{"id":31247,"date":"2012-11-06T17:55:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/once-again-the-gop-makes-us-look-like-idiots-internationally.html"},"modified":"2012-11-06T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:55:39","slug":"once-again-the-gop-makes-us-look-like-idiots-internationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/once-again-the-gop-makes-us-look-like-idiots-internationally.html","title":{"rendered":"Once again, the GOP makes us look like idiots internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or, if not idiots, then xenophobes. Or maybe just a banana republic that&#39;s trying to hide hanky-panky.<\/p>\n<p>Dolts.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.politico.com\/politico44\/2012\/11\/international-observers-blocked-from-polls-in-nine-148694.html'>International observers blocked from polls in nine states<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA group of international electoral observers has been blocked from polling places in nine states and has had to take precautions in the face of security threats. &#8220;We had to tell our people, don&#038;#&#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\/dSnf2hYEF8L' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, if not idiots, then xenophobes. Or maybe just a banana republic that&#39;s trying to hide hanky-panky. Dolts. Embedded Link International observers blocked from polls in nine states A group of international electoral observers has been blocked from polling places in nine states and has had to take precautions in the face of security threats. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/once-again-the-gop-makes-us-look-like-idiots-internationally.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Once again, the GOP makes us look like idiots internationally&#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_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30786,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/election-monitors-use-black-helicopters-to-pollute-our-precious-bodily-fluids.html","url_meta":{"origin":31247,"position":0},"title":"Election monitors use black helicopters to pollute our precious bodily fluids!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 23-Oct-12 3:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Election monitors use black helicopters to pollute our precious bodily fluids!Just like they have since 2002. 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