{"id":32246,"date":"2013-01-19T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/19\/something-dark-rising-to-the-top.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T14:58:08","slug":"something-dark-rising-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/19\/something-dark-rising-to-the-top.html","title":{"rendered":"Something dark rising to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, now &#8230; I&#39;m sure the reference to President &quot;Obongo&quot; and &quot;Obongocare&quot; \u00a0are simply references to the incumbent&#39;s well-known Marxist leanings, shared by all those unwashed long-haired hippies who sit around in coffee shops and play the <i>bongos,<\/i> \u00a0Right? \u00a0Am I right? I mean it couldn&#39;t be racist, because we all know that &quot;racism&quot; is an empty liberal talking point to distract from the failures of the current administration.<\/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.blogula-rasa.com\/2013\/01\/19\/if-you-read-the-salt-lake-tribune-youll-learn-words-like-obongocare\/'>If You Read The Salt Lake Tribune, You\u2019ll Learn Words Like \u201cObongocare\u201dIf You Read The Salt Lake Tribune, You\u2019ll Learn Words Like \u201cObongocare\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany years ago, when I was young and still stuck living in Utah, one of my guilty pleasures was reading the &#8220;Letters to the Editor&#8221; and shaking my head in wonder and disgust at some of the attitudes e&#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\/7mFjm36xeJk' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, now &#8230; I&#39;m sure the reference to President &quot;Obongo&quot; and &quot;Obongocare&quot; \u00a0are simply references to the incumbent&#39;s well-known Marxist leanings, shared by all those unwashed long-haired hippies who sit around in coffee shops and play the bongos, \u00a0Right? \u00a0Am I right? I mean it couldn&#39;t be racist, because we all know that &quot;racism&quot; is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/19\/something-dark-rising-to-the-top.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Something dark rising to the top&#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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,740],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-race-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30722,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/salt-lake-tribune-endorses-obama.html","url_meta":{"origin":32246,"position":0},"title":"Salt Lake Tribune endorses Obama","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 20-Oct-12 1:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Or, rather, it rejects Romney, in an editorial called \"Too Many Mitts\".\u00a0Conclusion:'In considering which candidate to endorse, The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board had hoped that Romney would exhibit the same talents for organization, pragmatic problem solving and inspired leadership that he displayed here more than a decade ago. 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