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I have been getting some interesting responses to my announced plans to attend a Donald Trump “MAGA Rally” at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Some of my social media contacts — and a member of my family — have expressed some concern for my safety. They are afraid of the president’s followers, believing that they’re going to sniff me out — as someone who, um, is not<\/em> a follower — and perhaps rough me up. They’ve been known to do that during campaign rallies, right?<\/p>\n

Well, I feel the need to explain my plan while attending this event, which is set for Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

I have wanted to see a Donald Trump rally up close ever since he entered political life in June 2015, when he announced his presidential campaign. Trump never brought his campaign to Amarillo, where I lived during his successful campaign for the presidency in 2016; I guess the Texas Panhandle was too much of a sure thing for Trump to “waste”<\/em> his time and effort.<\/p>\n

So, he’s coming to Dallas to have a rally in which he is going to exhort the faithful to help him “Keep America Great.” The Trump campaign, though, is calling it a “MAGA Rally,” which is sort of a takeoff from his 2016 campaign theme.<\/p>\n

Hey, I intend to listen quietly while standing on the floor of the AAC. I won’t be cheering, stomping my feet, carrying on. Will that give me away? Will that serve as a clue to the crowd of Trumpsters in the arena that I ain’t one of ’em?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Beats the devil out of me.<\/p>\n

I do know how to behave myself in this context, however. What’s more, I will make sure to exit the building immediately at the first sign of trouble. I want to make that point abundantly clear.<\/p>\n

Then I intend to report on all<\/em> that I see and hear on this blog at the MAGA Rally. I trust you’ll get my drift.<\/p>\n

It should be a fun and edifying evening among the Trump faithful.<\/p>\n\n

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