{"id":547783,"date":"2010-04-30T07:51:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/30\/there%e2%80%99s-a-reason-you-ignore-them\/"},"modified":"2010-04-30T07:51:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:51:41","slug":"there%e2%80%99s-a-reason-you-ignore-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547783","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason you ignore them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/30\/theres-a-reason-you-ignore-them\/\" >There\u2019s a reason you ignore them \t\t<\/a><br \/>The more simplistic the GOP slogan, the faster you should avoid it.<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_left'><object width=\"300\" height=\"241\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8o0iJDA7_lY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8o0iJDA7_lY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly true that in the last week and a half, the Obama Administration has found itself in a Bush-like situation of having <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fdlaction.firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/29\/action-say-no-to-offshore-drilling\/\">a bad policy decision become a precursor to an actual disaster.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GOP plays the &#8220;long-game&#8221; when it comes to disastrous policy positions (or doesn&#8217;t depending on your sarcastic perspective), something a Democrat should always keep in mind.  From pretending there isn&#8217;t global warming to pissing off the nation&#8217;s fastest growing ethnic groups you have to add this characteristic to your political calculus.<\/p>\n<p>So how fitting that Republicans at their last convention sent out noted expert on everything Rudy Giuliani to discuss <s>9-11<\/s> offshore drilling.  How fitting they adopt noted expert on everything Sarah Palin&#8217;s slogans.  How fitting that they continue to send out noted expert on everything <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/04\/29\/gingrich-drill-campaign\/\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> to demand it while a certain off-shore oil platform breaks Joseph Hazelwood&#8217;s <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100430\/ap_on_bi_ge\/us_louisiana_oil_rig_explosion_292\">record for oil spills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are reasons, Mr. President, we shouldn&#8217;t listen to most Republican talking points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=81161&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_81161\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><br style='clear:none' \/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/29\/late-late-night-fdl-something-he-can-feel\/\" >Late Late Night FDL:  Something He Can Feel \t\t<\/a><br \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aretha_Franklin\"><strong>Aretha Franklin<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LGm9XVq1Vz0\"><em><strong>Something He Can Feel<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LGm9XVq1Vz0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LGm9XVq1Vz0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aretha_Franklin\"><strong>Aretha Franklin<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LGm9XVq1Vz0\"><em><strong>Something He Can Feel<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s on your mind?<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=78489&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_78489\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a reason you ignore them The more simplistic the GOP slogan, the faster you should avoid it. It&#8217;s certainly true that in the last week and a half, the Obama Administration has found itself in a Bush-like situation of having a bad policy decision become a precursor to an actual disaster. The GOP plays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}