{"id":1235,"date":"2012-01-01T23:50:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T04:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2012-01-01T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T04:50:42","slug":"my-views-on-election-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/heavy-stuff\/my-views-on-election-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"My views, on Election 2012."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My views are my truths, phrased as I see them.\u00a0 I need to express them, I consider\u00a0the stakes in this election simply too high to sit by.\u00a0 The thought of what will befall the people of the USA, should the wrong man win &#8211; well, it distresses me gravely.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"my favorite tweeeeets... perhaps less toxic than these, perhaps.\" href=\"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/t\/\">For my more usual Twitter fare, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, I&#8217;ll begin by being upfront &#8211; I&#8217;m an Independent, and consider myself a Liberal Conservative. What I think that means, is elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forgive me my political views, for my intent is to trespass against many, yet if I make but one think\u2026 I shall be content.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264415477265207296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>Forgive me my political views, for my intent is to trespass against many, yet if I make but one think\u2026 I shall be content.<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sick of fractured, divisive politics \u2013 I want a centrist candidate who&#39;ll SERVE us all, not their own special interests. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264436311987990528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>I\u2019m sick of fractured, divisive politics \u2013 I want a centrist candidate who&#8217;ll SERVE us all, not their own special interests. #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please, share YOUR views, not the regurgitated political spew fostered by the mass media. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264438243234295808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>Please, share YOUR views, not the regurgitated political spew fostered by the mass media. #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robber Baron: a wealthy, unscrupulous person who profits by pillaging from those with less resources. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264442705512370176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>Robber Baron: a wealthy, unscrupulous person who profits by pillaging from those with less resources. #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To Cry Wolf: yell the end is nigh! unless you vote for a massive new spending program, no time to think do it right now! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264443147927580672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>To Cry Wolf: yell the end is nigh! unless you vote for a massive new spending program, no time to think do it right now! #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To Relinquish Responsibility: vote strictly along party lines, let the lunatic fringe dictate how you should think. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264444293333274625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>To Relinquish Responsibility: vote strictly along party lines, let the lunatic fringe dictate how you should think. #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Want a radical republican in office? I don\u2019t.  No more than I want a radical democrat. Give me a Centrist \u2013 please. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264446420147384321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>Want a radical republican in office? I don\u2019t. No more than I want a radical democrat. Give me a Centrist \u2013 please. #election2012<\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despot: one who\u2019ll inflict their delusional beliefs on the citizenry, completely certain \u201cit\u2019s for their own good\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/election2012?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/264449201419743232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6>Despot: one who\u2019ll inflict their delusional beliefs on the citizenry, completely certain \u201cit\u2019s for their own good\u201d. #election2012<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"onward, friends and foes alike, into the fields of woe we go.\" href=\"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/2012\/01\/election-2012-part-b-medicaid\/\">The sorry saga, of #Election2012, continues here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My views are my truths, phrased as I see them.\u00a0 I need to express them, I consider\u00a0the stakes in this election simply too high to sit by.\u00a0 The thought of what will befall the people of the USA, should the wrong man win &#8211; well, it distresses me gravely. For my more usual Twitter fare, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heavy-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}