Well, it is finally Election
Day. I purposefully put off writing this
until now; I just returned from the polling place in the quaint Village of
Clyde and I assume all of you who are inclined to vote, have already voted.
I didn’t want to
impose my political beliefs on you, but there is a huge dilemma that I have
been pondering. This has been like no
other presidential campaign in modern history, in fact, as Greg Gutfeld said
the other day, “This has been more painful than a prostate exam with unclipped
finger nails.”
So here is my
thought: This election has been fraught
with derisive personalities, rude accusations, and belittling comments hurled toward
the electorate (you and me). But the
bottom line is that it is the ideology behind these two disliked candidates
that will govern this nation. In the
next few hours, either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be named President
Elect (although the election will not be over until January 6 when Congress
counts the Electoral College votes). In
any event, one ideology is going to win out over the other. But at
what cost?
I invite each of you
to set aside the aversion you feel for the other side and carefully consider
the faults and criticisms of your own candidate. What cost are you willing to expend to see
your ideology win? This is something we
all have to answer over the next few years (or generations if you consider the
Supreme Court).
So if you believe
that half of the U.S. population is an irredeemable basket of ignorant deplorables,
led by an unpolished, bigoted, sexual predator, hot-head bent on war, or that the Utopian promise of progressive liberalism will be as successful and effective
here as it has been in Venezuela and that Secretary Clinton is above the law despite
being steeped in decades of dishonesty and corruption, be prepared to pay the
cost if your side wins.
