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Ah. You start with a false premise. In no way "must" I do any such thing. (What do you do if two of your prospective employees are found to have aided and abetted in murder, but that there was a third available who was eminently qualified who had never done any such thing?)

It is not a false premise, EV. Your 'employer' has told you [by virtue of the primary elections] that your choice is limited to two.

As you know, I have deep respect for you, no matter our differences on this issue. But, if you honestly believe that Alan Keyes, or anyone other than McCain and Obama, has a chance to win this election, you are indeed deluding yourself.

If you recognize that sad fact, then, returning to my hypothetical question, your selection of a third prospective employee will get you fired. And then someone else will come in, and possibly hire the child pornographer. Is that what you want to occur as a result of standing on your principles?

I repeat:

If you are interviewing a prospective employee, you are told that you must hire one of two applicants, and one is discovered to have been recently arrested for shoplifting, and the other is discovered to be engaging in child pornography, do you sit at your desk and cogitate over which one to hire? Do you slap yourself on the wrist if your first instinct is to react in revulsion to the pornographer, and to simply react with a desire to ‘reform’ the shoplifter?

I know. I know. You would resign from your job if forced to choose between the two. My point is, even though the Lord decries all evil, there are indeed degrees of evil that we must consider in making choices as regards our republic’s future.

~ joanie