{"id":11828,"date":"2008-01-24T18:17:43","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T01:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/01\/24\/painting-by-numbers.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T01:17:43","slug":"painting_by_numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/24\/painting_by_numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"Painting by Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Koerner - Charge to Keep\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/koerner.gif\" width=\"350\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Oh, my.<\/p>\n<p>The painting at right by WHD Koerner was bought by George W. Bush shortly after he was &#8220;born again.&#8221;&nbsp; Titled &#8220;A Charge to Keep,&#8221; it is a favorite of Bush&#8217;s, and he explains in his autobiography (which he gave the same title) how it represents a Methodist circuit rider &#8220;determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail. This is us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Except &#8230; that&#8217;s not quite <a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2008\/01\/hbc-90002237\" target=\"_blank\">the whole story of the painting<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/08\/01\/14912.html\" target=\"_blank\">kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, my. The painting at right by WHD Koerner was bought by George W. 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