So it comes down to this. The final two. It has been a very rocky road to get to this point. Election seasons are always ugly. But we tend to romanticize all those that have come before as more civilized somehow. The one we find ourselves in at the moment always seems to be the worst. And this go round has been no different, with one clear exception. Donald Trump. The GOP's electorate has possibly never seen such a bombastic and un-PC candidate be so wildly successful. But Trump's success will be all for not if he can't win in a general election. The question we have now is, should he?
I think that question would be easier to answer for a lot of people if it weren't for Mr. Trump's opponent. You see this election isn't the old run of the mill contest of Republican vs Democrat. Make no mistake, this is Donald v Hillary. That's right, Hillary Clinton. One of the most viscerally reviled people in politics today, or maybe ever. She has always been seen by those on the right as cold, calculating, elitist and out for herself. But in recent months and years, it has become all too clear how deeply those traits truly run. As those in the Never Trump camp are saying they could never and will never vote for him, let's look at why we must.
This is the first time I have openly said that Mr.Trump should be supported by conservatives. I have made no secret of the fact that, as a presidential candidate, he does not light my fire. Indeed, I have never been one of his feverishly supportive fans, and at this point, I don't see that ever happening. The alternative, however, a Hillary Clinton presidency is not an option. With that said, there are a couple of things we must do. We must ensure that Mrs. Clinton does not win the White House. We do this, of course, by voting for Mr. Trump. We must also, and this is very important, hold Mr. Trump to his conservative and constitutional promises.
But why is Mrs. Clinton so objectionable? How could she be so bad that people should vote for someone they don't even like, just to avoid her? Well, there are so many things that are wrong with her, it would take a Russian novel to go through them all. So let's stick to the finer points. She's a morally devoid, traitorous, pathological liar who thinks that the rule a law does not apply to her. Wow! That's a bit extreme. Not really. Here are the facts.
Every person who was in Benghazi, Libya on the night that four of our people were murdered, says that Mrs. Clinton is lying about what happened and what she knew in real time and afterwards. She repeatedly blamed the attack on our embassy on a video when it has been proven that she knew from the very beginning that it was a planned attack with no connection to the video. She also lied to the faces of families of those killed as to what happened. They have all come out and told the same story and it boils down to her lying for political reasons. As to her belief that she is above the law, her scandals go back to the 70's. But just in the last few years, it has come to light that as Secretary of State she used The Clinton Foundation as a pay to play for foreign governments to buy influence with her State Department. This is clearly a conflict of interest and as far as I know, not strictly legal. But that is nothing compared to her usage of private email addresses and servers that were not secure or even known about by the government during her time as SoS. She knowingly allowed our nation's top secrets to be at the mercy of foreign governments and civilian hackers alike. She then deleted over 30,000 emails instead of producing them as she was ordered to by law. Last time I checked those actions are all illegal. And all but handing over our secrets on a silver platter to anyone who's interested is treasonous. Is this the kind of person we can allow to be our president? Someone whom it seems doesn't have a decent or honest bone in their body? Uh, no.
I can hear the Never Trumpers yelling at me now. But he's not conservative. He's a flip-flopper. He's racist. He's sexist. He's a bigot. As to him being racist, sexist or a bigot, I have seen no proof of that. Most of what he says on those topics is spun, or out right lied about in the press. Such as him saying all Mexicans are rapists and murderers. He never said "all". He was referencing people who have made their way through our ever more porous border and do commit crimes. The stats on that back him up. What I'm more concerned about is his temperament, his knowledge of important facts and issues and if he will stay true to his word. Which is the reason why he needs to feel pressure from the conservative, libertarian and constitutionalist camps. His Supreme Court nominee is of vital importance. His choice of Vice President and cabinet appointees are also vital. The answer to "making America great again"( as is Trump's moto) is not casting a ballot and walking away. It should never leave his mind that he needs to earn his right to live in America's house, and keep earning it.
We, as American's have an obligation to cast a ballot for our president. But we are often not given a choice that we are happy with. Many see sitting it out as the right thing to do. They have a clear conscience because they feel they are not to blame for whatever wrong is done by the winner. But the reality is that a nonvote is a vote for the worse of the two. Hillary will run loose with the progressive agenda in a way that I don't think we can even imagine. She will weaken us in the eyes of our enemies and in so doing put America and the world in ever more danger than we are in now. In spite of Mr. Trumps flaws, I can't shake the knowledge of what a Hillary presidency would mean. It just can't be allowed.
So get yourself involved in more than just the election for president. Whether it be a local, state or federal election, we must remember that we do not elect dictators. Those who win our votes must continuously earn it, and always be held to account by we the people. That's what made America great in the first place.
VOH
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