{"id":4139,"date":"2013-01-26T23:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2013-01-26T23:29:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:29:44","slug":"tom-blanton-blows-the-whistle-on-the-chief-justice-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/26\/tom-blanton-blows-the-whistle-on-the-chief-justice-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Blanton Blows the Whistle on the Chief Justice &#038; Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/project2000\/8402477549\/\" title=\"The Imperial President Recites The Oath To The Ancient Ones by tomblanton1957, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8511\/8402477549_9ddc281c74.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"The Imperial President Recites The Oath To The Ancient Ones\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No wonder either Chief Justice Roberts or Obama botch that presidential oath of office every time it gets run up the flagpole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Blanton<\/strong>, the mastermind of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnar.org\"><strong>Project for a New American Revolution<\/strong><\/a>, does some of the best political art around.  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