{"id":4629,"date":"2011-07-22T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2011-07-22T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:52:18","slug":"watchwoman-on-the-wall-obama-says-ordinary-americans-cant-understand-debt-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/watchwoman-on-the-wall-obama-says-ordinary-americans-cant-understand-debt-debate","title":{"rendered":"Watchwoman on the Wall: Obama says ordinary Americans can&#8217;t understand debt debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donna Calvin, Beliefnet&#8217;s political gadfly who daily packs her feature &#8220;Watchwoman on the Wall&#8221; with news items she&#8217;s clipped from the Internet, found this YouTube video in which the President says you and I don&#8217;t understand the debt ceiling debate going on in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you&#8217;d like to disprove his assertion, we&#8217;d like to hear from you. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/obama-citizens-cant-understand-debt-debate-video.html#post\" target=\"_blank\">Click on &#8220;Comments&#8221; <\/a><\/strong>and demonstrate that you <em><strong>do<\/strong><\/em> understand the debate.<\/p>\n<p>To hear what the President said, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/obama-citizens-cant-understand-debt-debate-video.html#ixzz1Spk810gu  \" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And to impress us all that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you understand<\/span> what&#8217;s going on in Congress, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/obama-citizens-cant-understand-debt-debate-video.html#post\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donna Calvin, Beliefnet&#8217;s political gadfly who daily packs her feature &#8220;Watchwoman on the Wall&#8221; with news items she&#8217;s clipped from the Internet, found this YouTube video in which the President says you and I don&#8217;t understand the debt ceiling debate going on in Congress. 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