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I am a lifelong political animal and a longtime Maryland Republican. I worked on the staffs of Maryland Congresswoman Helen Bentley and Congressman/Gov. Bob Ehrlich. I also served on the GOP staff of the House Financial Services Committee.
In fact, I personally drafted the speech of the "Benghazi mom," Patricia Smith. In that speech, I concluded with the following line: "If Hillary Clinton can't give us the truth, why should we give her the presidency?" As a political speechwriter, that was something of a home run moment for me. The New Yorker called the speech "the weaponization of grief."
Fear sometimes wins you elections, but it doesn't create jobs, build schools, reduce crime or improve the quality of life for all citizens. Great political leaders help us transcend our fears.
But the only prospect more terrifying than voting for Hillary Clinton is not voting for her.
The reality of American politics today is, she is the only choice.
BOOM. Read the unedited editorial here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news…
- but jillstien is gonna save the coral reef and make the fed pay for my student loans. making ethical compromises makes me feel all funny inside, much rather thrterry_cloth
- -ow my vote away on bernie2.0terry_cloth
- Goes to show what predicament Americans have put themselves in. Its hard to be sympathetic for this country.sofakingback
- When you start a shit flinging fight you eventually have to realize that win or lose you are in fact covered in shit.
- Abraham Lincolnsofakingback - If Hillary wins should priority go to the top paid sponsor? Or should things go alphabetical. I forget how corporate controlled politics works again.omg
- @omg You seem to have forgotten how a lot of things work.nb
- If you read the editorial, the point he's making is that he doesn't at all want to vote Hillary, but he will vote for her because his conscious says he must.nb
- in other words he's unconsciously programmed to vote Hillary thinking he's doing the world a favor and any other choice is a "throw away"omg
- Amazing how anyone thinks they have a choice in this election. Not long ago were the Clintons and Trumps great friends. Now acting the part of enemiesomg
- You seriously think the writer is "unconsciously programmed"? Get real, dude. Everything doesn't fit in to your silly little framework of the world.nb
- omg, that's as ridiculous as claiming YOU are unconsciously programmed to vote Trump thinking he's capable of saving jobs with a $15B wall.monospaced
- nb would rather deny a hard truth than face it.omg
- What am I denying, exactly? Aren't you a Jill Stein supporter? You really want to bring up denying a hard truth?nb
- Mono, there are people so wired into the system that they'll do or say anything to protect it regardless.omg
- I support honest truth. probably the reason why you don't see me breast feeding on the same nipple as you are.omg
- lol, but you ARE, unless you're sucking on that glorious, perfect Trump teetmonospaced
- Mono. You think I'm supporting Trump by acknowledging that how corrupt, deceptive, manipulative the democratic system is?omg
- No, I'm NOT. That's my whole point, actually. For me to make that assumption would be AS ridiculous as the assumption you made about nbmonospaced
- or any assumptions about anyone who is criticizing one candidate ... it's not fair to paint them as a lover of the other candidate by defaultmonospaced
- I'm not going to assume you support Trump. I don't think you're that stupid, and I'm not going to insult you. If you do support him, then... well...monospaced
- This is not about nb, this is about dealing with the fallout of a Hillary won election due to misplaced values.omg
- agreed, just because you are against one candidate everyone assumes you're for the other... or their party or all of their beliefs.sofakingback
- telling people that their values are misplaced because they can't stomach the idea of trump in office is just as ridiculousmonospaced
- that's a yuri stuntmonospaced
- Those are not real life values Mono. It's how people avoid truths and instead focus on winning elections via selfish and insensitive means.omg
- The writer of that article now deals with political homelessness on a race card, in winning favor of corporate control despite his comfortability with Hillary.omg
- Concluding Hillary is the only choice from a voice of a master manipulator who was know to weaponize grief.omg
- People known ing weaponizing grief is someone who is trying to drag you into war.omg
- *People known in weaponizing grief is someone who is trying to drag you into war.omg
- True that. Kinda crazy how he just admits it so easily, zero shame. Pretty shitty thought though.sofakingback