over it” … eventually. I promise.<\/p>\n

Just don’t keep reminding me to “get over it.” The more you say it the more I am\u00a0likely to resist.<\/p>\n\n

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