I am looking forward to March 15, 2016. That’s the day I am going to go outside in my home state of Illinois, head to my polling place, and vote for Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States. Here’s why I’m going to do that:
- Hillary Clinton is by far the most qualified person on either side of this race
- She has served our country for decades, with distinction and competence
- Her priorities match mine— national security, infrastructure, criminal justice reform. The more I read from her, the more I like
- Hillary Clinton is a transformational figure of our time. There’s something kind of awesome about replacing the first African-American president with the first woman president
- I still believe in hope, I still believe in a welcoming, strong, tolerant, and contemplative nation, and I want Hillary Clinton to lead it
Her opponent in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, is a fine American. I share his interest helping poor people, but I don’t like his remedies, which I find to be a jumble of unrealistic rhetoric about rich people. His plan for a single-payer healthcare system is nothing I want anything to do with. Obamacare is one of the greatest victories for the people in recent decades. Turning our collective attention to changing-slash-destroying it at this time makes zero sense to me.
So to me, a vote for Hillary Clinton is both a positive expression, connoting progress and joy, and a protective expression, indicating a rejection of Sanders’ misplaced priorities and the unchained hatred on the Republican side.
It’s an easy choice to make: All-in for Hillary.