Visions 041919

The 2020 election campaign is already unprecedented; it began on the 2016 election night.  Previously campaigning only began a few months before the next election.

The two party system had presented two flawed candidates forcing bad and 'badder' choices.  The popular vote and the electoral votes diverged.  Hillary Clinton based her campaign on being the ordained woman while Donald Trump ran on hate Hillary.  The Democrats had fallen for the Clinton machine’s spiel and considered no other viable candidate.  The GOP saw Hillary as unbeatable and chose a TV loud mouth’s hate campaign over qualified candidates.  Hillary's arrogance that she was the chosen one led to poor campaign strategy that handed the electoral vote to Trump.

As soon as the results were projected Trump announced his 2020 campaign still based on hate Hillary, which he has carried on for two years.  Demonstrating his narrow vision Trump taps into societies xenophobic elements to expand his reelection hatred strategy to be all-inclusive while not ignoring Hillary.  Stung by her defeat the Democrats spent the last two years with their own hate campaign, hate Trump, rather than developing viable candidates and strategy for 2020's election and Hillary keeps teasing another run.

The GOP has become the party of hate while the Democrats appear to be the party without a clue.  There is some pushback in the GOP but it is probable that Trump will be its candidate.  The Democrats are faced with campaigning failures both in candidates and strategy.  Both parties are poorly serving the electorate, what they need is a vision, a vision of inclusion. They need candidates that will represent all of the electorate.  They need candidates with ethics and integrity.  They need candidates who will lead and support the Constitution.  They need candidates who will reestablish American soft power and respect among nations. Reality candidates who see a future in democracy.

It is not in the interest of any nation to isolate itself behind a policy of universal hatred.  Isolationism wasn’t a good policy in the 19th century and a complete failure by the 20th century.   At the end of WWII the United States was the most respected country in the world, that was its high point.  The United States took the world stage in 1918.  It is now the 21st century and 2019.   History has proven that great power last only about a hundred years.  Great power is lost by lack of vision and poor leadership.  Our century is almost over; we need elected officials with great forward visions if we are to double cross history.

The 19th century world was much larger than in the 21st century.  In today's world communication is virtually instantaneous, world travel a matter of hours and potential conflicts only minutes away.  Even small nations are now in space with mutual destruction a button click away.  Leaders with vision and respect can back the world away from melt down.  We can't do it alone; we need world leaders with visions of respect and cooperation not xenophobic hatred.

I have a vision; it's a federal crime to lie to Congress, a crime to lie to police, a crime to lie in court.  Why is it not a crime for elected officials to lie to their people?  Utopian, probably but candidates who express a positive, cooperative plan that most people can support, (damn the party) vote for them.  Continued hate politics leads to proven national downfall.