{"id":88466,"date":"2016-02-26T17:35:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T01:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88466"},"modified":"2016-02-26T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T01:37:40","slug":"the-future-of-the-republican-party-is-by-the-pool-at-the-biltmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88466","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the Republican Party Is By the Pool At the Biltmore?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/the-future-of-the-republican-party-is-by-the-pool-at-the-biltmore\/\">Comments to Steve Sailer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>* I wonder if Hillary watches Rubio flailing around and has 2nd thoughts about elevating Castro to VP?<\/p>\n<p>He makes Rubio look bright &#038; competent in comparison &#038; has even fewer accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>* Just start building it with the Army Corps of Engineers using his authority to defend the borders given him in the Constitution. Then see if anybody in Congress has the guts to demand that work stop on the wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comments to Steve Sailer: * I wonder if Hillary watches Rubio flailing around and has 2nd thoughts about elevating Castro to VP? 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