The Home Stretch
The undecided voter gets the anger and shameful rhetoric from both sides of the aisle, Republican and Democrat. Some Democrats have compared Donald Trump, to a modern day slave owner, and have indignation about his acceptance of campaign contributions from the Ku Klux Klan, as well as constant verbal assaults on minority groups like Mexicans, Women, and Gays. Republicans drown us in the laundry list of Clinton scandals, that have pass the mark of conspiracy and have shown the extremes of her character in the Bengazi emails, suspect favors in exchange for Clinton Foundation contributions, and political harassment of opponents. It is sad to say, for the undecided voter, looking for the best candidate for their vote, that both sides are offering less than worthy candidates, truly shameful on both sides. According to the New York Times, Hillary Clinton has an 83% chance of winning the election. In their estimates, Clinton's chance of losing is about the same as an NFL Kicker, missing a 39 yard field goal. With those chances, it really comes down to the final days of the campaign. Will Hillary miss the field goal, sending "Birther Movement," Donald Trump, Billionaire Businessman, to the Oval Office, time will tell?
One thing is true about Trump's argument, the Clintons have been apart of the political system, which has seen the United States Government go from surplus to near defaulting on its debt, in addition to the sanctioning of spending over $7 Trillion for war in Iraq and Afghanistan, money needed to rebuild the United States domestic infrastructure. It is very true that the Clinton political machine has contributed to the status quo and two economic recessions, and NAFTA, which has watched the loss of American companies and jobs to cheaper less taxed countries. In this respect, Trump has an accurate punchline. With the Clintons, it is politics as usual, and this "usual politics," is the rally cry for American Conservatives. Some of these Conservatives have legitimate concerns, such as how fracking, a process of obtaining Natural Gas, has polluted natural ground water sources nationwide, and caused unnatural earthquakes, such as in Oklahoma, which went from zero to over 5000 earthquakes in the past year. While fracking is an oil industry practice started during the Obama presidency, Obama will be held accountable for the EPA shortsightedness on this issue. National Debt, gun laws, gay marriage, abortion, ISIS, rent prices, and immigration all reflect issues in a broken American government system, which every American traces back to a broken Congress and increasingly corrupt political system. In all honesty, Trump has genuinely capitalized on this feeling of "helplessness," and used it for support of his candidacy.
In response, Hillary accurately portrays Trump's proposed Tax cuts as even more disastrous for the economy, as the Trickle down theory has proven not only to be ineffective, but has accelerated inequality in America in recent years. Trump neither has the record experience of a Junior Legislative intern and less than a lower state Congressmen, thus as President, would be a liability when faced with tough domestic and international discussions. Hillary's exposure of the personal Donald Trump has been much to her favor, showing an anti-immigrant, shady business shark, womanizing, and tyrannical individual, willing to attack anyone including wounded veterans, and the Pope. On a personal level, Trump disqualifies himself. The Presidency of the United States is not for amateurs, nor the thin skin, nor the faint of heart. Thus, the case that Hillary has made for the American people is that Donald Trump is not the person, who can lead and navigate the United States Government and the people to a more prosperous state in four years. In this case, Hillary is the better candidate.
Thus. given the choice, it is tempting for undecided voters to remain home and decide not to vote. Most forget, local and regional candidates and laws are also enacted during Presidential Elections. This choice to stay home is problematic, because using the strategy of disillusionment and nonchalance, Republicans, now in a national party which caters primarily to a shrinking minority and Evangelical White Conservative base, were able to takeover both Houses of Congress and effectively obstruct the progress of the elected Presidential Mandate of 2012, blocking most progressive laws and federal programs to insure President Barack Obama becomes a "Lame Duck," President. This is the operation, which supports Donald Trump. The problem with the election of Mr. Trump to the presidency is, many of the designs to prevent programs like Universal Healthcare, High-Speed Rail Transportation, Wall Street Reform, and the dozens of progressively sound policies which are herald by both Republicans and Democrats, as vital to the United States, will be rolled back indefinitely. The policies to replace these progressive programs, can only be imagined as the reverse. What is the reverse of progressive? Let's be clear, when progression is thrown away, oppression becomes the way of life. When Donald Trump endorsed "Stop & Frisk," for major cities to handle crime, without knowing the outlining abuses of the program, the writing on the wall was clear.
Thus, while Hillary Clinton, has had a problem uniting the people in support of her campaign. Hillary, has made the case, clear, concise, and plain. This is not only the choice between the better person, but the lesser of two evils. Do not be tricked into inaction, because one field goal, can lose a game. However, when the game is the choice of progress or oppression, losing is not an option. I'm with her...
by Peter L Commons, email at PeterLCommons@gmail.com for more information. West Oakland Imports Publisher 2016
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