Many republicans did not vote. Voting at my (conservative) district was almost empty. Others have told me similar. Republican voters are being turned off by the Republican establishment, who only colludes with the Democrats.
I think the ocean of ice water is on the way.
Covfefe
That said, the most read previous thought hits coming from VA, NJ and NY was this:
If you are a Christian, it is time for you to know the candidates you are planning on voting for, for the Lord will not hold you harmless for placing a rotten king over His people. For years now the democrat and the republicans have been counting on Christians to vote for the less of the two evils. They did this knowing full well that it is against the command of God, but by the use of little emotion, they could deceive you away from God’s path time and time again. Resolve not to allow that to happen to you this year. This year resolve to do what is right in the site of the Lord, to trust in Him and not in the republican party or the democrat.
Read and ponder with me as we go through what happened to the lesser of the two when Saul disobeyed God.
1-3 Samuel also said unto Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over His people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.”
7-9 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
11 It repenteth Me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following Me, and hath not performed My commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
16-23 Then Samuel said unto Saul, “Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night.” And he said unto him, “Say on.” And Samuel said, “When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, ‘Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.’ Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?” And Saul said unto Samuel, “Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.” And Samuel said,” Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?” “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.” (1 Samuel 15:1-3,7-9,11, & 16-23 ACP/KJV)
In the race for President this year we have an Agag and a Saul, Agag represents the democrat he goes by the name of Obama, Saul is represented by the republican party he is called McCain. But there is a third choice for President he is a Southern Baptist preacher, he is a Christian and a Patriot, he represents the Constitution party and goes by the name of Chuck Baldwin.
In Maine there are some clear choices and as a Christian before you go and cast your vote you had best know these choices and candidates.
For US Senate, in Maine, I can see no way that a Christian can do anything but blank the race, to vote for either Collins or Allen is to vote for one who has a 100% pro-abortion voting record, a 100% pro-homosexual agenda voting record and a 100% anti-Christian voting record.
For the First Congressional District, southern Maine, there is no candidate a Christian can support, for a vote for either Charlie Summers the Republican or Sherry Pingree the Democrat is a vote for infanticide, homosexuality, and legislation making it a 23 year jail term for any Preacher who preaches the word of God when it comes to homosexuality.
In the Second Congressional District, northern Maine, there is the incumbent, Mike Michaud, in the past I have endorsed Mike for his strong pro-life voting record, but time has a way of changing politicians, this last two years Mike has changed he now has a 100% pro-infanticide voting record. And this year there is a man scorned by the republican party of Maine, running as a Republican he is John Frary. There is nothing that I can find that would hinder a Christian from supporting and voting for Professor John Frary. If I lived in the Second Congressional district, I would vote for John Frary.
Then there is the never to go away casino bill before the voters again, these servants of satan never seem to go away, every year we send them back to Las Vegas hat in hand and every two years they come back with more lies and false promises looking to corrupt the state and our children. No Christian should ever vote for or support gambling, I don’t care about the so called jobs, it is a lie, they are lairs, they, the leaders of the pro gambling agenda are the children of satan and you had best not vote for casino bill.
I want to leave you with these: Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: Joshua 24:15a And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
You cannot vote for the “lesser of the two evils” and call yourself a Christian! You cannot vote for Obama, Collins, Allen, Summers, Pingree, Michaud, and/or the casino and call yourself a Christian.
http://www.christianpatriot.com/10_31_2008_print.htm
The Dems copied their 2013 strategy of running HoD Rep (against mostly GoPe) candidates. This time they had more of them, in some cases better candidates, a lot more money, and better issues. The winner was health care. The Republicans stopped expansion. Look at at the turnout in the challenged HoD races and how that juiced the Commonwealth wide races.
This election was not about President Trump. It was a very good Dem HoD strategy with excess monies, health care, rejection of GoPe, and demographic shifts - and a few more. Anyone who says it was a referendum on our President is knee-jerking and has not studied the event.
I have a question. How many representatives from outside of Virginia, who live in northern Virginia, vote in Virginia elections? Are any that stupid?