Presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, is the Democratic party’s least popular candidate since records began. Almost one-third of the American public regard her as highly unfavorable and she has failed to convince far too few people that they can trust her. Her unpopularity with Republicans is hardly surprising.
However, it has also taken root in a group of Liberals who have vowed that under no circumstances will they ever vote for Hillary Clinton.
In any other election, Clinton’s campaign would be in disarray. Desperate advisers, hoping for a miracle, would switch tactics on a daily basis. And yet, Clinton still appears as cool, calm, and confident of victory as she has from the very beginning. There’s a reason for that. That reason is Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton’s Ace In The Hole
The Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, a man whose hands are so tiny that he can strike individual piano keys with balled up fists, has led a disastrous campaign. He has insulted Latinos, Mexicans, veterans, the disabled, women, Iowa, Macy’s, Neil Young, voters and the Super Bowl. And that’s not even close to being an exhaustive list.
Never Clinton
Unfortunately, for those of the Never Clinton persuasion, not even the vilest of Trump’s pronouncements seem to give them pause of thought. The group, made up primarily of Bernie Sanders supporters, are those who turned against Clinton during the vitriolic campaign and hostile debates that defined the pre-convention race.
They know, and are perhaps understandably bitter about, one simple fact, the next president’s name will either be Clinton or Trump.
It would be easy to dismiss it all as sour grapes, as a knee jerk reaction to their preferred candidate’s failed bid for the White House. Easy, yes, accurate, no. Both Trump and Sander’s tapped into a pervasive feeling that somewhere along the line, America has lost its way. The Trump camp were fed lies and misinformation, then were inundated with vile stereotypes and quick meaningless fixes.
The Sander’s Message Made Sense
The Sander’s camp in contrast were extended a more measured worldview, one backed up by hard data. Sanders noted that college debt had made the transition from burden to crisis. He argued that wealth inequality in the U.S had reached breaking point.
He realized that the minimum wage locked working people into a cycle of poverty. He highlighted the paucity of American health care, the most expensive and worst rated health care in the developed world.
Plus, he offered hope. He suggested state college tuition should be paid for through general taxation and that student loans should be offered at close to zero percent interest. He proposed a tax on Wall Street transactions.
He offered to raise the minimum wage to $15-an-hour, a modest sum that a staggering 42 percent of Americans don’t make. He promised universal health care, he promised and end to austerity, and above all, he promised a break from the status quo.
Then he lost to Hillary Clinton.
I get it. Hillary Clinton was never going to be able to position herself as America’s savior. She’s no outsider, she’s no idealist. Though her rhetoric is as filled with optimism as any other candidates, some of it doesn’t gel with her past actions.
She refused to endorse gay marriage until 2013. She supported the illegal invasion of Iraq, a war that cost at least 162, 366 civilian lives. She’s a supporter of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a deal that offers much to those at the top, but for those at the bottom, an estimated, frankly pathetic, real wage increase of 0.19 percent.
Not all liberals like Hillary Clinton, it’s understandable. It’s also a mistake.
A Message To Never Clinton
A Hillary Clinton victory is by no means assured. Donald Trump may well be her greatest ally but he is also her Achilles’ heel. The assumption that Donald Trump is fated to lose might well create a sense of voter apathy.
If that sense translates into low voter turnout, then the world might be in for something of a shock this November. A few surprise victories across the rust belt and a Trump victory becomes a distinct possibility.
You might think Clinton is fated to be an awful president. If she is, then she is. The U.S. has had bad presidents before and they will have them again. However, one thing the U.S. has not had to endure is a tyrant in chief. Not since 1776, not since George III, the man Thomas Paine described as the royal brute of Britain, has America found itself under the yoke of a crook.
A Trump win would be a national tragedy. His grasp of foreign policy is less firm than one of his Lilliputian handshakes. A man who publicly insinuates that a woman who irritated him was menstruating, and a man who mocks the disabled, has no place in the White House. He is as volatile as a spoiled teenager, as inconsistent as a coin flip, and about as trustworthy as a cat left alone with a tray of sushi.
Never Clinton? Those days are past. Clinton or Trump is the only option left.
Here’s an interesting video called “Who Do American’s Hate More?’
