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I though of that when I read through this Washington Post piece<\/a>. \u00a0I know. The WP, like much of the press, has thrown out all pretense of objectivity. \u00a0The headline reads like partisan blog. \u00a0In reality, that\u2019s what it is. And that\u2019s bothersome as well.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there comes a time when you can only call so many people liars when they keep telling the same story. \u00a0Especially if we all witnessed the phenomenon with our own eyes and ears. \u00a0For good and<\/em> ill, this is Trump. \u00a0Lock, stock and barrel.<\/p>\n

He seems as insecure as I was in middle school. And this has given rise to endless rumors and legends already, not the least of which is that Trump\u2019s policies will be in direct proportion to the place in line of the person who talks to him. \u00a0The last one to talk gets his way.<\/p>\n

Something about a mad scramble for the end of the line, rather than the beginning, seems odd. \u00a0If the president wanted to hear my opinion, I\u2019d want to be first in line. \u00a0I know, but the last are first and all. \u00a0Spiritual as that may be, I don\u2019t think it applies here. \u00a0In fact, on merely a knee jerk level, it seems to recollect less a teaching of Jesus and more the school of wizardry from yore. \u00a0Just remember who ended up getting the soul in that story.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"