Ohio

I live in Ohio. It’s going to be a very important state this election. Whoever wins Ohio will probably win the presidency.

Every day I see the commercial. They play it every hour here in Ohio. The purpose of the commercial is to convince everyone in Ohio to vote for Hillary. There’s nothing in it about policy or positive change. It just shows the remarks Mr. Trump has made that are supposed to infuriate everyone.

It shows children glued to the television, intently watching every supposedly stupid thing Trump has ever said. The idea of the commercial is that we wouldn’t want our children saying things like that, now would we?

First of all, children don’t watch politics. They play games and watch cartoons and movies. In the summer, they play outside in their backyards. I would be worried about what kind of America these children will live in when they grow up.   

The elite “experts” on CNN and MSNBC don’t see what I see. They don’t see the America I see. Ohio is a battleground state. Many parts of it literally look like a battleground.

In 2014 and 2015, we had a very bad winter in northeastern Ohio. Almost every road was full of pot holes. Many roads were nearly impassable. Someone made a video of what it was like to drive around here. The roads were not only bad in the city, but in the townships of Austintown and Boardman as well.

Watch this video so you can see what it was like. I had to drive on many of these exact roads every day. The man in the video uses cuss words. He was very frustrated.

Here is another video that shows the frustration.

Many of the good jobs around here are gone. The work went to China. The plant where I used to work is shutting down. The work is going to China. There’s an abandoned gas station down the street from the plant. The gas pumps are overgrown with weeds.

Many houses are abandoned. The lawns aren’t being cut. There are no backyards full of playing children. That’s the America I see. The house next door to me is abandoned. The lawn was cut only one time this season. The gutters have fallen off and there are fallen trees in the yard. There are no children playing in that yard. A house down the street was demolished this year. No one is going to build another house there.

I often travel to nearby Akron, Ohio. There are beggars on almost every corner. They don’t even have good signs. They get a piece of cardboard and write a simple message in pencil. “Please help” or “Can’t find work” are some of the messages. Some of the cardboard signs have the words “God Bless”.

One of the beggars is a veteran who was injured and can’t find work. On the Fourth of July, he was there, at his corner, holding an American flag.

I used to think nearby Canton Ohio was in better shape, but it’s not. Someone made a video about Canton. There are abandoned homes and overgrown lawns there too. I didn’t see any happy children in the video. You can watch it if you want to.

I would like to tell the pundits on CNN and MSNBC that I’m not offended by anything Trump says. I’m offended by the America I see every day. Hillary doesn’t see it. At least Donald Trump is aware of it. He wants to change it. He wants to make America great again.

Ohio is not just a place on a blue and red map. It’s where I live. It used to be great. Once upon a time, it used to be great.