{"id":368,"date":"2009-01-15T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/will-he-chatter-the-oath.html"},"modified":"2009-01-15T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T08:30:05","slug":"will-he-chatter-the-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/will-he-chatter-the-oath.html","title":{"rendered":"will he chatter the Oath?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re headed to DC for the Inauguration, I still envy you. But, not as much as before<\/a>. As Khan Noonian Singh said, “Revenge is a dish best served cold…” Well, insamuch as Obama’s historic victory can be considered a revenge of Justice upon the greatest stain in our nation’s history, I think the Klingon proverb applies pretty well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re headed to DC for the Inauguration, I still envy you. But, not as much as before. As Khan Noonian Singh said, “Revenge is a dish best served cold…” Well, insamuch as Obama’s historic victory can be considered a revenge of Justice upon the greatest stain in our nation’s history, I think the Klingon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election-08"],"yoast_head":"\nwill he chatter the Oath? - Progressive Revival<\/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:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/will-he-chatter-the-oath.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"will he chatter the Oath? - Progressive Revival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you’re headed to DC for the Inauguration, I still envy you. 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