{"id":11741,"date":"2008-02-12T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/02\/12\/cheers-to-the-chief.html"},"modified":"2008-02-12T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T23:19:05","slug":"cheers_to_the_chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/12\/cheers_to_the_chief.html","title":{"rendered":"Cheers to the Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whodoyouwanttohaveabeerwith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who do you want to have a beer with?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, voting is going to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 43% Barack Obama<\/li>\n<li> 20% John McCain<\/li>\n<li> 18% Ron Paul<\/li>\n<li> 10% Hillary Clinton<\/li>\n<li> 7% Mike Huckabee<\/li>\n<li> 3% Mike Gravel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Actually, though I voted for Barack, I&#8217;d be willing to have a beer with nearly any of them (though Hillary doesn&#8217;t strike me as a beer-drinker). 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