{"id":1885,"date":"2016-08-01T09:59:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2016-08-01T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:59:23","slug":"lawd-this-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawd, This Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo from Flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I\u2019ve been watching Trump go after the father of a fallen soldier in shock. While Hillary is a bit dismissive of the mother of the man killed in Benghazi, her dismissiveness seems empathetic<\/em> compared to Trump\u2019s blatant insults to the parents who lost their son in combat about their character and insulting their faith (remember when Trump was whining about the Pope questioning his faith?). How did this happen? Don\u2019t look at me, I was a Rubio supporter.<\/p>\n

As I watched Trump go after a Gold Star family, I saw Democrats call the GOP the \u201cParty of Stupid\u201d. Now, I would say that Trump makes Hillary look better than she would look running against literally anyone else, but she is still Hillary Clinton guys. Ya\u2019ll aren\u2019t exactly making the case of how smart your party is other than saying \u201cat least she\u2019s not Trump\u201d. That\u2019s not a sign of genius.<\/p>\n

Lawd, this election is just awful. We are stuck between a pot calling a kettle black and vice versa. Neither of these people understands the dignity of the human person at all.<\/p>\n

I am going to say it though: Donald Trump seems like a sociopath. Both Hillary and Trump seem narcissistic liars, but only Trump seems to also be a sociopath, or at least one with a lack of self control to not sound like<\/em> sociopath openly without regard for the opinions of others, including people in his own party who are telling him to let this fight with the father of a dead son go.<\/p>\n

He can\u2019t let it go. He can\u2019t let anything go. That\u2019s a problem. A good leader has the ability to apologize when they realize that they have stepped in it (by \u201cit\u201d, I mean \u201cshit\u201d but I\u2019m trying not to cuss). Trump does not have this ability. At all. He shifts blame on any question that holds him accountable on any level about anything. He doesn\u2019t take responsibility for the decisions of his people. What kind of leadership is that? Let me give you a clue: it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m not planning on voting for Hillary. I have no clue what I\u2019m going to do and to be really honest, I am totally over politics. I\u2019m just pointing out that there is something tremendously wrong with Donald Trump and I\u2019m in shock that he\u2019s the Republican Nominee. Total and complete shock. I just don\u2019t know how anyone can even begin to defend the insults he\u2019s throwing at the parents of a fallen soldier. But I am sure that my combox will be full of them, which is why I won\u2019t be looking at it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I\u2019ve been watching Trump go after the father of a fallen soldier in shock. While Hillary is a bit dismissive of the mother of the man killed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2489,"featured_media":1886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,44,1701,54],"tags":[1779,1716,434,295,1702],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dignity-of-the-human-person","category-peace-2","category-politics","category-sins-2","tag-clinton","tag-election-2016","tag-politics","tag-pro-life","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"\nLawd, This Election<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawd, This Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Through Broken Roses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/603\/2016\/08\/6090739229_bcb3f9ebcb_z.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leticia Adams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Leticia Adams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/\",\"name\":\"Lawd, This Election\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/bfc4aeb9a459c386ba4d6b6300cca86b\"},\"description\":\"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lawd, This Election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/\",\"name\":\"Through Broken Roses\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/bfc4aeb9a459c386ba4d6b6300cca86b\",\"name\":\"Leticia Adams\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a07ffe223b21e0a7edcf69455696e8?s=96&d=identicon&r=x\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a07ffe223b21e0a7edcf69455696e8?s=96&d=identicon&r=x\",\"caption\":\"Leticia Adams\"},\"description\":\"I am a hot mess convert who loves Jesus and has a scandalous sense of humor. I love music,reading, writing. If I am ever canonized I will be the patron saint of people who can\u2019t stop cussing. Or smoking. This is my personal blog and I also write for Catholic Stand . I am in the process of trying to write a memoir about my conversion but I have a serious Facebook addiction that I need to kick first. Thank you for reading!\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/author\/ladams\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lawd, This Election","description":"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lawd, This Election","og_description":"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/","og_site_name":"Through Broken Roses","article_published_time":"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":433,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/603\/2016\/08\/6090739229_bcb3f9ebcb_z.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Leticia Adams","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Leticia Adams","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/","name":"Lawd, This Election","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-01T14:59:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/bfc4aeb9a459c386ba4d6b6300cca86b"},"description":"I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in the entire country who makes Hillary Clinton look good, but they did. I've been","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/2016\/08\/01\/lawd-this-election\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lawd, This Election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/","name":"Through Broken Roses","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/bfc4aeb9a459c386ba4d6b6300cca86b","name":"Leticia Adams","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a07ffe223b21e0a7edcf69455696e8?s=96&d=identicon&r=x","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a07ffe223b21e0a7edcf69455696e8?s=96&d=identicon&r=x","caption":"Leticia Adams"},"description":"I am a hot mess convert who loves Jesus and has a scandalous sense of humor. I love music,reading, writing. If I am ever canonized I will be the patron saint of people who can\u2019t stop cussing. Or smoking. This is my personal blog and I also write for Catholic Stand . I am in the process of trying to write a memoir about my conversion but I have a serious Facebook addiction that I need to kick first. Thank you for reading!","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/author\/ladams\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughbrokenroses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}