{"id":52709,"date":"2022-08-25T21:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52709"},"modified":"2022-08-25T21:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:16:18","slug":"why-are-we-talking-about-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52709","title":{"rendered":"Why are we talking about … Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A TV talking head vented a good bit of frustration this morning and since I was awake early, I tuned in to listen to it.<\/p>\n

The venting had to do with Donald Trump. The talking head was Mike Barnicle, a regular on an MSNBC talk show. He wants to know:<\/p>\n

Why are we still talking about Donald Trump? Why is it that whenever the subject of the “Republican Party” comes up, the conversation turns to Trump, a guy who has delivered more damage to our democratic process than any politician alive today?<\/p>\n

You know what? I share Barnicle’s frustration!<\/p>\n

To be sure, I continue to devote a good bit of my energy to talking about Trump on this blog. I don’t apologize for that. After all, the dude is still making news. He gets in the way of every damn thing there is to discuss.<\/p>\n

The only justification I can attach to this is that the individual is, after all, a former president of the United States. As much as it pains me to acknowledge that fact, his status as a one–time commander in chief does more or less require those of us out here to take notice when he pops off.<\/p>\n

I do share Barnicle’s frustration, though, with the media’s fixation with Trump. If only we could rid ourselves of this toxic presence among us.<\/p>\n

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