By kiki
The 2016 presidential circus is over, for now, anyway. Now let me say that I am extremely disappointed with the results. Not because my choice for president didn't win, but because of the man that won, and I don't say that because he says he is a conservative Republican (he is not a conservative) In the past we have had conservative Republican presidents and we've done okay - My disappointment comes from seeing a pathological liar and racist who used inflammatory language to degrade his opponents to win the highest and most powerful office in the world - And we, as a country are better than that. And we have always, rightly or wrongly, expected our presidents that represent us on the world stage to be a few notches above us in the moral compass, someone we and our children can look up too as a good role model - and, to conduct themselves with class and dignity, not that they always have (see Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon) but none have risen from the gutter, to become our president as our next president has. Of course, he doesn't live in the gutter, but he acts and talks like he does - Trump has taken America to a dark place, a place that we had thought to have left behind us years ago - I asked, do you trust Trump, who by his own words, is a sexual predator, to be alone with your daughter? Do women feel safe around him? And is that the kind of a man we want representing America? Hard questions, I know, but they need to be asked.
Now let me say that I will always respect the office of the presidency, and I will accept that Trump won and will be the next U.S. president, but I will not respect or accept him as my president because of the way he has conducted himself with women and people of color, not to mention war heroes. And with all the reasons he has given us the man is unsuited to be Commander in Chief - Let me end by saying that it is sad to see our country lower its self to the gutter. And that scares me, not so much for me as I am in the tail end of my life, but for my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren - Like most empires, our country will be brought down not by outside forces, but from within. Harsh words? Maybe, and, yes, I hope I am wrong.
