We never really imagined that we would reflect so often on politics, though, to be sure, we understand that Christian vocation always involves political engagement. The political is the work of the polis, and we all live in the polis, and Christians have a duty to be good citizens of the polis.
What we didn’t anticipate was that, as residents of the United States, we would sense a calling to comment so often about political matters and, to be specific, about the partisanship that has overwhelmed the political life of the United States.
Which brings us to our point: We are advocating a healthy and even drastic reform of the party system in the United States. We do so because the two-party system is failing our nation, as some of the early framers of US political life feared it would. But more than advocating for a third party, we believe the two main parties – Republican and Democrat – are broken beyond repair.
Republicans, who currently control the executive and legislative branches of the federal government and have gerrymandered state and local districts to their overwhelming benefit, have demonstrated that they care more about their party than they do the country. To those who object, we fear you are not seeing what is right before your eyes. And while we are convinced that the only way at this moment to address the Republican problem is to give control of at least one house of congress to Democrats, we have little confidence in that party to place country before party either.
This isn’t a knee-jerk or unconsidered assertion on our part. Nor is it a conclusion based on scant evidence. The dysfunction of both parties has been growing for years. We see no leaders from either party who give us hope that anything will substantially change for the better.
So we recommend that Christians who care about the future our democratic republic vote this Tuesday (if you have not already), as all Christians should do, and that you vote for Democrats so there is a check on the dangerous man who currently occupies the White House. The future of our republic is at stake. To those who argue otherwise, we fear you are either ignorant of history or blinded by partisanship. We’re sorry we don’t have more time to more politely say it. But this is the day in which we live.
We admit that we don’t like our advice because, as noted, we have little confidence in Democrats as a party. But more on the current party system later. For now, go vote and cast a responsible vote that will subvert the control of our entire government by a party, the Republican Party, that not only is silent about, but supportive of the ignorant, immoral, dishonest, and dishonorable occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
What we didn’t anticipate was that, as residents of the United States, we would sense a calling to comment so often about political matters and, to be specific, about the partisanship that has overwhelmed the political life of the United States.
Which brings us to our point: We are advocating a healthy and even drastic reform of the party system in the United States. We do so because the two-party system is failing our nation, as some of the early framers of US political life feared it would. But more than advocating for a third party, we believe the two main parties – Republican and Democrat – are broken beyond repair.
Republicans, who currently control the executive and legislative branches of the federal government and have gerrymandered state and local districts to their overwhelming benefit, have demonstrated that they care more about their party than they do the country. To those who object, we fear you are not seeing what is right before your eyes. And while we are convinced that the only way at this moment to address the Republican problem is to give control of at least one house of congress to Democrats, we have little confidence in that party to place country before party either.
This isn’t a knee-jerk or unconsidered assertion on our part. Nor is it a conclusion based on scant evidence. The dysfunction of both parties has been growing for years. We see no leaders from either party who give us hope that anything will substantially change for the better.
So we recommend that Christians who care about the future our democratic republic vote this Tuesday (if you have not already), as all Christians should do, and that you vote for Democrats so there is a check on the dangerous man who currently occupies the White House. The future of our republic is at stake. To those who argue otherwise, we fear you are either ignorant of history or blinded by partisanship. We’re sorry we don’t have more time to more politely say it. But this is the day in which we live.
We admit that we don’t like our advice because, as noted, we have little confidence in Democrats as a party. But more on the current party system later. For now, go vote and cast a responsible vote that will subvert the control of our entire government by a party, the Republican Party, that not only is silent about, but supportive of the ignorant, immoral, dishonest, and dishonorable occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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