{"id":3857,"date":"2007-11-16T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/john-edwards-to-visit-the-wga.html"},"modified":"2007-11-16T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T13:17:00","slug":"john-edwards-to-visit-the-wga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/john-edwards-to-visit-the-wga.html","title":{"rendered":"John Edwards to visit the WGA picket line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems appropriate that the<a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.variety.com\/wga_strike_blog\/2007\/11\/rally-friday-at.html\"> populist candidate would visit the striking union members<\/a>. Of course these union members are part of the other America but what the heck. The writers have cast themselves as striving against corporate America, why should the truth stand in the way of a good story?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Democratic presidential contender John Edwards will become the first candidate to visit the Writers Guild picket lines, when he visits the NBC lot this Friday.<br \/>\nAccording to the WGA, Edwards will appear outside NBC&#8217;s Burbank headquarters around 1:45 p.m. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems appropriate that the populist candidate would visit the striking union members. Of course these union members are part of the other America but what the heck. The writers have cast themselves as striving against corporate America, why should the truth stand in the way of a good story? 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