I hardly ever have a hard time making a decision. When confronted with a problem my inner
problem solver takes over, and as I’m listening to the problem I am processing
every viable solution. This year I have
a difficult task to figure out. I have
the duty, and privilege, as an American, to vote in this year’s election. In previous years I have not had a difficult
time voting because there was always someone running that I felt could possibly
be representative of what I believed, and wanted for our country.
This year the task is a strangely difficult one. It has come to the point that I have accused
myself in my own mind of being a flip flopper.
I’ve gone back and forth in my mind endlessly. Although I was originally
a Republican I have been an independent for many years, mainly because I didn’t
want to be put into a box, and labeled something that I, at times, was not
fully comfortable with.
I’m sure, or actually, I know, that many people out there are
having the same difficult time. This
must be what people in “fake democracies” feel like. The decision for them is “Who do we want to
screw us over, and lie to us for the next few years?”. During this election, I’ve tried to keep an
open mind, I’ve gone back to old interviews on YouTube, I’ve listened to NPR,
Hannity, CNN. I’ve read Breitbart,
Huffington, BBC, and others. I’ve dug
deep into the archives of the web looking for articles written many years ago
just to refresh my memory about the two candidates that we have to choose from,
and the only certain conclusion I have come to is that I will not, and cannot vote
for Hillary. To me, she represents all
that is wrong with government. She is the personification of cover ups, deceit,
disregard, and a shady career politician.
What I can’t understand is why are there so many people that can’t see
through the veil, at least sufficiently to say “okay, she sucks, but that’s all
we have”. I’ll take that over those that
look to her as if the savior of humanity.
As if she was going to take control of Washington and make all the
promises, and hopeful expectations of her constituents come true in one shake of
a wand. What she hasn’t done in almost
30 years. Her’s is the candidacy of
HOPE. She hopes you will forget the
things she’s done. She hopes that you
won’t listen to any opposing views. She
hope that you don’t hold anything you may hear against her. She hopes that you
won’t realize who she really is. She
hopes she can still convince you that she is working for you, and not for
herself. She hopes she can pull off this
one last scam. That is the hope she
offers.
Just because I’m not voting for Hillary, doesn’t mean I’m
thrilled about voting for Trump. I would
vote for the Libertarians who I tend to identify more with, but that would
surely guarantee a vote for Hillary, and Johnson doesn’t thrill me either.
So I delved deeper into my Trump investigation. Being a sarcastic person myself, I can
identify on a miniscule level with some of Trumps remarks, because some are
true, and obvious. I did check out many
things, and I also saw all his debates and town hall meetings, as well as
Hillary’s.
In Trump’s prior interviews from back in the 80’s he was
eloquent, well spoken, and came across as an educated man. I realize that in the beginning he had to be
outrageous because even negative publicity is better than no publicity, especially
if it’s free, ask Dr. Carson who could have used more of it. But when he achieved the nomination leaving
16 opponents in the dust, I thought, well okay where is the Trump I had seen on
Oprah? Where is the educated, well-
spoken man who said he loved this country?
I would have thought it was time to let him out.
In observing what the media says, I find many things
ludicrous. The most entertaining is
“He’s crazy he’ll push the button”. For
those who are not voting for Trump only for this reason. Trump is not a dictator. There is a Vice President among other members
of government who would have to be equally as crazy as him to follow through on
the “button” idea. Additionally, we do
have the 25th Amendment. Look
it up, it is there. It kind of protects
the country if your leader goes off his rocker.
For those who say he is a racist, I did my own searching, in
case my own memory failed me because being a Hispanic, I would be apprehensive
about voting for someone who disliked people of my heritage. I couldn’t recall any instance where it was
written somewhere that Trump was a racist, but just to be safe, I searched. Usually when a person has been a public
figure, for as long as he has, comments will be made, something, somewhere will
be written about it, especially racism which is such a hot topic. I cannot say I found anything noteworthy
other than his recent comments. I remember seeing Trump on Oprah, and other
shows, including his own, and he never rubbed me as a racist, but apparently
now at 69, he is, according to mainstream liberal media, and maybe even some
Republicans that are shaking in their boots, and still bitter about the massive
loss.
