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Trump Won — Get Over It.

Phil Autelitano
3 min readNov 7, 2024

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I have been a registered Republican since 1992. That doesn’t mean I have voted for the Republican every time. I always vote for who I like, regardless of party. In other words, “party affiliation” has never been a good enough reason to vote for someone. I am not, and have never been, a party-line voter. I vote like I buy a car or anything else that someone sells me — that is, I, like most people, like to buy from people I like. Granted, I have bought my share of pieces of shit simply for buying something from someone I liked, but for the most part, it’s been a good strategy. I’ve come out ahead more than I have behind.

My problem with Donald Trump has nothing to do with politics. It also has nothing to do with felony convictions or rape accusations or Epstein conspiracies. I just don’t like him. There’s something about him. I won’t go into it other than to say, I wouldn’t buy a car from him. Now that’s not to say YOU don’t have to like him. I’m sure there are plenty of people I wouldn’t buy a car from that still do very well for themselves selling cars. So, whether or not you buy a car from him — or vote for him — that’s YOUR business, not mine.

Yeah, yeah, we could go back and forth about the future of our country being at stake. Whatever. That’s all just meaningless argument if you vote one way and I vote the other and we don’t agree. The fact of the matter is that our…

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Phil Autelitano
Phil Autelitano

Written by Phil Autelitano

Author of "Smart Enough to Know It, Dumb Enough to Do It" available on Amazon and other fine booksellers.

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