{"id":40,"date":"2009-09-14T07:07:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T07:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2009-12-28T02:36:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T02:36:30","slug":"civility-in-the-mist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"Civility in the Mist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"dropcap-first\">We hear it all the time, drumbeats of it, every four years during a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Presidential election\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_election\">presidential election<\/a> cycle:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I will bring civility back to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Washington\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.5,-120.5&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=47.5,-120.5%20%28Washington%29&amp;t=h\">Washington<\/a>, back to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Congress\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress\">Congress<\/a>, back to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Political discourse analysis\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_discourse_analysis\">political discourse<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, B.S. &#8212; excuse me if I don&#8217;t believe that&#8217;s one area of change that likely will.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pajamasmedia.com\/instapundit\/80984\/\">OBAMA VS. 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