Headlines are Never the Whole Truth

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       My fear for our country is not at out of malice towards the other guy, but what I see for the future of my beloved United States should the Donald become the President of this once great land. Ironically his tag line is "Make America Great Again." I am sorry, but what America was he living in at the close of the Bush Administration? I graduated from a State University in 2008 when the market bottomed out; I could not find work in my field for years. However, I do not blame Obama because he inherited it from the tax slashing and war mongering George W. Bush. Without taxation we can not, as a government, pay our bills, provide for the disabled, the elderly, or the greatest of us our Veterans. That is why we have taxes, nevermind rebuilding roads, bridges, and other critical areas of our infrastructure, but taxation is a necessary evil of any government, in particular for the greatest military and diplomatic country in the world. 
     I realize after months that if you are for Trump and you believe Hillary Clinton is the devil, that you are perhaps too far right even to reason with; but I believe in this country. I hope that our nation will unite on November 8th to show ourselves and the world that we are not a basket case of bigotry, hate, and unreason. Many on the Right will say "Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?" Many on the Right feel that they are on the bottom of the economy President Obama built back up, but you have to understand that our Economy shifted a long time before his administration entered the office. Eight years of George W. Bush left the country in the greatest economic recession that this country has seen since the Great Depression. Our economy shifted, as is the Republican way, back towards big business, high rewards for the top business executives, but mainly the repulsive storm that was the Real Estate Collapse orchestrated by faulty and aggressive loan endeavors. 
    The Right and Donald Trump have continually demonstrated anything but a "great America." Donald Trump has said the most apprehensive and awful things about our country, our heroes, our military families, people with disabilities, Iowa, and in general anyone who has spoke ill of his campaign or tiny hands. When I was growing up, my parents said you look at the politicians, and you have to make a choice when you vote who will represent you and your beliefs. Do you want Donald Trumps America?
       I realize like many in my family you may be a one issue partisan voter. That critical issue is the core of your political beliefs. Let me ask you this then, do you think Donald Trump is really Pro-Life? Do you think Donald Trump really, really has the backs of working Americans? Do you think that Donald Trump gives a damn about your life, your retirement, your benefits, your medical expenses, you sons and daughters in uniform or the countless heroes that return home with visible and unseen injuries from war? No, he certainly does not. Trump is a candidate that openly expressed a Pro-choice opinion; this man calls our heroes weak; this ill-informed businessman has made every choice in his life focused on himself. 
Image result for VOTE     Donald Trump is not a responsible man that understands that when the President of the United States speaks the World is listening, that my four-year-old son will be listening, and this is not a man that represents the core values of the melting pot. I do not know about you, but my family came from various European countries, they were immigrants. They chose to risk their lives on the seas in the hope of a better future, much like our Islamic and Hispanic brothers and sisters. Some skip the line, not because they feel they deserve it, but because where they come from the United States is worth risking everything to get into the land of opportunity. Have a little compassion, have a little hope, and look at your candidate. 
    As for me, I am with Her! Hillary Clinton has spent a lifetime in the public eye, in public service, as a wife and mother. She has lived out perhaps the worst case marital debacle in front of all of us, but she did what she always does against adversity, she moved on, and she kept fighting the good fight. I do not want a businessman in the Oval. I want a fighter in the Oval.  

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