It is 3 days before the election, and I’m making the choice to write this article here in DietHobby, rather than to stress eat.

At age 72, I’ve experienced a lot of Presidential elections.  I witnessed them as a child, then as an adolescent, and as a young adult.  I received the right to vote at age 21, and I’ve voted in every Presidential election since then.

In the past, although I always liked my candidate best, I was able to see why other people could choose the opposing candidate, and after each election I was able to respect and support whoever became President.

This 2016 election is different from all of the others in my lifetime.

Trump's abusive treatment of women, minorities and others who disagree with him; his temperament, racism, proclivity for violence; his lies, his greed, his immorality, and his associations with the worst segments of our society; cause me to dread the prospect of Trump in the White House, with the nuclear codes at his disposal.  Other nations who are our allies fear him.  He has already become an embarrassment to America, in fact, one of their governing bodies unanimously voted that Trump is a "repulsive slug".  I’ve been astonished to watch my own Evangelical Christian family members ignore, excuse, and even condone Trump's behavior to the extent that I have lost my respect for their judgment and morality. At this point there is a breach between us that will be difficult to overcome.  I feel alienated from My Own Family. 

I am a woman with the same good and bad lifetime experiences as the majority of other women.  I’ve been a daughter, a wife, a mother, a student, and an employee. I also spent many years working as a lawyer in a world that was controlled by men, which helps me understand, respect and admire Hillary Clinton.  I would vote for her to become our first woman president even if her opponent’s faults were not so incredibly hideous.

The comedian, Louis C.K. recently said… that one of Trump's greatest flaws is his inability to handle criticism and abuse, whereas Clinton has been "taking it and taking it" for years.

"We've been hazing her. We've been holding her down and spitting in her mouth and yelling at her and she just gets up and goes, 'Well, I just think that if children have proper health care…,'' he quipped. "She just keeps working! So I'm totally for her."

Here is a video of that interview.

The article below inspires me.