{"id":76,"date":"2012-10-31T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T02:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/BillAngel\/?p=76"},"modified":"2012-10-31T22:16:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T02:16:32","slug":"a-visual-interpretation-of-the-current-state-of-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/2012\/10\/31\/a-visual-interpretation-of-the-current-state-of-the-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"A visual interpretation of the current state of the Republican Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie  appears to  be on the same side as fellow  Republican Mike Huckabee, who had this to say about the Republican Party :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think that there is just such a toxic atmosphere right now, specifically in the Republican party. I would love to say that it\u2019s going to be all about ideas and solutions, but unfortunately a lot of it is about just being able to say, \u2018I\u2019m more angry at the Obama administration than somebody else.\u2019 That\u2019s not what motivates me politically or governmentally. I believe it ought to be about solutions.\u201d &#8211;Mike Huckabee, former Gov of Arkansas <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> The situation with the Republican party could be depicted as a tent plagued with a toxic atmosphere. In the depiction below, the Republican tent is being protected by guards in black wearing gas masks to protect them from the toxic fumes.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/bill_angel\/15259712\/215483\/215483_original.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAnd here&#8217;s a clothing mannequin depicting a photojournalist about to enter the Republican tent, wearing a gas mask so as not to be overcome by the fumes of the &#8221; toxic atmosphere&#8221;<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bill_angel\/7977968895\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8302\/7977968895_b2dffdf979_n.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bill_angel\/7977968895\/\">mannequin in clothing store  window<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appears to be on the same side as fellow Republican Mike Huckabee, who had this to say about the Republican Party : \u201cI think that there is just such a toxic atmosphere right now, specifically &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/2012\/10\/31\/a-visual-interpretation-of-the-current-state-of-the-republican-party\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34,57,65,69],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-commentary","tag-election","tag-politics","tag-republican","tag-romney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}