In this election there was no ambiguity where trump stood or what the republican agenda was

[NanceGreggs]

43. No, I dont think our candidate was the problem.

You’ve said ”Voting is a compromise between choice A and choice B, balancing the good and the bad”, and I agree wholeheartedly.

On that basis, our candidate was superior to Trump by every metric. She is more experienced in gov’t, as well as other areas; she practiced law, served as a senator and then SoS, and is active in the Clinton Foundation. She has forged important relationships among a vast group of knowledgeable and influential people, and it respected and admired at home and around the world.

Her grasp of both domestic and foreign policy is wide-ranging, and her ability to retain information and apply it is remarkable. She has weathered thirty years of non-stop attack from the right, and has come through it with grace and style; she never loses her “cool” in even the most trying circumstances.

Throughout her campaign, she was able to answer any question directly, and was able to provide details as to any of her policies and/or proposals. She is an excellent speaker, and laid out her vision for building on the foundation put in place by Obama and other Dem predecessors, as well introducing new ideas – all geared towards improving the lives of all Americans in the areas of tax relief, social safety nets, education and healthcare.

Trump, on the other hand, has no experience in gov’t, nor any experience in anything other than being a born-wealthy real estate wheeler-and-dealer. He has no “friends” to speak of, and his only acquaintances are fellow billionaires, or people who can DO something for him, rather than people he has ever done anything FOR.

Throughout his campaign, he has demonstrated a truly astounding LACK of knowledge about how gov’t operates, along with his complete ignorance of foreign affairs. He made pie-in-the-sky promises – and when asked for details about how he would accomplish the things he promised, he had no answers, other than his pat “I’ll fix everything and it will be great, believe me” bullshit.

As Trump amply displayed time and again, he is an immature bully who demeans everyone who doesn’t agree with him, or refuses to adore him. He is immature, thin-skinned, and has a hair-trigger temper – in other words, the last person you want in charge in a disaster.

In addition, rather than being admired and/or respected, he is viewed by the global community as a buffoon who is mocked as a loud-mouthed, know-nothing braggart, whose only interest in life has been a self-serving pursuit of his own wealth. His sense of morality and ethics is legendarily appalling, both personally and in his business dealings.

While Hillary’s platform was aimed at giving the hard-working middle-class a leg-up, Trump’s platform has been aimed at assisting the wealthy via tax breaks – a regurgitation of the “trickle-down theory” that has been proven a complete failure.

I could go on from here – but I think you get the picture.

So in what universe was our candidate the “wrong” candidate as compared to Trump? What kind of voters had the choice between A and B, and decided that the pussy-grabbing, woman-hating misogynist who mocked the disabled, called our vets and prisoners-of-war “weak”, displayed his hatred for minorities and immigrants at every opportunity, and demonstrated his abject stupidity on a daily basis would be a great president?

Who weighed “the good and the bad” as between these two candidates, and decided that Trump was the good candidate, while HRC was the bad candidate – and based on what?

Sorry, but I’m just not getting it. Sadly, those who voted for Trump are about to “get it”, and they’ll be getting it up the ass for the next four years.