I find it remarkable that one man, a man with no apparent skill at statecraft with a history of failure at many endeavors, a man of meager talents, a man of convicted abuse of women, Potemkin-like Chistian character, foul of mouth and an instigator of violence can single-handedly defile a political party whose centuries of noble deeds are being left in ruin. Is this a man you might ask to sit down at your table to share a meal with you, your spouse and your children? I think not, I hope not. Then why would you want him to lead your country? Stretch your mind. Consider where we might end up. Perhaps as a country where the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer? A pariah on the world stage? A desolate landscape where violence rules the day?
“The siren’s song is very appealing and alluring on the surface but ultimately deceptive, dangerous, or destructive.” Well folks, the chips are down, the Rubicon is crossed, the die is cast. Use any cliché you like. The result is the same. It is up to you and me to declare that we won’t stand to have our country dragged through the mud of iniquity, to be made a laughingstock around the world. Those of us who do not have AR15’s never-the- less have the most potent weapon the world has ever known: the vote. The greatest sin in a democracy is silence; for silence is assent. I urge one and all to raise your voices. Get to a voting booth, request an absentee ballot, but for goodness’s sake, vote.
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As a nation we have faced many difficult times. We suffered through the Great Depression, sent our young men and women around the world to secure liberty for others and ourselves. We must not fail now. The hour is upon us. Either we will sink into the abyss, or we rise again to greater heights.
Joseph Spina
Amherst