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Trump won, why I am not
gloating?
E. Ablorh-Odjidja
November 10, 2016
At
least, I called it right, so I should. Trump won. But he is
not in office yet. And has not started implementing any of
the policies he said would help Black America.
But some
positives for Trump are now coming in:
His
victory has brought the dynasties of the Bushes and the
Clintons to an end.
The
markets are responding to his victory. The DOW, as of the
time of writing this, has surged to a lifetime high of
18,879 in just one day.
The
signs are good worldwide, except for what is going on in the
streets of America by some leftist provocateurs.
And
reactions from parts of the world media that dumped on Trump
during the presidential campaign, BBC, CNN, Aljazeera, and
the like are coming in broadcasts that now predict the worse
days for America to come.
America, as a behemoth of world power, has been in decline,
economically and politically. A call to make “America Great
Again” is not a dog whistle for the racists, but some claim
it is because it comes from Trump.
However, many Americans heard the charge and understood the
slogan as a call for a stronger America.
Therefore, Trump won.
A
weaker America would have been preferable for the globalist
set. And as good
a mix as this set of foreign interests was, they didn’t
prevail. Obama,
Hillary, and a coterie of the Washington political class
were part of this mix.
The vehement rise against Trump throughout his
campaign failed.
The
globalist interest was what gave Obama the Nobel Peace prize
in 2009, barely months after he assumed the presidency.
But
the prize didn’t earn him the desired respect.
A glimpse of his relationship with countries like
Iran through China to the Philippines gives a gloomy picture
of how leaders from this country treated him as the world’s
only super-power leader.
But,
for me as a Black man living in America, Obama was no longer
running, so the polling of both the policy platforms of the
parties became my mission.
Obama
has produced nothing policy-wise for me to want a
continuation of his policies. He could have promoted School
Choice and didn't.
School Choice, for those who don't understand the term,
allows a parent to move his ward to a better school beyond
his zip code area.
A
ward of a poor parent is doomed to pathetic low-grade public
school in the poorer zip code area.
And the outcomes from these schools are dreary –
early drop-outs, failing grades, likely exposures to the
street life of crimes and drugs – these limit access to good
life choices.
Many
public schools in poorer zip code areas produce these
inherent barriers in the society, which may lead to
premature death or incarcerations for those who have already
been disadvantaged by the schools.
The
rich neighborhoods have none of these barriers.
They have good schools plus the means to exercise
“school choice” already.
The poor have no choice.
They could only attend the school assigned by zip
codes.
It’s
sad to read how some Black writers describe US prisons as
concentration camps for Black youth, without factoring in
the impact of schooling in poor neighborhoods.
The bad schools should have served as the first
warning.
The
power of School Choice and a little commitment on the parts
of parents could go a long way to provide a cure for the
social ills produced by the public schools in poor areas.
So,
at election time, School Choice became my primary concern.
All
the calls of racism, Uncle Tom, and accusations of KKK links
intended to scare me into a vote against this interest did
not work.
The
Democrat party offered me a single candidate for a
coronation, Hillary. She
had nothing of interest to me.
And no one from the
overwhelming Democrat majority in the Black community could
offer me a single issue that could convince me to vote for
her.
Like
previous Democrat and liberal candidates, I am always
offered the sentimental view that I am Black, therefore, I
should vote for Hillary. In
other words, I was born a meatloaf, therefore, I should be
eaten!
On
the contrary, I am human, therefore, I have interests and
needs that ought to be pursued; some politically.
I have life missions
and an obliging political platform is a desirable element
for attaining these missions.
When
I am presented with political candidates, I do not dwell
first on personalities. I
go straight to the policy choices offered by the candidate.
Or, simply stated, I don’t listen to those calls of
racism. Racism
lies in policies also. Poor
public schools and late-term abortion licensing are racist
policies.
On
the personality side, it is hard for me to consider a highly
successful businessman like Trump as an idiot as some do.
What the measure to call a candidate a buffoon is, I
am yet to know.
But between Trump and Hillary, I find equal personalities,
with different ideologies.
Trump
and Hillary have Ivy League backgrounds. One spent most of
her time in public service, while the other went into
private business.
The
abilities of the two met on the grounds of the 2016
political campaign.
Trump brought his talent in business to the game and
won, spending far less in campaigning than previous
candidates who hoped for or ascended to the presidency,
including our dear Obama.
Hillary had all that was required; a tremendous amount of
funds, the support of an incumbent administration, and the
support of the charismatic Obama who was still in office in
2016. Plus
almost perfect assistance from liberal media machinery that
hated Trump.
Hillary was allowed to cheat in debates.
And as Secretary of State, Hillary managed to oversee
the structuring of an elaborate “pay to play” scheme at the
Clinton Foundation to aid her presidential bid, including
misuse of the Haitian Relief funds, as alleged by some
Haitians.
Hillary Clinton had all, but victory eluded her because of
the talent and political skill of a man who was deemed an
idiot.
One
would have thought the angst of the left would disappear at
the end of the campaign, at least for now.
But a day after the
election, this leftist crowd is out in the streets,
emboldened by the defeat and egged on by Hillary.
Meanwhile, a nationwide poll on why Trump won, indicated
that 83% said they voted for Trump because they wanted
change; thus rendering judgement on Obama’s legacy as well
as a defeat for Hillary.
If
the American voter wanted to preserve Obama's policies, the
extra 6 million of the people who voted for him in 2012
would have turned up for Hillary.
But this point was hard for our leftist sages in the
streets to understand.
Hillary, their candidate had lost because the Russians stole
the elections from her.
The racist, homophobic and a buffoon to boot Trump
had won because of Russian interference in the 2016
election.
Understandably, the leftists have a worldview that is
different from Trump's. Americans have gone through
times of corruption of the political processes and
challenges to America's standing as a world power, however,
they see Trump as an extremely improbable candidate to right
what is wrong with America.
Therefore, the
leftist thoroughbreds of the streets would not accept the
result, notwithstanding the well-known ethical deficiencies
and corruption charges by the otherside against Hillary,
their candidate.
For
my part, I heard Trump, just as much as I heard from
Hillary. And I
decided that “School Choice” alone was the decider; hence I
voted for Trump. I am
glad he won.
E. Ablorh-Odjidja, Publisher www.ghanadot.com, Washington,
DC, November 10, 2016.
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