I have had enough. There has been
far too much nonsense coming out of America over the last two years as to who
should be the next president of the United States.
I just don’t get
it that there are actually people who want to see Donald Trump become
potentially the most powerful man on earth. The idea is absolutely crazy. Apart
from having no track record in government whatsoever, Trump is a morally
bankrupt character who should not be let anywhere near the reins of government,
even for the office of dog-catcher. Don’t misunderstand me. Dog-catching is an
honourable profession and it is a good entry-level job in which rookies can cut
their teeth in the arts of public administration. But between it and the office
of President there is an immeasurable gap, which no rookie can hope to adequately bridge
by merely going through the motions of primary electoral politics. At this
point I can hear you say, "some motions, some primary", for this 2016 cycle.
But to put this
man without a resume against Mrs Clinton who has a CV to die for is a preposterous
bit of nonsense which, even American reality television must find breath-taking.
There is absolutely no comparison. The best that can be said for the Trump
experience and qualification is that he can leverage himself out of financial
disasters that he created himself.
Then
there is the question of “trust” which, in the lexicon of this election can be
re-stated as “criminal tendencies”. Against Clinton, several so-called crimes
are listed: The Clinton Foundation shenanigans, so-called; official State
Department emails sent from and received in a private email server: a Hillary@ hotmail.com
instead of a hillary.clinton.gov one, for example. Negligent, perhaps. But
criminal? Give us a break. And then, Benghazi. Will someone please tell me what
is it about Benghazi that blows the wind up the skirts of Clinton’s detractors?
Please, please tell. There is absolutely no moral equivalence with Donald Trump.
The man has a charge sheet as long as your arm, starting with trampling over
the civil rights of African-American’s equal access to his rental property in
New York; then there is his dodgy manipulation of the tax laws that
allowed him to evade decades of federal income tax; then there is his
university, for which he is under indictment for miss-selling and racketeering.
These should have been enough to disqualify anyone except in a party that has completely
lost its way. And then, there is the man’s moral unfitness: He mocks the
disabled, he abuses Mexicans, he imputes the impartiality of a judge because of
his ethnic heritage, he makes fun of women for their natural physiological
processes; he derides war heroes because of their religion. Good grief, is
there anything that this man won’t do? And that is before we hear of his
abominable predatory sexual activities, some self-confessed.
And yet, some of
you want to vote for him? But many of
you know that he is not right for the country and the world because, polls
indicate that many are reluctant to confess that they will vote for him because
they are ashamed. If you are embarrassed, why put him in the White House, for crying out loud?
The least you can do is to abstain.
For those of you
who are American, and are sensible and patriotic, and have a feeling for the
rest of the world, get out there and vote for Clinton and the other Democrats
who are trying to make America a better place. The world is looking on.
Tell Fren Tru
The world has seen the worst of the democracy that the US is peddling to the (their free) world and it does not look good. In fact it is rotten and sickening. Mark my word; TRUMP has done irreparable damage to America internally and her leadership world wide. Through TRUMP the intentions of the white american man to use the foulest means possible to retain and sustain his privileged class in that nation has been clearly displayed for the emerging majority of the American people to see and understand as the challenge the future holds for them. If Clinton wins, they would only have lost a battle but that will so enrage them that they will resort to all and any means to make that nation ungovernable.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is already Tuesday morning and the showdown is in progress. I have a sense that Hillary Clinton will prevail. (BTW, any other Democratic Party candidate would also have won against Trump. The man is so obviously unsuitable, by every measure). I agree that there is the residual anxiety that crackpot elements in the country (many of whom are Trump supporters) swallow their gall over what they see as the anathema of government from Washington, made even more intolerable by a Clinton incumbency. No reason to be optimistic here: There have been so many instances of “domestic” terrorism perpetrated by disgruntled white men that we must now sit with bated breaths, expecting the worst. And my trepidation does not even factor in angry antics from a Congress controlled by irate Republicans who will be determined to exact their own vengeance against a woman who would have defeated them, fair and square, in spite of all their nastiness toward her during the election. I regret I have to say, “watch this space”.
DeleteDonald Trump may well be detestable on several counts as you have catalogued in your Blog. But at least in one respect he speaks the truth when he says the system is rigged. Paradoxically however he,Trump, is a great beneficiary of the economic and political systems that define America. Think of a tax system that affords a billionaire the opportunity to dodge paying an equitable share to the public purse. Imagine the countless Americans (categorised as minorities) who would not be allowed to vote today because of certain obnoxious condition imposed by some States. If through intimidation and the imposition of other obstacles certain class of people are excluded from the electoral process, then Mr Trump's assertion of rigging is fully supported.
ReplyDeleteA vote for Ms Clinton may sound as the preferred option. But one doubts whether a win for her would bring about material benefit to those who are referred to as " Minorities"
Enitan Tuboku-Metzger
Yes, Enitan, it’s the fate of the minorities that should worry us, as has been the case for generations in America, even though the majority among the so-called “99%”, frequently quoted, have much to be dissatisfied about when they compare their circumstances to that of the “1%”. But that is a discussion for another time. For now, I cannot think of a way to do right by the minorities except through a stroke of luck: A “progressive” in the White House and a congress controlled by people of similar outlook. Well, they say you make your own luck. Consider that.
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