{"id":119063,"date":"2017-11-28T08:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=119063"},"modified":"2017-11-28T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:59:33","slug":"remembering-bob-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=119063","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Bob Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/28\/magazine\/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html\">From the New York Times profile of Sean Hannity<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Grant is today best remembered for his declaration, in 1991, that the United States was being taken over by \u201cmillions of subhumanoids, savages, who really would feel more at home careening along the sands of the Kalahari.\u201d He was adept at toggling between genteel patter, with guests he agreed with, and explosions of indignant fury, at those he didn\u2019t. 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