{"id":35214,"date":"2016-07-18T10:11:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=35214"},"modified":"2016-07-18T10:11:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:11:27","slug":"hoofbeats-of-the-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/07\/hoofbeats-of-the-apocalypse.html","title":{"rendered":"Hoofbeats of the Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Dresden, Teilansicht des zerst\u00f6rten Stadtzentrums \u00fcber die Elbe nach der Neustadt. In der Bildmitte der Neumarkt und die Ruine der Frauenkirche. \u00a0(Wikimedia CC public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A really revealing account from someone who worked with Mr. Donald Trump, and who saw Mr. Trump up close and personal, for eighteen months:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018The New Yorker\u2019 Talks to Trump\u2019s Ghostwriter<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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In other words, should Mr. Trump be elected, we\u2019re in for . . . nobody, including Mr. Trump, really knows what<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Quin Hillyer outlines a way in which Mr. Trump\u2019s coronation\u00a0at the national convention of his recently-adopted\u00a0political party might still be prevented:<\/p>\n

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\u201cCoburn vs. Trump?! \u00a0Why, who, and how\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here is an excellent summary of some of the reasons why, hopeless and futile though they probably are, efforts to stop Mr. Trump\u2019s takeover of the Republican Party (and, if he nonetheless receives the nomination, to oppose him in the general election) are still worthwhile:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Case Against Trump\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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In line with that, Jim Geraghty provides a nice, simple, easily-grasped example of the sheer, brazen fraudulence of Mr. Trump:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMake Honduran T-Shirts Great Again!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, finally, Jay Nordlinger has compiled a kind of lexicon of Trumpist language, and it\u2019s both funny and sad. \u00a0No, not sad. \u00a0It\u2019s alarming. \u00a0Seriously. \u00a0Please read it:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA political movement and its lexicon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This, everyone agrees, is not ordinary politics. \u00a0To me, though, it\u2019s horrifying<\/em> politics. \u00a0Opposition to Hillary Clinton is a political duty. \u00a0Opposition to Mr. Donald Trump and to Trumpism isn\u2019t merely a political duty. \u00a0It\u2019s a moral obligation.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 A really revealing account from someone who worked with Mr. Donald Trump, and who saw Mr. Trump up close and personal, for eighteen months: \u00a0 \u201c\u2018The New Yorker\u2019 Talks to Trump\u2019s Ghostwriter\u201d \u00a0 In other words, should Mr. Trump be elected, we\u2019re in for . . . nobody, including Mr. Trump, really knows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nHoofbeats of the Apocalypse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    A really revealing account from someone who worked with Mr. Donald Trump, and who saw Mr. Trump up close and personal, for eighteen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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