PERSPECTIVE FROM THE 19^TH HOLE: This is the title I chose for my personal blog, which is meant to give me an outlet for one of my favorite crafts – writing – plus use an image from my favorite sport, golf. Out of college, my first job was as a reporter for the Daily Astorian in Astoria, Oregon, and I went on from there to practice writing in all of my professional positions, including as a Congressional press secretary in Washington, D.C., an Oregon state government manager in Salem and Portland, press secretary for Oregon’s last Republican governor (Vic Atiyeh), and a private sector lobbyist. This blog also allows me to link another favorite pastime – politics and the art of developing public policy – to what I write.

In one of my last blogs, I said “enough,” a reference to the fact that Donald Trump still thinks he can fool all of us with the absurd notion that he can be President of the United States.

After what has happened over the last couple days, is there any need to underline the reality that he is unfit for office – any office?

Probably not.

This from Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer:

“In nominating Donald Trump, the Republican Party has asked the people of the United States to entrust their future to a man who insults women, mocks the handicapped, urges that dissent be met with violence, seeks to impose religious tests for entry into the United States, and applies a de facto ethnicity test to judges. He offends our allies and praises dictators. His public statements are peppered with lies. He belittles our heroes and insults the parents of men who have died serving our country. Every day brings a fresh revelation that highlights the unacceptable danger in electing him to lead our nation.”

The fact that news has just emerged about Trump’s incredibly offensive comments about and toward women only serves to illustrate the point: It is time for Trump to quit and leave the turf to vice presidential candidate Mike Pence who, himself, is aghast at Trump’s comments.

Or, perhaps Pence, a good man, will have to quit the ticket.

Or, failing either of these alternatives, is it past time for American voters to give the election to Democrat Hillary Clinton because there is no other option?