Here is a post that I pray provokes the sting of reality to
Conservatives that are taking the Never
Trump stand. If you enjoyed the last 7 ½ years Obama’s Leftist fundamental transformation
of America, by all means write-in your favorite Conservative, vote for a Third
Party or don’t vote at all. Following the Never
Trump path will ensure the election of Obama’s third term vicariously
through Crooked Hillary.
Honestly answering Mark Alexander’s check list of “Who is more likely to …”, should shake a Never Trumper out of their righteous
indignation and principled hubris over Donald Trump’s perceived lack of
integrity and at least give him a shot to keep at least some of his promises.
If the Donald screws up, how bad could it be compared to the
continued dilution of America’s moral fiber and divested Liberty with another
four to eight years of a Leftist POTUS?
JRH 7/29/16
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From #NeverTrump to #NeverClinton
Vote for the Supreme Court! Choosing not to vote for the "lesser
of two evils" is a vote for the greater of those evils.
July 27, 2016
“In the midst of these pleasing
ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the
danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the
purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” —John Adams
(1797)
(Aggravation Alert: I have received a considerable number of
objections from fellow Patriots this year complaining either that my analysis
of Donald Trump was too hard or too soft. This column is directed at those who
believe either one to be true — the #NeverClinton and #NeverTrump
folks who plan to abstain or vote for a third-party candidate.)
It’s no small irony that the Socialist Democratic Party is hosting its confab in Philadelphia
this week, the cradle of Liberty and Rule of Law.
On the opening night, Bernie Sanders,
the candidate who was narrowly defeated by Clinton thanks to hacked DNC emails indicating they rigged
the primary, offered this assessment of the last eight years:
“Together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform
America, and that revolution — our revolution — continues.”
If that sounds familiar, it should. That “political
revolution to transform America” would be the fulfillment of Obama’s 2008
campaign promise of “fundamentally transforming the United
States of America.”
On the other hand, Republicans should be debating the
re-election of Mitt Romney this year, but
we aren’t. Here’s why.
Without debating Romney’s merits all over again, the reason
that the contest this year is not between Romney/Ryan and Clinton/Kaine is
because millions of “faith and values” voters chose to sit it out in 2012.
Weeks before the 2012 election, I had a very intelligent young Christian woman
ask a question far too typical of evangelicals: “Can you really vote for a
Mormon?”
Of course, in addition to those evangelicals, there were
also millions of principled conservatives who didn’t cast their ballots in
2012, protesting that Romney was a centrist, moderate, Northeastern elitist.
So how did that work out?
Four more years of Barack Obama’s colossal failures in both
domestic and foreign policy.
Let’s review.
Obama’s domestic policies have been defined by his litany of lies and legacy of scandals, most notably
the failure of his so-called “economic recovery” plan; his long list of ObamaCare
lies; his IRS Enemies List targeting
conservatives; his “Fast and Furious” gun control
ploy; the VA death panels cover-up; the immigration crisis on our southern border, and the
long-overdue resignation of his corrupt attorney general, Eric Holder.
The Obama-Clinton foreign policy malfeasance is unparalleled in American
history, including the Benghazi cover-up ahead of
the 2012 election; the “Russian Spring” in Crimea; the
hollow “Red Line” in the Syrian sand;
the Middle East meltdown in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Gaza; the disintegration of Iraq; the dramatic resurgence of al-Qa'ida; the rise of the Islamic State; and the re-emergence of Iran as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, which is now metastasizing into
Western Europe and North America.
All that being the case, once again, millions of
conservatives are reluctant to vote because the choices are the assurance of
extending Obama’s disgraceful legacy for four more years under a Clinton regime or the prospect that Donald Trump will prove to be the “lesser of two evils”
come January 2017.
For value and principle conservatives wrestling with whether
to vote for Trump or not at all, political philosophers and moral theologians
have written for generations about the “incommensurability in values,” or, in
common parlance, choosing between the lesser of two evils.
Some of my conservative friends subscribe to the observation
of 19th century British theologian Charles Spurgeon, who wrote, “Of two evils,
choose neither.” But Spurgeon’s words, as related to evil actions, are taken
out of context in reference to civic duty. Of such duties, Spurgeon said, “I
would not, however, say …
despise the privilege which you have as citizens.”
The question of voting for Trump is no quandary for me.
While I understand well the nature of presidential character, and believe both Clinton and Trump
fall substantially short of that character, I also understand that the outcome
of the November election will not only determine our president for at least the
next four years, but also the composition of the Supreme Court for at
least the next quarter-century. Think about that before you decide to stay
home this year or to cast a “protest vote” for a third-party candidate.
On this point, I would state emphatically that those who
choose to sit this election out or “choose neither” are making
a choice. In fact, I would argue that handing this election to Hillary Clinton
is far more evil than choosing the lesser of the two. If you can’t vote for Trump,
then at least vote against Clinton. If you can’t vote for Trump,
then at least vote for the Supreme Court. And make no mistake:
A vote this year for a third-party candidate in any state where the Clinton v
Trump contest is close constitutes a vote for Clinton and a third
term for Obama. Period.
