The Congressman and The Donald

A few Republican congressmen are running away from presidential nominee Donald Trump faster than Jesse Owens at the '36 Berlin Olympics. Horrified by his racism, xenophobia, misogyny and delusional ravings, they're hoping to get re-elected without the Trump stench sending them into retirement. A majority embrace him as the embodiment of Republican values, proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the white nationalists and the KKK seeing Trump as the antidote to the black man they never accepted as their president.

Then there's my congressman Peter Roskam (IL-6), who has mastered the art of political gobbledygook in a desperate attempt straddle the Trump loving Republican majority in his district without appearing to endorse the most ignorant, mendacious and unqualified person to run for president in our lifetime. In May Roskam told WLS he wasn't ready to endorse Trump for two critical reasons; Trump implied taxes may go up and didn't seem to be bothered by entitlements. Roskam couched his entire concern of endorsing Trump on the grounds he may not reflect heartless Republican values rather than his obvious unfitness for office. But in July it appeared Roskam was endorsing Trump, telling WGN "I do think time is Donald Trump's friend. I think people are saying... alright, I'm ready to hear this guy out, see what he has got to say with the flash and dash aside."

If Congressman Roskam thinks pandering to the David Duke KKK wing of the Republican Party is 'flash and dash', it's fair to consider Roskam's unfitness for office along with The Donald.