There was only one way I could reach the conclusion I've made concerning the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. It had to be through a long circuitous route from disapproval to disbelief to denial to disturbed acceptance. As much as I don't want to admit it, I may have to vote for Donald Trump.
Maybe I should've taken this stance all along. It's a sort of kicking-and-screaming realization that in order to keep Hillary Clinton out of office, I may have to check the name of a filthy-mouthed, womanizing, casino owner that has barely even spoken to the issues during his year-plus campaign.
Maybe I should've taken this stance all along. It's a sort of kicking-and-screaming realization that in order to keep Hillary Clinton out of office, I may have to check the name of a filthy-mouthed, womanizing, casino owner that has barely even spoken to the issues during his year-plus campaign.
Out of the 16 people that ran for the Republican nomination, Trump would've been my very last choice. Literally, anyone else that ran, I would've voted for with no hesitation. Coincidentally, anyone else would likely be running away with this election given the awful prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming president.
The thought of Hillary Clinton actually becoming president was a prospect I didn't fully appreciate until the final debate on Wednesday night. She masterfully danced around issues displaying her complete inability to tell the truth. She dodged so many difficult questions, she probably would've been better suited to help the Dodgers against the Cubs.
Unfortunately, it was not her dodging that turned this election for me. Hillary seemed quite proud of her pro-choice record and she seemed more than ready to answer a question about her desire to remake the Supreme Court in her own ultra-liberal image. These are not new revelations to anyone who has been paying attention, but there was something extra disappointing about hearing it straight from her mouth.
The key difference between Hillary and Trump is believability. I am fully convinced that Hillary believes in everything she stated during the debate. Her conviction, whether it's based in a lust for power or deeply held belief, comes through quite plainly.
Trump, however, is quite easy to see through. He changed a lot of his stances to win a nomination. He has kowtowed to the Christian crowd in hopes of retaining the Republican-evangelical stranglehold. Trump can't hide his past. He can't be anything other than what he's always been. His only conviction a deep-seated dedication to himself. Yet, here he is, the only viable alternative to the single-worst Democratic politician in history. And here I am, a hashtag-never-Trump conservative Christian actually considering casting my vote for the man.
Well, let me put it this way, if my state—a traditional red-state is in play come November 8, I expect to hold my nose, check his name, and immediately pray for forgiveness before running home to take a shower. This begrudging reality is only, and I mean only, due to the fact that I can't stomach a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Let me say this loud and clear, I am not afraid of Hillary Clinton. I am not afraid of her policies nor her desire to remake the Supreme Court into a left-wing activist arm of her political machine. If she gets in the White House, let her do her worst. Religious liberty may suffer or even evaporate. Abortion may increase under her militantly pro-choice administration. She may turn America into a socialist nation. Again, not afraid.
I am simply appalled at many of her policy proposals. For that reason alone, I may have to vote for a man whose lack of conviction I find reprehensible. That bothers me. This election bothers me.
Regardless of what happens next month, we must pray for our nation. We must be sober-minded. We cannot put hope in Trump, Mike Pence, or a Christian-friendly Supreme Court. The Church's only hope is in the Kingdom. America's only hope is a Jesus-exalting, sin-renouncing, Holy Ghost revival.
Unfortunately, it was not her dodging that turned this election for me. Hillary seemed quite proud of her pro-choice record and she seemed more than ready to answer a question about her desire to remake the Supreme Court in her own ultra-liberal image. These are not new revelations to anyone who has been paying attention, but there was something extra disappointing about hearing it straight from her mouth.
The key difference between Hillary and Trump is believability. I am fully convinced that Hillary believes in everything she stated during the debate. Her conviction, whether it's based in a lust for power or deeply held belief, comes through quite plainly.
Trump, however, is quite easy to see through. He changed a lot of his stances to win a nomination. He has kowtowed to the Christian crowd in hopes of retaining the Republican-evangelical stranglehold. Trump can't hide his past. He can't be anything other than what he's always been. His only conviction a deep-seated dedication to himself. Yet, here he is, the only viable alternative to the single-worst Democratic politician in history. And here I am, a hashtag-never-Trump conservative Christian actually considering casting my vote for the man.
Well, let me put it this way, if my state—a traditional red-state is in play come November 8, I expect to hold my nose, check his name, and immediately pray for forgiveness before running home to take a shower. This begrudging reality is only, and I mean only, due to the fact that I can't stomach a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Let me say this loud and clear, I am not afraid of Hillary Clinton. I am not afraid of her policies nor her desire to remake the Supreme Court into a left-wing activist arm of her political machine. If she gets in the White House, let her do her worst. Religious liberty may suffer or even evaporate. Abortion may increase under her militantly pro-choice administration. She may turn America into a socialist nation. Again, not afraid.
I am simply appalled at many of her policy proposals. For that reason alone, I may have to vote for a man whose lack of conviction I find reprehensible. That bothers me. This election bothers me.
Regardless of what happens next month, we must pray for our nation. We must be sober-minded. We cannot put hope in Trump, Mike Pence, or a Christian-friendly Supreme Court. The Church's only hope is in the Kingdom. America's only hope is a Jesus-exalting, sin-renouncing, Holy Ghost revival.
