I am not an election prognosticator, nor do I play one on television. So I am not going to make any guesses as to the winner.
What I can predict is that the supporters of the losing candidate will be bitterly disappointed and not inclined to accept the results.
I fear an enduring crisis of legitimacy, with all that entails.
Which is one of the reasons my wife and I have been praying an evening rosary for days now. Every night one of my prayer intentions is for peace in our nation.
I am asking God, because it will take Him to bring it to us.
I am astonished at the number of "educated" "adults"
ReplyDeletewho fail to understand the basic political fact
that you need all sides to accept the integrity of the electoral process
if you value continued elections.
Corollary: fiery invective against the other side for failing to take your impeccable integrity as a metaphysical given...
ReplyDelete... does not persuade re: said integrity of the process.