{"id":7710,"date":"2015-02-26T23:23:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T04:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=7710"},"modified":"2015-02-26T23:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T04:23:51","slug":"is-a-convention-of-states-a-good-idea-or-a-dangerous-one-watch-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2015\/02\/is-a-convention-of-states-a-good-idea-or-a-dangerous-one-watch-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a &#8220;Convention of States&#8221; a Good Idea or a Dangerous One?  Watch this!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7711\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-11.36.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 11.36.27 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ever since I started talking about a Convention of States, a few people have said that I was supporting something that could cause a \u201crunaway convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guess what?<\/p>\n<p>We already have a \u201crunaway government!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a great video that addresses some of their concerns:<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vPixDHg52Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Read more on the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Family.html\" rel=\"external nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Patheos Faith and Family Channel<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>, fan me on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Bristol-Palin\/109696302423164\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0and follow this blog on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolsBlog\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ever since I started talking about a Convention of States, a few people have said that I was supporting something that could cause a \u201crunaway convention.\u201d Guess what? 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