Hillary Clinton has honoured the rules of civic duty and met the prerequisites for a candidate, bringing a lifetime of pertinent experience, an inquiring mind, a record of compassionate service and a sound grasp of our nation’s every challenge, from international relations to climate change; her stated desire is to work hard for our country and its future.
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.
