{"id":298,"date":"2007-03-22T16:26:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/03\/22\/dc-voting-rights-more-of-the-same\/"},"modified":"2007-03-22T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-22T21:26:22","slug":"dc-voting-rights-more-of-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/03\/22\/dc-voting-rights-more-of-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Voting Rights: More of the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, I could go on about the paragon of hypocrisy and duplicity that is the Bush White House, or tell you (once again) that for all of his other faults, Rep. 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