{"id":2683,"date":"2010-04-02T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2010-04-02T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T18:36:12","slug":"sometimes-i-like-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2683","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I Like Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"305\" height=\"284\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/swf\/TheDailyBeastVideoPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><\/param><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=http:\/\/www.tdbimg.com\/files\/2010\/04\/01\/vid-obama-compares-pundits-to-farmers_201109962674.flv&#038;still=http:\/\/www.tdbimg.com\/files\/2010\/04\/01\/img-100401-msnbc-obama-still_201048156886.jpg&#038;title=OBAMA%20TO%20PUNDITS%3A%20CHILL%20OUT%21\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The non-stop poll watching in Washington drives me nuts.  We are not a democracy; we are a constitutional republic.  The beauty of our Republic is not that the people get what they want; indeed the beauty is that sometimes they <i>don&#8217;t<\/i> get what they want.  The beauty is in the accountability that a republic creates.  The only time polls matter is in November.<\/p>\n<p>That having been said, we <i>will<\/i> be watching this, Mr. President.  And if healthcare doesn&#8217;t deliver what was promised &#8212; and I don&#8217;t think it will &#8212; it won&#8217;t be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The non-stop poll watching in Washington drives me nuts. We are not a democracy; we are a constitutional republic. The beauty of our Republic is not that the people get what they want; indeed the beauty is that sometimes they don&#8217;t get what they want. The beauty is in the accountability that a republic creates. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=2683\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sometimes I Like Him<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzKF-Hh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2684,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions\/2684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}