Well, there we have it. Like her or not, Hilary Clinton is the nominee for the Democrats and hopefully the first female president of the US. I say hopefully not so much because of her, I'm a Bernie fan after all, but because it can't be Drumph. So listen closely Americans...do not allow that fraction of a man to become president or I'll come down and collectively punch you all in the throat.
I'm not sure I understand the visceral hatred of Hilary that we keep hearing about, it almost feels like it's personal, and if that's the case, could it be hatred of a candidate because she is a woman? If so, go fuck yourselves. I'm getting pretty tired of that kind of crap, sexism, racism, ageism, sarcasm...no wait, I love sarcasm, but you get the idea. She is more than capable and carries experience that most only dream of for the highest position in the world, yet she gets attacked for her pant suits. Really? Is she perfect? Nope. Has she screwed up? Yep But I do believe she has the gravitas and drive to do what is right. For sure she cares deeply about the plight of the downtrodden and especially children so why is that she has the same kind of favour-ability numbers as the orangutan? Answer me that will you.
I know that the country is pretty divided on issues of who to vote. You have a percentage of the population that will vote Republican even if the candidate was a pole with a hat on it, or Drumph. Same goes for the Dem's I am sure. It's the people in the middle, the fence sitters, independents and those rare people that are actually interested in voting based on what is best for the country that end up deciding the outcome. I would imagine it's like that all over the world, those of us lucky enough to be able to actually vote and make it count, yes I'm looking at you Russia. Imagine that? Voting for the person that you think would actually be good for the country as opposed to partisan bullshit. Utopia where are you?
Who was it that said democracy was the worst form of government out there, except for all the others, Churchill I think. He should know, they screwed him over good after, I don't know, carrying Britain on his back during WWII. Rife with corruption and influence peddling, fractured demagoguery that can't seem to get out of their own way...but still better than Putin and way better than China, North Korea and their ilk. Hell in a hand basket can seem like an appropriate sentiment some time but the alternative would be so much worse.
Think her pant suits are really that bad now? Or her hair? And she made a personal decision to stay with slick Willie. Was it for political reasons? I'm sure that played a part in it, so what? With the current discourse going on one almost wishes for the good old days of George Bush junior....ok, not really but you get the idea. Returning to a Clinton seems like Xanadu in my books.
I wish her well and hope she does become the first female president. And I wish that in 5 years we no longer even mention that as a thing. While we're at it, it would be nice if race and sexuality were no longer considered litmus tests of ability.
Choose wisely America...we are watching
Ciao
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