{"id":3050,"date":"2013-07-23T19:57:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T01:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2013-07-23T19:57:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T01:57:34","slug":"optimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=3050","title":{"rendered":"Optimist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest post by Loki<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?attachment_id=3051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sandcastle.jpg\" alt=\"sandcastle\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3051\" \/><\/a>Call me an optimist, but I have high hopes for 2014. Obamacare is falling apart faster than a sand castle in the tide. Senator Baucus has seen the coming train wreck and is leaping from the train. Schweitzer is showing his greed while hoping no one discovers the skeletons in the closet while backpedalling from a senate race. Senator Guillory switches parties from Democrat to Republican (oddly hardly reported in the news). The economy has remained relatively stagnant. Yes I am hopeful that we have a real chance to retain the House and take the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>It will be an uphill battle fighting the Democrats and the media. The media will be especially tenacious defending President Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legacy. The media and TV late night comedians will excoriate the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and any one else who looks like they have the public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interest. <\/p>\n<p>But we have to present electable candidates. We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nominate far right extremists with radical ideas on gay marriage or completely shutting down abortion in this country. But we also can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nominate candidates eager to compromise. We have to stick to the basics, less government, less spending, more accountability, and tax reform. That will get us elected. Then we have to follow through with those policies. And if we do that and show the public the right way to run this country Hillary won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand a chance in 2016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest post by Loki Call me an optimist, but I have high hopes for 2014. Obamacare is falling apart faster than a sand castle in the tide. Senator Baucus has seen the coming train wreck and is leaping from the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=3050\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2Xq4i-optimist","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3053,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050\/revisions\/3053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}