Former Secretary Clinton’s integrity is so compromised at this point that I would compromise my own by voting for her. And I think a woman president would be a wonderful thing. Just not this one.
Damage to our communal respect for the toll of justice in our society occurs when it is obvious to the average American that the Clinton email scandal has become a cover-up. Never mind cynical seniors like myself — exactly what lesson will millennials take from the farce perpetrated by the Department of Justice, President Obama presiding?
What should dispirited nonparticipants conclude?
There was a perfectly honorable, well-liked and electable candidate in Sen. Sanders. Unfortunately, the need for the Democratic National Committee to continue to hold onto its power and control over the electoral process proved to be paramount, and Sen. Sanders never got the support his candidacy deserved (corporate media holds a large share of the blame here).
The chance of a lifetime, squandered in my humble opinion.
Ms. Clinton’s obvious failings of judgment as secretary of state and subsequent cover-ups — I include Benghazi here — are both arrogant and insulting to the American people. Those improprieties and the blatant cover-up are being excused by our justice system, whereby most Americans suspect — and are forced to accept — that she is just too powerful to openly expose, let alone jail.
I respect President Obama and can’t begin to know the difficulties he encounters as the nation’s highest officeholder. I do, however, still hold him to account for allowing the Department of Justice to collude by averting its eyes and in that corruption weaken evermore our collective belief in our judicial system, at a time when we need to hold firm our belief in justice for all.
As a result of Sen. Sanders’ failed bid to defeat the DNC’s electoral machine, I am being asked to vote for an inept, foreign-policy bungler and a serial liar. It’s deplorable. And let Mr. Trump go unmentioned.
Fortunately, here in Massachusetts, I still have a perfectly worthy candidate in Dr. Jill Stein to vote for given the extremely unlikely probability that Trump would carry Massachusetts. I intend to have my vote count for something in the longer term — that is to encourage the growth and viabilility of third parties and break the stranglehold of the two-party system.
Brian Summer
Shelburne Falls