Those who dislike Clinton as candidate usually like her as leader

By John Dombek, Santa Clara, Utah

Thursday, July 14, 2016 | 2 a.m.

Most of the people who hate Hillary Clinton when she’s running for office end up liking her just fine once she has won. I have every confidence that history will repeat itself this November. I have been watching presidential elections since Franklin Roosevelt’s, and never has there been an easier or more obvious choice than now. Trump is not merely a bad choice, he is (as many leading Republicans admit) a catastrophic choice, unfit in every possible way for the presidency.

I will vote for Clinton. Yes, she will disappoint us on occasion. Who doesn’t? But she will also surprise us, fearing neither consensus when possible nor butt-kicking when necessary. She will safeguard us from the damage a right-wing Supreme Court would inflict. She will stand for the rights of women, LGBT Americans and minorities.

She will maintain critical global relationships, and she will react to dangerous situations with the temperament of a seasoned professional. For a nation that didn’t even allow women to vote until 1920, she will make history as a woman, forever changing the way a generation of young women view their place in our republic. She’s going to be a fine president.