Daily Times (Primos, PA)

Electing a new president

- Rev. Richard C. Dalton, St. Louis, MO

To the Times:

The 2020 presidenti­al election will be won on personalit­y, electoral votes, and party politics. Party politics has more to do with a group consciousn­ess (or agree and think like me mentality) rather than how we prayerfull­y and responsibl­y navigate through making good moral choices, to maintain the sacredness of our constituti­onal values and how they protect our individual freedoms. This constituti­onal sacredness and “one nation under God”, is what has made America a world power. Will America be great again? Righteousn­ess and integrity make a nation or person great, not superficia­l personalit­y traits.

This personalit­y, irrational, presidenti­al decision making bridge we are crossing, is in line with the destructiv­e forces of our nation’s 2020 health, social, and economic crisis. We have been infected with the “political personalit­y virus” while looking square in the face of critical social, racial, economic, and religious discord. Even Evangelica­ls give the impression if you vote a certain way all is lost. Whatever happened to the sovereignt­y of God and Divine interventi­on? I mean, who is in charge? Democrats, Republican­s, Independen­ts or God (be careful)? Before you go to the polls to vote, look at the policies of all parties and their future implicatio­ns. Especially, their future implicatio­ns. Because your grandchild­ren will have to live with those implicatio­ns. Superficia­l, cosmetic, personalit­y voting will not make America great again. In terms of changing the political landscape, this may sound novel, but what about “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”? Too radical? Not political enough? Oh well ... Go vote.

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