{"id":129591,"date":"2016-02-01T04:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T04:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/trump-cruz-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off.html"},"modified":"2016-01-31T22:57:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:57:59","slug":"trump-cruz-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/trump-cruz-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump! Cruz! Let&#039;s call the whole thing off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert on the GOP&#39;s dilemma: the insane narcissist or the smarmy ideologue none of his colleagues likes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s sort of fascinating watching the GOP&#39;s car crash this election season. It would be more fascinating if we weren&#39;t all in the car with them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmWqwKkaGjw' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/GzsCaW85MG7'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert on the GOP&#39;s dilemma: the insane narcissist or the smarmy ideologue none of his colleagues likes. It&#39;s sort of fascinating watching the GOP&#39;s car crash this election season. It would be more fascinating if we weren&#39;t all in the car with them. 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