The media indicates that Trump is using fear to obtain
followers. I don’t see any fear
mongering. He states truths. We need to enforce immigration laws, very
true. Even the most well intentioned illegal
immigrant will do something so slight such as driving without a valid driver’s
license or insurance. This is an illegal
act. Some will use social security
numbers that don’t belong to them just so they can work to provide for their
families. It would be great if the
social security number didn’t already belong to someone else. Unfortunately for these hard working people
with no papers or permits to work in this country, this is called identity
theft. So even if all illegal immigrants
aren’t murderers, rapists or drug dealers, they do commit other illegal acts that
could affect one of our legal members of society. There are endless comments about how illegal
immigrants do jobs that no one wants.
While that may be true when it comes to farming, all illegal immigrants
are not employed on a farm. So what damage can this do? Since they are willing to work for less just
to have an income, then that takes away jobs from those who are in this country
legally, leaves them unemployed because they couldn’t possibly live on the wage
that the employer is paying the illegal.
Obviously I don’t feel that deporting 11 million people is
the answer, but we do need to crack down on the problem, and first ensure that
our borders are better protected than what they are now. There is no point in having hundreds of
border patrols, if they are instructed to let the people go through, even the
drug dealers, who will come, and go as they please. You might as well send the guards home, and
not spend the money. It is not a lie
that we are housing thousands of illegal immigrants in our Federal
facilities. This is taxpayer money going
to mainly private facilities that are making a pretty penny just to keep them
there anywhere from 6 months to 2 years at a time until they get processed. Some use the system as a frequent flyer
program. Come in, work or whatever, send
money home, get caught doing whatever, stay for a while for free, and get a
free bus pass home. Turn around a couple
months later jump the fence, and do it all over again. It is no lie, do the research. They are arrested as re-entries after
deportation.
When Trump says that we need to stop Muslims from coming into
the country, that is what the media prints, they don’t print the rest of what
he says, that this is until we know who the hell is here, and why. What is wrong with this position? Would I have an open house party in my home
and not wonder or want to know, who is coming and going, and what parts of my
house they are visiting? I think not. What country permits this? Try walking into anywhere, and just going
wherever you feel like going. You will
be stopped and asked what you are doing there and who or what you are looking
for. In many places you even have to
produce ID. So why should our country be
any different than some businesses or government facilities? We need a head count before more people are
given visas, and entry. Unfortunately,
due to the slow wheels of anything governmental in our country it takes FOREVER
to process things. This is the problem we need to fix, not just
bash our own American citizens who want safety, and call them racists. Feeling safe where you live is not a sin, it
is a basic need. That is not fear
mongering, it’s a demand for a basic right.
We have to come to the realization that Radical Islamic Terrorists are
Muslim. They are not Christian, they are not Buddhist or Jews or anything other
than Muslim. Do I think all Muslims are
evil, no, I do not. There is good and
evil in all religions, even atheism.
The problem is that our country is not really that efficient
at processing things in an adequate manner.
I hope we all can remember that there were weapons of mass destruction
in Iraq. That was our “intel”. How accurate was that? Okay, so are we going to trust that none of
the people that are coming over are terrorists or have ill intentions whether
they are men, women or children. We
can’t be ignorant. Our lives depend on
it our safety depends on it. What
happened in Orlando, and California were planned ahead of time. These people did not wake up one day and say
“hey let’s go kill people”. What do we
have to lose by doing this? It is a
temporary hold. I would put the hold on
all visas if you really want to make it fair.
We have to keep in mind that this is a country, our country, the place
where we live, and breathe. We can’t
sell out in the name of political correctness.
When it comes to things Trump says about others, I agree that
there is often not a need to be mean or nasty to someone, but by the same token
I do find that those who have been subjected to his comments were not sitting
at home on their sofas. In the case of
the Khans I think if they decided that they were going to enter the spotlight
of politics and be political, they had to be well aware, especially being in
the legal field like Mr. Khan is, that you are walking into the lion’s
den. Things will be said, it’s a no
holds barred situation. The same
applies to the reporter with a disability.
