So will there be a musical somewhere down the line that speaks of the brief shining moment that was known as the United States of America for if G-d forbid a thousand times that the most unqualified candidate ever gets into office, that will be the end of the USA as we and history know it. Never ideal, never perfect, but always striving, at least until the moment of its demise as it allowed a Nero like demagogue take over, falling for the bread and circus routine of his, even though the bread was not really forthcoming as he did not pay his workers for their labor! How did this happen?
It happened because the world is on fire. People are confused, distraught, despairing and worried to say the least about their future and that of their children. Instead of listening to one who has concrete plans and ideas, who truly cares for people, who has made it her career focus, fighting for the rights of children, of women, of the middle class - nope, instead they turn to one who encourages thoughts and acts of violence, who solicits and accepts the support of neo Nazis and haters of vicious composition.
We forget that if we hold true to the values, to the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, to the dreams of the founders and of every generation after, including all the immigrants who enriched our country and let us not forget my friends that we are ALL immigrants, for even if we have to go back several generations - our families all immigrated here. We forgot all this and have lost our way and instead of looking for the sure thing, for the path that will help us get back on our feet, many foolish, dangerously foolish, people have turned to the demagogue, to the Big Liar, to he who spouts hate and threats, to the one who sucks our blood as he uses what the country gives him as a citizen, as a resident, but does not pay in to its support. Nope, that he leaves to us, the apparent suckers for doing the right thing. Truly, many of us have lost our way.
The rules of society have been breached and even its law officials have forgotten their way and allowed partisan politics to interfere with the election. I wonder - does anyone out there realize how dangerous a step that was, how we are not only on the edge of a dangerous cliff, but already seem to have hung one foot over the edge, precariously balancing there, swaying back and forth - and wondering if it is all worth it!
To mix metaphors a bit, the Netherlands has built a wonderful system of dikes and levees to keep the country safe from a harmful sea, an ever more dangerous one. We too need to build a set of dikes, a figurative one, that will protect us from dictators or would be demagogues, which would prevent rebellion, a physical rebellion, at the polls. How, the specifics? I leave that to those wiser and more knowledgeable than I, but these threats of Trump and his cohorts are dangerous to the very fabric of our country.
Well, it is worth it. And we have the opportunity to keep our country going, to allow it to heal and progress. It is time we stopped with the filth and the dirty games and look into who truly has plans and does not stand there and squint and make an ugly face and open his mouth and nothing worthy of anything comes out, no plans, only threats and boasts that "I will....." the true threat and demeanor of a demagogue , of a dictator in the making. It is difficult to oust a dictator once in place so I hope, dear Lord, do I hope, that people who have not yet voted take a step back and see and hear and know the truth. Donald Trump is an immediate and acute danger to our country. Our only chance at this point is to elect Hillary Clinton, a woman who has plans, who has policies, who thinks before opening a mouth, who does not rant and who has been forced to develop a talent for the sharp retort to vicious barbs thrown her way.
Our country has been wounded, yes. In fact, the entire globe has been wounded, but we can all return, and go on to achieve more - if, and only if, we see the truth, the fact that it will be a difficult road and anyone who promises pie in the sky immediate turnarounds is speaking out of the wrong side of his anatomy. That very person seems to be stuck on that section anyway, one who cannot keep his mouth shut, open his brain and close his zipper and control his hands - and pay his goddamn share of taxes!
One day we might be lucky enough to have an ideal candidate who has been of sterling behavior from crib time to the present day, but we have never had that yet and I doubt that in an imperfect world we will ever have one such being so what the shouting here is about is ridiculous, And where does Trump get off thinking he has anything to offer the country other than hate and incompetence and selfishness and immorality and poor business practices for certainly his life has not given him that right at all. Experience? Tact? Knowledge? Humanity? Gone, baby, gone - and, most probably never there.
For the sake of all of us, for the sake of our allies, for the sake of Israel, for the sake of all those living in poverty and dread, for the sake of those wishing for hope, for democracy, for the sake of those willing to fight for it, for the sake of all those who still look to us, to the USA, for all these sakes - vote Hillary Clinton now thru Election Day. Put aside the threats to rebel, to overthrow the government, to vote more than once. Put aside the lies and hate and vote in hope and possibility. Please. For all our sakes. For the future. For our kids.
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