With the exception of a few well-placed Facebook missives, I
have remained relatively quiet during the last few months of this election
season. Last December, I wrote a blog
slamming Trump and in April, I predicted that he would be the next President of
the United States. In June, I ranted
again about all of Trump’s disqualifications.
(If you want to read those, they can be accessed at
roysjourney.blogspot.com) But as we head into the final 6 days, I
finally find it almost impossible to not comment once more…..
I continue to have this overwhelming feeling of dread that
Donald Trump will be our next President.
If that happens, I believe it will mark the end of our Democracy and the
way of life many of us have come to enjoy.
Along with his Republican led Congress, I think individual freedoms will
be curtailed, freedom of the press will become a thing of the past and the
ensuing Supreme Court will make rulings on social issues that will set us back
100 years. I believe he will use a
nuclear weapon in his first 12 months and be the instigator of WW III. I believe that we will be no better than Nazi
Germany in the way we treat minorities or for that matter, anyone that doesn’t
fit into his and his supporter’s views of lily white Chrisitian America. The embolden of the alt-right will create
strife in the streets that we haven’t ever seen. There will no longer be a middle class…only
the uber-wealthy and the poor. Not to mention
the devastation that will occur in the World Financial Markets.
There is a television ad that runs almost continuously in
the South Florida Market. It is an ad
for Marco Rubio, the mostly ineffective and mostly absent Senator. In the ad, besides calling his opponent a
liar, the narrator in a very accusatory tone states, “and he’s a Liberal.” It makes it sound like this might be the
worst thing anyone can be accused of being.
Obviously, I take great offense to the lack of intellectual integrity
that this ad and most of this and Mr. Trump’s entire campaign exhibits. Liberals gave women the right to vote,
created Social Security and Medicare to take care of our Seniors, passed the
Civil Rights Act attempting to end segregation, passed the clean water act,
passed the clean air act, passed the voting rights act…I could go on and
on. What have Conservatives done? Besides trying to block all of these things,
they gave us trickle-down economics…or voodoo economics, a concept that has NEVER
worked. And, oh yea, they gave us
unwarranted wars that were started to enrich those tied to the
military-industrial complex.
One would think that anyone with half a brain could see the
many lies and false equivalencies espoused during this election season. But the
problem lies in most people’s short attention span and their unwillingness to
understand the issues and the impact of policies on their own lives. It seems that if it can’t be heard in a short
sound bite or a 2 sentence Tweet, then most people will not dig any deeper. We have lost the ability to critically think
and understand exactly what is being said and proposed. Frankly, I am disgusted with the American
voter and their inability to use their brain.
To think that 40+ million voters (win or lose) will vote for Donald
Trump is entirely mind boggling to me.
This is a man that does not have the attention span to put together two
rational sentences, much less have the temperament or the tenacity to lead this
country. His lack of business acumen has
lead to numerous bankruptcies and failed companies. He is nothing more than a media created
reality TV personality….and THIS is what 40+ million people want to lead the
free world.
Surely I recognize that Hillary has some short comings of
her own. Her baggage is a giant size
suitcase….however, her shortcomings have nothing to do with emails and
Benghazi. Those 2 subjects are the
biggest crocks that have ever been perpetuated on the electorate. Benghazi doesn’t even begin to compare with
the number of our Embassies attacked or the number of lives loss under George W
or other Republican Presidents. But, not
a single investigation, hearing or even discussion in Congress occurred as a
result of those attacks. Yes, Hillary
should not have used her private server while Secretary of State…even though those
before her had done the same. But,
seriously, GET OVER IT. There was no
proof of intent to deceive nor mishandling of sensitive documents. But, if you really want to litigate emails,
where are the missing 22 million Bush White House emails?
I have no problems with standards of conduct…but they need
to be applied across the board…not just when it is convenient for Republicans
to do so.
So, why is Hillary so hated?
Simply stated, it is because she is a woman and has the temerity to believe
she can lead this Country…a job up to now held only by men and until the last 8
years, only by white men. If Hillary
were a white man with the same experience and the same baggage, she would be
winning in a landslide. Those most aligned
against her can’t imagine a woman with power and feel threatened by any woman
that has the audacity to think that she might be smarter and more effective
than them. And, this is not limited to
men….there is a certain group of women who also feel the same way…and feel that
it is not a woman’s “place” to lead.
So, I feel better having gotten all of this off my chest and
down on paper! But I won’t really feel good unless my feelings that Trump will be President
are totally wrong. For once in my life,
I am praying that I am WRONG! Let’s hope
that is so.
And The Journey continues………….
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