{"id":1929,"date":"2010-07-14T21:45:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T02:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2010-07-14T21:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T02:45:49","slug":"the-new-american-credo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/14\/the-new-american-credo\/","title":{"rendered":"The New American Credo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ny-2002-new-mantra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ny-2002-new-mantra.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"ny-2002-new-mantra\" width=\"500\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ny-2002-new-mantra.png 652w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ny-2002-new-mantra-500x459.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Weren&#8217;t things supposed to be different after Obama was elected?<\/p>\n<p>[cartoon from the New Yorker, 2002]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weren&#8217;t things supposed to be different after Obama was elected? 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