Hillary Should Not Have Run

Hillary should not have run. On Facebook, someone posted:

Not all Trump supporters are racist.
But all of them decided racism isn’t a deal breaker.

This isn’t true. There are many claims that Hillary is racist, too. (Google: Hillary anti-black) These claims are false, but many people believe them. A lot of them simply weren’t given a decent choice.

For many, Hillary was not an option

Many of these Trump supporters are ignorant people who’ve been filled with hatred for Hillary by the Republican machine, including Fox News, over many years. Yes, they’re believing lies, but they hate her.

Plus, she kept side-stepping the criticisms instead of addressing them- Hillary haters had little help getting past their hate. I recall some “undecideds” being interviewed after a debate. A couple of people were struggling with whether Trump was too bad to vote for. But they were clear they couldn’t vote for Hillary.

Hillary should not have run

From the beginning, it seemed wrong for Hillary to run against these odds. The Republicans had a huge head-start against her. It was not just poor strategy, it was selfish. I don’t think Hillary was any more egocentric than any other candidate, but it still was egocentric. It didn’t put the country first.

Yes, it was a close race. But due to the hatred, she wouldn’t have been able to bring the country together. The right would have staged more years of obstruction. 

We saw the corruption at the DNC. Their staff was strategizing on how to ensure Hillary won the primary, plus they laundered money to her campaign. This corruption with the DNC might have been the fatal blow. All these things added up to more negativity than she could handle.

The Democrats are also not accountable

Politicians in the US are simply not accountable. Many try hard, but they can’t be. The same is true for the parties.

My congresswoman, Anna Eshoo, is pretty accountable. She goes to great lengths to read and answer every letter.

But the Democrats, Hillary and Bernie are not accountable. I’ve never had a letter to them answered, and I reached out many times. Similarly, Obama’s not accountable. He, too, is unreachable.

How to be accountable?

To me, the real question is: How can our officials be accountable? Currently they can’t be.

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