{"id":50940,"date":"2022-03-17T22:03:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=50940"},"modified":"2022-03-17T22:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:03:20","slug":"is-he-best-we-can-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=50940","title":{"rendered":"Is he &#8216;best&#8217; we can offer?"},"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 class=\"has-drop-cap\">I happen to believe in public opinion political surveys, even if they produce results that confound me. I am no expert on polling, but I do know that the best surveys are done without bias and they seek to reach the broadest sample of respondents possible.<\/p>\n<p>That all said, I am officially beyond all reason at surveys that continue to show Donald J. Trump to be Republicans\u2019 favorite for the 2024 presidential nomination. Why the confusion, the bafflement, the dizzying emotions?<\/p>\n<p>Allow me to list some aspects of The Donald\u2019s life in and out of politics. To wit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He has admitted to mauling women, to assaulting them sexually because of his \u201cfame.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>While campaigning for president, he mocked a physically disabled New York Times reporter.<\/li>\n<li>He denigrated a Gold Star family, whose son died in combat during the Iraq War; the family happens to be Muslim.<\/li>\n<li>Trump also denigrated the late Sen. John McCain\u2019s heroism during the Vietnam War because, he said, McCain was a \u201chero only because he was captured. I like people who aren\u2019t captured, OK?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>He has admitted to cheating on his first two wives and was accused of taking part in a one-time tumble with a porn star shortly after his third wife gave birth to the couple\u2019s son.<\/li>\n<li>He claims to be a man of faith, but denies a basic Christian tenet of seeking forgiveness; he said he never has sought to be forgiven for any sin he has committed.<\/li>\n<li>Trump told a former associate that anyone who served during the Vietnam War was \u201cstupid,\u201d because the war was so politically unpopular at home.<\/li>\n<li>He cannot tell the truth; Trump lies about \u2026 everything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am likely missing something, but you get my drift, I am sure.<\/p>\n<p>It is this, for those to whom I should explain: If we are going to insist on restoring American \u201cgreatness,\u201d is this the man we should follow down that path? Does this individual appear to the best we have to offer?<\/p>\n<p>No! A thousand times no! He embodies the worst among us and for that reason I am totally and completely baffled as to how this cult leader manages to hold such sway with so many Americans.<\/p>\n<p>I am shaking my head in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/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>I happen to believe in public opinion political surveys, even if they produce results that confound me. I am no expert on polling, but I do know that the best surveys are done without bias and they seek to reach the broadest sample of respondents possible. That all said, I am officially beyond all reason &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=50940\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is he &#8216;best&#8217; we can offer?<\/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":[7932],"tags":[1424,2546,3659,5116],"class_list":["post-50940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donald-trump","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-mccain","tag-polling","tag-vietnam-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50940","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=50940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50941,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50940\/revisions\/50941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}