Disgust with Politicians - Vote against ALL Incumbents

There is no question that anyone we elect to any office will bring the baggage of their upbringing and the signal events of their lives with them, both for better or for worse, and so I don’t know that it’s completely fair to spend much time considering it. But it is probably unwise not to think about it a little, when trying to get a picture of the whole man, and a sense of whether or not he’ll be able to show some leadership in dire times.

Leadership, of course, is partly about “showing up.” It’s about not running away when things get hard, as Mrs. Pelosi wanted to last week. It is also about being able to make difficult, belt-tightening, unpopular decisions and stick by them. Whoever is next elected to the White House is going to have to be able to do that. He’s going to have to be a bit of a stern father, willing to be unpopular, for the good of the teenagers who just want everything to be chill.

We are living through a huge era of inauthenticity and illusion - the illusionists are on all sides, and they’re masters of misdirection; they get you looking one way, while they manipulate things in the other direction.

I’m a praying person and so I am going to pray for wisdom for our leadership and also within the electorate, that we might be guided toward the most authentic and clear-thinking of the candidates, the one most dedicated to serving the people of this nation, and not the elitists. We need authenticity. We need clear-thinking.

If you’re not a praying person, I have no suggestions for you, except kiss it up to the wind and trust your reason, I guess. But also, maybe - just maybe - do a gutcheck and trust your instincts. Your guts are there for a reason, and it ain’t just to digest guacamole and pablum.

From The Anchoress