Stormy Daniels sues Trump over 'hush agreement'

The old gal is seeking her 15 minutes of fame. I hope she returned her hush money while she's about it..

Gregory-If you had suggested an alleged affair (or any numbers thereof) might challenge the perception of Mr. Trump by his "base", this would be a much more engaging post; in my opinion. Instead, you've suggested a correlation between the so-called "religious right" and "evangelicals" and "hypocrisy" regarding their support. Since I could easily infer a direct, personal connotation, I'll respond.

To begin, I'm certain there are voters who supported the President solely because they believed the carefully crafted campaign attempt to align with "religious" issues. Whether anyone wishes to accept it or not, we still have a very large population of persons for whom faith is foremost, and who vote. I know several personally who genuinely had concerns going into the last election that the vote was nothing less than a struggle between the forces of "good and evil". While the relative knowledge, sagacity, or rationality of those perceptions may be debatable...their integrity certainly isn't.

I'm a person of faith, and I voted for Mr. Trump primarily for secular reasons. I supported his promises to combat governmental corruption-we'll see how that goes. I agreed with his position on national security-with North Korea even hinting at negotiations, and ISIS on the decline...I'm seeing progress (we'll see how things evolve with Russia). I hoped his experience as a business leader would infuse new energy into the economy-we've arguable seen improvement.

That said, my faith is important to how I interact with my government. I'm not inclined to vote for leaders who regardless of their personal morality, endorse or garner support from elements seeking at all angles to restrict it. The Constitution, as I read it, guarantees the right to have faith, every bit as the right not to have it, and if (God forbid) we ever have a government holistically committed to rescinding these rights...the resulting conflict would be horrific. In this sense, I can confidently vote for a person based on how they enact policy...not on how they follow doctrine.

Getting back to the accusation at hand, true hypocrisy would be expecting someone to be better than one's self. You appear to be knowledgeable in regard to faith, specifically Christianity, so you will agree that among the chief tenets thereof is redemption...forgiveness...and renewed commitment. I don't know if Mr. Trump has made such personal decisions, but I'm willing to believe that anyone, regardless of their past, can reconcile their future. Unless past "sins" involve breaches of the legal trust conveyed to his office as President, they are, and should remain irrelevant in regard to anyone's decision to continue to support him.

In conclusion, if there is any belief that persons will suddenly start voting for candidates who embrace a reduction in national sovereignty, weakening of our national defense, reductions of personal liberties, or destructive socio-economic policies merely because the opposition can be portrayed as imperfect...I feel safe in assuming that belief false.

It's all good because the Evanhellicals will give him another mulligan