She hit all the marks she needed to and stood there with pride and ease. And yes, she has her fault lines but tell me who does not and a choice must be made. People often rise to the challenge and this woman has certainly done so. Trump, on the other hand, has fallen into the level of the tweets, not exactly presidential behavior.
She stands as a beacon of hope for women, for anyone who has been denied proper recognition for whatever reason. Perhaps with the elevation of a woman to the Presidency there will be less of the Fox News type of issues, less harassment of women and in fact, men as well. There will be a definite stress on the welfare of the children and yes, they are our future and our raison d'etre, for indeed, for whom do we toil if not for them?
"... it is the fate of American democracy in question in 2016, Clinton argued, faced with the prospect of a strongman "demagogue" who seeks to "restore order" through unspecified executive powers."
This statement, to me, is the heart of the problem. Will we have a president or will we have a dictator and indeed, I have often stated my fear of what would be with Trump in office and certainly with his admiration of Putin and his political behavior and the whole shady or more issue of Russia and the hack of the DNC, we cannot afford that man in office. In fact, he sets a truly bad example for other would be demagogues and for proof - hey, just look over here in the Village. What do you think we have going on here?!
It is not a good sign or omen for the future when people try to convince other people that only they can enforce law and order. The question then should be and how exactly do you plan to do that without trampling on my rights, on my soul? The world is already a twisted place. For example, it is not a good thing that a university in Hildesheim, Germany has brought up the blood libel against Jews. Yes, today, in this day and age, again!
“Our sons are plundered of their organs"
How many more times will we have to hear this and if we had a Trump in office, I am afraid that it would be many more times. No, we need a decent and humane person in office, one who knows that we must crack all ceilings that bring down any group of people unfairly, with discrimination and murder and mayhem the end result.
The people of the United States have a choice, a fork in the road ahead of them. Will we go with the demagogue, the one who spews hate, the one with no control who will have his finger on the nuclear button, or will we go with the one who has a sure and steady hand, who has the experience and who knows how to put people in their place without yelling, "You're fired" in a public forum.
Will we go with one who can tell the truth or one who lies, who exaggerates, who ignores the facts. Trump supposedly claims he is for the underclass, the workers who are struggling, out of jobs, whose factories have been closed but excuse me? Who bought foreign made goods for his hotels and casinos? Who fired people and who had to lay off thousands as his enterprises went bust? And who truly knows the poor? The one who was born with a gold spoon, never mind silver, the one whose Daddy's money bailed him out often enough, or the one who was poor, whose mother worked as a maid, who came from behind and indeed raised herself up?
And no, again, she is not an angel and in fact I would doubt if there were any politician who was! That ain't the name of the game unfortunately but she is the way to go in this election and looking at last nite - I believe she will rise to the challenge and hopefully pull the country out of its morass. "Together we are stronger" she said and I believe that. Would that it were practiced elsewhere in the country as well.
For whatever it means, this blogger endorses
Hillary Clinton for president of the United States
and does so with pride as an American, as a
woman and as a Jew.
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