{"id":1744,"date":"2008-11-10T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2008-11-10T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:16:49","slug":"republican-party-of-virginia-political-party-or-party-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/10\/republican-party-of-virginia-political-party-or-party-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Party of Virginia: Political Party or Party Entertainment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waldo, as always, does an excellent job of highlighting the <a href=\"http:\/\/waldo.jaquith.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/rpv-waning\/\">sorry state of affairs in the Republican Party of Virginia<\/a> (RPV).\u00c2\u00a0 Now, considering their reliably absurd politics, the damage that they&#8217;ve done to Virginia, and my own partisan bent, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d get nothing but joy out of his.\u00c2\u00a0 And really, there is quite a bit of joy at the moment.\u00c2\u00a0 But at some point (and that point will come sooner than later), Virginia&#8217;s Democrats will need the discipline that comes from competition with a serious and viable political alternative.\u00c2\u00a0 So long as these current jokers over at the RPV are in charge, Virginia&#8217;s Democrats won&#8217;t get that competition.\u00c2\u00a0 And that&#8217;s bad for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waldo, as always, does an excellent job of highlighting the sorry state of affairs in the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV).\u00c2\u00a0 Now, considering their reliably absurd politics, the damage that they&#8217;ve done to Virginia, and my own partisan bent, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d get nothing but joy out of his.\u00c2\u00a0 And really, there is quite a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Waldo, as always, does an excellent job of highlighting the sorry state of affairs in the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV).\u00c2 Now, considering their reliably absurd politics, the damage that they&#039;ve done to Virginia, and my own partisan bent, you&#039;d think I&#039;d get nothing but joy out of his.\u00c2 And really, there is quite a\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"politics,virginia\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/10\/republican-party-of-virginia-political-party-or-party-entertainment\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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