{"id":2427,"date":"2008-09-11T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2008-09-11T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T13:43:22","slug":"me-and-client-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/me-and-client-9","title":{"rendered":"Me and Client 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out Cardinal Egan, Eliot Spitzer & I have something in common, besides virtually nothing! We all read the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth<\/a>! In an article about how past governors, pols and other NYC figures want the NYSun to stay in business<\/a>, they somehow managed to snag the former governor’s first public statement since his resignation:<\/p>\n

“The Sun has been a spectacular addition to the city’s political discourse and is one of the finest papers in terms of editing, writing, and analysis that one can find anywhere.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m gratified to know that other people were actually reading this paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It turns out Cardinal Egan, Eliot Spitzer & I have something in common, besides virtually nothing! We all read the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth! In an article about how past governors, pols and other NYC figures want the NYSun to stay in business, they somehow managed to snag the former governor’s first public statement … <\/p>\n

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What's John Madden up to nowadays? * * * Matt Zoller-Seitz\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "baseball"","block_context":{"text":"baseball","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/sports\/baseball"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1933,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wanna-know-why-i-gave-up-writing-about-politics-politicians","url_meta":{"origin":2427,"position":4},"title":"Wanna know why I gave up writing about politics & politicians?","author":"Gil","date":"March 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Because it's all incredibly depressing bullshit. Need examples? * * * A Canadian buddy of mine was freaked out that Obama and Clinton\/B both spouted off about trashing NAFTA recently. I explained to him, \"They don't mean it; they're just pandering to voters in Ohio. 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