{"id":31239,"date":"2012-11-06T09:28:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T16:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/and-now-for-a-word-from-the-other-side.html"},"modified":"2012-11-06T11:04:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T18:04:02","slug":"and-now-for-a-word-from-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/and-now-for-a-word-from-the-other-side.html","title":{"rendered":"And now for a word from the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I definitely have a political position in this current election, and have not hesitated to go on, at length (and even longer), about it, it&#39;s probably only fair to offer up a dissenting viewpoint. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Submitted for your entertainment, and possibly as an inspiration to get out there and vote (though for whom might not be what Mr. Walsh thinks), a different view on what this election is all about.<\/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:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/c5.nrostatic.com\/images\/cover_overlay_121029.jpg&#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.nationalreview.com\/corner\/332579\/crush-them-michael-walsh'>Crush Them<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Walsh writes on NRO: Conservatives have a rare opportunity tomorrow to do something they signally failed to do in the landslide elections of 1972 and 1984: finish the job. Nixon\u2019s victory was &#8230;\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\/HrhKfTXHy5t' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I definitely have a political position in this current election, and have not hesitated to go on, at length (and even longer), about it, it&#39;s probably only fair to offer up a dissenting viewpoint. \u00a0 Submitted for your entertainment, and possibly as an inspiration to get out there and vote (though for whom might &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/and-now-for-a-word-from-the-other-side.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And now for a word from the Other Side&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28881,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/all-the-election-advertising-if-not-election-itself-money-can-buy.html","url_meta":{"origin":31239,"position":0},"title":"All the election advertising (if not election itself) money can buy","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Aug-12 1:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Sure, campaign spending can't guarantee victory, but some pretty clever people seem to think it's a good investment.Reshared post from +Jim Feig Embedded Link Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, a group backed by the Koch brothers, have put\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":131816,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/election-day-wont-actually-be-just-election-day-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":31239,"position":1},"title":"Election Day won&#039;t actually be just Election Day in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 17-Oct-16 10:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado's doing a mail-in ballot this year, which turns Election Day into Election Season.Not that I expect that means political advertisements and phone calls will drop in number. 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