(September 22, 2016 at 11:41 am)Cato Wrote: If someone put a gun to my head and forced me to vote for one of the two, I would vote for Clinton and then go vomit. The only reason would be what Steel referred to earlier, the potential impact to my fellow citizens, but unlike others am not operating under the illusion that she will be a force for good; only that she is more likely than Trump not to make things worse domestically.
The SCOTUS concern that is often thrown around is a non-starter for me. People tend to forget that many Republican Senators are openly hostile to Trump and will not make anything easy for him. I also cringe at the possibility of five more Kagens and Sotomayors on the bench. I would rather see the likes of O'Connor, Kennedy and Souter; not a chance of this with Clinton.
Right now I'll stick with voting for Johnson, but there's a bit more than a month to change my mind. We'll see.
But surely you don't think she is crassly pursuing the office for her financial gain or for the mad rush of power like Trump? I'd bet real money that in her mind she is doing it to help kids and the poor. Not to say she hasn't become blasé about compromising with the status quo in order to win access to the power she thinks of as necessary to make a difference. I wouldn't take the job they want for any amount of money no matter how wow they gilded the cage. It would still be a nightmare. Hopefully we'll eventually get electable candidates whose values are more overtly consistent with their actions. In the meantime I remain genuinely grateful to get a candidate like Clinton. She'll do.
