{"id":551,"date":"2007-11-06T21:26:30","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T01:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/11\/06\/profiles-in-courage-house-democrats\/"},"modified":"2007-11-06T21:26:30","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T01:26:30","slug":"profiles-in-courage-house-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/11\/06\/profiles-in-courage-house-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles in Courage: House Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=116&amp;sid=1287326\">narrowly managed to avert a bruising debate on a proposal to impeach Dick Cheney<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously?\u00c2\u00a0 They passed up an opportunity to espouse the many reasons Dick Cheney has proven himself unfit for office?<\/p>\n<p>Their ineptitude knows no bounds, it seems.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got more respect for shady used car salesmen, at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats &#8220;narrowly managed to avert a bruising debate on a proposal to impeach Dick Cheney&#8220;. 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