l****e
发帖数: 609 | 1 I didn't want to write this. I avoided making a decision as long as I could.
I schlepped my absentee ballot all over the country for almost four weeks.
I would periodically take it out of the envelope, look at it, shake my head
in disgust, and put it back in my suitcase.
I had decided to write-in my mother as a symbolic protest vote against the
Democratic and Republican nominees. I didn't want to vote for either of them.
I had hoped that a week before the election, Trump would be losing Florida
by a large enough margin that my vote wouldn't matter. But darn it, my home
state is too close to call. Florida could be the decisive state (again) as
to who ultimately becomes the next president of the United States. I thought
back to the 2000 election, which was decided by 537 votes in Florida. I
thought about how I would feel if the same thing happened in 2016. I thought
and I thought and I thought....
Then I cast my vote for Hillary Clinton. Let me rephrase that. I cast my
vote against Donald Trump. I did it without joy or enthusiasm. I did it out
of civic duty and love for our country.
I voted against Donald Trump because I am an immigrant. Trump has spent this
campaign focusing on the very bad things done by a very small group of very
bad immigrants. He has portrayed immigrants as criminals, rapists, and
murderers. He does not talk about the contributions immigrants have made to
America. He does not talk about immigrants who have made this a better and
stronger country. He does not talk about the thousands and thousands of
immigrant names that fill the Vietnam Wall in Washington or that are carved
on so many headstones in every US military cemetery around the world.
I voted against Donald Trump because I am Hispanic. On June 16, 2015, the
first day of his campaign, Trump called Mexicans "rapists." I was not born
in Mexico. I am not of Mexican descent. But I knew he was also talking about
me.
I voted against Donald Trump for every American who looks and sounds like me
. Because we love this country. We are proud of this country. We stand as
equals in the United States of America.
I voted against Donald Trump because of 8-year-old Alessia. She is my best
friend's daughter. Alessia was born in Miami. Both her U.S.-citizen parents
were born in Venezuela. Alessia can't sleep at night. She is afraid that if
Trump becomes president, her parents will be forced to leave our country.
I voted against Donald Trump because of Judge Gonzalo Curiel. He was born in
the United States to poor Mexican immigrant parents. Judge Curiel is the
federal judge assigned to the Trump University case. Trump dismissively
called Judge Curiel "Mexican" and attacked his ability to perform his job
impartially because of his descent. Attacking another American's
qualifications solely based on his ethnic background is bigotry. Plain and
simple.
In the midst of the Judge Curiel controversy, I rode a taxicab in D.C. The
driver was an African immigrant. He told me he worked 14 hours a day, six
days a week, so his three children could one day be professionals. He teared
up telling me he feared that if Trump became president, his children's
ability to be professionals would be questioned because their father
happened to have been born in Ethiopia. I voted against Trump for that man
and his three children.
I voted against Donald Trump because of Senator John McCain. I consider him
a national hero. Like generations of McCains before and after him, John
McCain wore our nation's uniform. He enlisted at the age of 17. He was a
prisoner of war in Vietnam. He spent five years in captivity being savagely
tortured. Trump doesn't consider him a hero. Trump likes people "who weren't
captured." Yes, the same Trump who avoided the draft at least four times
because of a foot spur. He doesn't remember on which foot.
I voted against Donald Trump because of Serge Kovaleski. That's the name of
the reporter with a disability who Trump mimicked and mocked. And I voted
against Trump because of Daniel Navarro, my severely disabled brother. My
entire life, I have been pained and angered seeing young kids stare at him
and mimic his disability. I had never seen a grown man mimic a disabled
person. Trump did so in front of thousands of people at one of his rallies.
In front of millions of people watching on TV. Most of us would punish our
children for exhibiting such behavior.
I voted against Donald Trump because of all women in my life who have been
sexually harassed or assaulted and remained silent, bearing the
embarrassment, even shame, for years. I heard Trump on tape boast and laugh
about being a celebrity and getting away with grabbing women and not being
able to contain himself from kissing women. He explained it away as "locker
room" talk. Trump was not a teen-age athlete when he said those words. He
was a 59-year-old businessman. Sexual assault is no laughing matter. It is a
crime.
I voted against Donald Trump because of Megyn Kelly, and Rosie O'Donnell and
Alicia Machado and Carly Fiorina and Heidi Cruz and so many other women
Trump has called, "bimbo" or "fat," or "ugly" or objectified and demeaned.
