{"id":3089,"date":"2007-08-08T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/aflcio-debate-obamas-pakistan.html"},"modified":"2007-08-08T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T09:08:00","slug":"aflcio-debate-obamas-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/aflcio-debate-obamas-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Debate: Obama&#8217;s Pakistan comment debated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clinton makes a good point but is booed by the audience.  Goes to show you how far off the deep end the party is right now.  She is brilliant not to play to the far left wing of the base because she probably won&#8217;t be nominated if she strays too far from the middle ground. 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