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Mike Rowe. (Photo: Facebook<\/a><\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong> Mike Rowe is turning into America’s best columnist. \u00a0I’m not even joking. \u00a0In under 900 words he penned one of the most cogent commentaries I’ve read on the 2016 presidential election. \u00a0In the piece, Rowe draws parallels between Trump’s victory and his own success as the host of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs.” \u00a0What do the two have in common? \u00a0Well, read and find out. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Off The Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey Mike. You\u2019ve been very quiet. Everything OK? I just wanted you to know that I voted for you. I was also hoping you might explain what the hell happened on Tuesday, and say something to make me feel better about my fellow man. Thanks,
\nCarol Savoy<\/p>\n

Hi Carol<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Friday, my dog posted a video that featured a man licking a cat with the aid of a device that\u2019s designed for the specific purpose of making it easier for people to lick their cats.I\u2019ve been silent ever since, because frankly, I couldn\u2019t think of a better way \u2013 metaphorical or otherwise – to express my feelings about this election cycle. The entire country it seems, has been preoccupied with finding a way to lick a cat without actually putting their tongue on it.<\/p>\n

Too oblique? Too weird? Ok, how about this analysis:<\/p>\n

Back in 2003, a very unusual TV pilot called Dirty Jobs, Forrest-Gumped its way onto The Discovery Channel and found an audience \u2013 a big one. For Discovery, this was a problem. You see, Dirty Jobs didn\u2019t look like anything else on their channel. It wasn\u2019t pretty or careful. It took place in sewers and septic tanks, and featured a subversive host in close contact with his 8-year old inner child who refused to do second takes. Everyone agreed that Dirty Jobs was totally \u201coff-brand\u201d and completely inappropriate for Discovery. Everyone but the viewers. The ratings were just too big to ignore, so the pilot got a green-light, and yours truly finally got a steady gig.<\/p>\n

But here’s the thing – Dirty Jobs didn\u2019t resonate because the host was incredibly charming. It wasn\u2019t a hit because it was gross, or irreverent, or funny, or silly, or smart, or terribly clever. Dirty Jobs succeeded because it was authentic. It spoke directly and candidly to a big chunk of the country that non-fiction networks had been completely ignoring. In a very simple way, Dirty Jobs said \u201cHey – we can see you,\u201d to millions of regular people who had started to feel invisible. Ultimately, that\u2019s why Dirty Jobs ran for eight seasons. And today, that\u2019s also why Donald Trump is the President of the United States.<\/p>\n

I know people are freaked out, Carol. I get it. I\u2019m worried too. But not because of who we elected. We’ve survived 44 Presidents, and we’ll survive this one too. I\u2019m worried because millions of people now seem to believe that Trump supporters are racist, xenophobic, and uneducated misogynists. I’m worried because despising our candidates publicly is very different than despising the people who vote for them.<\/p>\n

Last week, three old friends \u2013 people I\u2019ve known for years – each requested to be \u201cunfriended\u201d by anyone who planned on voting for Trump. Honestly, that was disheartening. Who tosses away a friendship over an election? Are my friends turning into those mind-numbingly arrogant celebrities who threaten to move to another country if their candidate doesn\u2019t win? Are my friends now convinced that people they\u2019ve known for years who happen to disagree with them politically are not merely mistaken \u2013 but evil, and no longer worthy of their friendship?<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Carol, I don\u2019t think Donald Trump won by tapping into America\u2019s \u201cracist underbelly,\u201d and I don\u2019t think Hillary lost because she\u2019s a woman. I think a majority of people who voted in this election did so in spite of their many misgivings about the character of both candidates. That\u2019s why it\u2019s very dangerous to argue that Clinton supporters condone lying under oath and obstructing justice. Just as it\u2019s equally dangerous to suggest a Trump supporter condones gross generalizations about foreigners and women.<\/p>\n

These two candidates were the choices we gave ourselves, and each came with a heaping helping of vulgarity and impropriety. Yeah, it was dirty job for sure, but the winner was NOT decided by a racist and craven nation \u2013 it was decided by millions of disgusted Americans desperate for real change. The people did not want a politician. The people wanted to be seen. Donald Trump convinced those people that he could see them. Hillary Clinton did not.<\/p>\n

As for me, I\u2019m flattered by your support, but grateful that your vote was not enough to push me over the top. However, when the dust settles, and The White House gets a new tenant, I\u2019ll make the same offer to President Trump that I did to President Obama \u2013 to assist as best I can in any attempt to reinvigorate the skilled trades, and shine a light on millions of good jobs that no one seems excited about pursuing. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2fG1SxI<\/a><\/p>\n

Like those 3 million \u201cshovel ready\u201d jobs we heard so much about eight years ago, the kind of recovery that Donald Trump is promising will require a workforce that\u2019s properly trained and sufficiently enthused about the opportunities at hand. At the moment, we do not have that work force in place. What we do have, are tens of millions of capable people who have simply stopped looking for work, and millions of available jobs that no one aspires to do. That’s the skills gap, and it’s gotta close. If mikeroweWORKS can help, we’re standing by.<\/p>\n

If not, I suppose we’ll just have to find another way to lick the cat.<\/p>\n

Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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