I was talking to a dear friend recently who has spent a lifetime in conscientious contemplation of life’s mysteries within the scope of the Christian Gospel. He wanted to talk about the recent revelations about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and, of course, Donald Trump. He asked how any Christian could possibly square the circle between personal character and political philosophy when it comes to voting for this or that candidate in a binary sense.
It occurred to me people such as my friend never call me for political input about someone’s “character” when it has to do with a Democrat candidate for president such as Bill Clinton.
“Did you vote for Bill Clinton full well knowing of his lack of personal integrity and misogynistic behavior toward women?”
“I did,” was the response.
“Why did you do that if personal integrity and moral rectitude were your primary criteria for voting?” I asked.
“I guess because I agreed with his policies,” came back the measured, somewhat sheepish response.
“George H.W. Bush 41 was a man of high moral character and patriotism. So was Bob Dole. You could have voted for either of them had your sense of moral indignation toward Bill Clinton superseded your political proclivities,” I said.
“I thought Bill Clinton would bring a new direction to public policy. Plus Clinton was a young Southern Democrat, so his policies were not too far left of center,” he said.
Democrats apparently have a far easier time overlooking a candidate’s personal character than Republicans. MoveOn.org was specifically created by wealthy Democratic donors to get everyone to “move on” from the spectacle of Clinton’s impeachment after his affair with Monica Lewinsky ― which apparently worked because he left office in 2001 with one of the highest ratings in White House history.
Democrats cherish the memory of JFK as if he hailed from Camelot instead of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. His assassination in broad daylight is seared in the American consciousness as the day we lost our innocence somehow ― even though, on a personal scale, JFK was hardly “innocent” when it came to abuse and mistreatment of women.
Would Democrats today support Clinton or JFK even if they knew of all of their foibles and indiscretions?
Of course they would.
Democrats fully understand politics and elections are a means to power and control not only our government but our lives. Republicans think presidents should serve as some sort of moral avatar first and then pass legislation ― if any is needed, that is.
If such a combination exists, as it did with George Washington, terrific. But the human condition, as my friend loves to point out, is a nuanced gray instead of bright white and dark black.
The problem today is that if enough Republicans don’t vote for someone because they think he is a cad but they agree with 85% of his policies, Democrats will vote for whoever will toe the party line — in this case, Kamala Harris — without any reservation about her ability to lead or even string together coherent sentences whatsoever. She will accelerate the integration of far-left socialist domestic programs and weak foreign policy into our U.S. system, which started under Obama in 2009.
The 2024 presidential election has to be a referendum on the policies and performance of the Biden/Harris administration and every elected Democrat who supported them unconditionally. If someone votes for them, they are saying they are OK with all of the inflation, economic uncertainty, ransacking of the border with illegal immigrants, weak, feckless leadership on the world stage, and the social engineering of the past four dreadful years ― and want to see it continue again for another four dreadful years.
There is no conceivable way Harris had a complete political genetic therapeutic transformation and became a moderate in any way, shape, fashion or form. If you think Joe Biden was bad, wait until you see what a Harris White House will wreak upon this nation.
Absentee ballots started to be mailed out on Sept. 21 to military voters and citizens living outside the United States who requested them. On Sept. 24, county boards of elections began mailing absentee ballots to all other voters who requested them for the Nov. 5 election.
Early voting in person begins Oct. 17 and ends at 3 p.m. on Nov. 2.
If you are a Republican conservative, you are faced with the choice to be inconsistent in your indignation and vote for the person who will try to advance at least 80% of the policies with which you agree and that will help make you and your family safer, prosperous and free.
Or letting the other side win. Again.
It is time for you to decide what is most important to you and your family ― your righteous indignation at the human condition or your personal safety and economic well-being and the future path of the American Democratic Republic.
