1. Hillary
Clinton is a flawed candidate. Her explanations about why she did not follow
the straightforward guideline about using only secure email accounts when
conducting the people’s business are unconvincing; she appears to have no new
ideas—like a guaranteed $2,000 monthly income to each U.S. citizen (the cost to
the federal government will be about neutral as 100’s of other programs, such
as food stamps, will be eliminated); while she is capable in handling
international affairs, she appears to be too wedded to the status quo for any forward thinking to
occur. Overall, I would grade Clinton with a 75% or a C+ as being qualified
being president since her years as the first lady, senator, and secretary of
state shows she is both knowledgeable about foreign affairs and cares about
people.
2. Donald Trump
has no political experience, is a pathological liar who constantly lies and
never appears to feel any guilt about being caught in his literally hundred of
lies. Trump has no understanding of foreign affairs. Trump appears to be
semiliterate as his use of language is slightly above that of a junior high
school student. Overall, I would grade Trump with a 15% or an F since he is
completely unqualified and unfit to be president of the USA.
3. I like Jane Kim. She is progressive, has some
interesting proposals such as making City College free for all students, and
cares about people. Kim would make an excellent representative for the Bay Area
in Sacramento.
4. Scott Wiener
is an historical candidate as he hopes to follow the current representative in
district 11, Mark Leno who is queer. If Scott wins, he will be the first
“handing off of the baton” to a fellow queer in back-to-back elections in the
United States. In other words, San Francisco will continue to be represented by
a queer. This is identity politics at its best as I know from direct experience
Scott cares deeply about gay and transgender rights. For this reason, all queers in San Francisco should
be voting for Scott Wiener as their representative on November 8.