{"id":131981,"date":"2016-11-08T14:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/dealing-with-the-big-electoral-decision.html"},"modified":"2016-11-08T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:31:41","slug":"dealing-with-the-big-electoral-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/dealing-with-the-big-electoral-decision.html","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with the Big Electoral Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heh.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.electricbunnycomics.com\/View\/Comic\/178\/Vote+Death+2016'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/DTgJkNU24f1rQYFKWD4bQBAvrFO7F6ZwjPiHB7lPZ1p3XO_8YVU66CIGGsTw0PdFXt_qUcGRDpmpyPpJ_Xmen042I2QYz8_4Z4nOOT6T1ei3Iiib74rqbYGj=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.electricbunnycomics.com\/View\/Comic\/178\/Vote+Death+2016'>Vote Death 2016<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nVote Death 2016. Check back every Thursday for more!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/dwLA5t2YBDe'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh. Originally shared by +Les Jenkins: Vote Death 2016 Vote Death 2016. Check back every Thursday for more! 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