{"id":9832,"date":"2016-11-04T15:29:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=9832"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:31:25","slug":"carping-on-the-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/carping-on-the-presidential-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Carping on the Presidential Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9833\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"train-wreck\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-800x536.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Any politician who championed NSA spying on Americans should be forever prohibited from invoking 4th Amendment in defense <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/792812672177807360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2016<\/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 claims that he&#39;s avoided &quot;meddling&quot; in FBI &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> but he twice proclaimed her innocent before FBI investigation finished<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/793854632418304000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2016<\/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\">Biggest Shock of 2016: Rogue\u2019s Gallery of Ex-Officials claim Justice Dept. has always been honest &amp; impartial in prez races<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/793104606565982208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2016<\/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\">Is it too late for Bill Clinton to buttonhole Attorney General Lynch on another airport tarmac?  FBI &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> emails<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/792063510352105472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2016<\/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\">NYT blows whistle on do-nothing placebo buttons on elevators &amp; crosswalks but fails to mention voting levers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTQOjF0OvF\">https:\/\/t.co\/oTQOjF0OvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/792044737142394880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2016<\/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\">Politicians don\u2019t violate the law to hide their good deeds. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a>\u2019s FOIA frauds probably camouflage much graver offenses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wU3Pc5Q5sY\">pic.twitter.com\/wU3Pc5Q5sY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/794572100409421824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2016<\/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\/Wikileaks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wikileaks<\/a> updates Shakespeare for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a>?: Rather than being wary of the Ides of March, keep your eye on Guy Fawkes Day&#8230; or?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/794380216508575744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2016<\/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>Any politician who championed NSA spying on Americans should be forever prohibited from invoking 4th Amendment in defense @HillaryClinton &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 30, 2016 Obama claims that he&#39;s avoided &quot;meddling&quot; in FBI &amp; @HillaryClinton but he twice proclaimed her innocent before FBI investigation finished &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) November 2, 2016 Biggest Shock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[349,52,496,339,936,285],"class_list":["post-9832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coverup","tag-democracy","tag-election","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-placebos","tag-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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