{"id":23329,"date":"2011-11-01T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/the-urban-legendary-candidate.html"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:43:19","slug":"the-urban-legendary-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/the-urban-legendary-candidate.html","title":{"rendered":"The (Urban) Legendary Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The question, of course, is whether he&#39;s simply sloppy about fact-checking (or, rather, that his staff is sloppy about it), or whether he figures that getting some snappy sound bites are what he needs to drum up support, and that only policy wonks and Yankee liberals will cry foul about whether those sound bites are reality-challenged.<\/p>\n<p>Neither speaks well for his ability to serve as governor, let along president.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wamo.info%2Fmag%2F1111%2F1111.cover.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal\/2011_11\/rick_perry_keeps_falling_for_u033216.php'>Rick Perry keeps falling for urban legends<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn August, Rick Perry complained about a new regulation that would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses if they drive their tractors across the road. It\u2019s a common urban\u2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/5pGbZA16rKK'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Post imported by Google+Blog.  Created By <a href='http:\/\/minimali.se\/'>Daniel Treadwell<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question, of course, is whether he&#39;s simply sloppy about fact-checking (or, rather, that his staff is sloppy about it), or whether he figures that getting some snappy sound bites are what he needs to drum up support, and that only policy wonks and Yankee liberals will cry foul about whether those sound bites are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/the-urban-legendary-candidate.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The (Urban) Legendary 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