{"id":434,"date":"2013-10-04T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=434"},"modified":"2014-04-06T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:21:56","slug":"cant-make-this-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/cant-make-this-stuff-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Make This Stuff Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama was just down the road from GorT&#8217;s non-castle residence yesterday and his speech included this little excerpt:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEHKBqlpYwM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>So are his &#8220;handlers&#8221; slapping their foreheads?&nbsp; Is the crowd so stupid that they don&#8217;t realize what he just said?&nbsp; For all those Democrats in Maryland who sat through his speech, let me spell it out for you:&nbsp; If you are a union worker who wants better benefits and you decide to strike and shutdown the plant in order to &#8220;hold it hostage&#8221; for better benefits &#8211; you should be FIRED.&nbsp; That is exactly the analogy he made.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; Eat that unions&#8230;how are you feeling now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama was just down the road from GorT&#8217;s non-castle residence yesterday and his speech included this little excerpt: So are his &#8220;handlers&#8221; slapping their foreheads?&nbsp; Is the crowd so stupid that they don&#8217;t realize what he just said?&nbsp; For <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/cant-make-this-stuff-up\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,24,393],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-shutdown","category-the-obama-amateur-hour","category-unions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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