{"id":21356,"date":"2016-02-15T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?page_id=21356"},"modified":"2016-02-15T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T04:18:41","slug":"the-most-revealing-trump-moment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/the-most-revealing-trump-moment","title":{"rendered":"The Most Revealing Trump Moment&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This is what we call \u201cpride\u201d. Not the proper pride in a job well done after hard work and sacrifice, not the proper pride in family, country or faith, not the proper pride of true achievement, but instead the pride that will not bow its head, will not bend the knee\u2026the pride that will not serve, and growls in a terrifying\u00a0rage,\u00a0<em>\u201cNon Servium!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then someone else noticed a chilling detail from the first moments of the debate. The six men were asked to join the audience in a moment of silence for Justice Antonin Scalia. Look at the video. Bush, Carson, Cruz, Kasich and Rubio all stood with heads bowed and eyes closed.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not bow his head. He did not close his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>From all appearances, this is a man who cannot bow his head. He cannot bend\u00a0the knee. He cannot apologize. He cannot say \u201csorry\u201d. He cannot accept an apology. He cannot repent.<\/p>\n<p>I hope I am wrong, and by God\u2019s help even the proudest may eventually turn, but I say \u201ccannot\u201d \u00a0because I fear his \u201cwill not\u201d probably paralyzed \u00a0his capability to say \u201csorry\u201d a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Be afraid. Be very afraid of any man who cannot sincerely apologize or sincerely, humbly and manfully accept an apology.<\/p>\n<p>In a leader where there is not even a scrap or a crumb\u00a0of humility\u2013not the least glimmer of self doubt\u2013there lurks a tyrant.<\/p>\n<p>Do not be deceived. He will not \u201cmake America great again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will make it worse than it has ever been.<\/p>\n<p>This is not only a bad candidate. This is a bad man.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2016\/02\/the-most-revealing-trump-moment.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Return to the First Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what we call \u201cpride\u201d. 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