It's a Saturday.....a grey day here in Port and probably on-and-off rain. The whole day feels kind of "uneasy" to me.....because 45 is hospitalized with COVID-19, the election is only a few weeks away and America seems to be in a world of hurt....with so much uncertainty about just what is happening and what might happen.
I look back at 45's 2016 campaign and move into the White House and really just have to wonder. I know many people who just "didn't like" Hillary....who just "couldn't vote for Hillary" or said "I hate Hillary." They either voted for 45....or didn't vote for anyone to fill the highest office in our land.
And so here we are.
IF we'd had President Hillary Rodham Clinton in the oval office would anything have been any different? Well my crystal ball is as good as yours. We would still have had forest fires burning thousands of acres. We would still have had hurricanes come ashore. We would still have to be thinking about climate change. We would still be working to improve health care for our citizens. We would still have a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots. We would still be talking about racism. We would still be facing economic challenges. Probably most of what we face in 2020 would be the same no matter who was at the helm.
BUT I can't help but feel that a President Clinton would have gathered an experienced cabinet right from the get-go. The transition from the Obama administration would have been a smooth one. Once COVID-19 started to rear it's head the response would have been completely different and America would not be looking at more than 200,000 deaths as of October 3rd with so many more to come. You can bet that mask wearing would not have been politicized and that the tone of all presidential announcements would have been so very, very different. I think the anxiety level would have been much, much lower....at least for me.
Can I blame one man for the virus? No. Can I blame one man for the way he handled the response. Yes.
Just wondering......
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