Hillary Clinton is not a lesser, but good enough, Bernie Sanders, even allowing for his many faults.
She is a Wall Street flunky and a liberal imperialist with pronounced neocon predilections, who is shamelessly obeisant to all the usual suspects – from the fracking lobby to AIPAC.
And because of her belief in “American exceptionalism” and therefore in the rectitude of American world domination, and because she is inclined to seek military “solutions” to the problems that the empire brings upon itself, she is a very dangerous woman.
If the election were held now, as the pollsters say, I would vote for Jill Stein. No doubt, many others would too. But this will be a protest vote. Stein won’t win, and it is not even clear how helpful voting for her will be in making the Green Party a factor in American politics at some future time.
Most likely, it won’t be helpful at all, because, in the end, many Stein supporters, fearing Trumpian “fascism,” will cave in at the end. This is what many potential Nader voters did in 2000, and there is no reason to think that fear won’t triumph again.
The fact is, though, that Trump will not be sending Hillary and Bill, his once and future friends, packing. This is probably a good thing, though not nearly to the extent that most liberals assume.
There is no point in engaging the who-really-is-the-lesser-evil question now – not because the answer is obvious, it isn’t, but…