{"id":33964,"date":"2018-12-02T17:17:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T17:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33964"},"modified":"2018-12-02T17:17:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T17:17:41","slug":"taking-a-break-from-the-rough-and-tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33964","title":{"rendered":"Taking a break from the rough-and-tumble"},"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\/12\/blogging-e1484908296381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33965\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blogging-e1484908296381-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blogging-e1484908296381-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blogging-e1484908296381.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This blog is taking a brief hiatus from feasting on its main menu of political prey, namely the president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve noticed the absence of Donald Trump-bashing on High Plains Blogger. For those who believe as I do about the president, don&#8217;t give up on me; I&#8217;ll return to the feast in due course. For those who <em>oppose<\/em> my view about the president, I apologize in advance . . . for the same reason I have given to those on the other side of the great divide.<\/p>\n<p>My focus the past couple of days has been on the death of a great American, the 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush.<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to imagine a major American public figure who has led a more full and enriching life than President Bush. Perhaps I need to think harder about it, but I keep coming up empty.<\/p>\n<p>GHW Bush led the fullest of lives. I want to honor that life. I have discussed a bit of policy regarding his time in the Oval Office hot seat. Yes, I had issues with him as president. I didn&#8217;t vote for him either in 1988 or 1992. However, when someone as devoted to his country as President Bush was passes from the scene, I find it wholly appropriate to set aside those differences and honor a life well-lived.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know at this moment when I&#8217;ll get back into the battle over the current president&#8217;s mounting difficulties. I might wait until after President Bush is buried later this week. I might suit up before then.<\/p>\n<p>For the time being, I&#8217;m enjoying the break I&#8217;m taking from the rough-and-tumble of what is unfolding before our eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll see you on the flip side soon.<\/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>This blog is taking a brief hiatus from feasting on its main menu of political prey, namely the president of the United States. Perhaps you&#8217;ve noticed the absence of Donald Trump-bashing on High Plains Blogger. For those who believe as I do about the president, don&#8217;t give up on me; I&#8217;ll return to the feast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33964\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taking a break from the rough-and-tumble<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[670,1424,1892,2122],"class_list":["post-33964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","tag-blogging","tag-donald-trump","tag-george-hw-bush","tag-high-plains-blogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33966,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33964\/revisions\/33966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}