Yes, he has a disability. Yes, it
was not necessary for Trump to mock him, but again, the reporter is in a
position where he is attempting to get the story that he wants to tell, and
clearly it was not a pro-Trump story. He
is aware that the political arena is dirty, and mean to anyone and everyone, so
he took his chance and got bitten. It
may sound bad, but it’s the truth of the situation. Trump did not walk into the reporter’s house
or job, and poke fun at him, the reporter walked onto his turf and exposed
himself to whatever may come. This kind
of holds true for anyone else who he has bashed.
It may sound like I’m defending Trump, and his behavior. I’m not.
I am presenting what we have been shown over, and over, and over again
in every single format (like a brainwashing) of the transgressions with a more
objective view.
My next topic of inspection was his family. He may
be whatever people want to say he is but he raised four well educated children
who seem to be family oriented and goal driven.
I can’t comment on the fifth child because he is still a child. What I have seen is a family that supports one
other, and they support their father, who apparently has been there with them
their whole life in one way or another.
During the times the cameras panned the audience you could see his
children interacting with each other like regular siblings. Then there is his wife, who is a beautiful
woman, and whether she has a college education or not, she presents herself with
a certain degree of class. Being an
immigrant herself, with a deep accent, she stands by his side but not
overtaking the stage like some of the other wives of previous Presidential
hopefuls. She went out there like a
trooper despite attacks on her person about her nude pictures, and her immigration
status, etc. Apparently she is able to
take the attacks in a composed manner. I
do find it amusing that the liberals want everyone to forget about Hillary, and
her husband’s past transgressions but they bring up Melania’s nude pictures.
So how does a person who is such an incredible jerk still
manage to have what appears to be a nice family that work together, and who
love him, and support him? That I think
is noteworthy.
The next criticism in the media is of his business
practices. I don’t know about you, but
if you are going to be in business you need to have full knowledge of what your
avenues are for any given problem that you may face. His bankruptcies are a big issue. I wonder what those who criticize would you
have done? Stayed there and waited for
what to happen? Bad business decisions
are made every day by everyone, so do you cut your losses or stay the course
crashing and burning? Why do we fault
someone who did what was legally available to him at the time? He’s ruthless in business. I would be ruthless too. You can’t have a thriving business by giving
away the farm. Money is money and
business is tough. Would we prefer that
he be a really bad businessman? Would that make him more appealing as a
Presidential candidate?
One of my favorite comments is that he has no experience,
he’s never held office. Well this is the
only true statement. Upon observing how
apt Hillary has been during her tenure in government, as well as some of the
other Presidents we’ve had, I don’t know what would be better. In my opinion the United States of America is
a corporation. A very large one, it has
budgets, it has accounts payables, accounts receivables, loans, interest and
donations. Why not have someone who
understands finance? Let’s take a look
back, and see what our “experienced” leaders have gotten us so far. You can lie to yourself and say that the
budget is not bad that our national debt is fine. Or you can look at it and look around and
realize that change needs to occur or people in their 50’s will have a harder
time when they retire.
While I believe that political correctness is ruining our
country, Trump is the other end of that spectrum. Would I prefer a candidate that was less
outspoken, in this regard. Yes. Someone who appears more grounded would be a
better option, but we have to understand that he is not alone. Again, this is not a dictatorship. While I think he has said some crazy stuff of
the cuff remarks, much of it has been taken out of context and over exaggerated
by the liberal media just for ratings and to go against him.
So I wait patiently for the debates, and the next couple of
months to pass because you never know what can pop up out of nowhere, but in my
mind I would rather have someone that offers something different, than the same
of what we’ve had or worse. I’m also hoping that Trump puts his tongue
back into its cage for the time being and becomes an experienced teleprompter
reader like a regular politician.
The future is unknown, but the only thing we know for sure is
that the Republican party will never be the same. I also
know, that this would have been a golden opportunity for the Libertarians, to
make a real move, and gain some footing, but I think they needed a more
charismatic choice as a candidate. Maybe
someone as outrageous as Trump in the beginning just to get the word out, and get
the free advertising.
If Trump doesn’t win, at least we can say that he got
everyone interested and passionate about this country again. We had been through many years of apathy and
lack of interest. Its good to see that
everyone has finally has woken up.
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