I can believe both candidates are correct in saying the future of our country is at stake. The future of our country is our children and grandchildren, and they are watching who we are supporting.
If your candidate’s messaging and lifestyle is in direct contradiction to how you raise your children, you might want to pause and consider how your child looks at this.
If you teach your child to not lie and cheat, treat people with respect, not be a braggart, not falsely accuse people of made-up stories for their own personal ends, take responsibility for their actions, respect our flag and our military … and then plaster your yard with signs supporting an adjudged felon, a proven liar, a bearer of false witness, a person who makes menacing threats, a mendacious and meandering bully who privately denigrates our troops, I would say you are sending a mixed message to your children.
As a parent, I can tell you that an average 10-year-old is a lot more sophisticated, and a lot less naive, than you think. Voting for someone who is the antithesis of how you want your children to be is hypocritical.
I am old enough to have voted as an 18-year-old in the 1972 presidential election of Richard Nixon, in which he won in a landslide. Yet, within two years, after Watergate, and proof of Nixon’s lying to the American people, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to admit they voted for him.
Thomas Nacey Jr.
Delmont