{"id":1038,"date":"2006-07-19T06:37:05","date_gmt":"2006-07-19T11:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ralphie-cakes\/"},"modified":"2006-07-19T06:38:29","modified_gmt":"2006-07-19T11:38:29","slug":"ralphie-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ralphie-cakes","title":{"rendered":"Ralphie Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/shared-blogs\/ajc\/elections\/entries\/2006\/07\/19\/cagle_tops_reed.html\" target=\"_blank\">F*** Ralph Reed!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bet Rep. McKinney will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/shared-blogs\/ajc\/elections\/entries\/2006\/07\/19\/mckinney_headed_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">come out swinging<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F*** Ralph Reed! I bet Rep. 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