I voted against Trump because of Mr. and Mrs. Khan, the parents of Capt.
Humayun Khan, who lost his life in Iraq in 2004. I voted against Trump
because of my friends, Retired General John Kelly and Karen Kelly, who lost
their son, 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Kelly in 2010 in Afghanistan. I voted
against Donald Trump for all the Gold Star families who have endured the
unbearable and incurable pain of losing a child, a spouse, a parent, a
sibling fighting for our country. Trump somehow managed to compare the
sacrifice of losing a son to the "sacrifice" of erecting a building. I have
no words.
I voted against Donald Trump because of Nykea Aldridge. She was Dwyane Wade'
s cousin. She was shot in the head and killed while pushing her baby's
stroller down a Chicago street. Donald Trump sent out a tweet about her
death for his political gain. "African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!," it ended
. No, Donald. Actually, every single poll shows they won't.
I voted against Donald Trump because our system is not "rigged." I live in
South Florida, a community filled with political exiles from places like
Cuba and Venezuela and Nicaragua, countries with corrupt, totalitarian,
repressive governments. Our system is not perfect. But for 240 years, our
democracy has respected the will of the people and allowed for peaceful
succession. To question its legitimacy is irresponsible, reckless and un-
American.
I voted against Donald Trump because I believe in freedom of expression and
freedom of the press. I voted against Donald Trump because of Wolf Blitzer.
Some of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust. Wolf's parents survived
and fled to America. Trump has fostered an atmosphere at his political
rallies where his followers angrily shout, "Jew-S-A!" and hurl insults and
anti-Semitic slurs at members of the media.
I voted against Donald Trump because I am a deeply flawed person of faith.
If I went into a confession booth right now, I'd be in there for hours. I
believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret and ask for
forgiveness. I have done it too many times to count. The thought of a
powerful leader who lacks the basic humility to admit error and ask for
forgiveness -- not even from the God he professes to believe in -- astounds
me.
I voted against Donald Trump because I am a Republican. I accept that Trump
duly won the Republican nomination. But I do not accept that he represents
Republican values -- not the ones I grew-up respecting.
Ana Navarro mocks Trump's use of Spanish in debate
Most of us suspected Hillary Clinton was going to run for President again in
2016. She and Bill Clinton knew it too. They knew they would be under
scrutiny. If for no other reason, they could have and should have behaved
differently.
No, she shouldn't have set up a private server, which could have compromised
national security. No, she shouldn't have given paid speeches to Wall
Street. No, her closest aide, Huma Abedin, should not have had an ethically
questionable arrangement that allowed her to simultaneously work for four
different Clinton-related entities, including the Department of State. No,
the Clinton Foundation should not have accepted donations from countries
which abuse human rights and discriminate against gays and women.
In every single one of those instances, Hillary Clinton and her closest
advisers, including Bill, exercised bad judgment.
Like so many other Americans, I am left deciding which of these two
candidates is the lesser of two evils, which one is capable of inflicting
less damage on our country, our social fabric. The personal decision for me
boiled down to choosing between a person who I consider to have very bad
character and a person who has exercised bad judgment.
Our founding fathers set up a government of checks and balances. We can and
have survived presidents with bad judgment. But I fear the effects on
America of a president with bad character.
I worry that Trump brings out the worst in America. Division. Hostility.
Racism. Bigotry. Misogyny. Things we used to hide. Feelings we used to try
to overcome. Under the guise of not cowing to political correctness, some
people are no longer embarrassed or ashamed to show the warts on their souls.
Some tell me, in 2016 we should no longer expect the president of the United
States to be a role model. I refuse to accept that.
America used to be the worlds last safe refuge. Trump changed that
The president of the United States has to lift us all in moments of national
grief. The president of the United States has to hug the children and
spouses of fallen soldiers. That person represents us all. That person is
recognized as the face and the voice for America in front of the rest of the
world, and more importantly, by our children. A person supported by the Klu
Klux Klan and its former Grand Wizard David Duke can never represent me. He
can never be a role model for me.
We each have a right and a duty to make a personal choice based on those
things that are most important to us, that we value most. My conscience
compels me to do every little thing I can to make sure a bad person is not
our next president. In America, we don't choose our leaders through violence
or armed insurrections.
One vote is our right. One vote is our weapon. I am exercising mine against
Donald Trump.
