"Never" by the Editor

Editor's Note:  As a diversion in the run-up to the presidential election, I challenged the Songs of Eretz Frequent Contributors to offer politically themed poems for publication.  In offering this challenge, I agreed to be as permissive as I could stand with those with whom I disagreed and to publish only poems that made claims that were supported by facts with proper citation.  Not wanting to sit out this one, I decided to start off the poetic polemics with a piece of my own.

Never

Steven Wittenberg Gordon

I absolutely refuse to cast my vote

For that name-calling birther[1] bigot

Whose heart is filled with such vitriol

For so many segments of the American people[2]

Whose racist,[3] anti-immigrant[4], homophobic[5] rhetoric

Is eclipsed only by baffling and brazen misogyny[6]

And whose penchant for telling lies[7]

May be a symptom of a severe personality disorder

Or mental illness disqualifying for the presidency.[8]

For these and many other reasons

Too numerous to elaborate

I will not cast my vote for Hillary Clinton.

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[1] birther http://downtrend.com/71superb/top-ten-examples-of-hillary-clintons-racism-the-media-chooses-to-ignore & http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/22/fact-checking-media-yes-clinton-machine-did-start-/

[2] name-caller, hater, bigot http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables.html?_r=0 & https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=bigot&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[3] racist http://downtrend.com/71superb/top-ten-examples-of-hillary-clintons-racism-the-media-chooses-to-ignore & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k4nmRZx9nc & http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/11/hillary-clinton-bill-de-blasio/

[4] anti-immigrant http://downtrend.com/71superb/top-ten-examples-of-hillary-clintons-racism-the-media-chooses-to-ignore & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxASD4jHgCk & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezaw-g6TIQI

[5] homophobic http://www.politifact.com/arizona/statements/2016/jul/11/donald-trump/did-hillary-clinton-take-money-countries-treat-wom/

[6] misogyny http://www.politifact.com/arizona/statements/2016/jul/11/donald-trump/did-hillary-clinton-take-money-countries-treat-wom/ & http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/04/poetry-review-special-feature-she-talks.html

[7] lies http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/14/hillary-clinton-a-congenital-liar/ & http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/poll-liar-frequently-word-hillary-clinton/story?id=33361629

[8] mental instability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRGO3zhhOCo