I have been keeping my opinions about the upcoming
Presidential election off the internet because I don’t think Facebook and
Twitter are the proper forum for those discussions. However, I have been silent for too long.
I am voting for Hillary Clinton. I am not voting for her because I like
her. I am voting for her because I
need to stop Donald Trump from becoming president.
Donald Trump is a misogynistic, racist, narcissist. He has shown these qualities again and
again. This week’s revelation about his
attitudes towards women should not come as a surprise. He has been married three times. He has had affairs. He gauges a woman’s value on her beauty and
the number on her bathroom scale. He insulted a respected female journalist
because she “bleeds.”
He has promised to make Mexico build a wall along the Rio
Grande, but walls do not work. Just ask
the Roman emperor Hadrian or the builders of the Berlin Wall. He insulted the judge in the trial against
Trump University because he is Hispanic. He has threatened to round up Muslims
and deport them. If you think this will
make us safe, you are wrong. It will
only give fuel to those fanatics who already hate us for injecting our culture
and politics into every other country on Earth. He has contributed to the systemic
racism in this country by questioning the birthplace of President Obama. He
made fun of a man with disabilities, mocking him for his speech and mannerisms.
Trump does not care about the good of the country. He only cares about aggrandizing himself. He has made obscene amounts of money and
taken every tax loophole to avoid paying taxes because he is “smart.” He rejoiced at the shootings at a gay
nightclub by tweeting, “I called it.” He
is “the only one” who has answers to some of our nation’s stickiest
problems. He called on the NRA and the
Second Amendment supporters to “solve the problem” of Clinton’s candidacy. He has stated that if he loses the election “it
was rigged,” and called on supporters to “watch” the polling places for
irregularities.
