The 2016 Election

[scaeagles]

It's not simply policy. I am not blinded to Trump's moral failings, and I am not blinded to Clinton's moral failings either. So with two horribly flawed candidates, as I think we can all agree to, we will each choose the one we view as closer to adopting the policies we might like to see in our country.

I'm not looking to turn this into a debate over Obama, because we will never come to an agreement, but I do certainly respect the article you posted.

Hillary's gross dishonesty is a complete disqualifier for her to be given the Presidency. Her mishandling of classified information and lying about it should disqualify her from even possessing a security clearance. I don't believe Hillary is a racist, but she has certainly said things that should Trump (or any Republican) have said them would be front page news along with the other things he has said (I don't believe Trump is a racist either). Super-predators, joking about Ghandi owning a gas station, has said she is against illegal immigration and voted for a wall (which I think has qualified Trump as a racist), colored people time skit, etc. Again, I don't think she's a racist. Her campaign against Obama was the beginning of the birther movement, and her campaign circulated photos of Obama in Islamic style clothing. Campaign rhetoric. She isn't a racist.

Misogyny? I'm still out on that one. Yes, he has said some horrible things. No doubt. in fact I nearly abstained from voting because of them. However, in practice, he has promoted women in his companies and paid them very well, much better than Hillary's record shows in regards to her foundation http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/21/news...id-women-less/.

Go ahead and throw stats at me - I fully expect it - but I can find stats and you can find stats and we can each make them support our arguments. Such is the nature of statistics.

So, we both agree he has flawed character. I won't dispute. I don't see them to the degree that you do but they are there. I would suspect that Bill Clinton has said things (and done things) far worse than Trump and I didn't like Bill at all, so I get where you are.

I'd like to see how things play out. I'm excited about many of his appointments. I will say I'm not understanding the talk of the Exxon CEO as Secretary of State, but at this point that is certainly just a rumor.