--Ana Navarro | c*******o
发帖数: 8869 | 2 她是个来自哥伦比亚的拉丁女GOP，也就是川粉口中最可能的拉丁川普支持者，因为她
不是“墨西哥”人。
但是人家明白唇亡齿寒的道理。
could.
.
head
them.
home
thought
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: I didn't want to write this. I avoided making a decision as long as I could.
: I schlepped my absentee ballot all over the country for almost four weeks.
: I would periodically take it out of the envelope, look at it, shake my head
: in disgust, and put it back in my suitcase.
: I had decided to write-in my mother as a symbolic protest vote against the
: Democratic and Republican nominees. I didn't want to vote for either of them.
: I had hoped that a week before the election, Trump would be losing Florida
: by a large enough margin that my vote wouldn't matter. But darn it, my home
: state is too close to call. Florida could be the decisive state (again) as
: to who ultimately becomes the next president of the United States. I thought
| a**********2
发帖数: 3726 | 3 Let's be fair. Don't go to extreme. Some of her points are legit, and Trump
did make a lot of bad mistakes and he will pay a price for that. We should
not deny that and we should not defend him for everything even it's wrong.
But I also wanna point out that many points in this argument perfectly
reflect typical
leftists' mindset. The sad thing about democrats and leftists are they are
good at covering themselves with a deceitful mask to make them look morally
superior so that they can criticize others who disagree with them, as if
their perspectives are truth, nothing but the truth.
To some extent, democrat party is very similar to CCP. Highly organized and
disciplined. Soon Americans will understand what dictatorship means to them,
and unfortunately, it's their choice. | y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 4 靠，我居然看完了。
前面感觉是个软文。
不过最后几段应该是说了一些真心话。
Trump得罪的人太多了。
这次选举真是难决定。选任何一个，过两年之后都可能很后悔。头大。
【在 c*******o 的大作中提到】
: 她是个来自哥伦比亚的拉丁女GOP，也就是川粉口中最可能的拉丁川普支持者，因为她
: 不是“墨西哥”人。
: 但是人家明白唇亡齿寒的道理。
:
: could.
: .
: head
: them.
: home
: thought
| B*Q
发帖数: 25729 | | q*c
发帖数: 9453 | 6 说的对，没有 law and order 这个唇， 普通屁民这个齿就得寒。
所以不能做种族主义者，而是要支持 trump 这个强调 law and order 的人。
【在 c*******o 的大作中提到】
: 她是个来自哥伦比亚的拉丁女GOP，也就是川粉口中最可能的拉丁川普支持者，因为她
: 不是“墨西哥”人。
: 但是人家明白唇亡齿寒的道理。
:
: could.
: .
: head
: them.
: home
: thought
| f*******y
发帖数: 8358 | 7 支持！
could.
.
head
them.
home
thought
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: I didn't want to write this. I avoided making a decision as long as I could.
: I schlepped my absentee ballot all over the country for almost four weeks.
: I would periodically take it out of the envelope, look at it, shake my head
: in disgust, and put it back in my suitcase.
: I had decided to write-in my mother as a symbolic protest vote against the
: Democratic and Republican nominees. I didn't want to vote for either of them.
: I had hoped that a week before the election, Trump would be losing Florida
: by a large enough margin that my vote wouldn't matter. But darn it, my home
: state is too close to call. Florida could be the decisive state (again) as
: to who ultimately becomes the next president of the United States. I thought
| l****e
发帖数: 609 | 8 Trump最大的问题是他的大嘴巴。in his eyes, you are either great, or a loser!
其次是他的心性心智脾气，70岁的老头还跟小孩似的，不知轻重。现在他的表现好多了
的最主要原因，是因为他的 Twitter 账户给控制了。让他这样心智的人当总统，想想
都不踏实。
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: 靠，我居然看完了。
: 前面感觉是个软文。
: 不过最后几段应该是说了一些真心话。
: Trump得罪的人太多了。
: 这次选举真是难决定。选任何一个，过两年之后都可能很后悔。头大。
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 9 希玛30年pay to play经验，卖了你你还帮着数钱，卖的踏实
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: Trump最大的问题是他的大嘴巴。in his eyes, you are either great, or a loser!
