{"id":388,"date":"2008-02-17T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T18:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/17\/brian-wilson-sweeps-ohio\/"},"modified":"2008-02-17T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2008-02-17T18:58:10","slug":"brian-wilson-sweeps-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/17\/brian-wilson-sweeps-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Wilson Sweeps Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actually, maybe ‘cleans up Toledo’ would be a more accurate headline.<\/p>\n

The Toledo Blade<\/em>, a newspaper that Brian has treated with the same affection that Nixon lavished on the Washington Post, has a hefty, mostly glowing profile of Brian today here.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 I’m glad to see his superb talent getting recognized in print. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was not aware before reading the article that radio’s gain had been bowling’s loss.<\/p>\n

Brian’s war against creation of a ‘county poet’ is especially uplifting stuff.<\/p>\n

I was surprised the article did not have a section on Brian’s legendary Bassmaster achievements.<\/p>\n

And the biggest mystery in the piece –\u00a0the Marines and their “urban patrol exercise” in downtown Toledo – what the hell was that all about??????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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