Voted My Conscience, And It's Clear.

When the wife came home from work, we went to the local county courthouse to do some early in-person voting.  The wait was about half an hour, and aside from a glitch requiring the card for the voting machine needing re-activating, our civic duty was performed. 

It was great to be able to cast a vote to remove the lying Dick Durbin from the Senate.  There's a guy whose existence provokes in me the desire to vote twice.  His response to correspondence encouraging his support for Amy Coney Barrett was the typical Dem brushoff followed by his totally lame rationalizations for denying that support.  It was difficult to read as he began by praising Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who showed no real respect for the Constitution by which she was obligated to rule on legislation brought before her.  Then, irony of ironies, he lambasted Barrett for responding to questions Dems put before her in the same way Ginsburg did...indeed, a precedent for such questions set by Ginsburg.  What a moron.  Like all Dems, this guy opposed Barrett <i>because</i> she respects the Constitution, and there's no way it's easy for the left to get what they want without activist judges on the bench.  Cretins like Durbin know there'd be no Roe v Wade, no Obergefell, no ACA without a Supreme Court that fails to abide the Constitution.  They know that given the right circumstances, the current make-up of the Supreme Court can overturn any one of those as a result...and they'd be right to do so, regardless of whether or not any of us favor or oppose them. 

In my 8th Congressional district race, no Republicans ran, and I was forced to choose the libertarian, Preston Nelson, over the incumbent jackwagon Dem, Raja Krishnamoorthi.  He's responded with the same lack of intelligence Durbin has shown.  For that matter, Tammy Duckworth is also brain-dead. 

For Cook County State's Attorney, I went with Pat O'Brien over the wacky Kim Foxx, who dropped felony charges against Jussie Smollett (can't stop thinking of Dave Chappelle).  She also dropped more felony charges than her predecessor, and despite saying she did so to focus on serious crimes, many of those she dropped were for homicides, sex crimes and other serious stuff.  This was more of a straight "get rid of her" vote.

I also totally voted "NO!!!" on the so-called "Fair Tax" that our failed governor JB Pritzker sought with the perennial lie "make the wealthy pay their fair share".  If that's all one knew about such a proposal, the best bet is to vote "no".  But this change to the state constitution would open give politicians carte blanche to raise taxes in any way they could on anyone they chose.  It's a divide and conquer strategy that makes a flat tax that much more beneficial for all, given any tax hike would have to be levied against everyone, regardless of income level.  That means the entire state would bitch, as opposed to a far smaller segment of the population...in this case, those of the higher income levels. 

And of course, I voted for Donald Trump for a second term.  This is essential to block the efforts of the radical left headed by Joe Biden and directed by the more extreme socialists/marxists who will be pulling his strings.  The track record of Trump is very good and no honest person would pretend otherwise.  The whining about his character is irrelevant and those flaws that raise the hackles of the sanctimonious don't mean squat compared to the failed policies his opponent will try to impose upon us and the harm they will cause. 

There is one argument that the dire warnings of a Biden win won't be any worse than the harm wrought by Obama or any other Democrat.  That's truly a nonsensical rationalization, as it clearly...blatantly...conflicts with the opposition to the "lesser of two evils" argument which drove my vote for Trump last time around.  It necessarily suggests that the lesser evil of Biden's limited success at moving his agenda is acceptable if we tell ourselves the worst case scenario is unlikely.  But it's not acceptable at all.  It still brings harm.

There's simply no legitimate argument for not voting for Trump any Christian can make that doesn't at the same time result in a far more problematic outcome for the American people, and as such a far less God-honoring result.  My conscience requires I do more than pretend I honor God by leaving Him to clean up a mess my vote seeks to prevent.  God will do what God will do regardless of my vote, but I'm still compelled by my faith to do that which honors Him.  THAT is accomplished by my vote for Trump.