Katie Miller
Contributing Writer

Although often overlooked, Hillary Clinton has draws as a presidential candidate that are unattributed to her opposition’s lack of qualification to hold any office of such esteem. Serving as First Lady, Senator of New York, and Secretary of State prepared her to work with the public, legislation, and foreign policy. Clinton’s campaign gracefully walks the fine line between professionalism and personability.

On the other hand, Trump’s “business experience” is not evidence that he is economically competent or politically knowledgeable, and his campaign rhetoric is dangerously divisive. He makes voters believe that they’ve been wronged, that the government is deliberately working against them, that it is “us against them.”

Legislatively, a Republican presidency added to the Republican majority in Congress would essentially unravel the progress that the Obama administration has worked towards for these past eight years.
In the third presidential debate, Chris Wallace said, “One of the prides of this country, is the peaceful transition of power…” At this point in the election, I can’t envision any candidate other than Clinton succeeding in taking office peacefully. It is too late to amend the ballot. We have two realistic choices, but only one with any experience or dignity whatsoever.

Alex Gowdy
Contributing Writer

Hillary Clinton is not a very appealing candidate. She doesn’t have the charisma of Bill Clinton, the charm of Ronald Reagan, or the energy of Barack Obama.

Many believe she is a criminal, although to do so flies in the face of the eight congressional investigations (five led by Republicans) and one FBI probe that have found she did nothing illegal.
She does have what few presidential candidates in our history have had, however, and that is nearly 30 years of experience as an active gubernatorial and presidential first lady, Senator, and Secretary of State.

Her advocacy and work on a wide range of issues over the course of her career has given her a deep understanding of policy and the problems facing Americans today. Her work as senator after 9/11 and as Secretary of State has given Clinton in depth knowledge of foreign policy and world affairs.

In contrast, Donald Trump has proven that he lacks the knowledge and understanding of the issues to be an effective president. Of all the candidates in this race, only Hillary Clinton has shown that she has the knowledge and experience required to be an effective and responsible president.

Noah Brazer
Contributing Writer

When considering which presidential candidate to support in the upcoming 2016 election, there is only one considerable option in my mind. Hillary Clinton is the only choice when it comes to the morality, temperaments, and policy standpoints of the candidates. It is disgusting to even consider that a predatory man with the emotional maturity of a middle schooler could potentially become the next president. If you support Trump, I urge you to step back and look at the whole picture and think about what is at stake in this election.

Clinton has laid out coherent plans for tackling the pressing IS problem abroad, supporting marginalized minorities at home, and for resolving police violence. While she remains mum on her methods of carrying out other important topics, Trump is even worse; he disguises his lack of planning by claiming he has secret plans and by writing off words as, “just words, people.” His tax cut policy and relaxation of business regulations would have an effect opposite to what he has suggested. Reducing taxes for the rich will only increase the disparity between the rich and poor and increase the disappearance of the middle class. Loosening business regulations will only allow monster corporations to fully take advantage of using underpaid foreign workers to fuel their corporate greed. The enumeration of logical fallacies put forth by Donald Trump goes on and on.

Hillary is by no means anything close to a perfect candidate, but the fact that she has been in politics for over thirty years shows that she values and seeks to improve the lives of the public above all else. If you are eligible to vote in the upcoming November election, I implore you to consider all the facts and choose the only candidate that makes sense: Hillary Clinton.

Stephan Dahlstrom
Contributing Writer

He plans on making the biggest tax cuts since the Reagan years if he gets elected. Thats a great idea because they will allow people to keep more of their own money. This will help the middle class grow, lift Americans up and out of poverty and lessen class divide.

When the middle class has more wealth, they will be less financially dependent. In the end, the people and the government both win. Lowering taxes will provide people with more money to spend on goods and services thereby creating demand, which leads to progress and new ideas in society.
Trump will also help lower our debt. He will do this by cutting government spending. In addition, he will generate more revenue in the US by lowering corporate taxes which will encourage companies to move back home.

Furthermore, by reducing sales taxes the products produced in the US will be cheaper than their foreign competitors like China and Mexico. On top of that, he plans to impose tariffs on China and Mexico similar to tariffs that the US pays to them.
These tariffs will jack up the prices of the foreign products making them less competitive. This will weaken their trade leverage against us allowing us to be the dominant economic power in the global market. This will decrease the chance of our economy collapsing under debt because the strong trade leverage can help the US generate billions more dollars every year.

Cory Champeon
Contributing Writer

It’s no secret that this election is a pick your poison type of election. Of the he top two frontrunners, one appears to be a brazen jerk, who changes his views daily, and seems to have no respect for anyone. His catch phrase is literally, “You’re fired”, and we want to give him nukes.

The other option isn’t much better. Hillary is political corruption incarnate. She claims to want to “take dark money out of politics,” while she is literally the black hole in which dark money gravitates to. She wants the top 10% to pay more in taxes. Check her public donation funds. A majority of donations that she has received are from people who are the top 10 percent. Do you really think that Hillary’s plan when she gets into office is to betray her donors? And don’t forget about benghazi and her emails.

For those of you who are like me. Those of you who are asked, “Which candidate do you support?”, and your answer is, “Neither”, there is one glimmer of hope: Gary Johnson.

He’s better than Trump or Clinton, and if literally everyone votes for him, we may have a chance of seeing the next election.