: 其次是他的心性心智脾气，70岁的老头还跟小孩似的，不知轻重。现在他的表现好多了
: 的最主要原因，是因为他的 Twitter 账户给控制了。让他这样心智的人当总统，想想
: 都不踏实。
| y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 10 pay to play，有两个问题。
1）希拉里和bill两夫妇，几十年都是被公众放大镜在看，而且希拉里她自己早想选总
统，那些钱该收，哪些钱不该收，我觉得不会太离谱。一个好汉三个帮，正常思考一下
就知道，真是corrupt的厉害，你觉得民主党内部都是傻瓜？
2）pay to play这个问题，听起来难听，其实大陆来的真觉得这个是大问题？好多人还
喜欢刘志军呢。
其实左派里面的很多agenda，我们年龄大一些的华裔还真是不喜欢。你看看加州那几个
propose知道了。
Trump选举，最后一段时间，被各种阴谋论和马其顿小道消息给害了。本来focus on
issue 就很好的。
【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: 希玛30年pay to play经验，卖了你你还帮着数钱，卖的踏实
| | | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 11 尼这种陈词滥调我就不批了，一个从白宫离任都能偷家具的货色你愿意信就信好了，按
你的想法这世界根本不可能有人犯罪
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: pay to play，有两个问题。
: 1）希拉里和bill两夫妇，几十年都是被公众放大镜在看，而且希拉里她自己早想选总
: 统，那些钱该收，哪些钱不该收，我觉得不会太离谱。一个好汉三个帮，正常思考一下
: 就知道，真是corrupt的厉害，你觉得民主党内部都是傻瓜？
: 2）pay to play这个问题，听起来难听，其实大陆来的真觉得这个是大问题？好多人还
: 喜欢刘志军呢。
: 其实左派里面的很多agenda，我们年龄大一些的华裔还真是不喜欢。你看看加州那几个
: propose知道了。
: Trump选举，最后一段时间，被各种阴谋论和马其顿小道消息给害了。本来focus on
: issue 就很好的。
| l**********0
发帖数: 1086 | 12 好奇文中父母都出生在委内瑞拉，小孩出生在迈阿密，那他们都是美国公民了，川普如
何把合法的公民赶走？不靠谱吧这么指控 | l****e
发帖数: 609 | 13 我的理解是，父母应当不是合法的，小孩在美国出生，是美国公民。
【在 l**********0 的大作中提到】
: 好奇文中父母都出生在委内瑞拉，小孩出生在迈阿密，那他们都是美国公民了，川普如
: 何把合法的公民赶走？不靠谱吧这么指控
| d********g
发帖数: 11948 | 14
你还真说对了，民主党内部傻瓜挺多的，随便挑一个，那个啥Donna Brazile就是个难
得的傻瓜。被抓现行那么明显了，还居然有脸说不觉得有啥问题。牛逼啊
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: pay to play，有两个问题。
: 1）希拉里和bill两夫妇，几十年都是被公众放大镜在看，而且希拉里她自己早想选总
: 统，那些钱该收，哪些钱不该收，我觉得不会太离谱。一个好汉三个帮，正常思考一下
: 就知道，真是corrupt的厉害，你觉得民主党内部都是傻瓜？
: 2）pay to play这个问题，听起来难听，其实大陆来的真觉得这个是大问题？好多人还
: 喜欢刘志军呢。
: 其实左派里面的很多agenda，我们年龄大一些的华裔还真是不喜欢。你看看加州那几个
: propose知道了。
: Trump选举，最后一段时间，被各种阴谋论和马其顿小道消息给害了。本来focus on
: issue 就很好的。
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 15 他们这个腐败体制的确很完善了，从立法执法和司法层面都把自己合法贪污依法腐败的
路给铺好了
【在 d********g 的大作中提到】
:
: 你还真说对了，民主党内部傻瓜挺多的，随便挑一个，那个啥Donna Brazile就是个难
: 得的傻瓜。被抓现行那么明显了，还居然有脸说不觉得有啥问题。牛逼啊
| l****e
发帖数: 609 | 16 如果你对美国的法律公正和司法独立这么没有信心，你在美国呆肯定没有什么意思。
【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: 他们这个腐败体制的确很完善了，从立法执法和司法层面都把自己合法贪污依法腐败的
: 路给铺好了
| n*********l
发帖数: 251 | 17 不能同意更多了。
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: Trump最大的问题是他的大嘴巴。in his eyes, you are either great, or a loser!
