In this presidential election cycle, has part of America become morally bankrupt?
I think I can make the case that it sure seems like that is happening.
Both political parties appear to be guilty. I believe, however, looking at the big picture, one is far worse than the other and maybe some other writer can present the other side. If somebody does, I challenge whomever to show where the level of immorality is the same.
Surely by now, readers are aware Wikileaks hacked emails prove the Democrat National Committee (DNC) was corrupt in selecting Hillary as its nominee. From the very start of campaigning, Bernie Sanders had absolutely no way of being the Democrat’s choice. The process was corrupted from the get go by the party’s most important central governing body.
Corruption equals immorality, and it is massive in our present Obama administration and will even be worse should Hillary become president.
Isn’t it interesting that Republicans are held to a whole different standard than Democrats? The whole world came unglued recently about Trump’s crude and sexist remarks 11 years ago. Yet, Hillary and Obama can say and do anything. And then there is husband Bill Clinton, the most popular Dem ever, even as a sexual predator who lied under oath as our sitting president.
There is a huge contrast, obviously, between the two parties in many ways. Many Republicans are jumping ship over Trump’s so-called non-presidential behavior. Do you see any Dems jumping ship over multiple Obama and Hillary scandals? Both have lied and betrayed Americans, but it makes no difference to their voters.
A synonym for moral is the word “trustworthy.” Every two out of three voters (including Democrats) consider her to be “untrustworthy” yet many will vote for her. The word “unconscionable” comes to mind and what does that say about this country’s moral principles?
According to Hillary and company, Republicans are racist, homophobes, Islamophobes, sexists, even bigots. It’s in their playbook to call Republicans names. Demonizing by painting with a broad brush is non-Christian but whom on the left cares?
Hillary also said recently that half of Trump’s supporters were deplorable and irredeemable. A person that I grew up with, now lives north of Hays, says I am all of those things just listed.
Studies show that Reps are more likely to attend church regularly and more likely to donate to charity. Perhaps most important of all a majority are pro life. Taking the life of defenseless unborn babies through abortion doesn’t seem to be a problem for most Dems, yet they have the gall to call us names.
Vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine claims to be a devout Catholic but accepts abortion like any other liberal Democrat. A bishop called him out recently stating you can not be a good Catholic and support abortion. Our present VP Joe Biden is no different than Kaine.
Isn’t it the Republicans on the right that are called the moral majority or the Christian religious right, even Bible thumping people? Is there something wrong with that? Not to me. Dems on the left are known as secularists and are opposed to religion being any part of politics or government.
Hollywood, where anything is acceptable, supports Hillary big time. What these days we call entertainment on the screen makes Trump’s remarks look like just another walk in the park, so to speak.
Never mentioned by media, but the many communist (atheistic) U.S. organizations are all Hillary supporters. God help us, even teachers’ unions have become liberal and progressive and all that goes with that like free condoms for young children.
Where on God’s green earth is it better to be dependent on government handouts (welfare) than to take personal responsibility by working? It’s immoral for government to deliberately keep people poor and dependent on welfare in order to get votes. Obviously, Dems aren’t really for the poor or the war on poverty would not be a failure.
At this point in my writing, I have a huge question. Is it moral to distort, even lie, about a presidential candidate just because he is on the Republican ticket? And, there are also sins of omission ignoring scandals and corruption by one candidate while making mountains out of mole hills in the case of the other candidate. Enter – corrupt media!
Mainstream liberal media in this country has lost all integrity. A corrupt media is backing a corrupt candidate and not even trying to hide their bias.
There’s evidence of collusion between TV networks involved in the debates and Hillary. Mainstream media, whether TV, newspapers, Facebook, Google, Univision, etc. intends to choose our president, not we the people. For god’s sake, how is a Republican supposed to win an election with most media, Hollywood, even higher education all acting as an arm of the Democrat Party?
Liberal media is flat out determined to take out any Republican president no matter who it is, even if it was Mother Teresa. Trump (like Mitt Romney) is being demonized like you wouldn’t believe.
In as much as it appears we have gone off the deep end morally in choosing our next president, I predict voter fraud like never before in American history. There will be dead people voting, people voting multiple times and in different states, even non citizens voting. There will probably be technical glitches in counting ballots like never before.
Nothing will be left to chance. Every effort will be made to put Hillary back in the White House, not as the First Lady, but as the most powerful person in the world.
There will be hell to pay if we don’t get it right. Some will think I make that statement figuratively speaking, others may take it literally. At any rate, if we don’t get it right, America could be changed forever in ways that our children and grandchildren will be the ones to suffer the most.
There could be an America beyond recognition as we have known this country to be in the past. It may be now or never culturally – and otherwise.
Maybe, for those of us on the religious right, what’s needed, considering the odds with massive corruption, is divine intervention.
Les Knoll lives in Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.