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| Rather than having an "embarrassment of riches" where candidates are concerned, we simply have an "embarrassment of candidates." |
Last evening I was watching France24 when they scrolled as breaking news the fact that Ted Cruz has suspended his bid for the presidential election. For a moment, I honestly thought that it was some type of an error or misunderstanding, until I confirmed the news via the internet. Ted Cruz was not a perfect candidate, but he was a conservative and largely a known quantity. I would have voted for him. At this point I have no idea whether I will be able, in good conscience, to vote at all in the upcoming presidential election. The choices are just too flawed or too inept.
Hillary Clinton has been doing whatever she wants dating right back to working as an attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas. There have been scandal upon scandal where she is concerned, even without her philandering husband Bill. She mismanaged the Benghazi affair resulting in the deaths of her employees. She used a private server in violation of the law for her communications as Secretary of State, probably to shroud dealings from official eyes. She believes that children are the property of the state and that parents, if they raise the children her way, can continue to have some input in raising their children, but if they do not, the village will raise them. We have enough village idiots already. That isn't working. She has also said that she will support Obamacare when everyone concerned with it says it is failing, expensive, and will collapse. She also has health issues which make it less than likely that she will live through a serious crisis in the White House that would not allow her uninterrupted sleep. I will never vote for her.
Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican candidate. Traditionally, I have gone to Republican rallies and I know a number of the candidates for elected office from Virginia. I believe in what they say they stand for, even if the Republicans appear at this time, not to. Donald Trump concerns me because although his family and his children believe he would make an exceptional president, he seems short on the social graces, calm, and the diplomacy necessary in which to deal with the myriad of powder kegs which presently exist in the world. I agree that the president needs to advocate for the United States, and that the one we have does not, and will not. I don't agree with his broad brush criticisms of some groups. So will I be able to cast a vote for a man who appears to be a bully ? We are chugging toward a world war and I am not sure how good a wartime president Mr. Trump would be.
It would be difficult if not terrible to have to cast a vote simply to block Hillary Clinton from holding the office. Tell me, what alternatives do we have ? Someone, please give me some perspective !
