Trump Vote Explained — Joanne Yurchak of Chester County sent the response below to a progressive friend who sent her an Atlantic magazine article that contended that Hillary’s poll numbers were going down (at that time) because of her gender. The friend wrongly assumed that Joanne supported Hillary and would agree with the essence of the article. She has given us permission to republish.
I debated responding to this for some time but feel I must since dear friends have to be honest with one another. Please understand that my frank comments below are not intended to upset but rather to provide you with an understanding of where I’m coming from. My guess is that even though you know I’m conservative, you believe that I couldn’t possibly be voting for Trump. You would be wrong. I will be voting for Trump because I feel I have no acceptable choice. My feeling is that in your circle of friends there are few, if any, who hold conservative beliefs, and I’d bet that perhaps I’m probably your only good friend whose opinions differ so strongly from yours. I think you should hear the viewpoints of someone from the other side. It is because of this that I feel I should relay some of those opinions to you.
I also find the Atlantic magazine article disturbing, but not for the same reasons that you do. I predicted years ago that the Left would play the “woman card” if Hillary were to run, just as they played the “race card” with Obama. I find this despicable and very upsetting. I don’t mean to be disrespectful, truly. I know you’re sincere, but I think it’s nonsense. Identity politics only serves to divide — not bring us together — and Obama has unfortunately done a very effective job of pulling us apart over his eight years in office. I believe that Obama (and also Hillary) are champions of identity politics, both overtly and subtly. Hillary in fact has indicated that she should win BECAUSE she’d be the first WOMAN president. I just want an effective and good president who works for ALL of the people; I don’t care about his/her gender or color. I’m sure you heard her “deplorables” remark. Now THAT was DEPLORABLE!
I personally experienced being called a racist just because I disagreed with Obamacare which was our black president’s signature health plan. It infuriated me. I’m not saying that YOU are doing this, but this is typical of the Left — discourage dissent and play identity politics by demeaning and marginalizing those who disagree with the POLITICAL stances of their chosen ones. It works, and the mainstream media enables and encourages it. Those in the Tea Party were deemed racists just because we voiced disagreement with Obama’s POLICIES — NOT because of his color. This article shows that they are doing it again, but using the gender card instead of the race card, but as I said, it doesn’t surprise me. Do you remember the New York Times article that you sent me about the Latina woman who told her little daughter that she would have an uphill battle to be an engineer because of her heritage and gender? Again, I know you meant well by sending it and thought that I’d agree with it, but it just frustrates me that people still are thinking along these lines. The following is what I wrote and posted in the New York Times as a comment to that article:
“As a female who earned two engineering degrees, I found my path to be relatively smooth and was encouraged, particularly by my male teachers and professors, from junior high throughout graduate school. And that was in the 50’s and 60’s! The author, Dotson-Renta, is unfortunately creating a destructive victimization mentality in her 7 year old with her unfounded presumption of discrimination in her statement – ‘her path is unlikely to be smooth, and the deck remains stacked against her.’ I am surprised that Dotson-Renta doesn’t realize that opportunities for women in the STEM fields abound in this day and age, particularly for minorities. I wish her young daughter well and hope that her mother supports her in whatever career she chooses for herself, rather than prompts her in a specific direction to satisfy her mother’s agenda (which almost seems to be the case from the tone of this article).”
As for the 2016 election, I have to say that I am EXTREMELY upset at the choice I have to make — between a pathological liar of flawed character who definitely belongs in jail (not just for the E-mails but particularly for the quid-pro-quo of her foundation), and an arrogant narcissist who plays fast and loose with facts and whose behavior far too often resembles that of a fourth grader. It’s like being given a choice of being thrown into one of two pits — the first which I KNOW contains poisonous vipers that will kill me immediately, and the second which is an unknown. Without any qualms, I’m choosing the latter and will definitely vote for Trump, under duress, and with a clothespin on my nose because I have absolutely NO CHOICE. I KNOW that if Hillary wins, she will continue Obama’s goals to change our country into one which is totally unrecognizable from the wonderful one in which I’ve spent my entire life. Instead of lifting us up, he’s taken us to the lowest common denominator in the equation since he feels so guilty that our country is richer than most others in the world. In my opinion, Obama has done damage that is almost beyond repair and Hillary’s election will put the final nail in the coffin. I know you don’t agree but that’s the way I feel. I really believe that until Obama was elected, we were headed on the right path racially, but unfortunately, under his presidency, racial relations have deteriorated considerably. The Left would say that it is because of some people not wanting a black president and working against him, but again, I think this is nonsense. In working against his POLICIES, Congress has been accused of this, but again, it’s his far-Left progressive policies that the majority of people in our country disagree with which is why we worked so hard to elect more conservatives in 2010 (and succeeded). Unfortunately, the Republicans that we worked so hard to have elected haven’t done enough to stop him.
I believe that it is unquestionably Obama’s disastrous presidency that resulted in Trump’s selection as the Republican candidate. Many people in the U.S. are angry at his tyrannical behaviors and his ruling by fiat in so many ways. Among other things, we are upset at the lies and incompetencies and failures of Obamacare, the escalating racial turmoil that is overtaking our country while Obama sits by impotently, the emasculation of our police who are necessary to protect us, the opening up of our borders to innumerable refugees who have not, and cannot be properly vetted, and most importantly, the Iran deal which was formulated with lies and will come back to haunt us in future years. These are only a few of the issues. I could go into more detail but it would take forever. I have to say that I am one of the angrier ones. THAT’S why someone reasonable like Rubio (whom I voted for in the primary) or others –and we DID have quite a choice–was not selected as the Republican candidate. So, IMO, Obama did a two-fold disservice to our country (but of course a two-fold service to the Dems). Not only will we ultimately suffer from the results of his horrendous presidency, but his disastrous tenure has resulted in such anger on the other side that someone like Trump could carry the Republican banner (which will most likely result in Hillary being elected and Obama’s policies being continued to the detriment of America).
When Obama was elected in 2008, I didn’t like it, but I watched the thrilled faces of black people and was truly touched. That night I thought it might work out. But it has NOT and Hillary will only carry on where he takes off.
I will say one more thing — anyone thinking that Hillary is a champion of women is wrong. We all know what a scum her husband is, and she certainly can’t be blamed for HIS behavior. However, the manner in which she treated and tried to marginalize those whom he violated, from sexual harassment to rape (and there’s NO QUESTION OF THIS), is totally HER responsibility. It is SHE who should be held accountable for HER treatment of these women. If you research what she did and how she approached and demeaned many of the women whom he mistreated in one way or the other, you’d know what I mean. I was disgusted at the fact that NOW didn’t defend Paula Jones against his sexual harassment of her, undoubtedly because they considered her “trailer trash” and unworthy of their support. This is hypocrisy to the extreme. And we have to remember that Jones’ charge unquestionably was credible since Mr. Clinton paid Jones $800K to settle.
It is truly a shame that we have such a horrendous choice and I am more upset than one could imagine. Unless something unforeseen happens, I am virtually positive that Hillary will win (partly because she has a poor opponent and partly because I DO think there is a great deal of election fraud which will clinch the deal), and then I’ll probably go into seclusion and drown my sorrows for our country in bridge. Oh well.
Don’t take this personally as you’re entitled to your opinion. I really try hard NOT to discuss politics with those whose views differ so strongly from mine, but since you began the discussion by sending out the Hillary article in the Atlantic, I felt compelled to share my thoughts.
