{"id":4202,"date":"2010-11-12T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/obama-is-the-grinch-via-new-statesman-how-obama\/"},"modified":"2010-11-12T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T13:00:22","slug":"obama-is-the-grinch-via-new-statesman-how-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/obama-is-the-grinch-via-new-statesman-how-obama\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4202 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/obama-is-the-grinch-via-new-statesman-how-obama\/attachment\/4203\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/tumblr_lbrw4nvfbc1qbkli6o1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/tumblr_lbrw4nvfbc1qbkli6o1_500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/tumblr_lbrw4nvfbc1qbkli6o1_500-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"255px\" data-loftocean-lazy-load-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-loftocean-loading-image=\"on\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Obama is the Grinch!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/blogs\/the-staggers\/2010\/11\/liberal-claus-tea-party-obama\">New Statesman, How Obama stole Christmas<\/a> a children&rsquo;s book (!!) by failed Tea Party candidate David Hedrick, who has released his own fiery anti-Obama polemic: <em>The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Liberal Claus(e<\/em>)  tells the story of how a town is taken over &ldquo;Liberal Party of Elves,&rdquo; a  sinister troupe of socialists led by Barry &ldquo;Liberal Claus&rdquo; Obama and  Elf Peloosi. Obama proceeds to convince the townsfolk that the  &ldquo;Christmastution&rdquo; has a &ldquo;Liberal Clause&rdquo; (geddit?) that grants him  unlimited power. But his approval ratings soon turn negative as his  place of birth is questioned (&ldquo;Are you even from the North Pole?&rdquo; asks  one elf) and he comes under attack from Ox News.<\/p>\n<p>The book, whose author is currently on trial for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2010\/oct\/12\/tea-party-candidate-david-hedrick-assault-charge\/\">allegedly assaulting<\/a> his wife, features guest appearances by Stalin, Chairman Mao and the evil &ldquo;Reverend Blight&rdquo;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama is the Grinch! via New Statesman, How Obama stole Christmas a children&rsquo;s book (!!) by failed Tea Party candidate David Hedrick, who has released his own fiery anti-Obama polemic: The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh. The Liberal Claus(e) tells the story of how a town is taken over &ldquo;Liberal Party of Elves,&rdquo; a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":980,"loftocean_coauthors":"","alpaca_post_content_reading_setting":"","alpaca_reading_speed_per_minute":0,"alpaca_reading_speed_unit":"","alpaca_single_post_template_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1155,1983],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-is-this-what-passes-for-humor-among-tea-partiers","tag-tea-party","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>- The Research Papers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/obama-is-the-grinch-via-new-statesman-how-obama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- The Research Papers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Obama is the Grinch! via New Statesman, How Obama stole Christmas a children&rsquo;s book (!!) by failed Tea Party candidate David Hedrick, who has released his own fiery anti-Obama polemic: The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh. 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