I am very tired of the media reporting that Hillary Clinton is disliked by the voting public. Our president must not be elected based on personality. America needs a qualified and dedicated individual who will work for the majority of our nation’s people and shun the desires of special interests.
The truth is that Hillary Clinton in the most qualified candidate in our nation’s history. Fourteen years in a row, she was voted America’s most admired woman, and now she has made history as the first woman nominee by a major political party.
The United States is far behind the rest of the world in many ways. We remain homophobic, fear universal healthcare, and until now have denied the relevance of women in our nation’s history. Women have been leading nations around the world for decades, and the time for America to remove the failures of men is now.
On July 4th our nation will celebrate 240 years of existence. For 240 years, men have attempted to destroy our nation through imperialism and political posturing. Our government has been controlled by far too much testosterone, which has failed to place people before profit. America needs change; real change.
If you claim to fear a Hillary Clinton presidency, I ask; why? What actions will she take to impair the future of the great majority of the American people? Will her intentions to raise your income while seeking fair taxation for the one-percent affect you in a negative manner? Will her efforts to provide better education for all Americans harm your child? If she proposes legislation to guarantee complete equality for women in America, will that offend you? Some of you may believe that if she supports changes in our gun laws to protect the majority of our nation’s people, she is planning to remove all guns and void the second amendment, but that is far from the truth. This is merely propaganda from the gun lobby which calls itself the NRA.
After her victories on Tuesday, which guaranteed her the 2,383 delegates needed to obtain the Democratic nomination, Ms. Clinton remarked about the historic significance of the day.
“It just was a sense of momentous historic experience — that I was part of it and it really was hard to actually, you know, make sense of it,” Clinton said, marveling a day later at the sight of thousands of supporters crowded into a Brooklyn warehouse to celebrate.
“I was worried that if, when I went out to speak, just the emotion of the moment would be so intense that I might have trouble getting through the speech itself. So I did have to collect myself and try to get prepared.”
There exist hundreds of humorous remarks about her lengthy intentions to become our nation’s president. All of them are based in fact, but also represent a dedication unparalleled in our nation’s history. She has served our nation in multiple ways for the majority of her life; can that be said about Donald Trump?
I have been able to vote since 1967. I always hoped that I would be able to vote for someone who represented the diversity and best of our nation. In 2008 I was elated when my vote counted and our nation elected its first president of color. This year I will be proud to cast my vote for the first woman to become the leader of the free world. The first time I hear Ms. Clinton addressed as “Madam President,” there will be a tear in my eyes.
Op-Ed
By James Turnage
The Truth With No Restrictions 