{"id":38830,"date":"2012-10-11T00:11:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T07:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=38830"},"modified":"2014-12-30T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T19:03:36","slug":"obama-living-laboratory-demonstration-that-sin-makes-you-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/10\/obama-living-laboratory-demonstration-that-sin-makes-you-stupid.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama: Living Laboratory Demonstration that Sin Makes You Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

First, there was the debate.<\/p>\n

Then, there\u2019s the whinging because people are making him prepare for the next debate instead of just letting him do as he likes and bowing to his genius.<\/p>\n

Now, there\u2019s the unbelievable clumsy attempt to manipulate the crowd with appeals to SAVE BIG BIRD\u2013which the makers of Sesame Street have rebuked in no uncertain terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The dude is starting to remind me of this piece of infamous bathos:<\/p>\n

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