{"id":129590,"date":"2016-02-01T05:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/trump-vs-trump.html"},"modified":"2016-01-31T22:57:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:57:52","slug":"trump-vs-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/trump-vs-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump vs. Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone doubts that the support for Donald Trump is some sort of visceral emotional thing, vs. a rational evaluation of policy positions and consistent ideological track record &#8230; um, yeah, here you go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpKiP_gmDS8' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/RtmP6i7RhWV'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone doubts that the support for Donald Trump is some sort of visceral emotional thing, vs. a rational evaluation of policy positions and consistent ideological track record &#8230; um, yeah, here you go. 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