{"id":7942,"date":"2015-01-21T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T18:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2015-01-21T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T18:09:57","slug":"state-union-political-fantasyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/21\/state-union-political-fantasyland\/","title":{"rendered":"That State of the Union Political Fantasyland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My carpings from Twitter &#8212; @jimbovard<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has there been an honest State of the Union <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> address since Grover Cleveland left office?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/557961332704960512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> Obama\u2019s pledge to &quot;properly constrain&quot; drones proves that he was targeting clueless viewers who cannot politically add 2 &amp; 2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/557932145801703424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> &quot;The shadow of crisis has passed&quot; &#8211; except for the president&#39;s lawless power grabs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/557953966076858369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> Whenever a politician says &quot;we should level the playing field,&quot; somebody is going to get screwed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/557745068799721472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And here is the tweet which I sent out just as Obama was starting &#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m holding my breath that Obama announces in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> that he&#39;ll devote his final 2 years to restoring &amp; respecting the Bill of Rights<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/557720174267482112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My carpings from Twitter &#8212; @jimbovard Has there been an honest State of the Union #SOTU address since Grover Cleveland left office? 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