UK Progressive Endorses former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States

Eight years ago, it was an honour to cover the US Presidential general election between two worthy candidates. Senator Barack Obama, compared to the iconic Jackie Robinson for breaking the colour barrier in America’s past time, was pitted against Senator John McCain, a former Prisoner of War. Despite their best efforts, Senator McCain’s campaign was ultimately undone by his selection of the unqualified Sarah Palin as his running mate. Nevertheless, both candidates possessed the capability and temperament to serve as President of the United States, and when the people spoke on Election Day, selecting Senator Obama by a wide margin, the two men congratulated each other on a well-fought race and history was made.

History is being made this year as well. The United States could elect its first woman president. While flawed in several respects, former Secretary of State, United States Senator representing New York after 9-11, former First Lady of the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton, would be the most qualified occupant to ever set foot in the Oval Office on Day One.

Her opponent, on the other hand, is a larger mess than Sarah Palin ever was. Donald Trump has exposed himself as a pathological liar, serial sexual abuser of women, failed businessman who lost $1 billion dollars in one year’s time, a man of questionable tax payment ethics and begs the question daily, how can anyone with any intelligence support him?

Donald Trump has spent the last 18 months turning the election process into a reality television car crash programme. He has grossly abused the process, abused the media, abused the intelligence of the USA with his word salad of lies and hate everywhere, incited racial disharmony, reached out to white supremacists, and, in violation of the law, suggested Mrs. Clinton’s Secret Service detail should just lay down their weapons. He has also told supporters to follow second amendment remedies (assassinate her), and his supporters should intimidate voters in African American cities to ensure their election is not ‘stolen.’

Donald Trump is a despicable human being, and his recent behavior is only confirmation of that. He has cheated those without money at every level through one failed venture after another. His brand has diminished and lost value, and he deserves nothing less than that.

Mrs. Clinton should be proud of ‘going and staying high’ throughout this campaign, despite having every right to haul off and punch Donald Trump squarely in the nose.

We endorse Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and hope she has great success in healing the deep divide in America and thus setting an example the politicians here in the UK can follow.

Simply, we cannot tolerate any more of Donald Trump or Nigel Farage’s hateful, hurtful, racist rhetoric.

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