{"id":4150,"date":"2013-01-31T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2013-01-31T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T18:43:05","slug":"poaching-the-onions-memoir-marketing-spiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/31\/poaching-the-onions-memoir-marketing-spiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Poaching the Onion&#8217;s Memoir Marketing Spiel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m thinking of poaching this great Onion marketing spiel for their edition of Joe Biden&#8217;s memoirs &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Q: Should you spend $2.99 on \u201cDiamond\u201d Joe Biden\u2019s memoirs or on cheap booze?<\/p>\n<p>A: Spend $5.98, read memoirs drunk&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00AKZH97W\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00AKZH97W&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=jimbovard-20\"><strong>Public Policy Hooligan<\/strong><\/a> is currently $6.99 &#8211; maybe that still counts as cheap booze?  It&#8217;s been a long time since I checked the price on &#8220;Night Train.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/revised-small-320-8361280451_8ca881e13b_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4151\" title=\"revised-small-320-8361280451_8ca881e13b_n\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/revised-small-320-8361280451_8ca881e13b_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/revised-small-320-8361280451_8ca881e13b_n.jpg 213w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/revised-small-320-8361280451_8ca881e13b_n-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m thinking of poaching this great Onion marketing spiel for their edition of Joe Biden&#8217;s memoirs &#8211; &#8220;Q: Should you spend $2.99 on \u201cDiamond\u201d Joe Biden\u2019s memoirs or on cheap booze? 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