It is indeed unfortunate that I have to vote for Hillary Clinton. What makes it unfortunate is that she has many drawbacks as a candidate (catalogue omitted). But what is more unfortunate is the Republican nominee, who leaves me no choice but to vote for Hillary. And don’t tell me about the Libertarian or Green Party candidates – a vote for those folks is a non-vote. I threw away my vote on John Anderson in 1980, it felt good for a day or so, and then Ronald Reagan ruined America. What’s worse, I betrayed the one US president who made the greatest positive impact on the security of Israel since Truman recognized State of Israel at the time of its founding: President Jimmy Carter, who brokered the peace ageement between Egypt and Israel and still stands to this day.
When the dust settles from the 2016 election, the first question Americans should consider is how our two major parties nominated two such minor candidates – one barely acceptable, and one utterly unacceptable.