A good friend of mine wrote this, a white, well educated, man...
Trump cannot become President. I registered to vote at 18 as a Republican, and I have generally voted Republican continually since then – blindly, when I was younger; based upon an analysis of the issues and candidates as I got older. Recently, I have watched our Country become more polarized; the right heading further right, the left going further left, the end result being that more often than not I found myself in the middle, without a candidate for whom I could cast an enthusiastic vote. This election presents such a scenario. While this seems the perfect opportunity to vote for the Libertarian, my observations on Mr. Johnson have disqualified him to me. That leaves me to vote for one of the two people who will actual become POTUS as of November 8: Hillary or The Donald. They both have qualities that, all things being equal, would disqualify them to me as a viable option: disregard for the truth, questionable ethics, inflated egos (even for Presidential candidates), refusal to admit when they are wrong, … the list could go on. However, in reading the Miami Herald endorsement of Clinton (which I still have problems with), they did a very good job of summarizing the problems I have with Trump. Rather than repeat them all here, I encourage you to read the endorsement. You can skip over what they say about Clinton if you are one who is disinclined to see any good in her (and I know from my FB feed, there are many of you to whom this designation applies), but read their take on Trump. I challenge anyone to rebut that indictment. His candidacy, which likely started out as folly (as he has flirted with/threatened to run for president many times before), has gathered unforeseen momentum based primarily upon the utter dysfunctional nature of and disdain for our Federal Government. The things Trump has done and said, if they were done or said by anyone other than Trump, would have eliminated them from the race. Instead, it has people doubling down. The fact that Hillary is so disliked by so many – and I’m not discounting anyone’s opinion of her; in most respects, she earned that opinion by her words and actions – is the only reason that Trump has a chance to win. He truly brings nothing to the table other than not being a politician or having ever served in elected office. He is a Kardashian: someone who built a brand but really has no other claim to fame. He is famous for being famous. In his campaign – which is based almost exclusively on fear and anger – he has mocked and ridiculed: war heroes, veterans, the disabled, minorities, women, other candidates, elected officials, even his running mate. He advocates violence. He speaks without knowledge. He is completely unprepared for the job for which he is running. As much as I do not want to vote for Clinton, any other vote (such as a vote for Johnson) opens up the possibility of a Trump presidency. As much as We The People have created Trump and may actually deserve to have him as POTUS (just to teach us a lesson), my children and your children do not deserve that fate. For that reason, I am going to do something that once seemed unfathomable: I am going to vote for Hillary Clinton for President. I encourage you to do the same.
Trump cannot become President. I registered to vote at 18 as a Republican, and I have generally voted Republican continually since then – blindly, when I was younger; based upon an analysis of the issues and candidates as I got older. Recently, I have watched our Country become more polarized; the right heading further right, the left going further left, the end result being that more often than not I found myself in the middle, without a candidate for whom I could cast an enthusiastic vote. This election presents such a scenario. While this seems the perfect opportunity to vote for the Libertarian, my observations on Mr. Johnson have disqualified him to me. That leaves me to vote for one of the two people who will actual become POTUS as of November 8: Hillary or The Donald. They both have qualities that, all things being equal, would disqualify them to me as a viable option: disregard for the truth, questionable ethics, inflated egos (even for Presidential candidates), refusal to admit when they are wrong, … the list could go on. However, in reading the Miami Herald endorsement of Clinton (which I still have problems with), they did a very good job of summarizing the problems I have with Trump. Rather than repeat them all here, I encourage you to read the endorsement. You can skip over what they say about Clinton if you are one who is disinclined to see any good in her (and I know from my FB feed, there are many of you to whom this designation applies), but read their take on Trump. I challenge anyone to rebut that indictment. His candidacy, which likely started out as folly (as he has flirted with/threatened to run for president many times before), has gathered unforeseen momentum based primarily upon the utter dysfunctional nature of and disdain for our Federal Government. The things Trump has done and said, if they were done or said by anyone other than Trump, would have eliminated them from the race. Instead, it has people doubling down. The fact that Hillary is so disliked by so many – and I’m not discounting anyone’s opinion of her; in most respects, she earned that opinion by her words and actions – is the only reason that Trump has a chance to win. He truly brings nothing to the table other than not being a politician or having ever served in elected office. He is a Kardashian: someone who built a brand but really has no other claim to fame. He is famous for being famous. In his campaign – which is based almost exclusively on fear and anger – he has mocked and ridiculed: war heroes, veterans, the disabled, minorities, women, other candidates, elected officials, even his running mate. He advocates violence. He speaks without knowledge. He is completely unprepared for the job for which he is running. As much as I do not want to vote for Clinton, any other vote (such as a vote for Johnson) opens up the possibility of a Trump presidency. As much as We The People have created Trump and may actually deserve to have him as POTUS (just to teach us a lesson), my children and your children do not deserve that fate. For that reason, I am going to do something that once seemed unfathomable: I am going to vote for Hillary Clinton for President. I encourage you to do the same.