{"id":131147,"date":"2016-07-27T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/gp-erdmmerung.html"},"modified":"2016-07-27T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T04:32:09","slug":"gp-erdmmerung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/gp-erdmmerung.html","title":{"rendered":"G&Ouml;P-erd&auml;mmerung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Democratic National Convention is going on, here&#39;s Samantha Bee looking back at the core zaniness of the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>(Additional segments from the same program on two other GOP talking points:<br \/>Political Correctness: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=poNCTQuWC6U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=poNCTQuWC6U<\/a><br \/>Black Lives Matter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81dhho3JuK4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81dhho3JuK4<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQuFPxCb-_o' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Zbu9bycaUzE'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Democratic National Convention is going on, here&#39;s Samantha Bee looking back at the core zaniness of the Republican National Convention. 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