Today I decided to create a blog to post my thoughts on current events and whatever else is on my mind.
Since I work 6-2:30 and work out in the 'burbs, I went to bed last night before knowing the final results of the 2016 presidential race. I am not going to pretend that I am a huge fan of Hillary Rodham Clinton. I find her character deeply flawed. I took issue with the fact that she had taken campaign money from the private prison industry and money from Wall Street. I also didn't like her ability to flip flop on issues and inability to tell the truth. For a long time I swore I wouldn't vote for her but as the campaign went on, I found myself loathing Donald Trump more passionately than Hillary Rodham Clinton. I really do dislike voting based on the lesser of two evils premise. I really do. I have in the past voted by conscience but this year, this year was different. I am not sorry for voting for HRC. Yeah she wasn't my idea candidate by Johnson and Stein wasn't any better. Stein lost my vote and respect when she started pandering to the anti-vaxx crowd. Johnson? Well the only thing I liked about him was his stance on marijuana but that is about it. Am I sorry or have any regrets for voting for Hillary? Absolutely not! I do though have absolutely contempt for the DNC for the way they have treated Bernie Sanders and sabotaging his campaign.
I came to this country in 1975 as a six month baby part of Operation Babylift, a program created by late Republican president Gerald Ford (RIP) to bring orphaned children by the war (many of them fathered by US soldiers). If it wasn't for Gerald Ford, I would not be a naturalized US citizen. I have no idea what my life would be like had I not been dropped off at a hospital outside of Ho Chi Minh City (i.e Saigon) by my biological parents (or parent). I have no doubt though my life would have been more difficult had I remained in Vietnam. I take pride that I am an immigrant to this country and when Donald Trump began his presidential campaign by ragging on undocumented workers in this country, I took great umbrage towards his insults. I have never been so turned off by rampant xenophobia than during this horrible election cycle. The mean spirited comments and actions of Trump and his supporters is absolutely vile and despicable.
As Trump's campaign continued on, I really found his temperament to be unsuitable for presidency. Being president is not the same thing as being on a crappy reality tv show. This is an utmost serious job that requires a lot of patience and maturity which Donald Trump has demonstrated during this campaign that he has neither.
As a woman AND feminist, Donald Trump's comments about Hillary and women have been a slap in the face to me. Then there are the allegations and charges of sexual harassment and rape. I don't take those very lightly. How any woman in this country could forgive Trump for being a misogynist is beyond me. Most of these women I should note are white, few women of color. This man does not respect women. He does not deserve one vote from any woman but yet women still voted for him.
I won't even get into the fact that Trump NEVER served in the military (he avoided the draft) or worked in politics. WTF?! Being the commander in chief of this country is not one of those jobs that you can learn on the job nor a reality show.
So when I woke up this morning to find out that Trump had won the presidential race (and the GOP gained control of both house and senate), I felt like I just got kicked a couple of dozen times in the stomach. I am still at a loss for words. The next four years are going to be the four longest years of my life.
Since I work 6-2:30 and work out in the 'burbs, I went to bed last night before knowing the final results of the 2016 presidential race. I am not going to pretend that I am a huge fan of Hillary Rodham Clinton. I find her character deeply flawed. I took issue with the fact that she had taken campaign money from the private prison industry and money from Wall Street. I also didn't like her ability to flip flop on issues and inability to tell the truth. For a long time I swore I wouldn't vote for her but as the campaign went on, I found myself loathing Donald Trump more passionately than Hillary Rodham Clinton. I really do dislike voting based on the lesser of two evils premise. I really do. I have in the past voted by conscience but this year, this year was different. I am not sorry for voting for HRC. Yeah she wasn't my idea candidate by Johnson and Stein wasn't any better. Stein lost my vote and respect when she started pandering to the anti-vaxx crowd. Johnson? Well the only thing I liked about him was his stance on marijuana but that is about it. Am I sorry or have any regrets for voting for Hillary? Absolutely not! I do though have absolutely contempt for the DNC for the way they have treated Bernie Sanders and sabotaging his campaign.
I came to this country in 1975 as a six month baby part of Operation Babylift, a program created by late Republican president Gerald Ford (RIP) to bring orphaned children by the war (many of them fathered by US soldiers). If it wasn't for Gerald Ford, I would not be a naturalized US citizen. I have no idea what my life would be like had I not been dropped off at a hospital outside of Ho Chi Minh City (i.e Saigon) by my biological parents (or parent). I have no doubt though my life would have been more difficult had I remained in Vietnam. I take pride that I am an immigrant to this country and when Donald Trump began his presidential campaign by ragging on undocumented workers in this country, I took great umbrage towards his insults. I have never been so turned off by rampant xenophobia than during this horrible election cycle. The mean spirited comments and actions of Trump and his supporters is absolutely vile and despicable.
As Trump's campaign continued on, I really found his temperament to be unsuitable for presidency. Being president is not the same thing as being on a crappy reality tv show. This is an utmost serious job that requires a lot of patience and maturity which Donald Trump has demonstrated during this campaign that he has neither.
As a woman AND feminist, Donald Trump's comments about Hillary and women have been a slap in the face to me. Then there are the allegations and charges of sexual harassment and rape. I don't take those very lightly. How any woman in this country could forgive Trump for being a misogynist is beyond me. Most of these women I should note are white, few women of color. This man does not respect women. He does not deserve one vote from any woman but yet women still voted for him.
I won't even get into the fact that Trump NEVER served in the military (he avoided the draft) or worked in politics. WTF?! Being the commander in chief of this country is not one of those jobs that you can learn on the job nor a reality show.
So when I woke up this morning to find out that Trump had won the presidential race (and the GOP gained control of both house and senate), I felt like I just got kicked a couple of dozen times in the stomach. I am still at a loss for words. The next four years are going to be the four longest years of my life.
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