CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
IN MY NEARLY 40 YEARS AS A SYNDICATED COLUMNIST AND A REPORTER BEFORE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SOME CRITICISM AND PRAISE. BUT THE CRITICISM HAS GOTTEN NASTY LATELY WITH PEOPLE CALLING ME NAMES. ONE SUGGESTS I’M A RHINO – A REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY. ANOTHER SAID I’M A “PHONY CHRISTIAN.” HIS WORDS. STILL ANOTHER SAID I AM OLD AND SHOULD QUIT. THAT’S THE SHARPEST CUT OF ALL! ONE MAN WROTE AND SAID HE IS DEMANDING I BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR. CLEARLY NOT A DEFENDER OF FREE SPEECH.
WHAT PROMPTED THIS? IT WAS A RADIO COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. I VOTED FOR TRUMP TWICE, BELIEVING HIS POLICIES WERE FAR BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. I STILL BELIEVE THAT AND IF HE WERE TO SECURE THE GOP NOMINATION IN 2024, I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN.
WHAT TROUBLES ME IS THE ATTITUDE OF MANY CHRISTIANS WHO SEEM TO PRACTICALLY WORSHIP TRUMP. ONE MAN SAID TRUMP WAS GOD’S CHOICE, PROMPTING ME TO ASK: WAS GOD ON VACATION WHEN CLINTON, OBAMA AND OTHER DEMOCRATS WERE ELECTED?
DAVID WARNED NOT TO PUT ONE’S TRUST IN PRINCES AND KINGS, OR IN MORTAL FLESH THAT CANNOT SAVE.”
NAME-CALLING PERSUADES NO ONE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
