{"id":3253,"date":"2010-08-18T18:40:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T01:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josemarquez.com\/xsml\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2010-08-18T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T01:40:17","slug":"if-youre-going-to-scare-monger-at-least-do-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/2010\/08\/18\/if-youre-going-to-scare-monger-at-least-do-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re going to scare monger, at least do it right."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Smith has written a <a href=http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/news-and-politics\/42898\/lawless\/>fun, smart and thorough<\/a> takedown of Gingrich et al&#8217;s latest boogie monster: &#8220;sharia&#8221; law. <\/p>\n<p>As you would expect, Gingrich doesn&#8217;t even know what he&#8217;s talking about. Which is especially a bummer if you consider all the real existential threats we Americans face. If you&#8217;re going to scare monger, at least do it right. <\/p>\n<p>That this intellectually dishonest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/features\/newt-gingrich-0910\">self-serving hypocrite<\/a> is considered an intellectual powerhouse in the Republican party should shed some light on just how craven and base are the impulses that prolong its popular influence in the U.S..<\/p>\n<p>They really do appeal to the worst of us. Ronald Reagan must be turning over in his grave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Smith has written a fun, smart and thorough takedown of Gingrich et al&#8217;s latest boogie monster: &#8220;sharia&#8221; law. As you would expect, Gingrich doesn&#8217;t even know what he&#8217;s talking about. Which is especially a bummer if you consider all the real existential threats we Americans face. If you&#8217;re going to scare monger, at least&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}