: 其次是他的心性心智脾气，70岁的老头还跟小孩似的，不知轻重。现在他的表现好多了
: 的最主要原因，是因为他的 Twitter 账户给控制了。让他这样心智的人当总统，想想
: 都不踏实。
| b*********0
发帖数: 1441 | 18 I respect woman and I respect woman as leader when I see one.
this year all the nutty feminists got trolled by clinton to expose their
full stupidity.
I won't beat the dead horse after midnight.
could.
.
head
them.
home
thought
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: I didn't want to write this. I avoided making a decision as long as I could.
: I schlepped my absentee ballot all over the country for almost four weeks.
: I would periodically take it out of the envelope, look at it, shake my head
: in disgust, and put it back in my suitcase.
: I had decided to write-in my mother as a symbolic protest vote against the
: Democratic and Republican nominees. I didn't want to vote for either of them.
: I had hoped that a week before the election, Trump would be losing Florida
: by a large enough margin that my vote wouldn't matter. But darn it, my home
: state is too close to call. Florida could be the decisive state (again) as
: to who ultimately becomes the next president of the United States. I thought
| m****o
发帖数: 3762 | 19 别丢人现眼了
基本的常识都没有
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: pay to play，有两个问题。
: 1）希拉里和bill两夫妇，几十年都是被公众放大镜在看，而且希拉里她自己早想选总
: 统，那些钱该收，哪些钱不该收，我觉得不会太离谱。一个好汉三个帮，正常思考一下
: 就知道，真是corrupt的厉害，你觉得民主党内部都是傻瓜？
: 2）pay to play这个问题，听起来难听，其实大陆来的真觉得这个是大问题？好多人还
: 喜欢刘志军呢。
: 其实左派里面的很多agenda，我们年龄大一些的华裔还真是不喜欢。你看看加州那几个
: propose知道了。
: Trump选举，最后一段时间，被各种阴谋论和马其顿小道消息给害了。本来focus on
: issue 就很好的。
| D**X
发帖数: 228 | | | | l****e
发帖数: 609 | 21 是很长，但是很值得一读！
这次大选墨西哥人投票率极高，原因是显而易见的
【在 D**X 的大作中提到】
: too long to read
| g****t
发帖数: 4493 | 22 他这种十几岁小孩的心态让人很不放心。一旦他手里有核按纽就更危险，哪天他恼了
，要发射核弹，控制发射的人只有四分钟时间，打电话给副总统阻止都来不及。
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: Trump最大的问题是他的大嘴巴。in his eyes, you are either great, or a loser!
: 其次是他的心性心智脾气，70岁的老头还跟小孩似的，不知轻重。现在他的表现好多了
: 的最主要原因，是因为他的 Twitter 账户给控制了。让他这样心智的人当总统，想想
: 都不踏实。
| l****e
发帖数: 609 | 23 同意。
不过不用担心，他应当没法当选，因为Latinos的投票率很高， Hispanic和Latino占人
口17%，比黑人的人口13%还多
他这种十几岁小孩的心态让人很不放心。一旦他手里有核按纽就更危险，哪天他恼了
【在 g****t 的大作中提到】
: 他这种十几岁小孩的心态让人很不放心。一旦他手里有核按纽就更危险，哪天他恼了
: ，要发射核弹，控制发射的人只有四分钟时间，打电话给副总统阻止都来不及。
| S******8
发帖数: 24594 | | h*******u
发帖数: 15326 | 25 楼主智商最高
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: 同意。
: 不过不用担心，他应当没法当选，因为Latinos的投票率很高， Hispanic和Latino占人
: 口17%，比黑人的人口13%还多
:
: 他这种十几岁小孩的心态让人很不放心。一旦他手里有核按纽就更危险，哪天他恼了
| d********g
发帖数: 11948 | | g********r
发帖数: 4248 | 27 liberal
could.
.
head
them.
home
thought
【在 l****e 的大作中提到】
: I didn't want to write this. I avoided making a decision as long as I could.
: I schlepped my absentee ballot all over the country for almost four weeks.
: I would periodically take it out of the envelope, look at it, shake my head
: in disgust, and put it back in my suitcase.
: I had decided to write-in my mother as a symbolic protest vote against the
: Democratic and Republican nominees. I didn't want to vote for either of them.
: I had hoped that a week before the election, Trump would be losing Florida
: by a large enough margin that my vote wouldn't matter. But darn it, my home
: state is too close to call. Florida could be the decisive state (again) as
: to who ultimately becomes the next president of the United States. I thought
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