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Trump win is common sense

Donald Trump did not defeat the GOP’s much-desired continuation of the status quo and his 16 competitors. Common sense defeated them despite his stumbles. Inexplicably, he continues to verbalize extraneous, trivial observations that serve only his critics. Nevertheless, with respect to leadership and achievement, he still towers above Hillary Clinton.

For example, in eight years, Clinton had three bills enacted into law. Senate Bills 1241, 3613 and 3145 established a historic site, named a post office and named a highway, respectively. Still, her years in the Senate and her four years as secretary of State were outstanding years — for her and her husband. During those years, big business paid them $153 million for speeches with no discernible worth.

Conversely, while Hillary and Bill Clinton were making worthless speeches in a noncompetitive environment, Trump was demonstrating exemplary leadership augmented with keen business acumen in the highly competitive worldwide business community.

Billions of honest dollars in his bank account and the quasi-honest $153 million in Hillary Clinton’s bank account plus her well-known, deadly leadership failures measure and express the effective difference in their leadership capabilities. Moreover, Trump is not an FBI-verified multiple liar who has since lied about lying.

Keep up the good work, common sense.

Shafter Bailey

Lexington

This story was originally published August 23, 2016 at 6:42 PM with the headline "Trump win is common sense."

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