A Morally Confused Election

Lord, I can’t help but believe

Both candidates are part of Your judgment

On the wicked morally bankrupt nation that we’ve become

What a sorry state we are in

The top two candidates

Reflect the state of our moral confusion

It’s more than just ideological differences

It’s bigger than choosing between left and right

Democrat or Republican

We are a nation divided

Even within our political parties

We have splintered and are spinning out of control

Can I just say

Trump was my number 17 choice

Out of a field of 17 candidates

After his nomination

I was depressed

In a quandary as what to do

Over time

I accepted my choices are limited

Trump, Clinton, Johnson, Write-in or Not Vote

I asked the question

Does Never Hillary

Trump Never Trump

The best thing about Trump

He’s not Hillary

The worst thing about Trump, he’s himself

The campaigning and debates revealed

Not just a flawed candidate

But a man who was morally bankrupt

Remember the awful, wretched things he said

About the candidates, their wives and families

Let’s not forget the reporters and anyone else within range

The man has no filter on his mouth

He speaks before he thinks

Some find it refreshing, I find it appalling

He brought the discourse of debate

To a new all-time low

Vile name calling instead of focusing on issues

Boastful pride and arrogance

Bragging of his sexual conquests and body parts

He doesn’t classify adultery as sin, but God does

Hillary feigns outrage at Trump’s antics

But let’s not forget Clinton’s corruption 

Both personal and professional

Over the years, Hillary’s complicit in covering up

Not just Bill’s sexual immorality

But shutting down the women he’s sexually assaulted

Remember Benghazi…what difference does it make

Was it incompetence or negligence

That left four Americans dead; and why the lies

Personal email servers for convenience of course

Classified…what’s that?  Never received them

National security at risk, all for what

State Department and influence for sale to the highest bidder

Clinton Foundation coffers grow by leaps and bounds

Got to cover our tracks...delete, delete, delete

Corruption long-lived and far reaching

The Justice Department and FBI

Once agencies of integrity, now aid and abet

Corruption abounds

Moral bankruptcy knows no bounds

Lord, what’s a Christian to do?

Not vote?  Men fought and died for that right

Vote for the lesser of evils

Throw away my vote with a write-in who won’t win

With all the noise and rhetoric

I don’t know how to vote

Lord, what would you have me to do?

by Susan Wachtel

October 8, 2016