Why I’ll Vote For A Man I Don’t Care For…

As anyone with a pulse is aware, tomorrow is Super Tuesday and in the opinion of some, the biggest voting day of the 2016 election with the exception of the general election in November.

~Mahatma Gandhi Quote

Although some voters have yet to make their decision as to who they want to serve as the next POTUS, many of us have made up our mind and it is highly doubtful that our decisions will change from this point on regardless of how many times we hear Little Marco Rubio use the phrase ‘Hair Force One’ (it was funny the first dozen times, but then, he does like to repeat himself!) or how many different dishonest tactics Canadian Cruz uses and blames on a staff member when caught.

I am a democrat. Have always been a democrat like my father and his father before him. I’ll be honest, I am a democrat solely for that reason. I am not embarrassed to admit I have not voted in every election since I was of legal voting age. It was hit or miss. I was unable to vote in the 1980 election because of my September birthday. Although I was old enough to vote by the time the general election rolled around, I was not old enough for the primaries, disqualifying me to vote in November. But, in 1984 I was able (and did) vote for the same man I would have voted for in 1980 had I been able. And he was a Republican. So even though I am a democrat, my vote will always go to the best ‘candidate’, even if the best candidate isn’t necessarily the best man.

When Donald J Trump announced his candidacy last summer, I thought it was a publicity stunt. Seriously. I didn’t give it a second thought. Then, when I realized “WTH, he’s serious?” I decided right then and there that I would  not be voting for him. Not only I wasn’t going to vote for him, I would have bet real money against him winning the nomination, let alone the presidency.

Then I started paying attention.

I’ve never been one to get all passionate about politics or even any particular candidate. I’d listen with one ear. Yes, every vote counts and so on, I get it. Maybe because I didn’t understand politics well enough or maybe because I lacked respect for many of the politicians, whatever the reason, it didn’t get or keep my interest.

Until this year.

I started listening to the candidates. Tuning in to the debates. Staying up to see results from the primaries. Surfing the web for the latest news and polls. I became a politic junkie.

Because of Donald Trump.

This is where many readers will begin scribbling down their counter opinions. You’re entitled. I will undoubtedly also lose Twitter and Facebook followers. I seem to lose a dozen or so every time I post anything ‘Pro Trump’… c’est la vie. But, in all fairness, let me finish so that your retorts will make sense.

Come November, I will be voting for Donald Trump – the candidate. Not the man. There is a difference. As little as a month ago, I would have been embarrassed to admit that. Now, I am not ashamed. I have heard Donald J Trump – the man, described as a narcissist. An egomaniac. Arrogant. A bully, among many other negative adjectives. I can’t say I disagree with most of them. Since I have never met him personally, I can only base my opinion on what I’ve seen from him during debates and interviews and what the media has shared (keeping in mind the media is seriously flawed).

Donald J Trump – the candidate, is also all of those things. And that is why I will be voting for him. He is not politically correct, he tells it like it is. He doesn’t care if you agree with him or even like him for it. He won’t kowtow and is not looking to become part of the good ‘ole boys establishment of Washington. Politics have been a part of our government for so long and our country is failing. Politicians can run around laying claim that we are the greatest country in the world, but we’re not. Most of us realize this. Trump realizes this.

People want to talk about Trump’s failures in business. Big deal. I’ve never heard of a businessman who didn’t experience failures, but that doesn’t necessarily make them a failure. Without failure, we never learn. Then we have “he didn’t do this or that, he won’t tell us about ____, he said the opposite ten years ago, yada, yada, yada”. We can sit and rip apart every candidate on things they did or said in the past. THE PAST. I don’t know about you, but I’ve said or done things in the past that I wouldn’t agree with or say/do again. We change. From change, we grow.

Donald Trump possesses the exact qualities I want to see in my next president. Those qualities may make him a lousy husband. Possibly a lousy friend. But, that doesn’t concern me since I don’t have to live my day-to-day life with him. I want a president who won’t back down. I want a president who isn’t part of the Washington elite. I want a president who understands that delivering on his promises is what will make him popular with the people. I want a president who wants AMERICA TO BE GREAT AGAIN.

But, aside from those reasons for voting for Donald Trump, my main reason is what he’s done to me. For me. As I mentioned, I haven’t always voted, especially in recent years. Donald Trump has brought out an energy in America that has been long-missing. His passion has engaged Americans (like me) who have long thought the process stopped working or who believed their vote made no difference. So many disparage him for the things he says, but the things he says have been said in living rooms all over the country for decades. I want a president who isn’t afraid to speak for the people without regards to stepping over the line of political correctness.

Many will fault me for this open letter, but ask yourself something. If there aren’t many, many people who feel this way and everything those in opposition say is true, why is his support base growing every day? Those in opposition would like to have you think that America is just full of stupid people. Unrealistic. America is however full of fed up people. As Einstein would say, insanity is repeating an action over and over expecting a different result (paraphrased). Isn’t that what we’ve been doing?

Maybe it’s time to try something different. His popularity is growing because his message rings true.

Something a lot of people don’t realize is that many of the traits Donald Trump is faulted for constantly, are the very traits that will make America great again. He won’t quit. He won’t be bullied into something that isn’t in our best interest. And, most importantly, the man’s ego won’t allow him to lose. Once he wins POTUS, he will have to show everyone who doubted him that he WAS the best candidate for the job. And once he does that, he will have to go bigger and better than any past president. And when his four years are up, he WILL go for four more. A man like Donald Trump never wins enough. For himself or whatever he takes on. It is his nature. Many of his traits make for an unlikable man, but are exactly what we need in a president.

I am not trying to sway anyone and I am not a Trump volunteer. I am one woman who has been given a new reason to care about politics, polls, and elections. A new reason to care about her country and the person to bring about that change was Donald J Trump.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS!