{"id":106456,"date":"2016-09-13T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106456"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:46:40","slug":"are-the-media-bewitched-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106456","title":{"rendered":"Are The Media Bewitched By Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF+\"http:\/\/www.laobserved.com\/intell\/2016\/09\/joel_1.php\">Joel Bellman writes<\/a>: &#8220;He is, as many have noted, by far the least qualified individual by temperament, experience, intellect, and judgment of any major party presidential candidate in, like, forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The liberal Jewish writer does not bother to back up his assertions. Donald Trump&#8217;s educational attainment (Wharton MBA) show he&#8217;s in the top 2% for IQ. He must have something going for him as well in the other categories to be on the verge of the American presidency. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid that this year&#8217;s presidential campaign is no momentary lapse of reason. It&#8217;s a total eclipse, and it sometimes feels like the darkness will never end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, a liberal Jew fears the goyim will rediscover nationalism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Bellman writes: &#8220;He is, as many have noted, by far the least qualified individual by temperament, experience, intellect, and judgment of any major party presidential candidate in, like, forever.&#8221; The liberal Jewish writer does not bother to back up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106456\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donald-trump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joel Bellman writes: &quot;He is, as many have noted, by far the least qualified individual by temperament, experience, intellect, and judgment of any major party presidential candidate in, like, forever.&quot; The liberal Jewish writer does not bother to back up his assertions. 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