{"id":44804,"date":"2020-10-16T03:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T03:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44804"},"modified":"2020-10-16T03:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T03:38:30","slug":"still-frightened-at-what-might-occur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44804","title":{"rendered":"Still frightened at what might occur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23POTUS%20%40JoeBiden&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/biden-and-trump-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44575\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/biden-and-trump-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/biden-and-trump-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/biden-and-trump-1.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I cannot shake the feeling of fear of what could happen down the stretch in this tumultuous election season.<\/p>\n<p>What might that entail?<\/p>\n<p>It would entail Donald Trump finding a way to cobble together yet another Electoral College victory while collecting as many as 5 million or maybe 6 million <em>actual votes<\/em> than Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>You know the saying about <em>&#8220;Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.&#8221;<\/em> Is it possible that we could be fooled a second time by this carnival barker\/con man\/charlatan?<\/p>\n<p>I suppose anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p>I see the polls each day. I thought I could ignore them. I cannot resist the temptation. They tell me Biden is doing damn near everything right. The polls were also favorable four years ago for Hillary Clinton; it didn&#8217;t work out that way.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s record is hideous. Across the board he has mismanaged our international alliances, our international agreements, the response to the COVID pandemic, the environment, race relations.<\/p>\n<p>I want him out of the White House. I want him gone from the public stage. I want to restore the norms of dignity and decency and decorum to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Biden promises to do that. I believe him. I disbelieve everything that comes from Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>I also fear that Trump has one more nasty trick up his sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, how I want him defeated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23POTUS%20%40JoeBiden&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com I cannot shake the feeling of fear of what could happen down the stretch in this tumultuous election season. What might that entail? 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