Hopes N.H. voters ask questions before voting

Published 2:54 pm Friday, February 5, 2016

After watching the clown show in Iowa from remote Washington State — with the name calling, the deceit, and the bombastic behavior of all the third-grader Republican candidates — I do not understand how the good people of Iowa have coronated three of the worst presidential contenders ever.

The entire Republican platform (anti-women, anti-health care, anti- immigration, voting restrictions, bomb-all-those-bad-guys-into-oblivion) is so anti-American, and yet Iowans sucked up to it and cheered at the candidates’ machinations. Surely, the voters must have recognized the lies and fairy tales.

Mr. Trump may be able to fire his employees and walk away from a deal if he doesn’t like his antagonists, but he will not be able to fire the members of Congress that disagree with him and he won’t be able to fire the leaders of other countries whom he may dislike.

Do we really want a blow hard, or a deceiver, or a novice human being to lead our country? I hope the voters of New Hampshire will ask themselves before they vote: Is this candidate suited for the office of president? Is he/she willing to negotiate with all concerned? Will he/she represent us in an even handed manner and act with integrity, serve with love, and work for peace? Amid all the cheering for the wild statements nobody seems to be asking those questions.

By the way, since Mr. Trump is a capitalist at heart whose mission in life is to make money, has anyone asked him how much money he is going to ultimately make from his current escapade?

D. Rand Hillier
Poulsbo