By Tim Baldwin
Naturally, political candidates cannot appease the masses on myriad issues, but this election is worse than that. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have major problems with voters, the root of which stems from people’s distrust and even hatred for their candidacies.
Trump is an unknown quantity and his rhetoric suggests that he may be dangerous internationally and authoritarian domestically. I heard a Christian pastor recently say Trump is not a candidate for whom a Christian should vote. Many agree, but large percentages of Christians feel the same about Hillary. This leaves voting for Gary Johnson (libertarian) or a third party that has even less chances of winning than Johnson. If Christians stay home, Clinton will be elected. Are conservatives willing to live with this consequence? Or do they have a duty to defeat the “greater evil?”
Clinton is well known and possesses some of the worst characteristics of a Republican and Democrat. Her connections to foreign interests and international banks add to her un-trustworthiness. Her positions on core issues have changed over her career, depending on what seems popular, but she doesn’t have “slick Willy’s” personality to deflect criticism. Many hardcore Democrats have expressed they will not vote for Hillary if she’s the nominee. Hillary, like Trump, may face a problem with disinterested voters.
By Joe Carbonari
Donald Trump is an embarrassing dilettante and Hillary Clinton is annoying. Nice. We have collectively brought ourselves to this place. Not enough of our best and our brightest go into politics. That leaves the field to a lower mix of talent.
With the Tea Party came some very good people with some strongly held views. In my opinion, however, those views may not have been fully thought through. Often religion, the Constitution, and the armed forces of the United States of America were presented as threatened by those who disagreed with them. They were exceedingly slow to compromise. Very little got done. We need change.
Donald Trump is about change. Hillary Clinton less so. How much change do you want? How fast? Use good sense.
Donald Trump is smart enough, but not nice enough. He does not inspire good behavior. It’s every man for himself; and watch out for the elbows. This does not lead to a well-functioning, free society. It is dangerous, and it does not serve.
Annoyingly, Hillary tries so hard to be perfect she can be relentlessly defensive. In hindsight, for instance, going for the home server was a poor decision … understandable, but wrong. Own it. Take the whipping. Stop the whining.
Still, Hillary is smart, and has an experienced team. In our volatile world she is far safer than Trump. Donald Trump is not an angel of change. He is a showman. The world his circus.