Almost Free from Trump
After the last few days of appalling political brawling - and much needed comic relief from Lin-Manuel Miranda on Saturday Night Live - I have reached the depressing conclusion that if you still hold the "anyone but Hillary" position in this scary election you are clearly and simply a misogynist.
Not that there is anything simple about misogyny. Maybe Donald Trump hates his mother. Maybe his two divorces didn't teach him that there are two people in a marriage. Or maybe he is a spoiled, rich kid who is used to controlling everything he touches, including human beings.
Donald Trump disrespects women, plain and simple. He is like a snotty 13 year old bully in a 70 year old man's body. He brags about sexually assaulting women because he is a celebrity. Do we have amnesia about Bill Cosby? Or is Trump somehow less despicable because he is white?
Trump uses women to make money with his beauty pageants, then degrades and verbally abuses them, not unlike a pimp. He brags in debates about the size of his penis and introduces young children to a whole new meaning of the word "pussy." A master of subtlety he is not.
How many times did Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper have to tell Trump to stop interrupting or that his time was up? Do we really want a President and Commander-in-Chief who cannot control his own mouth? Can we trust such a volatile man with the nuclear codes?
To the Bernie fans, I say thank you for fighting the good fight and moving Hillary to the left: on college tuition, health care, taxes, etc. Hillary heard you. This is how politics is supposed to work. After your success, sitting out the election as a protest is a foolish and dangerous option.
The bottom line is one of these people will be the President of the United States. How will you explain to your grandchildren that you didn't like either of the radically different candidates in 2016 so you took the coward's way out and didn't vote?
White, working class men are very angry. I get it. Unions, that created the middle class, the American Dream and really made this country great, have been all but destroyed. Sadly, Donald Trump is not going to bring them back. Quite the opposite. Trump hasn't built anything since 1986, and the Trump "brand" is produced almost exclusively overseas in China, India, Bangladesh, wherever wages are low and workers are dirt poor.
If Hillary were a man, there would be no question about her solid qualifications for the job: experienced lawyer, 8 years in the White House, twice elected Senator, Secretary of State. On the other hand, if Trump were a woman, he'd be dismissed as unqualified: a series of bankrupt businesses, a litigious braggart and no political experience,
It's an old story with a creepy new twist. Women can do everything men can do, but like Ginger Rodgers, backwards and in heels. Only this time, Donald's lead is downright dangerous. And the dance is making us look foolish on the world's stage.
Female heads of state have been elected and serve all over the world: Great Britain, Germany, India, Israel, the Philippines, etc. It is clearly time for the United States. It is clearly time for Hillary.
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Keep calm and carry on...Lori A. Bores
