Third Party Options

Vanity | April 14, 2012 | Engraved-on-His-hands

[koinonia]

Thanks for the post. At this point, everyone and their neighbor should vote for Newt in the primaries and pray for divine intervention. So vote and pray...

However, once it is officially (it ain’t yet!) Romney vs. Obama, here is my position:

IMHO we need a third option. Romney will not win anyway. But more importantly, it is a matter of principle. I stand before God, my family and my country when I vote, and if the 2 party candidates are but a moving the country closer to the precipice (one in 5th gear, the other in 3rd gear), then there is an obligation not to go with the flow. A third party vote is not a wasted vote - voting for Obama or Romney is.

I think of Judas Machabees (in the Septuagint 2 Machabees 3:58-59) when it became clear that defeat was imminent. He said, “Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be ready against the morning, that you may fight with these nations that are assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary. For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies.”

It is better to battle for God, family and our country then cave in. Is anyone out there able to get this message clear to the Tea Party? We cannot endorse compromise without compromising. I refuse to ignore my consience, “hold my nose” and vote for Romney/compromise. If other people vote for Obama or Romney, that’s their business. I have a vote and will cast it accordingly.

Blessings to you!