The presumptive Republican candidate for President was in our neighborhood
yesterday and he asked us to vote for him. The bible does say, "Ask and
you shall receive" and its nice to be asked. But, I'm sort of wondering
why what worked last time around should work this time.
In the last election, this candidate promised, among other things, to keep
us out of other nation's business. That was obviously a false promise and
he's not making it this time around. But now that he's got a record of
achievements, however dubious, giving him our vote just because he asks for
it reminds me of the panhandlers we see more and more of.
The other thing to remember when we consider whom to give our vote is all
of the people who don't have one--not just the children who are still too
young and count on us to consider their best interest, but all of the
people around the world who have no say in choosing the leader of the
country that determines whether they live or leave their children behind as
orphans.
It's really quite an awesome responsibility, making a choice that could
promote or destroy whole civilizations. At the very least, we should
choose a careful person, someone whose reverence for life is equal to his
reverence for the truth. And, of course, somebody who's earned our trust.