2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMontel Williams: I'm with Hillary Clinton
Montel wrote a great column in usaToday...........
Montel Williams: I'm with Hillary Clinton
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/08/17/montel-williams-endorses-hillary-clinton/88865918/
Montel Williams 6:17 p.m. EDT August 17, 2016
(Photo: Andrew Toth, Getty Images)
I became a Republican because I agreed with what President Ronald Reagan said in his 1984 convention speech. In the party of Lincoln, he said, there is no room for intolerance
or bigotry of any kind. Many people are welcome in our house, but not the bigots. I became an independent about 20 years ago because, in my view, the Republican Party had left me.
During this years primaries, I finally found a candidate who embraced this unifying message, one for whom I said Id return to the GOP: Ohio Gov. John Kasich. After his withdrawal, my instinct was to keep silent on my vote. But over the past three weeks, its become clear to me that I have an obligation to speak out because I believe that Donald Trump represents a clear and present danger to our country.
Ive written before about Trump: his bigotry, the cancerous effect of his reality-show-inspired campaign, and his reviling dog whistles to white supremacists. These are obviously serious problems but they are not an existential threat. Our country has endured bigoted leaders and carnival barkers before (although I struggle to recall any so despicable as to attack a Gold Star family or seemingly suggest an opponents assassination).
But Trump is worse than a clown or a bigot. Hes an existential threat to our republic who cannot be trusted to be commander in chief...................................
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Trump is saying and doing, Hillary is a good person, she cares about others, she will remember those who voted her into the presidency, she will work for us.
Hekate
(90,656 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)Is actually rounded up.
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)More and more are turning into "Hillary Republicans". I LIKE this!