The Lesser Of Two Evils

For me, the 2016 Presidential Campaign was a perfect storm… of missteps.  It started with the FBI’s investigation into improper use of a personal email server in the private residence of Hillary Clinton, used by her during her time as Secretary of State during the Obama Administration.

At the same time, candidate Donald Trump’s campaign was also being investigated by the FBI and specifically four of his campaign staff members:  Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, and Carter Page.  They each had various, undisclosed ties to Russia at the time.

Somewhere in there, around July 2016, an Access Hollywood audio recording of Donald Trump and host, Billy Bush came to light.  We were all pretty sure this was the end of the Trump run for president.  (Trump: “And when you’re a celebrity you can do anything you want. They let you.  Grab ‘em by the p*ssy…” ) 

Nope.  It dragged on.

Trump would periodically “leak” information from Wiki-Leaks pertaining to Clinton that just mysteriously appeared on the internet. (That’s another story for another time.)  

“Russia, if you’re listening…”   (And they were listening to every – single – word)

The topper was after FBI Director James Comey announced that, well, Clinton was incredibly careless, but, no, she wasn’t going to be charged with any crimes, so case closed.

Or so we all thought.

Less than 2 weeks before the November 2016 elections, another investigation involving Clinton was opened, discussed, and closed.

We’re now getting down to the wire, general election Tuesday.

Amidst all of this, one phrase in particular sprouted up pertaining to the two candidates:

“The lesser of two evils”.

Let that sink in for a moment – “The lesser of two evils”. 

One or the other.  Hillary Clinton, career politician, or, Donald Trump, career something-or-other.  (*I say ‘something-or-other’, because well, he prides himself on being a real estate developer.  How much “development” goes into buying a building and slapping your name on it in 24 inch gaudy gold letters? – Not much)  And we know he couldn’t even spell “real estate developer” if his life depended on it.  (Remember covfefe ?)

We also know in 2020, that he works overtime on his “image” with zero thought for anything else. Seriously.

For me, it was never about the lesser of two evils since Trump is basically a lazy, arrogant, privileged, ignoramus and a pasty old white dude.

For me, it was fear of the unknown.  To this day, aside from the racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and numerous sexual assaults (which, yes, he denies), we know literally nothing about him.   Something else, while we’re here:  Just because he denies something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I tend to believe the victims, all of those women, those finger-pointers. 

Oh, sure, I have my hunches about where his “wealth” came from since the mid-1990s, when domestic banks refused to lend his company money because he defaulted on loans so many times and he was considered “high risk”.  He is well-known for inflating his own worth and devaluing something if it keeps him from paying more in taxes.  Dude is not entirely stupid… just mostly.

Remember those places around the globe where he’s slathered on his praise:  Putin and Russia, Xi and China, and Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) and Saudi Arabia?   

Remember those exotic little places?  He went to those faraway places for money since the U.S. was not going to fall for his games and antics any longer. 

Deutsche Bank is currently under investigation as it holds many of his assets, and has been subpoenaed numerous times by Congress.  Makes you wonder, huh?

No, for me it was fear of the unknown.  But, now that we know about who Trump is, what he stands for (and doesn’t), where his loyalties lie, we can make a more educated, well-informed decision about the next occupant of the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. in November 2020.

Human Hemorrhoid