CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 8, 2026
HYPOCRISY HAS ALWAYS EXISTED IN POLITICS AND IT’S BIPARTISAN. BUT THE SITUATION WITH DEMOCRAT SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER OF MAINE TAKES IT TO A NEW LEVEL.
PLATNER, WHO MAY HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM THE RACE BY THE TIME THIS COMMENTARY IS AIRED, IS ACCUSED OF RAPE BY A WOMEN WHO HAS COME FORWARD, GIVEN HER NAME AND ALSO GIVEN SOME DISGUSTING DETAILS ABOUT PLATNER’S ALLEGED BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HER. HE DENIES IT ALL AND SAYS ALL SEX WAS CONSENSUAL.
PLATNER ADDS THIS TO THE NAZI TATTOO, THE SEXTING WITH WOMEN AFTER HE WAS MARRIED AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE MAY COME OUT?
THE MAINE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS WITHDRAWN MONETARY SUPPORT AND SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR ENDORSEMENTS.
DOES CHARACTER MATTER ANYMORE? AT LEAST SINCE BILL CLINTON AND THROUGH THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, TOO MANY AMERICANS, INCLUDING TOO MANY EVANGELICALS, HAVE HAD A DOUBLE STANDARD. THEY CRITICIZED BILL CLINTON’S BEHAVIOR, WHILE IGNORING, OR JUSTIFYING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR WITH WOMEN.
JIMMY CARTER WAS AN UPRIGHT MAN WHO NEVER HAD ANY SCANDAL ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, THOUGH HIS POLICIES FAILED. NOW, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT POLICIES WE LIKE AND IGNORE THE CHARACTER QUESTION? I’M CAL THOMAS
Mr. Thomas, you mention the double standard of some evangelicals. Let’s review the last three presidential elections: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Joe Biden or Donald Trump, and Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. Perhaps I speak for many evangelicals when I say that I did not like either candidate. Even so, one of the candidates would win the election and become the next president. Evangelicals believe that they are citizens of two kingdoms: the eternal kingdom of God and the temporal kingdom of the United States of America. While evangelicals have allegiance to both kingdoms, they often experience tension in their sincere effort to be good citizens of both kingdoms. As for this evangelical, I typically vote for the candidate whom I consider less objectionable, i.e., the candidate who will spend public money more responsibly. I am usually disappointed. Such is the lot of being a citizen of an earthly kingdom. I wish that Jesus would run for president. His character is above reproach, and he would rule with the right balance of justice and compassion. The omniscience of his divine nature would enable him to make the right decision every time. Jesus, however, is already the king of the kingdom of God. He does not want me to put much trust in earthly politicians but to trust him to usher in the fullness of the kingdom of God. I think that most, if not all, evangelicals feel the tension between the already (what Jesus accomplished at his first coming and during the centuries since) and the not yet (what Jesus will finish at his second coming). Evangelicals long for the kingdom of God to come in its fullness, but God, for now, calls them to live faithfully, wisely, and even pragmatically in this present evil age.
“My Kingdom is not of this world” says it all. Thanks for writing.