{"id":17296,"date":"2016-09-29T00:30:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17296"},"modified":"2016-09-29T00:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:30:17","slug":"trump-takes-low-road-while-seeking-high-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17296","title":{"rendered":"Trump takes low road while seeking high road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16529\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ClintonTrump-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald J. Trump sought &#8212; in yet another awkward pronouncement &#8212; to make nice with Hillary Rodham Clinton by saying he could have said something &#8220;very negative&#8221; about his opponent. He chose not to that. I guess he wanted us to believe that he is such an oh, so decent human being.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican presidential nominee&#8217;s\u00a0comments came during the joint appearance at Hofstra University.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, he told reporters that he was referring to Bill Clinton&#8217;s marital infidelity. He said &#8220;Chelsea was in the room&#8221; and he didn&#8217;t want to make her feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said during the event he showed restraint; then he told reporters later &#8212; <em>on the record<\/em> &#8212; precisely to what he was referring.<\/p>\n<p>He chose not to say something, then he said it.<\/p>\n<p>It reminds me of when then-Sen. Walter Mondale was asked during the 1976 presidential campaign whether Watergate would be an issue in the contest between Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican President Gerald R. Ford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; said the Democratic vice-presidential nominee with a huge smile, &#8220;I am not going to mention President Ford&#8217;s pardon of Richard Nixon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That is the disgraceful non-denial route that Donald Trump is taking these days.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald J. Trump sought &#8212; in yet another awkward pronouncement &#8212; to make nice with Hillary Rodham Clinton by saying he could have said something &#8220;very negative&#8221; about his opponent. He chose not to that. I guess he wanted us to believe that he is such an oh, so decent human being. 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