Not so sure about Republicans scratching their heads over a Clinton win.What I have read and heard is a lot of Republicans ,especially thevWashington elites,would rather hand the presidency to HC,reorganize the party and come back stronger in four years.To that I say good luck
By that time there will be so many disaffected Republicans myself included that the party will be done.Although there may arise separate from the Establishment a Conservative movement will be truly conservative in nature.
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This past Saturday my family, along with others, prayed in front of the Capitol building to end abortion. We prayed a rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet. There was a lowly, local county official present. In the past there have been other elected officials. He thanked us and told us how important and encouraging our witness was to the officials inside. He commented that we wouldn’t begin to believe the overwhelming fights each day, and that there is true evil threatening to engulf.
Last night, I heard someone who had been politically involved say that ultimately, elected officials don’t have as much power as we think they have. Real power lies with what’s called “the deep state.” (Sounds very C.S. Lewis-esque.) Essentially, I gathered that this is just a term for people who hold the purse-strings. Now, the deep state concept sounds cynical, but it rings with some truth to my ear. However, I’m not willing to go so far and say that elected officials have
no power.
Now some may argue that this lack of power is a reason to abstain from voting. I don’t. In all the above, I see a good reason to not throw the baby out with the bath water, and that we shouldn’t punish the truly good officials because we’re upset with others. Maybe disintegrating the party is what’s needed; but to me, that seems a poor recompense for people who actually have fought the good fight. It’s like troops mutinying against a good captain who was powerless to effect as much leadership as he could have.
The trick is to determine which conservatives would vote for Hillary out of self-interest, and those who vote for Hillary because they actually believe Trump will undo all the good these lowly, local officials can do. I can’t answer to either of those points, because I don’t know. On the flip, it must also be determined whether Trump is ultimately in cahoots with forces which will undermine all the work these lowly, local officials do. There is much I simply don’t know. I trust neither candidate. I especially can’t like a man who practically taunts his own base that they must vote for him because of the Supreme Court. What kind of general does that? That isn’t how one raises morale. It admits weakness. But what I do
hope is that some of the good elected officials might be “salt and light” within Trump’s cabinet.
I woke up in the dead of night the other day, and for the first time in my life considered a write-in. What the heck is going on? We’ll see what election day brings.
