Let’s make clear what the 2016 presidential election isn’t about:
It
is not about choosing between a bad candidate and a worse one. The
narrative that Hillary Clinton is the lesser of two evils is patently
wrong. Ms. Clinton is a pragmatic, tough-minded woman of accomplishment
and political conviction with a demonstrated mastery of policy. She is
politically flawed. However, Donald Trump is a damaged human being.
It’s
not about an entertaining, shoot-from-the-hip renegade outsider taking
on a mainstay of the entrenched political elite. That was Sarah Palin
vs. Joe Biden back in 2008. No, Mr. Trump is the elite, one who
has managed to talk a good game to fire up frustrated and frightened
mostly white Americans with a campaign of hate and xenophobia.
For
her part, Ms. Clinton has used her insider status to work aggressively
on behalf of the disenfranchised, here and around the world. She has not
won every battle, but she fights the good fight, and she fights the
right ones in the name of equality and democracy.
It is not about Bill Clinton. He’s not running for president. Been there, done that.
It’s far more important for Americans to understand what election 2016 is
about: Most starkly, our values, our national identity and even the
enduring power of the Constitution are in question — and at stake. Most
simply, Americans will define just who we are.
And Hillary Clinton
is by far the best person in this race to lead us to a definition of
which we can be proud. She will protect the best interests of this
nation, its standing on the world stage and even democracy itself.
THE CASE FOR HER
