{"id":12828,"date":"2008-09-19T22:07:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T05:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/19\/from-near-russia-with-gov.html"},"modified":"2008-09-19T22:07:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T05:07:25","slug":"from_near_russia_with_gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/19\/from_near_russia_with_gov.html","title":{"rendered":"From Near Russia, with Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I tend not to watch Daily Show clips that folks post because &#8212; well, I usually watch it a day or two later myself on the DVR. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2008\/09\/daily_show_goodness_3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sorry, BD<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m probably the last person to have watched this who was likely to. But &#8230; <em>damn<\/em>, that&#8217;s funny.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, the Infomercial bits are spit-take funny, but watching Sean Hannity not just lobbing big, fuzzy beach balls to Palin, but lobbing them, running around the table, and <em>catching <\/em>them for her, was worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if I were Sarah Palin, I&#8217;d be downright insulted by Hannity&#8217;s interview questions. &#8220;Jeez, Sean, I realize I have no experience on the national scene, but I&#8217;ve actually talked with journalists before. Don&#8217;t treat me like I&#8217;m actually the idiot the Dems paint me to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tend not to watch Daily Show clips that folks post because &#8212; well, I usually watch it a day or two later myself on the DVR. (Sorry, BD.) 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