"Evidently Armageddon theologians are not Biblically literate or they repudiate their claim that the Bible is inerrant by reading into it assertions that are not there and by rejecting a nonviolent Jesus and replacing him with a vengeful miltiary messiah." - John M. Swomley

Quotes:

"The Velvet Curtain of culture has replaced the Iron Curtain of ideology as the most significant dividing line in Europe." - Samuel Huntington

"A liberal democratic republic may pursue imperial dominance, but in gaining the whole world it loses its own soul." - Edward Rhodes

Governor:
Write-in: Terry Clark

Senate:
Write-in: Bobby Millsaps

House of Representatives 2nd District:
Republican: Jimmy Duncan Jr.


“But their not going to win?”

Well that doesn’t matter. For a long time I have not, and will never again, believe that one should vote for the lesser of two evils. Furthermore, one should never compromise their moral beliefs in order to vote for a candidate who runs on an otherwise pleasant platform (appeasement). Personally, I believe my vote is a sacred trust. In God’s providence we have been given the privilege to choose who will represent us in civil government. Therefore, I will vote only for candidates whom I believe to be Biblically and legitimately qualified for the office. Upon looking at my paper, absentee, ballot, the only listed, qualified, candidate was the incumbent for the 2nd District in Tennessee, Jimmy Duncan. At which point I wrote in candidates I believe to be capable of performing the position.

One may advise me to be more pragmatic, and to be more concerned with moderately qualified candidates, and pressure them to act in an appropriate manner. But to buy into the lesser of two evils argument is a failure to see an election is not about winning or losing. Rather, it is an act of obedience. The Christian is not concerned with empirical victories or short term gains; it is the long run goal, the clear conscience of having taken no part in supporting a man or woman who has no qualification to hold public office.

The deciding factor to determine if a candidate is qualified for office, for me, is where they stand on moral issues. If a candidate is not completely against abortion, he/she will not receive my vote. This may bring accusations of reducing the race to a single issue, but when it is an issue involving millions of innocent lives, it is should take precedent.

Back to the opening quote, will many of the candidates I vote for ever actually win office? More than likely no*, but I will continue to vote for and support any candidate who has a Godly, Biblically qualified viewpoint of civil government, for I am not concerned with man pleasing.

Regarding the amendments to the Tennessee Constitution, I voted to define marriage as a man and a woman. Not because a vote for amendment one is a vote to protect the family (it wasn’t), but because marriage by definition is between a man and a woman. This issue shouldn’t even involve the question of gay union; it is not relevant when discussing marriage.

I also voted for freezing property tax rates for persons at the age of sixty-five. My main reason for doing so is a complete and utter disgust with the very concept of property taxes. Paying a tax on your property is much like paying rent to the state for your land, as though you’re thanking them for something that you already own. Property taxes are an abomination to the concept of inalienable rights and I support any means to disrupt them.

*I'm referring to the write-in candidates. Jimmy Duncan is the incumbent and was re-elected.