{"id":137327,"date":"2018-10-15T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T23:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dont-get-eaten-by-orcs-vote.html"},"modified":"2018-10-15T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T23:57:04","slug":"dont-get-eaten-by-orcs-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dont-get-eaten-by-orcs-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Get Eaten By Orcs. Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#39;s a darn shame that the Perfect Candidate isn&#39;t running. Welcome to the Real World. I learned long ago, that (a) if there&#39;s not somebody you can vote <i>for,<\/i> there&#39;s always somebody you can vote <i>against,<\/i> and (b) letting the perfect be the enemy of the good helps the bad win.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Craig Froehle<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/103183570053193175186\/albums\/6612464889560051953\/6612464889224491986'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-O6cltVgn9iQ\/W8QxyEv389I\/AAAAAAAC6d0\/D7k9PXPpbA0FQ1wQHOnISkNQnVAbdmDFwCJoC\/43530745_10156615699260011_2996650458249953280_n.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/6nrhRPZtbEW'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#39;s a darn shame that the Perfect Candidate isn&#39;t running. Welcome to the Real World. I learned long ago, that (a) if there&#39;s not somebody you can vote for, there&#39;s always somebody you can vote against, and (b) letting the perfect be the enemy of the good helps the bad win. Originally shared by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dont-get-eaten-by-orcs-vote.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#039;t Get Eaten By Orcs. 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And for reasons that echo a lot of what Eric Garland says here.(h\/t +Curt Thompson) Embedded Link Letter to a future Republican strategist regarding white people To whom it may concern regarding the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13602,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/05\/colorado_ballot_propositi-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":137327,"position":2},"title":"Colorado Ballot Propositions &#8211; Recap","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Nov-08 12:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"For the most part, my vote \"No\" was echoed by most Colorado voters. 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