American Elections are Complex and Mud-Throwing
05 November 2016
By Saeed Qureshi
American presidential elections take a year to come to conclusion. During the
first tier that lasts for months, the contenders within a party try to prove
and establish their legitimacy and excellence to be nominated as the party
nominee against the other parties in the field. These are competitions with in
party. As the trend of elections spawned over two hundred years, the
respective parties choose the winner to face his or her rival from the
opposition party.
Although there have been candidates from smaller parties and even independents
yet the whole longish exercise boils down to the two rivals between the
Democratic and Republican parties. In the 2016 presidential elections Donald
Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party while Hillary Clinton represents
the Democratic Party. The 2016 elections would close on November 8.
So far so good. The conflict or rigmarole that ensues thereafter in a kind of
game to hurl all kinds of blames, accusations, mocking and labeling the rival
as wicked or satanic who if elected would heap ruins on the United States. The
trading of filthy innuendoes and character assassination of the rival is
distasteful yet it is a part of the election culture of the United States.
In the current elections to elect the 45th president of the United States, the
two competitors Madam Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been completely
exposed as to what irksome and wrong doings they might have pursued in the
past. It looks like a dirty water pond where all are nude and throwing mud on
each other.
The dictum or the laid-down rule of respecting females had been colossally
trampled by Donlad Trump by calling Hillary as a nasty woman. On the other
hand, a dozen or so women have accused Donald of dishonoring them or for
making sexual advances. It is indeed a very serious offense but it was not
taken into consideration for a probe.
Ordinarily in America, if a commoner touches a woman with or without her
consent and she goes to the court, a hell would be broken on the offender and
he can become a pariah for all time to come or for the time period that the
court decrees. The attorneys play up the charges to prove the culprit fiendish
and a threat to the society and debarred from social interaction or mingling
freely within the society.
The latest and sudden announcement of FBI Director Comey ten days before the
final day of elections has been devastating for Hillary's undisputed march
towards the victory. The announcement seems to be motivated against Hillary
and favorable to her opponent. The solid achievements of Hillary seem to be
stymied and could even turn the tide in favor of Donald Trump.
At the same time, it is clear that the American voters can be easily swayed by
one odd development that might be lacking in truth. There is a changing trend
of voters in swing states after the uncalled-for announcement of Director
Comey. The people seem to have forgotten about the murky past of Donald Trump
and what venomous attributes have been dished out by Donald about the
minorities and immigrants.
Weighting the merits and demerits of both the contenders, it is clear that
Donald cannot prove to be a president of all the Americans whether natives or
immigrants. Visibly by his statements he appears to be freak. He has a sordid
backlog of indecent interactions with women. He has denigrated so many women
publicly including a woman journalist. He has been avoiding payment of federal
taxes and making money by devious and underhand methods.
The unpredictability of the elections can be gauged in the closing days that
one statement of FBI Director Comey alters or subverts the results of the
elections. The intrusion of a government servant and his dropping a bombshell
on the political arena has patently influenced the elections in favor of
Donald and against Hillary. Spending of millions of dollars by both sides,
heating debates and marathon campaigning for a year have been rendered
useless.
How by one statement the people have forgotten such gross violations of Donlad
as non-payment of federal taxes and leading a wayward life. The entire focus
of the peoples has shifted from misdeeds of Donlad to the Hillary's emails
which basically had no bearing on the overall policies of the state.
If Donald, per his commitment expels a portion of the immigrants out of
country and if he selectively chooses the friends and foes to reward one side
and punish the other, then it would be impinging upon the undisputed role of
United States as a world leader.
My perception is that the anti- immigrants and anti- Muslims slogans raised by
Donald are merely a ploy to catch the majority of the white votes which form
74 % of the American population. He may not be able to build a wall between
Mexico and America. He might not be able to push the undocumented workers out
of America. He might even antagonize many countries because of personal whims.
The Islamic world might turn away if he translates his anti-Muslims pledges
both within United States and across the world.
Yet it is the choice of the people of the United States to elect a new
president irrespective of who deserves and who doesn't. The people's verdict
is the final one and that is central to the American political system
including the culture of elections.
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