Honestly, what can we say about this government? It has been
a mess for the past year thanks to the candidates we had. Now, we have Trump as
president elect. I don’t really know who was worse if him or Hillary, it was a
complete disaster. But anyways, now it’s over and we must see to the future. How
are the United States going to run? I remember seeing something where Hillary announced
that she had offered her help to Donald Trump for the “sake” of the country. But
is it really? I honestly don’t think she should be anywhere near a place where
laws are made.
I don’t really know how Clinton had supporters, maybe because
Obama was on her side or because of her husband, maybe because she’s a woman.
Or maybe because she wanted to keep everything the same. Hillary keeps saying
that thanks to Trump racism is back, but I don’t know what the hell she’s
talking about because racism never left. You see it every day. Everywhere. I
was scared that she would win because man I know Trump wasn’t a good candidate
and he wanted the presidency but Hillary has been trying to get into the white
house since her husband got out of it. Scary, because why does she want it so
bad? Her husband didn’t really do anything to help this Country, she’s too late
already. She had the chance but instead she just sat back and didn’t speak.
One of the reasons why I thought she didn’t win was because
she was never alone. She never showed that she could run the country without
her husband’s or Obama’s help. I would look at her speeches and her husband was
always there. I don’t think she was ready to do it on her own. Who knows, maybe
she needed more experience, or authority. Yeah, she’s a woman but we have all
seen great leaders that are women. Maybe she wasn’t born to be our leader, but I’m
sure we will see a woman in the future, Clinton let everyone see the bad side
of a woman.
Valerie,
ReplyDeleteI completely empathize with your opinion, and appreciate the level of thought that you are putting towards these complex issues. Being aware of the still-present disease that is racism, we are at least able to talk about it, not letting ourselves become too comfortable with its small, yet lingering residual presence. There are those who believe it to be completely dead because they have never seen a segregated restaurant, or a race-restricted school. The truth is much uglier of course. Like you said, it is still around, never left, and if you pay attention you can still see it out there in the real world.
I also question the benefit that Clinton’s volunteering might bring to the country. I question the fact that things would be much different if Clinton had won. There would be the same level of hate and regret, only it would have been expected. To try to ease your fears of the Clintons, I would recommend searching YouTube for a clip of Clinton enthusiastically celebrating the death of Gaddafi by paraphrasing Julius Caesar. The truth is easy to see; politicians or not, people will always look after themselves first, even if that means going against any oaths you’ve made to your country.
In the end, I think that you did a good job expressing your feelings about what was an ugly and faulty exercise of our democracy. Unfortunately we have to wait a bit longer for our first matriarchal leader, but at least that gives you time to prepare!
-Jose