{"id":6955,"date":"2014-04-30T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2014-04-30T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:48:12","slug":"baptize-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/30\/baptize-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should We Baptize Politicians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Caution-Politicians-at-Work1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6956\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Caution-Politicians-at-Work1-800x240.png\" alt=\"Caution-Politicians-at-Work1\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Caution-Politicians-at-Work1-800x240.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Caution-Politicians-at-Work1-150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Caution-Politicians-at-Work1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Palin<\/strong> declared last weekend that &#8220;waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.&#8221;\u00a0 Her remark has justifiably been condemned far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>But how should we baptize politicians?\u00a0 If suspected terrorists deserve to be tortured, what should we do with a class of people who perennially ravage our rights and liberties?<\/p>\n<p>[image from www.EmpowerTexans.com]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Palin declared last weekend that &#8220;waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.&#8221;\u00a0 Her remark has justifiably been condemned far and wide. But how should we baptize politicians?\u00a0 If suspected terrorists deserve to be tortured, what should we do with a class of people who perennially ravage our rights and liberties? 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