{"id":30080,"date":"2012-09-04T23:27:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T05:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/04\/romney-v-kennedy.html"},"modified":"2012-09-04T23:27:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T05:27:30","slug":"romney-v-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/04\/romney-v-kennedy.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney v. Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever one thinks of Ted Kennedy, and the tribute to him at the Democratic Convention, it seems perfectly legit to include\u00a0what Mitt Romney said <i>in his race versus Kennedy<\/i> to illustrate what positions he passionately argued for <i>less than a decade ago.<\/i><\/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='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenewcivilrightsmovement.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F09%2FA-tribute-to-Senator-Kennedy-YouTube-1.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:\/\/thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/1-gop-really-angry-democrats-played-tribute-to-ted-kennedy-featuring-mitt-romney\/politics\/2012\/09\/04\/48291'>GOP Really Angry Democrats Played Tribute To Ted Kennedy Featuring Mitt Romney<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGOP Chair Reince Priebus is really angry Democrats played this video tribute to the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, featuring some comments from Governor Mitt Romney.\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\/gDXDwMQUVgx' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever one thinks of Ted Kennedy, and the tribute to him at the Democratic Convention, it seems perfectly legit to include\u00a0what Mitt Romney said in his race versus Kennedy to illustrate what positions he passionately argued for less than a decade ago. 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