{"id":1591,"date":"2024-10-27T00:39:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T00:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:56:20","slug":"election-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-2-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-2-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-2-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-2.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As yet another Presidential election season nears its November climax, I see a nation under distress. One party presents a candidate that serves in the current administration and the other is supporting a return to power of someone who still refuses to admit their loss in the previous election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an unaffiliated voter, having left the Republican party that no longer resembles the party of my father and grandfather. It has chosen to select someone who did not honor their oath of office. Instead, they stirred up an attack on the capitol to try and prevent certification of the electoral college vote that was just a formality of the election process. They left office and took government property in the form of official documents they were supposed to hand over upon their departure from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have seen individuals who share my faith in Christ pledge their devotion to someone who is not any example of righteousness. He regularly uses vulgarity and sings the praises of other nations who consistently repress followers of Christ. He used a Bible made in China to bilk people out of income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I am certainly no fan of the Democratic Party and their platform, I am also unwilling to support the Republican party and their candidate. I live in a state that is so solidly behind a candidate that my vote matters little anyway. I will place my trust in the Author and Finisher of my faith, Jesus Christ. America is in a pivotal position this election and distress may be ahead of us no matter its outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psalms 43:5 NIV<\/strong><br \/><em>Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-4\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1591\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"far fa-smile\"><\/i>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As yet another Presidential election season nears its November climax, I see a nation under distress. One party presents a candidate that serves in the current administration and the other is supporting a return to power of someone who still refuses to admit their loss in the previous election. I am an unaffiliated voter, having &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1591\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Election 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,40,30],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","tag-america","tag-christianity","tag-rant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}