The 2016 Election

This post is my final post on the election.  Since I have already voted, there is no reason for me to consider what choice to make as that choice has been made.  The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election is one that will no doubt go down in history as the weirdest of all elections.  The contrast between the two candidates is enormous. Most of the campaign has been about personalities rather than issues.  The news media has shown it bias; the President has changed his opinion of Hillary from being a liar to the most qualified candidate every.

Donald Trump has been saying what is on his mind regardless of the political correctness. He continues to use the social media to spread his message.  Hillary Clinton is using a political playbook that uses negative personal attacks on Trump and avoids the issues that are important to Americans.  Hillary’s playbook is outdated and will not change the minds of the informed voter.

The breakdown according to the news media is a split electorate.  Women for Hillary; Men for Trump.  The educated for Hillary; the less educated for Trump. Blacks and Latinos for Hillary; Whites for Trump.  According to the polls Republicans, 87% support Trump.  The same polls Democrats, 84% for Clinton. What I find interesting about these polls is that they are not reflective of what is happening on the campaign trail.  A Trump Rally will have several thousand in attendance, while Hillary has problems getting a handful of people listen to her.

Trump has stuck to the issues of immigration, terrorism, and trade.  Hillary, on the other hand, has failed to mobilize her base around anything except the fact that she is not Donald Trump and he does not have the temperament to be president. 

Hillary stands for nothing.  She says she supports children but states that before a child is born, they have no Constitutional rights.  She says she supports blacks but has done nothing to change their economic condition in thirty years. She states the Hispanic are “needy” people. She has reduced her campaign to name calling.  Half of Trump's supporters are deplorable and unredeemable.  The emails leaked to the public has shown the true character of Hillary- a self-serving politician who has made her millions off the hard working taxpayers.

On trade, she has not uttered a word about how the rejection of free trade would send the cost of manufactured goods here in the US skyrocketing, and plunge markets into recession, and bring about an economic meltdown. She has not spoken about how U.S. exports account for almost 11 million U.S. jobs that would disappear overnight and bring our economy to a halt.

Clinton has not been real about immigration.  She wants to bring more unvetted Muslim refugees to American.  She is critical of Trump’s immigration plan but, she fails to mention that by closing down immigration at America’s borders, ports and airports, while at the same time providing an immediate path to citizenship, illegal immigrants would be placed on a par with Americans. Employers would be required to pay them the same wage and same benefits as American citizens, eliminating their workplace cost advantage. They would be able to come out of the shadows and work with law enforcement to curtail crime. And, if given the opportunity to learn English, they would be able to integrate into American society and culture, just as German, Irish, Italian and Jewish immigrants have done.

Instead, Hillary hides behind her crookedness, as if her practical smokescreens on policy will be enough to motivate an already complacent electorate. Hillary has painted Americans who support Trump as harboring prejudices and fears no matter what the realities of life.

On terrorism, she supports the same policies that created the problem in the first place.  She continues to support the Muslim Brotherhood and Saudia Arabia. She supported giving the Iranians a deal that will be the downfall of civilization.  Her policies in the Middle-East has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, destroyed countries, and brought us closer to war with Russian and China. 

Trump, on the other hand, doesn’t have a plan. Instead, he has an attitude and has created a movement. It is aggressive in a way that most Americans, including much of the defense establishment, can understand.  He has the support of over 200 military leaders, the Border Patrol, and Law Enforcement.  His plan it to make America Great Again.  He does not want war with Russia and China.  He wants to strengthen our military, protect our borders and bring jobs back to America, and protect the Constitution of the United States.

With each passing day, more and more people come to realize that the only reason to vote for Hillary is that she is not Donald Trump. Hillary has called Trump a racist because of his comments about inner city crime.  But when people read about murders in Chicago, gangs in South Central and high visibility crimes being committed day after day throughout the African-American community, they see what appears to be a self-evident truth. Calling Trump a racist does nothing to change people’s minds. On the contrary, it makes people dig in their heels in defense of racism.

Hillary’s attacks point out obvious flaws in Trump’s character. But they are superficial. Hillary, her advisors, and supporters all tend toward arrogance and denial. In their phony “we care attitude,” all she is doing is attacking Trump and touting her failed policies and trusting and hoping there is enough voter fraud to get her elected.

Maybe, if we survive this election in 2020, we will have a candidate we can all love and support.