{"id":1532,"date":"2008-05-21T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/05\/dream-ticket-redux\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:13:10","slug":"dream-ticket-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/05\/dream-ticket-redux.html","title":{"rendered":"Dream Ticket Redux"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SDSE5D6EXbI\/AAAAAAAAA-I\/y_OTu3_rxDs\/s1600-h\/obamaclinton.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float: left;cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SDSE5D6EXbI\/AAAAAAAAA-I\/y_OTu3_rxDs\/s400\/obamaclinton.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>I have, with an occasional hesitation along the campaign way (it has been rough at times\u2026), continued to feel that the best ticket for America (and, I believe, the world) is going to be a teaming of Obama and Clinton. At various times I\u2019d have been happy with either leading. I have, however, as those who read this blog know, for some time felt the top needs to be Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>As things wind down, I feel more than ever, this is the winning combination. When I think of Obama\/Clinton I feel echoes of Kennedy\/Johnson. The young and vibrant visionary at the top of the ticket, giving it face and charisma. And right there, at his shoulder, the old and scared warrior who knows she (then he) would have been a better choice, but also, bone and marrow, wanting to serve.<\/p>\n<p>I hope it happens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-2845115598014272882?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have, with an occasional hesitation along the campaign way (it has been rough at times\u2026), continued to feel that the best ticket for America (and, I believe, the world) is going to be a teaming of Obama and Clinton. At various times I\u2019d have been happy with either leading. 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