Who would have thought Donald Trump would best embody a principle Roger Williams stood for in a one liner in 2015?
“ I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct…” Donald Trump in the Republican debate 8/7/15 as reported by TIME
He is the 133rd richest person on the nation according to Forbes as quoted by TIME. Roger was never rich. The Donald has more in common with William Coddington — a wealthy man who wanted to be appointed ruler for life — on no wait, that was Michael Bloomberg. Unfortunately both Trump and Williams are on record with pretty disparaging views of women. It is easier to forgive Roger, at least he lived in the 1600’s. Trump says he’s just having fun. Hmmm…then how do we know what he’ll do when he’s serious. He comes from a cut throat industry and he is a leader (at least he is cutting throats figuratively and only of similarly engaged adults — combatants if you will, not babies).
Maybe he’ll choose Carly Fiorina as his running mate when he’s serious. Or better yet, go back to his business and back her for president. She comes from a cut throat industry too. The problem is she was never Steve Jobs. She was never even Bill Gates, or Ralph de la Vega. Why can’t Bill Gates run for president? He is too busy solving world hunger. Literally. While Ralph de la Vega has the book (Obstacles Welcome) he was born in Cuba. Nonstarter.
If we really wanted to find someone like Roger, we might look again at Mike Huckabee. Both were ministers turned civil adminstrators to pursue their values. The problem is Huckabee seems to want constitutional amendments to order us to be one nation under God …. and that means false worship for someone. The under God part has to be voluntary … one person at a time.
Would Roger even be Republican? He was surely not conservative. By definition a conservative wants to preserve an order that worked in the past. He was a visionary. A visionary who believed in voluntary obedience to the authority of God in scripture — a scripture that sets ideals for a kingdom not yet fully here.
Do we have ANY candidates like that?
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