Dear Editor,
To say that people around the world are looking at the US presidential election campaigns with disbelief would be an understatement. Never before in the history of American presidential campaigning has one candidate so consistently offended so many — women, children, immigrants, Muslims and others. This one candidate’s misguided, crazy and hateful rhetoric is an embarrassment to America. Should he win today’s election it would place America in a position where it would lose the moral authority to lecture other countries about correctness, rights and tolerance.
And while that candidate’s victory would demonstrate democracy at work, in that the people’s choice is respected, his victory would be a big blow to the democratic process itself.
Perhaps it is good strategy for the Hillary Clinton campaign to allow the other candidate to self-destruct and focus on the real issues that confront the electorate, including diaspora communities like Caribbean people. She has already outlined what would be some of her priorities for engagement with the Caribbean Diaspora and continues to take on board new issues she will address when she becomes president in 2017.
Caribbean people must encourage their families in the US to register to vote and to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton. I know that the media campaigns, especially on television, have degenerated in recent weeks, with little focus on the real issues, but Hillary Clinton offers the best hope at this time for a secure future for ourselves, our children and our children’s children, our hemisphere, and our one world.
Hillary isn’t perfect. None of us is.
A word to the Caribbean-American community in Florida: Al Gore lost Florida and the presidency in 2000 by 537 votes. Every vote counts. Gore said recently at a rally in Florida, “Elections have consequences.” Let’s ensure that the consequences of the 2016 elections are positive ones for us all. Our future is now in our own hands.
Wesley Kirton
wesleykirton@aol.com
To say that people around the world are looking at the US presidential election campaigns with disbelief would be an understatement. Never before in the history of American presidential campaigning has one candidate so consistently offended so many — women, children, immigrants, Muslims and others. This one candidate’s misguided, crazy and hateful rhetoric is an embarrassment to America. Should he win today’s election it would place America in a position where it would lose the moral authority to lecture other countries about correctness, rights and tolerance.
And while that candidate’s victory would demonstrate democracy at work, in that the people’s choice is respected, his victory would be a big blow to the democratic process itself.
Perhaps it is good strategy for the Hillary Clinton campaign to allow the other candidate to self-destruct and focus on the real issues that confront the electorate, including diaspora communities like Caribbean people. She has already outlined what would be some of her priorities for engagement with the Caribbean Diaspora and continues to take on board new issues she will address when she becomes president in 2017.
Caribbean people must encourage their families in the US to register to vote and to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton. I know that the media campaigns, especially on television, have degenerated in recent weeks, with little focus on the real issues, but Hillary Clinton offers the best hope at this time for a secure future for ourselves, our children and our children’s children, our hemisphere, and our one world.
Hillary isn’t perfect. None of us is.
A word to the Caribbean-American community in Florida: Al Gore lost Florida and the presidency in 2000 by 537 votes. Every vote counts. Gore said recently at a rally in Florida, “Elections have consequences.” Let’s ensure that the consequences of the 2016 elections are positive ones for us all. Our future is now in our own hands.
Wesley Kirton
wesleykirton@aol.com