Unbelief

But Mark was come of the glittering towns 

Where hot white details show, 

Where men can number and expound, 

And his faith grew in a hard ground 

Of doubt and reason and falsehood found, 

Where no faith else could grow. 

Belief that grew of all beliefs 

One moment back was blown 

And belief that stood on unbelief 

Stood up iron and alone.

-GK Chesterton, Ballad of the White Horse

It would be reckless indeed to vote for someone who has repudiated all their claimed beliefs. Perhaps they were lying then; perhaps they are lying now. Perhaps they have no core principles from which to reason, and will simply say or do whatever seems to help them in the moment. Either way, how could you know what you were voting for? 

This is a very strange election; indeed it is not an election yet on the Democratic side, because all the votes were also repudiated in favor of a new candidate appointed by acclamation. Given her walk-back of all of her existing positions, we are in a situation in which no one has voted in favor of a candidate who has no positions. She gives no interviews; she takes no questions.

I don't know what we're doing here, but it isn't American democracy. This is something different, something I have not seen in this country before now.