There is serious concern about what the current presidential campaign is doing to the U,S.A.’s reputation and position around the world. What is serious is the impact on the image of the once most powerful country in the world. It is holding the country to ridicule. It is destroying the American dream for all.
After all, what is America to the rest of the world? It is an ideal. It is the largest and most successful democracy. It is wealth and power. It is innovation and assembly lines. It is a physically fit, healthy and well trained young military that can rain destruction on the seas from the air or on land.
America shares a dream of democracy and the good life in a world of the oppressed, the downtrodden, the abused. The current presidential campaign might amuse Canadians and raise eyebrows in the salons of Europe but what is it doing to the less sophisticated? This is a campaign built on bigotry, fear and ignorance.
What can people think of a campaign that blames the country, the systems, the structure for a candidate’s own failures. He says the system in America is corrupt. He blames the news media for his gaffs. They report him wrong he says. He constantly refers to his opponent as a liar and criminal with no proof or reason. He is afraid of her so he demeans her. He is a sham of a man.
Almost a quarter of the earth’s population is Muslim. And yet we are expected to tolerate a bigot’s constant railing against the second largest and fastest growing religion in the world. This is fostering a dangerous level of racial hatred.
And how do you think Mexicans feel about being constantly described as murderers and rapists? And what leaves observers aghast is that his followers think he will build some sort of wall. Frankly he could get pretty good advice from Berliners and Israelis that walls do not work. Even the ancient Britons and Chinese could not keep the Celts or Mongols where they thought they belonged.
The real problem with the Republican nominee for the presidency is that he might not be satisfied with the presidency. After all, he would be taking over that job from a black. He has been telling people how corrupt the election will be as his alibi for losing.
But will there be a meltdown when he loses to a woman?
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Copyright 2016 © Peter Lowry
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