A couple of articles I've read recently, as well as a number of "conservative" friends vowing to go third party on the grounds that Trump is an immoral candidate unworthy of support, or on the grounds that "voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil" have pushed me more toward full support of Trump's candidacy than ever. I can't, of course, endorse the man. Final judgment doesn't belong to me, but I also can't turn off what I observe. If what he claims about himself is true, his moral compass is nowhere near aligned with mine, and his dubious sense of right makes me fear what he would do when it got coupled with the unmitigated might of the executive branch. I can't, of course, endorse the political ideals. His positions on all the conservative ideals I hold dear and essential to the maintenance of liberty in this great land and upon the whole earth are nowhere near solid enough in substance, grounded enough in pri
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