True faith

Imagine you are Barack Obama in the Summer of 2016. Imagine you were born to mixed race parents and raised by a single mom. Imagine you spent your early years as a community organizer giving a voice to city dwellers who had no other champions.

Imagine you became President, and you presided over eight years of unparalleled growth and prosperity, bringing your country back from the brink of financial ruin.

Imagine you had a virtuoso command of the vast federal government, that you completed eight years governing without hint of a single abuse of power, not one member of the team you assembled shamed in controversy. Imagine that even in the face of blatant dog-whistle bigotry and complete hostile obstruction from Congress you provided enduring health care and prosperity to millions of citizens.

Imagine you had a world class mind and education, and were able to comprehend and digest densely written Presidential Daily Briefs provided by the very best national defense analysts. Imagine you received solid proof of Russian manipulation of a presidential election, that a raging demagogue had won by getting in bed with America's sworn enemy. Imagine Senate Majority Leader McConnell blocked you from revealing these facts to the American people.

Now imagine that as a lifelong scholar of the Constitution of the United States of America, knowing what you knew, and also knowing what the rule of law means to our very existence as a nation, that you followed the law you loved and defended, and invited President-elect Trump to the White House anyway.

Imagine you peacefully walked away, KNOWING you just watched a quisling traitor and deeply flawed human being installed as leader of the United States.

President Obama *knew* the facts, *knew* the choice he faced. And he chose to step away, assuring a peaceful transfer of power, explicitly placing his faith in the Constitution, the law, and the sovereign people of his country.

That ... was a profound ... deeply abiding ... and, I hope, enduring, act of extreme faith in our country.

And you ... being not any one of those things in fact ... need perform just one small act, perform just one small service, to taste and to demonstrate, your own share of that tremendous expression of love, faith, and devotion to the American Way of life:

VOTE