{"id":31150,"date":"2012-11-05T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/cracked-election-myths.html"},"modified":"2012-11-06T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T16:34:33","slug":"cracked-election-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/cracked-election-myths.html","title":{"rendered":"Cracked Election Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not sure I&#39;d completely classify these as myths, but it&#39;s some interesting information.<\/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:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/i.crackedcdn.com\/phpimages\/article\/3\/8\/7\/152387.jpg?v%3D1&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' 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.cracked.com\/article_20134_8-election-myths-you-probably-believe.html'>8 Election Myths You Probably Believe<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome of what we hate most about the American democratic process aren&#8217;t flaws at all &#8212; they&#8217;re actually what make the whole thing tick.\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\/TCfWiXm42MC' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not sure I&#39;d completely classify these as myths, but it&#39;s some interesting information. Embedded Link 8 Election Myths You Probably Believe Some of what we hate most about the American democratic process aren&#8217;t flaws at all &#8212; they&#8217;re actually what make the whole thing tick. 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