{"id":19419,"date":"2017-01-23T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19419"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:16:07","slug":"trump-creates-a-word-game-for-some-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19419","title":{"rendered":"Trump creates a ‘word game’ for some of us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Word games. We all play them. OK, some of us do. Maybe even most<\/em> of us do.<\/p>\n

I have concocted a word game of my own. It involves the 45th president of the United States and it goes like this: I refuse, early in the presidency of Donald J. Trump, to type the words “President” and “Trump” consecutively. (Please note I didn’t do so just now.)<\/em><\/p>\n

I am using High Plains Blogger as my insignificant form of protest over Trump’s election this past November.<\/p>\n

Please do not misconstrue my intent. Nor should\u00a0 you ascribe anything other than one voter’s displeasure at the outcome. I do not intend to launch any kind of public demonstration. I won’t carry a sign on the courthouse square or shout down a Trumpkin whenever I encounter one — and believe me, living here in the Texas Panhandle, they’re everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreover, my refusal to type those two key words consecutively does not mean I refuse to accept the fact that Trump is the duly elected president of the United States. I know how the U.S. Constitution works. Trump won the election. He got enough Electoral College votes to qualify him as president. He is a “legitimate president.” And as near as I can tell, he was born in the United States of America, too!<\/em><\/p>\n

There. I’ve just repeated something I’ve stated already. So, those of you who are inclined to put words in my mouth, you are welcome to resist doing so now.<\/p>\n

Back to my point.<\/p>\n

It is quite possible I will grow weary of playing this word game. Given that I tire occasionally of playing games of any kind, I have given you some advance notice of what might transpire. I cannot predict when that will occur. I cannot predict when I’ll succumb to the temptation to attach the presidential title directly in front of Donald Trump’s name.<\/p>\n

It might occur when the president does something that I can support with a full-throated cheer. I don’t know what that would be. It could occur if he declares that Vladimir Putin is a really bad guy and that he’ll add more anti-Russia sanctions on top of what his predecessor enacted; he might deliver a soaring State of the Union speech that hits many of the hot-button issues near and dear to my heart; he could nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court who isn’t a right-wing ideologue but instead is a mainstream centrist in the mold of, say, Merrick Garland — who got stiffed by Republicans when he was nominated by Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

I don’t know. I’m waiting for the moment when my pique will pass.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’ll keep playing my word game. Humor me.<\/p>\n\n

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