End this misogynistic horror show. Put Hillary Clinton in the White House
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/06/hillary-clinton-white-house-donald-trump-bullying-barbara-kingsolver?CMP=share_btn_fbWhile Clinton holds her head high, why are we not exploding with anger at Donald Trump’s bullying?
Her opponent has no political experience, a famously childish temperament, no interest in educating himself on any subject, a manifest record of shortchanging employees, bankrupting businesses, cheating on wives, dodging taxes and serving absolutely no one but himself. His mission is to elevate the self-regard of some Americans by degrading many others, including Muslims, Mexican immigrants, people with disabilities, residents of African-American communities, women he finds beautiful and women he does not.
I’m horrified to watch the bizarre pageant of my nation pretending these two contenders are equivalent. No one really imagines Donald Trump applying himself to the disciplines of the presidency, staying up late reading reams of legislation, instead of firing off juvenile tweets. It’s even harder to imagine Clinton indulging in the boorish self-aggrandisement, intellectual laziness, racism and vulgar contempt for the opposite gender that characterise her opponent. If anyone still doubts that the inexperienced man gets promoted ahead of the qualified woman, you can wake up now.
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The men orchestrating this misogynistic horror show have combed every inch of Clinton’s lifetime of service looking for some dark deed, finding nothing worse than a mistake about email handling for which she has accepted responsibility and submitted to an exhaustive investigation that found no harm done. (I marvel at her decades of perfect caution. What other person alive could come through such scrutiny without deeper embarrassments?) They’ve broken into her private exchanges, the legal equivalent of burgling and rifling the drawers of her home, dragging stolen goods through the public forum with barefaced entitlement. Through it all, Clinton holds her head high and carries on as if this is the way of campaigns.
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to help end it, ss2! 
my friend.
much that has been pent up in me for so MANY, MANY months. It certainly has been a horror show!
She is literally amazing. 
a "she" ... 
Kingsolver was referring specifically in this piece to the FBI's going into Clinton's private email exchanges during this election cycle. But I certainly agree with your points about the shameful Whitewater episode and Hillary's strength.
damnedest to "normalize" the drumpf.
I have been exploding as I'm sure all of us have @ the admitted sexual predator and the stupid, derelict horserace pundits.
Like the woman in the audience shouted last night.. "Not your fault!" when Hillary gave her impassioned speech in Philly, and said she regrets deeply how angry the tone of the campaign became..
Hillary has been nothing but grace, dignity and strength from the very beginning.
Thank you for this, BlueMT!
disenchanted and disappointed with the M$ broadcast media as this year. 
The NYT and WaPo, along with some others, have redeemed print journalism somewhat.
But the hysterical anti-Hillary on-line headlines have been WAY OTT and it is only on DU, specifically in the HRC Group, and on some other sites - most recently "Pantsuit Nation" where one needs an invitation and someone to vouch for us for entry - that I even feel comfortable.
Fortunately, I have also been quite selective in my FB friends so I generally feel comfortable there. I must either know them personally or someone I know personally must vouch for them. Many may not agree with my political leanings, but we can at least be courteous in our disagreements. Surprisingly, even many of those I know who would ordinarily vote GOP, are voting for Hillary this time. Some others will not vote for her, but they absolutely refuse to vote for Drumpf.
They are thoroughly embarrassed and distressed by his candidacy - even though he is the epitome of today's GOP - which has become much different from the party I knew in my youth. Although conservative even then, it was never as hypocritical and its members did not consider the Republican party to be the refuge of RWNJs. They kept the John Birchers and others at bay. Now those factions control the GOP outright.
for over a year. Just now getting back somewhat.