After the conservative congressional advances across the
nation in 2010 and 2014, despite the needless presidential loss in 2012,
throwing this year’s contest to Clinton would be disastrous.
Conservative political analyst Dennis Prager wrote a letter
“To My Conservative #NeverTrump Friends,” in which he makes
the case for supporting Trump:
“The ‘conscience’ argument that one
can sleep with a clear conscience by not voting for Trump [asserts] that your
conscience is clear after making it possible for Clinton to win. … In the 2016 presidential
race, I am not interested in moral purity. I am interested in defeating the
left and its party, the Democratic Party. The notion … that we can live with another four years of a
Democratic president is, forgive me, mind-boggling. To that end … multiple additional
leftists on the Supreme Court, a Republican presidential victory in 2020 would
mean nothing. …
Left-wing judges pass so many left-wing laws that they render those who control
Congress, and even the White House, almost irrelevant. I just don’t understand
how anyone who understands the threat the left and the Democrats pose on
America will refuse to vote for the only person who can stop them.”
(Notably, Prager argues that Trump’s convention speech was
not “dark enough.”)
Last week, Donald Trump delivered his GOP convention acceptance speech, outlining in the broadest
terms what his objectives would be if elected president.
This week, Hillary Clinton will conclude the DNC convention
with a similar speech, promising mostly the antithesis of the Trump platform.
And it is unlikely that any of her adoring media will highlight her extensive
record of incompetence and lawlessness.
In advance of Clinton’s diatribe, we compiled a list
of questions for consideration by those who are not yet
committed to vote for Trump. Our editors have expanded that list to include the
following questions:
Who will achieve more with Republicans in Congress?
Who will nominate judges for the federal bench and Supreme Court
who will uphold Rule of Law?
Who is more likely to formulate and enforce stronger foreign
policy in an effort to restore America’s standing in the world?
Who is more likely to seek to begin rebuilding America’s
military might?
Who is more likely to implement policies to protect America
and the West from catastrophic terrorist attacks?
Who is more likely to clearly identify the greatest
ideological threat to the West as “Islamic extremism”?
Who is more likely to treat our nation’s military personnel
and veterans with the dignity and respect they have earned?
Who is more likely to enforce immigration laws and protect
American borders?
Who is more likely to support the Second Amendment?
Who is more likely to reduce taxes?
Who is more likely to balance a budget?
Who is more likely to address our ruinous national debt?
Who is more likely to be a better communicator of free
market principles?
Who is more likely to reduce oppressive central government
regulations?
Who is more likely to repeal ObamaCare and implement market
solutions for health care?
Who is more likely to repeal the onerous Dodd-Frank
regulations?
Who has more experience creating and protecting American
jobs?
Who is more likely to promote Americanism rather than
globalism?
Who is more likely to flex American muscle when dealing with
foreign tyrants?
Who is more likely to aggressively pursue energy
exploration?
Who is more likely to re-write trade agreements that
undermine the U.S. economy?
Who is more likely to populate their administration with
free enterprise advocates?
Who is more likely to advocate for retention of Republican
majorities in the House and Senate?
Who is more likely to resist the influence of Wall Street?
Who is more likely to reject Obama’s unconstitutional
executive overreach?
Who is more likely to denounce Black Lives Matter and other
Democrat Party fronts seeking to disunite America?
I’m sure you can add to this list, and I’m equally sure that
Trump will fare better across the board than Clinton.
In her convention remarks, Michelle Obama declared, “This
election … is about
who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years
of their lives.” Indeed it is, and well into the next generation. Will our
children and their children fare better with leadership from Democrats on the
Left or Republicans on the Right?
So to my fellow conservatives who don’t plan to vote in
2016, I ask the following: What will our nation look like in 2020? How about
2030?
I ask this question not only as a citizen and fellow
Patriot, but also as one who, like many other Patriots, has family blood on the
line in this election. As the father of a young Marine who is bound by oath to
“Support and Defend” our Constitution, I am, like so many of
you, deeply concerned about who will be our next commander in chief.
The last seven years have been very demoralizing for those
of us who are in the trenches every day advocating for Liberty. But take heart.
While Liberty is eternal, the contest
to maintain its beacon of freedom is also eternal, and sitting this election
out or voting for a third-party candidate in a closely contested state only
makes that contest more difficult.
Finally, the Demos are very divided. Let’s finish them off. Hillary
Clinton is a deeply flawed status quo candidate in an election year for change.
My advice to anyone who hasn’t yet committed to vote for Trump
and the Supreme Court, or at least vote against Clinton:
Embrace the suck. Just do it, and convince everyone you know to do the same.
(Read our analysis of Hillary Clinton’s DNC convention diatribe, and her plans to take our nation
to a much darker place.
Pro Deo et Constitutione — Libertas aut Mors
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
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