Don't Play the Trump Card

I woke up this morning with this disturbing thought. What if Donald Trump were really elected president?

What is it people like about the Donald? I don't think it's his anti-immigrant rhetoric.

I think conservative Americans have a deep anxiety about our lack of leadership and feel that the executive branch is no longer protecting them. I'm not even sure we have connected all the dots.

• Our children are under assault from the corrupting influence of entertainment and technology
• Our homes are under assault from criminal gangs that operate with impunity in sanctuary cities across the nation
• Our police are under assault from a justice department that undermines their authority
• Our jobs are under assault from cheap foreign labor and automation technology, made worse by an anti-employer government bureaucracy
• Our religious liberty is under assault from anti-family organizations that have been empowered by the president and his party
• Our state governments are under assault from a Supreme Court that has assumed powers not granted by the constitution
• Our standard of living is under assault from a government addicted to deficit spending and unsustainable debt
• Our national defense is under assault from a commander-in-chief that believes our military power must be reduced, restricted and in some cases eliminated
• Our civilization is under assault from medieval savages intent on the destruction of western culture and lifestyles, both from outside and inside our borders

Against all these fears comes one who promises to solve these problems by virtue of being "the Donald". Many people embrace this man because they feel he is the only one smart enough and strong enough to overcome the entrenched powers of both parties. In a small way the Donald appeals to the same desperation that brought the Nazis to power in the failing Weimar Republic.

I am uncomfortable with someone who travels the world with his name emblazoned on his helicopter, who shoots from the lip like a nineteenth-century cowboy, and who celebrates materialism and self-indulgence with unfettered bravado. Are these not the traits of the Babylonian harlot in the Bible?

Surely among the ranks of conservatives we can find a candidate who would serve with unselfish dignity, who has proven leadership skills and the brains and personality to sell herself or himself to the general electorate. I think a few candidates fit this bill, and I will support any one of them over the Arkansas mafia couple or their socialist peers. It's time for these candidates to rise up and show how they will defend us from the assaults listed above, and it's time for us to pray that God will have mercy on us and give us the leadership we need, not the government we deserve.