READ BELOW PARAGRAPH IF YOU HAVE A SEC.... ABSENTEE BALLOT DONE. DO IT. I like writing about things I care about. I admit it. I'm the "little guy" in this country but I can see what's going on. I deeply care about our country, conservation, my family, my religion, etc. We're almost to the end of this political circus & yes, I know this is a touchy topic. I whipped up my thoughts before bed tonight in about 10 minutes summarizing how this "little guy" sees this election. Sorry if I offend anyone & I know that no 2 people agree on all issues, I get it...... I actually sent this to the Trump campaign & few other places. Maybe as some therapy for my mind (I sometimes write & think to relax, vent or work through things- even if a "little person" ultimately has to join with all the other little people to actually make a difference)....
TO DONALD TRUMP AND OUR COUNTRY:
My name is Skip Sligh from Iowa. I work 2 jobs: in the medical field and I own many farms in Iowa. I started with nothing and my family with 2 children has been successful from our back breaking work, long hours, smart decisions and a family that brought us up to work hard. I’m 38 years old. I’ve donated to Donald Trump’s campaign and I’m more excited about his candidacy than any other since voting in the last 20 years. (I know he’s not perfect, I don’t even care to explain that I don’t agree with some things he’s said, I don’t care – this is about “WHO CAN BEST FIX OUR COUNTRY’S DEEP PROBLEMS”!!!). Please listen to some obvious but some focused points of view from a well-educated, down to earth, hard-working family of the Midwest that most likely relates to many in our country. (In the essence of time, I wrote this very quickly so please forgive a few grammar errors or typos). PLEASE make these next 20-some days about this!!!!.....
1) IMMIGRATION – this is what catapulted Donald Trump’s campaign into a winning campaign and changed this year’s race. We’ve been distracted with all the GARBAGE (I’ll even say, on both sides) that doesn’t matter to the future of our country like these huge changes to America. Securing the border VS OPEN BORDERS which have and will change the demographics faster than any time in our nation's history - a flooding in from the 3rd world. Drugs, crime, smuggling, terrorists, etc. Amnesty is not the answer, it’s time to end this battle that’s gone on since the 80’s when we were promised secure borders. Side tid-bit that directly relates to open borders: Bernie Sanders supporters complain about stagnant wages… Could it have any relation to 20, 30, 40 million here illegally that are exploited by businesses for incredibly cheap labor, driving down wages of the hard working men & woman who’s wages haven’t gone up or can’t find work?
2) Donald Trump needs more Policy speeches, commercials, waves of consistent voice on the status of the economy, lack of growth & bad deals that have been common place for a decade or even more.
3) EDUCATE, DISCUSS & EXPOSE to young people what Government Corruption is, how it’s created, what it’s like, what the results are. Here we have Government corruption staring us in the face with Hillary and we have Millions of voters that don’t understand it. They don’t know what corrupt governments of Central & South America are like and how they are formed. Same with corrupt governments in Asia, Africa, etc. Young people and many others don’t see GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AS AN ISSUE because they really don’t know what it is and why it’s a problem.
4) SUPREME COURT! Hillary also has no checks and balances now: has media on her side. Will have courts that will do anything she wishes. She has DOJ in her pocket. The Establishment has the pay for play and crony-politics to continue as business as usual. No rules. No one to keep her in check. Like it or not, Donald Trump will have the establishment of both parties and the media to keep him in check on day one.
5) National debt. Again, let’s get out of this calculated smear campaign of non-sense when we’re facing 20 trillion in debt in the face. If we go at Obama’s rate, doubling the national debt, we could be facing 40 trillion at that rate in 8 years. We’re GONE as a nation. Bankrupt? Folks who don’t understand or follow this: let’s get off the topic of “Transgender Identity” for a minute when we’re facing a nation that could very well collapse and will at this rate.
