{"id":467,"date":"2008-11-09T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T02:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T19:49:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T02:49:36","slug":"pjorourke-we-blew-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/","title":{"rendered":"P.J.O&#8217;Rourke:  We Blew It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The satirist at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/Utilities\/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=15791&amp;R=13CD53422C\" target=\"_blank\">his dyspeptic best.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A look back in remorse on the conservative opportunity that was squandered. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read it all.  You won&#8217;t agree with this or that, but it&#8217;s hard to deny a great deal of it.<\/p>\n<p>I have only one addition:  the Left is bound to blow it, too, though the kind of damage the Left can do is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/01\/like-terrorists-the-democrat-left-only-has-to-win-once\/\" target=\"_blank\">much harder to undo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-467\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-467\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-467\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/09\/pjorourke-we-blew-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The satirist at his dyspeptic best. A look back in remorse on the conservative opportunity that was squandered. Read it all. You won&#8217;t agree with this or that, but it&#8217;s hard to deny a great deal of it. 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