CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 9, 2024
POLITICS HAS BECOME AMERICA’S RELIGION AND THE CANDIDATES SEEM TO BE CAMPAIGNING TO BECOME AMERICA’S GOD. THAT’S WHAT JOHN WHITEHEAD OF THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE WRITES IN A NEW ESSAY. JOHN SAYS THE MOVEMENT GETS HELP FROM THE DEEP STATE WHICH UNDERSCORES THIS IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR SAVIOR AND WITHOUT IT YOU CAN DO NOTHING, TO PARAPHRASE WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF.
JOHN HAS A GOOD POINT. LOOK AT THOSE RALLIES – DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN. THE ENTHUSIASM FOR HARRIS AND TRUMP BORDERS – NO CROSSES THE BORDER –ON NEAR WORSHIP. AND THE CANDIDATES FEED THAT HUNGER.
YOU NEVER HEAR THEM SAY WHAT AMERICANS CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES. NOTHING ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYTHING ABOUT RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT…AND THEM. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A POLITICIAN TALK ABOUT YOU MAKING YOUR LIFE BETTER?
YES, GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT EFFECT PRICES OF GOODS AND SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT CAN DO THINGS THAT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE OR NOT, BUT GOVERNMENT CAN’T MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU THAT IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. IT CERTAINLY CAN’T SAVE YOUR SOUL, THOUGH SOME POLITICIANS SEEM TO THINK SO.
JESUS SAID: “MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.” HE’S KING, NOT ELVIS AND NOT POLITICIANS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
