Not Expecting Much

SOME EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN, one of their leaders, when asked why he, who professes Christian values, voted for Trump, replied: we don't expect the president to have the moral virtue and christian values of a minister. We do not want a theocracy......yes, the slimy little weasel said that. So, he indirectly acknowledges that Trump is something of a reprobate, but chooses not to care, presumably because the alternative to Trump was, horror of horrors, Hillary Clinton, who, heaven forbid, would have forced the wealthy to render unto Caesar, and would have given unto the poor, and would have agreed with a woman's right to control her own reproduction. Eighty percent or more of evangelicals voted for Trump. They don't want a theocracy? Like hell they don't. Other than prayer in school, ten commandments on government, property, and a few other minor details, evangelicals want to separate church and state. Doubtless he thought he was being clever. What a great way to justify voting for Trump, salvaging his Christian credentials, and avoiding seeming hypocritical! It turns out that politics means as much, if not more, to American evangelicals as does religion. When confronted with the horrible choice of voting for the hated Hillary Clinton, a Methodist, or Trump, a male conservative who behaves like the essential anti-Christian, Trump trumps Jesus. So, the evangelical does not expect the president to be a good Christian. Does he expect him to be a decent human being? Evidently not. As Ken Burns asked: what exactly is it about Donald Trump that reminds Christians of Jesus Christ? The wealth? The women? The lies? The narcissism? The good folks at Liberty University, including Jerry Falwell Jr., by supporting Trump, are showing their true colors. The only thing they need to do now is to turn Jesus into a gun rights advocate, a profit seeking capitalist, and a womanizer. Good luck with that. Somehow, they'll find a way.