{"id":5157,"date":"2013-04-24T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T22:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2013-04-24T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T22:04:03","slug":"rand-paul-irretrievably-loses-liquor-store-robber-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/24\/rand-paul-irretrievably-loses-liquor-store-robber-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Irretrievably Loses Liquor Store Robber Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his Fox News interview in which he endorsed using drones for responding to suspected violent crimes in progress,<a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/23\/rand-paul-endorses-using-drones-to-kill-suspected-liquor-store-robbers\/\"> Sen. Rand Paul<\/a>&#8216;s office issued a clarification last night.<\/p>\n<p>But Rand Paul has definitely lost the liquor store robber vote no matter what he says between now and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5145\" alt=\"predator-firing-missile4\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4-800x600.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/predator-firing-missile4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his Fox News interview in which he endorsed using drones for responding to suspected violent crimes in progress, Sen. 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