The Danger of Supposing You have to Choose the Lesser of Two Evils

   There is danger in the prevailing thought that you have to choose between two evils. Choose the lesser of the two evils promotes the thinking that both sides are severly flawed, even wicked. If you said, Choose the one that has fewer flaws, you would certainly be correct. Everyone has flaws. No political race offers a candidate without flaws.
  But, we do justice no service by being too quick saying it is a choice between competing evils. That assumes both are evil -- wicked. Actually, there are honorable politicians. Yes, some races might not have an honorable candidate, but many do. Have faith in your country.
   The lesser of two evils fallacy provokes us to assume evil. We judge when we shouldn't. We take the rumors without testing them, without proving them.
   Hold your nose and vote for the one who stinks the least? America is not served well when the people are too quick to assume they have no good choice. They come to vote less. They come to hold in disgust a nation that still has many strong values.