Election pantomime: Who’s Better: “Dangerous Donald” or “Crooked Hillary”?

Who’s Better: “Dangerous Donald” or “Crooked Hillary”?

21st Century Wire says…

Now that the Democratic Party establishment has finally put all its cards on the table and declared Hillary Clinton their ‘presumptive’ nominee for President, the public at large is finally coming to grips with the prospect of a Trump vs Clinton election race come November.

Rather than asking who is best fit to hold the highest office in the land, most pundits are instead asking the other question now: who is worse?

To be absolutely fair, both of these personalities have their annoying and often infuriating attributes.

There is one marked difference between these two political animals. While Trump is an unknown quantity in terms of politics and public service, Madame Secretary has a track record already, but not a great one.

As the old adage goes – no matter who you vote for, the government always gets in…

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Thus far, we can say this much about Donald: he is consistent in that he will consistently make brash, off-the-cuff, shallow, offensive and often completely insane remarks on the campaign trail – remarks that should kill his opinion polls and finish his presidential run once and for all. Somehow though, he survives, and even thrives in the controversy. Most experts are still ‘speechless’ for comment.

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fronted at least one major war of aggression with the decapitation of the nation state of Libya in 2011. Since the US-led take-down of that country, things have gone from very bad to beyond the pale. Few will remember though, that Hillary Clinton was also fronting the US-UK-led “Friends of Syria” (2011-2012) Middle East & European regime change road show – where western leaders colluded with Gulf Kings and oil magnates to discuss the take-down and destruction of Syria.

Regarding Israel, Clinton’s record is completely pro-Israel with no caveats. She does not call for end to occupation of Palestine by Israel, nor will she publicly recognize the native Palestinians’ collective right of self-determination, or their refugees right of return. She is also anti-Iran and will happily give succour to any and every Israeli desire on that issue.

On the other hand, Donald Trump has made numerous public declarations including one on national TV about his intention to broker a peace deal between the Israelis and the native Palestinians.

Does this mean Hillary will be worse than Donald? Not necessarily, because Washington has a way of grinding every political operator down to the same reprehensible level it seems.

What it does mean is that with Hillary you know what you are getting, while with Donald, you don’t.

For those leaning towards Clinton in this Hobsons Choice simulation, this means the next default position is: better the devil you know.

Once again, Americans seem forced into that tired old electoral cliché, forced to choose between the lesser of two evils”

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