{"id":1802,"date":"2009-03-25T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2009-03-25T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T19:54:13","slug":"if-republicans-in-congress-had-any-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/25\/if-republicans-in-congress-had-any-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"If Republicans in Congress Had Any Courage&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; They&#8217;d follow the lead of MEP Daniel Hannan and rip Barack Obama to shreds the way Hannan tore Gordon Brown apart:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/94lW6Y4tBXs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/94lW6Y4tBXs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You can read Daniel&#8217;s blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hannan.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; They&#8217;d follow the lead of MEP Daniel Hannan and rip Barack Obama to shreds the way Hannan tore Gordon Brown apart: You can read Daniel&#8217;s blog here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[57,160,550,508,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-1802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-barack-obama","8":"tag-congress","9":"tag-daniel-hannan","10":"tag-gordon-brown","11":"tag-republicans","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-t4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4360,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/video-daniel-hannans-speech-at-cpac-2012-a-warning-to-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1802,"position":0},"title":"Video: Daniel Hannan&#8217;s Speech at CPAC 2012; A Warning to America","author":"Jeff","date":"February 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BujuEpGmKMg \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/BujuEpGmKMg\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1626,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/08\/confidence-inspiring-obama-fumbled-brown-visit-because-hes-overwhelmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1802,"position":1},"title":"Confidence Inspiring: Obama Fumbled Brown Visit Because He&#8217;s Overwhelmed","author":"Jeff","date":"March 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh Lord, apparently Barack Obama and his staff didn't fumble last week's visit by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown out of malice... 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