Election Day in my State is today, March 15 and if the polls
are to be believed, I have to say I am bit ashamed. Let me start by saying I am
no fan of any of the Republican candidates, but the fact that Donald Trump is
leading in the polls here in Florida really makes me sick.
After 8 years of class and grace in the White House, the
thought that we would elect a man that drops the F-bomb and thinks the way to
handle illegal immigration is by building a wall, makes us look like a nation
with absolutely no decorum.
My sister said that two young men recently attended a Trump
rally thinking they could get some really funny footage. But after listening to
the hate spewed by many in the crowd, they went from finding humor in the whole
thing to feeling sad about the hate and terrible things many said in the crowd.
They said a Trump rally seems to bring out every hate group our country has and
gives them a platform for their hate speech.
When Bill Clinton was in office, people felt he didn’t
represent our nation well, not because of his politics but because of his
personal life. But you’d rather be represented by a man who lies, makes his
money by starting projects, getting investors to give hard earn money, then…
walking away. He files for bankruptcy and moves on to the next project. Anybody
remember the Trump Towers that were to be built in Tampa? The project never
broke ground, but people invested, excited about the project. Then, Trump
changed his mind, filed bankruptcy to cover his loss and left local investors
with nothing. He never even broke ground on the project.
Can you actually see Trump at a state dinner? And when
someone criticizes him, will he stoop to personal attacks as he has in his
campaign. I mean really, he spends more time picking at the appearance of his
candidates than talking about issues. How many real issues has Trump given his
plan for – other than building a wall, which is totally unrealistic!
When reporters ask him for specifics, he says he doesn’t
want to give the other candidates an edge by laying out his plan that they
could then borrow from. Are you for real? This isn’t some school exam where you
don’t want your classmate to copy from your test. And when a reporter calls him
on the carpet for his past failures, he pouts and says he isn’t being treated
fairly.
So if he becomes President and another world leader
criticizes him what is he going to do – talk about their appearance and refuse
to meet with them?
In general, I think politics has become an absolute joke. Many bills
are only passed when addendums are added that only further the agenda of others
but was the only way support for the bill in question would ever happen.
There are more deals, shake downs, and back scratching that
goes on than any of us will ever know about. But right now, this system is all
we have and we don’t need any more help messing it up. With all of the issues
we are facing as a nation, electing someone who will clearly only serve to
divide us more than we are already sure does seem counter productive, don’t you
think?
