No Matter Who Wins

(Origianlly posted 11/3/2009)

I have to get this out there. I'm tired of all the Eddie Vedders, Robert Redfords, Rush Limbaughs, Bill O'Reillys, Bill Mahers, Jane Fondas, Barbara Streisands and all the others out there who are ripping this country apart. And I'm especially sick of the ones who threaten to leave the country if a certain candidate wins.

You're going to leave the country that made you filthy rich because a certain politician may be put in place? Really? Well, so far, none of them have fulfilled their promises from four years ago to leave. Guess they saw the light...or at least they saw another check arrive at their American address. I'm sorry. But it's ridiculous. I wonder:

What hope does our country have of getting back on track after the election if we continue to completely derail one another before the election?

We have different political parties in this country for a reason. And that reason is not to rip apart or degrade some other group of people because they don't have the same opinion as we do. It's not to point fingers and blame the other. It's not to threaten to move if we don't get our way. (How much does that sound like the behavior of a two year old?) And it's not to instill fear about what might happen if....

What it comes down to is this. We're choosing between two men who have different experiences, different qualifications, different backgrounds and different opinions on how to best run the country. And the one who identifies with the most people wins. Period.

But here's the rub. What if your candidate doesn't win? Where are you going to put your trust then? Are you going to throw up your hands and scream that the world is coming to an end (which, if you're a Christian, will be a good thing anyway).

Or are you going to continue to put your faith in the fact that God's truth will not ever change, no matter who wins tomorrow.