{"id":51289,"date":"2015-02-13T07:25:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=51289"},"modified":"2015-02-13T07:28:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T13:28:32","slug":"trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=51289","title":{"rendered":"Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCENE: \u00a0Mitch BERG is waiting for new tires to be put on his car. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Bill GUNKEL, former Republican who is now chairmain of the Inver Grove Heights chapter of “Former Republicans for Ron Paul”, walks in.<\/em><\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Boy, is the GOP in trouble!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Huh. \u00a0Hey, Bill. \u00a0Why do you say that?<\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Because a GOP legislator in Montana proposed legislation to ban yoga pants in public<\/a>!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Wait – that proposal was unanimously tabled<\/a> by the GOP-dominated committee to which it was introduced, without so much as a hearing. \u00a0 They killed it. \u00a0Dead.<\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Yeah, but this is proof that the GOP is in huge trouble!BERG: \u00a0Er, OK. \u00a0Why is that?<\/p>\n
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GUNKEL: \u00a0Because a Republican introduced legislation banning yoga pants in public! They hate liberty!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0“They” unceremoniously shot the bill down. \u00a0It’s dead. Gone.<\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Yeah, but this is proof that the GOP is in huge trouble!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Right – you said that. \u00a0So given that the GOP also killed the bill, why do you say that?<\/p>\n

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GUNKEL: \u00a0Because a Republican introduced legislation banning yoga pants in public! They hate liberty!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BERG: \u00a0Look, the state of Montana is controlled by the GOP; the House of Representatives is 2:1 GOP. \u00a0Montana has very low taxes, in effect no speed limit, they’ve nullified both Obamacare and any unconstitutional federal gun laws, and they are in general a vastly freer state than most of the lower 48 – all under GOP control. \u00a0That’s as compared to Minnesota, which – believe it or not – all you Ronulans haven’t managed to turn into a Free State Project home base just yet.<\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Yeah, but pull your head out, sheeple; this is proof that the GOP is in huge trouble!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Um, OK. \u00a0Why?<\/p>\n

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GUNKEL: \u00a0Because a Republican introduced legislation banning yoga pants in public! They hate liberty!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BERG: \u00a0Except the rest of the Montana Republicans took the bill OUT of contention.<\/p>\n

GUNKEL: \u00a0Yeah, but this is proof that the GOP is in huge trouble!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Don’t say “Because a Republican introduced legislation banning yoga pants in public! They hate liberty”.<\/p>\n

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GUNKEL: \u00a0Because a Republican introduced legislation banning yoga pants in public! They hate liberty!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Avery LIBRELLE walks into the lobby.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>BERG: \u00a0I never thought I’d say this, but Avery! \u00a0Thank goodness you’re here!<\/p>\n

And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCENE: \u00a0Mitch BERG is waiting for new tires to be put on his car. \u00a0\u00a0 Bill GUNKEL, former Republican who is now chairmain of the Inver Grove Heights chapter of “Former Republicans for Ron Paul”, walks in. GUNKEL: \u00a0Boy, is the GOP in trouble! BERG: \u00a0Huh. \u00a0Hey, Bill. \u00a0Why do you say that? GUNKEL: \u00a0Because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,13],"tags":[236],"class_list":["post-51289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","category-republicans","tag-dramatization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51291,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51289\/revisions\/51291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}