6) Hillary is the most corrupt politician of my lifetime and possibly ever. Common sense tells me this BUT it’s shown time & time again with things like Wikileaks and the results of her investigations and willingness of any democrat to overlook at the disasters she’s overseen in office. Hillary is a career politician, rich off the American Political system, a LAWYER (which we do not need another one – enough of the scripted slick tongue failures that couldn’t run a lemonade stand).
7) All she’s done has been a failure. Good job for highlighting it Mr. Trump. Just because someone has held a position, doesn’t mean they’re qualified for another. In the Senate, promise of 200k jobs in NY – failure. Most important vote in Senate – Failure, according to her (Iraq). Secretary of state: almost without exception, everything has exploded in our faces. Has there been a worse history for a Secretary of State? Does she support the Iran deal with Mr. Kerry & Obama leading that one? Does she support Mr. Obama’s Veto attempt of citizens bringing legal action against the Saudi Government for 9/11? What has she done that’s been an amazing success? Someone from Trump’s office needs to read what she did (at least until a month ago) have listed as accomplishments on her website. Shamefully bad. Accomplishments: finding ways to get elected, avoid getting prosecuted because of our corrupt system, making sure she has a machine working to keep her in power & making sure she was enriched with incredible wealth from her office (from Dictatorships, countries that despise the US, special interests, political buy-off’s, etc).
8) Broadcast the ad with Comey’s testimony to Congress. Benghazi described over to those that simply don’t understand that what happened is a far bigger deal than the garbage being talked about in this last 30 days.
9) You didn’t like the Bush years? Well, Donald defeated the Bush Establishment and the Establishment period. Hillary had the Establishment rig the campaign for her as she’s as Establishment as it gets – stole it from Bernie Sanders. She’s a cheat, a fraud, a robot, 2 faced, compulsive liar and I would trust her in charge of my personal checking account. Donald has to defeat the Clinton machine, Democrat Establishment, the Media that’s part of the Clinton team (we need a media revolution), the Bush Establishment & the smear tactics that the Democrat & special interest think-tanks put out.
10) Again, SUPREME COURT: Abortion of almost a million babies a year, vast majority black. Open borders, economic decline, political correctness on steroids, Global Elite control (tell people what this is!). 2nd Amendment, at least many in America know the TRUTH and they will use their $ to speak: buying up guns & ammo in masses if Hillary is elected.
11) Terrorism. We need someone with energy, someone who wins (Hillary wins NOTHING), and someone with strength, a fighting spirit, a George Patton. We don’t have time for another Lawyer to dance around these Evil and Explosive times that are creating mass killings and parts of the world exploding. Smart choices on war, restraint BUT a willingness to utterly destroy the enemy when we must. Hillary gave us the Middle-east on fire and an Iran poised to be Nuclear. We need someone who has the guts to stand up.
12) Like Hillary said a few years ago “we need Business people to run because they can’t be bought” – the one of a few things she’s been right about. Hillary has been bought and has gone from broke to $250,000,000 in wealth from being paid for while secretary of state & from being in Politics. Donald Trump isn’t doing this to enrich himself – this will cost him money. The Clintons have gotten rich through Government corruption and a pay to play system. The poorly educated need to understand this. WHY IS EACH CANDIDATE RUNNING? WHAT’S THEIR MOTIVATION?
13) Last, if the Republican Establishment elites can’t get past these “petty side distractions” (they are petty compared to the world in chaos and in jeopardy) – we’re done as a nation after this election, the Republican Party is irrelevant and good effective people might as well not run in the future for office. The Democrats have 20 times the amount of condemning revelations that have come to light- you see NO ONE jumping ship from Hillary, NO ONE. That’s a party united (united even in corruption) while we don’t show up in 2008 for McCain, 2012 for Romney or anyone else if we find any disagreement. The Republican Party is dead if they sit out on Donald Trump, the most capable CHANGE LEADER Washington has seen in many decades. A man the Establishment on both sides is incredibly afraid about, because it’s the end of their corrupt game that’s gone on for decades.
Sincerely, Skip Sligh
Urbandale, Iowa.