WHY AMERICA NEEDS HILLARY

By Harry E. Berndt

I support Hillary Clinton and think that it is important for women around the world for her to be elected, and therefore important for our society. Even if she were to disappoint us, her election would be important for the future of women. As for Trump, there is really no comparison between his life-time experience and achievements and hers. Much of her work has been on issues affecting women and children, and she is respected and admired by women around the world for her efforts on behalf of women. Women around the world are abused horribly, and a woman president of the United States would bring hope and raise the aspirations of women everywhere. It would also have symbolic value for little girls now and in the future.

I believe that a woman president would bring another dimension of governance to the office of president. I say this even though female leaders in other countries have not, as a general rule, been much different than their male counterparts. Women are the majority in our country, and they can make this happen.

I am not suggesting that one should vote for Hillary only because she is a woman or because she has done much for women and children and in support of families. Her accomplishments as a two term senator from New York and as Secretary of State for the United States extend far beyond such considerations. Senator Sanders likes to point to mistakes made by her and even by her husband, Presided Clinton, such as her vote for the Iraqi war or his Prison Reform Bill. Her successes seem not to matter. Mistakes are made by those who, in fact, attempt to accomplish something, and not by those who speak of what they might accomplish. I have not heard much or, in fact, anything about Senator Sanders mistakes.

The record of Donald Trump is not worthy of discussion, because he has done nothing other than attempt to amass wealth and promote himself and his organization. His mistakes are many but none relate to attempts to improve our society.