{"id":4903,"date":"2016-10-15T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2016-10-15T07:08:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:08:26","slug":"you-read-it-here-first-department-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4903","title":{"rendered":"You-read-it-here-first department"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times<\/a><\/i> takes-up the danger of Trump’s maddened nutcases after they’re defeated in November, something I remarked upon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If the prospect of a Republican base energized by victory is frightening, then imagine — if you can — what they are going to be like when they are enraged and humiliated by a broad defeat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The NYT<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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A wounded bear is a dangerous thing.<\/p>\n

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Now, in the final days of a horrid campaign, an unshackled Trump is more national threat than punch line. He\u2019s determined to cause lasting damage.<\/p>\n

But those who take pleasure in watching Trump destroy the Republican Party are missing the bigger picture. He\u2019s trying to destroy the country, as well. Civility, always a tenuous thing, cannot be quickly restored in a society that has learned to hate in public, at full throttle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The New York Times takes-up the danger of Trump’s maddened nutcases after they’re defeated in November, something I remarked upon here. If the prospect of a Republican base energized by victory is frightening, then imagine — if you can — … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4905,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions\/4905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}