{"id":529,"date":"2008-10-08T17:04:57","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T22:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=529"},"modified":"2008-10-08T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T22:06:26","slug":"mccain-jumps-the-gun-with-my-fellow-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/mccain-jumps-the-gun-with-my-fellow-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain Jumps the Gun with &#8220;My Fellow Prisoners&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a speech today, John McCain told the audience: &#8220;Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before <strong>my fellow prisoners<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYFm5kK4f1k\"><strong>Here<\/strong><\/a> is a 13 second YouTube clip from the speech. <\/p>\n<p>I thought McCain had been in politics long enough to know not to notify people that he was nullifying all their rights until <strong>after<\/strong> the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a speech today, John McCain told the audience: &#8220;Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners.&#8221; Here is a 13 second YouTube clip from the speech. 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