Hi RLH
JUst a note to add to one of your posts:
Graham and none of us know what is between God and Trump. As Christians we would be hypocritical to hold sins in the past which may have been repented of over any person we encounter.
Can we really trust Sen. Graham to be telling us some truth? I don't think there is anyone who has proven themselves to be more 'of two minds' than Sen. Graham. So, the question still remains and to date, Sen Graham has not answered: Was he telling the truth to us when he proclaimed Donald Trump to be a race-baiting, bigot whose nomination would effectively destroy the Republican party? Or is he telling us the truth now about 'who' Donald Trump is?
Personally, I have a hard time knowing when he might be telling me something that he really believes to be true, or trying to sell me some party line that he knows he has to say in order to ingratiate himself with the President. For me, Sen. Graham is the epitome of a politician who would sell his soul to any position so long as he believes it would ensure him another term in office.
How do we know? It's the same question asked in pretty much every legal trial where someone has changed their testimony. How do we know which testimony, of the two that you've given, is the truth? After that, now that we know that the person will lie to us, knowing that one of the two testimonies is not the truth. How do we then know, in future testimony, that anything else they say would be the truth? For me, Sen. Graham has clearly shown himself to be a man without particularly strong convictions. That he seems clearly ok with telling people what he believes they want to hear for his own benefit, despite any truth that may be involved. Personally, I'm hoping that he and President Trump both leave Washington on the same train. They are the swamp! They are the consummate politicians bought by lobbyists to tell us what's in their best interests, over and above any truth.
The swamp will have been drained when our legislature restores the nation with some assurance that the politicians who claim to speak for the majority of their electorate...really do. When we outlaw lobbyists offering similar quid pro quos as to what President Trump has made. An 'I'll do this for you if you'll do that for me' arrangement exists between many of our legislators and the 'special interest groups' that have their ear. That form of governance has now made it all the way to the top of our government and it's pretty blatant. For me, President Trump has not drained the swamp, but has rather dug out more solid earth to allow the swamp to grow larger.
Draining the swamp is just another of his many failed campaign planks. Along with replacing the ACA with a better and less expensive healthcare system. Paying off the national debt in 8 years. Building his 'great wall of Trump'. Enact term limits for Congress. Invest in infrastructure.
God bless,
In Christ, ted