GOP speechwriter "Only prospect more terrifying than voting for Clinton is not voting for her"

[kpete]

BY: Richard J. Cross, III



"I personally drafted the speech of the "Benghazi mom," Patricia Smith. In that speech, I concluded with the following line: "If Hillary Clinton can't give us the truth, why should we give her the presidency?" As a political speechwriter, that was something of a home run moment for me. The New Yorker called the speech "the weaponization of grief."

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While I'm proud of my service to the Republican party, I am not proud of the present state of American politics. I look around me; everything just feels awful and sad. The divisions in our national discourse are great, and there is no political hero waiting to rescue us from ourselves. Instead, we're confronted by the awful spectacle of a "Mothra versus Godzilla" election. And, just like in the movies, no matters who wins, Tokyo suffers.

Regardless, the reality is, I cannot vote for Donald Trump. I could never vote for Donald Trump

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Still, the prospect of voting for Hillary Clinton is uncomfortable to me, as if Dr. Van Helsing were compelled to vote for Dracula.

But the only prospect more terrifying than voting for Hillary Clinton is not voting for her.

The reality of American politics today is, she is the only choice.



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[Stuart G]

1. k and r....nt

[nolabear]

2. DAMN.

Ghostwriting grief. It's chilling. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. You have to be pretty damned low to have someone like this guy think you're too low.

[karynnj]

3. Strong statement, but begs the question of why he volunteered and wrote that awful speech

If the issue that so bothers him is the Muslim ban, that was pushed long before the convention. Sounds like he may be feeling some guilt or getting some heat for that speech. I do not fault the mother, who has been pushed by the right wing to believe what she does. He likely knew the attack was despicable.