{"id":1665,"date":"2006-02-12T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-12T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/vp-hunting-really.html"},"modified":"2006-02-12T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-12T20:09:00","slug":"vp-hunting-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/vp-hunting-really.html","title":{"rendered":"VP Hunting, Really!"},"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:\/\/www.4seasonsproductions.com\/FLASH\/Pictures\/Beanball%20Cheney%20Gun.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4seasonsproductions.com\/FLASH\/Pictures\/Beanball%20Cheney%20Gun.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Remember when George [HW] Bush shocked us with his pick of a virtual unknown, Quayle, as VP?<\/p>\n<p>Now, George [W] Bush\u2019s VP has shocked us with his \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&amp;storyID=2006-02-13T004530Z_01_N12148881_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHENEY-ACCIDENT.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pick<\/a>\u201d of a virtual unknown while hunting quail.<\/p>\n<p>If I were a conspiracy theorist I\u2019d be going bonkers thinking of how the Republicans have no candidate waiting in the wings and, of course, Cheney is not running for president.  For him to step aside would cause chaos.  Then again, his exit could be hastened, understandably, by his actually <em><strong>shooting<\/strong><\/em> someone \u2014 making room for a contender.  <\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019d a thunk?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ya think?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when George [HW] Bush shocked us with his pick of a virtual unknown, Quayle, as VP? Now, George [W] Bush\u2019s VP has shocked us with his \u201cpick\u201d of a virtual unknown while hunting quail. 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