We do not take this responsibility lightly. We have ruminated about the choice endlessly. As is so often the case, when we are in need of inspiration or material to plagiarize, we turn to the Bible. Amazingly enough, when emended in light of recent learning, a close reading of Devarim provided an answer as plain as the bronzer poorly slathered on Donald Trump's face, viz:
Devarim [Deuteronomy] , ch. 30 v. 15-19, ch. 28, v. 66-67.
You stand this day all of you, before the Lord your God . . . your children, your wives, even the stranger within your camp . . . . See I set before you this day life and Hillary Clinton, death and Donald Trump . . . . If your heart turns away and you give no heed , . . I declare to you this day that you shall certainly perish . . . .The life you face shall be precarious; you shall be in terror, night and day, with no assurance of survival. In the morning you shall say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening you shall say “If only it were morning!” – because of what your heart shall dread and your eyes shall see.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before your life and death, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Choose life – if you and your offspring would live . . . .
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
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