I’ll repeat here what I said in my e-mail (which went mostly to people who don’t read my publicly-posted stuff): Invest 20 minutes or so in reading this article, even if you’ve already voted or are completely committed to voting for Trump.
You will gain a clear-eyed perspective on the two candidates that can’t help but be helpful no matter the result on Nov. 8. Willful blindness and wishful thinking are the two evils that have landed us in this mess, with both candidates. Believe me when I tell you that there are tons of Democrats out there saying, “Why on earth did we nominate her?” But this is the choice we have, and there’s nothing to be gained by refusing to face reality.
It may be that God will unleash His judgment on this nation by allowing Donald Trump to be elected. It may be that the only way America can be brought to her knees is by the realization of the utter folly she has committed in choosing this man as leader. And I fear a narrow Clinton win almost as much as I fear a Trump win. The forces of evil that are supporting Trump as not going to go away quietly, especially if we have a contested election.
Out of the many, many great takeaway lines in this article, here’s one of the best:
That Donald Trump has approached so near the White House is a bitter reproach to everybody who had the power to stop him. I include myself in this reproach. Early on, I welcomed Trump’s up-ending of some outdated Republican Party dogmas—taking it for granted that of course such a ridiculous and obnoxious fraud could never win a major party’s nomination. But Trump did win. Now, he stands within a percentage point or two or at most four of the presidency of the United States.
Having failed to act promptly at the outset, it’s all the more important to act decisively before it’s too late.