JackTrade's Blog

      I don't know about the rest of you bloggers, but I have never in the whole time I have been following politics and voting, seen a more inadequate bunch of of candidates running for President.  It is scary how bad they are. 

     The Democrats, Clinton and Obama, are Liberal Socialists who will follow their agenda no matter how opposed it is to the Constitution.  I expected their candidates to be exactly that, and am not the least bit surprised by them.

     The Republicans are almost as bad.  I am not only disappointed in the actions of the party (see my post "Democrats in Disguise"), but I have never seen a sorrier crop of men running as Republicans.

      Mike Huckabee claims to be a Christian, and was a preacher.  Maybe he is.  I hope so.  I have no wish to disparage his testimony.  My problem with him as a Presidential candidate is that when he was Governor of Arkansas he was a tax and spend Liberal no different than Bill Clinton.  Also, I think he is a wishy-washy character.  He asked former candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, "Don't the Mormons believe that Satan is the brother of Jesus?"  This was a perfectly legeitimate question about his faith.  Then after a furor erupted over the question, he apologised for asking it.  So he is not only a Liberal, but a weak character, also not White House material.

     That leaves us with John McCain, the most likely candidate to get the Republican nomination.  To be honest,  I wish I could vote for him, but in all good conscience I cannot.  Any man who lends his name to an unconstituitional law like the McCain-Feingold voting reform, which takes from me my freedom of speech to say what I think on the issues at any time,but especially right before an election, does not deserve to even be a candidate for the  office, let alone become President.  After all, the President, upon taking the oath of the office, swears to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America."  How can I believe he will do that when has already put up a law which compromises my First Amendment right to free speech?  A true Conservative would not have dared to put a bill like that through a City Commission, let alone Congress!!!  You can't trust him.

     I despise being put in a position where I am forced to choose between the lesser of two evils.  I have been told many times that by not voting for thr Republican candidate I will be biting off my nose to spite my face.  In other words, if I don't vote for whoever the Republican candidate happens to be, I will be responsible for getting the Democrat elected.  Baloney!  The people responsible for electing the Democrat will be those who vote for the Democrat. 

     Here is something for my fellow American Christians to think about:  Some day, we will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to give account for our lives.  We handed the Republican Party electoral victories in 2000 and 2004.  Since then, Christians  have pretty much been treated with disdain by the Party.  Why should we help them get their candidates elected based on their past performance?  The lesser of two evils is still an evil choice.  When I stand before God, I want  to stand having chosen the good and right, and not having been blackmailed by the world.  If Mrs. Clinton or Mr. Obama is elected, it will be the responsibility of those who voted for the one or the other.  I would rather stand before God after choosing the good, than than trying to prevent evil  by voting for evil.  Two wrongs do not make a right.  Fellow Christians, I will accept the temporary consequences of my choice to vote "outside the box" for a good candidate. Will you be willing to stand before God and accept the cosequences before God of voting for status quo forever?  Maybe in doing so, you will be biting off your nose to spite your face!