{"id":33679,"date":"2018-11-20T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33679"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:58:34","slug":"this-guy-for-potus-no-o-o-o-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33679","title":{"rendered":"This guy for POTUS? No-o-o-o-o!"},"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\/2018\/11\/steyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33680\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steyer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steyer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steyer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steyer-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steyer.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom Steyer is precisely the kind of individual I do not want to run for president of the United States of America in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a billionaire gadfly\/philanthropist\/impeachment activist.<\/p>\n<p>Steyer has been on a two-year-long campaign to round up enough interest to impeach Donald John Trump Sr. The way I see this guy, that is his sole claim to fame. It&#8217;s his sole vehicle for notoriety.<\/p>\n<p>It is no reason at all to consider this guy for president, the leader of the free world, the commander in chief, the head of state and government of the world&#8217;s most indispensable nation.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Donald Trump himself has demonstrated since the day he was elected that his own lack of government experience renders him &#8212; along with his myriad personal failings &#8212; totally unfit for the office he occupies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/11\/19\/tom-steyer-2020-presidential-bid-1005612\">Steyer now wants<\/a> us to believe he is the answer to what ails us?<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;mon, man! Get real!<\/p>\n<p>The dude has a website. He is planning some town hall meetings. He appears to be setting up one of those &#8220;exploratory committees&#8221; to determine the level of support he has among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The guy is mega-rich. He&#8217;s a loudmouth gadfly who thinks he can parlay his wealth and his big mouth into enough votes to defeat Trump in a 2020 presidential confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind that he&#8217;s raising a ruckus about Trump&#8217;s many failings as president. I do mind that he considers himself a serious contender for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>I want to hold out hope that Americans will realize they&#8217;ve been snookered one too many times already into falling for the <em>flim-flammery<\/em> offered by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not traipse down that road again.<\/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>Tom Steyer is precisely the kind of individual I do not want to run for president of the United States of America in 2020. He&#8217;s a billionaire gadfly\/philanthropist\/impeachment activist. Steyer has been on a two-year-long campaign to round up enough interest to impeach Donald John Trump Sr. The way I see this guy, that is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33679\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This guy for POTUS? 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