Trump<\/a>, Hillary<\/a>, Carson<\/a>, Bernie<\/a>, Fiorina<\/a>, Biden, <\/a>Rubio<\/a> – these are but a few of the people in the news working to become the next president of the United States (okay, I know technically Biden isn’t running yet, but he’s still in the news about it). I confess, I’m not paying really close attention yet as the primaries<\/a> are four to five months away and the election<\/a> itself is November 8, 2016 – over a year away! I’m just not ready to jump in the water yet. My toes are dipping in the shallow end from time to time as I walk through a room with the news on, but I’m keeping my distance as much as I can until after important things in life go by. Like my daughter turning 16 (sooner than I thought possible), Thanksgiving (when we’ve decided to ditch the turkey this year), and Christmas (the warmest, coziest, best smelling, most delicious feeling inside, time of year).<\/p>\n Until then, here are some of my favorite presidents.<\/p>\n President Bartlett<\/a> Pres<\/a>ident Palmer<\/a> President Marshall<\/a><\/p>\n Happy President searching!<\/p>\n P.S. I am aware that it is Sept. 11 – 14 years ago our world changed for millions of us who had never felt the effects of terror up close. As much as I grumble about putting up with political campaigns and people who can’t play nice – I am grateful to live in a country where I am free to grumble, to watch, to participate in this process. It may not be perfect, and it certainly is not pure – but it was a hard fought freedom that I will always try to not take for granted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trump, Hillary, Carson, Bernie, Fiorina, Biden, Rubio – these are but a few of the people in the news working to become the next president of the United States (okay, I know technically Biden isn’t running yet, but he’s still in the news about it). I confess, I’m not paying really close attention yet as the primaries …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zbKo-GF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}