{"id":11390,"date":"2017-09-01T10:18:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2017-09-01T10:18:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:18:38","slug":"an-old-lion-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/09\/01\/an-old-lion-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Lion Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a <em><strong>WaPo<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/john-mccain-its-time-congress-returns-to-regular-order\/2017\/08\/31\/f62a3e0c-8cfb-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?utm_term=.13b4c571c94b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> by Senator John McCain (R-AZ):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"U12204000842887PTE\">But we have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other.<\/p>\n<p>That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be <a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2017\/07\/05\/trumps-tweets-have-suddenly-grown-a-lot-more-dangerous\/?utm_term=.f76cc44d709a\" shape=\"rect\">impulsive<\/a> in his speech and conduct.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U12204000842887BEB\">We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. <strong>But we are not his subordinates<\/strong>. We don\u2019t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>My bold, and truer words never said. I hope Speaker Ryan and, indeed, the entire <em><strong>GOP<\/strong><\/em> Congressional contingent is listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a WaPo op-ed by Senator John McCain (R-AZ): But we have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other. That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/09\/01\/an-old-lion-speaks\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11391,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}