I don’t think Donald Trump really wants to win the
Presidency. I also don’t think Trump is as devoted to making “America Great
Again” as he is to his narcissism. I am not a Democrat for sure. There was time
when I voted for Clinton and Gore, but I left the Democratic Party in 1996, as that was when the party’s far left in the party adopted an anti-Israel policy - and the party has grown further to the left and more anti-Israel.
I left the Republican Party over the past year, after the
Republican leadership demanded that the Republican candidates make a pledge to
support the eventual nominee – thinking they were cornering Trump into not
going independent if he didn’t win the nomination. When the nominee turned out
to be Trump, almost the entire roster of candidates and all the Republican
leadership turned against Trump, which really ticked off a lot of people –
including me. After all, if a person or party’s word means nothing, then you
can’t trust anything they say.
Now I am an independent and I am mad as hell that our
Democratic system has produced two of the worst choices for President in my
lifetime: A crook who has sold her influence, put America at risk with an
illegal email server, and as Secretary of State supported Obama’s failed policy
in Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey and Israel – and an egomaniac who
fooled a lot of people into thinking he had what it took to be President – only
to find out that it was just a façade. He is only out to promote himself and
see himself on TV.
We know Hillary Clinton, after all she has been in office
forever, and that is what makes her such a horrible choice - but at least we
know she’s incompetent on the front end. When Trump says, “believe me”…. we
can’t anymore. Once the primaries were over, his base was expecting him to
become more Presidential in order to pull the reluctant Republicans back into
the fold – and more importantly pull in the independents and moderate Democrats
to form a winning coalition. That was supposed to be the logical strategy.
Instead, we have a loose lipped, thin-skinned egomaniac that is willing to
attack anyone who criticizes him, even if it is going to cost him – and the
Republican Party the election. I am sure his “handlers” and even his grown
children are cringing at Trumps lack of self-control.
This is a real pickle for America: A continuation of the
Obama doctrine. More debt, uncurtailed
immigration, more terrorism, more downsizing of America on the world stage,
more appeasement of terrorist states – and a person who is displaying such
bizarre behavior in the media that it is not a stretch to imagine him making a
mockery of America on the world stage at best, and getting us into a real
dangerous situation with his “shoot from the hip” style.
I have not missed a vote in 44 years. When I was 18 I
hitchhiked across Switzerland to cast my first vote against Richard Nixon. I
can’t imagine not voting, as it is a privilege not to be taken lightly. But it
is a possibility this year.
