{"id":1315,"date":"2016-10-10T16:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2016-10-10T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:42:53","slug":"real-news-from-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"Real news from Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like most people in this country my opinions of our presidential candidates have not changed in the past 48-72 hours. I didn\u2019t<\/i> know that Donald Trump was a boisterous womanizer? This was news<\/i>? And after watching the moral decay of this nation the past three decades, somehow last Friday we all became Victorian prudes.<\/p>\n

At least it made for an entertaining TV show. I mean debate.<\/p>\n

Lost in this political struggle over the weekend was real news from Washington: a sweep from its local football and baseball teams, who both prevailed yesterday with hard-fought victories. Oh that our Washington Spirit could have pulled out a win yesterday in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League championship match. Alas, the Spirit fell in heartbreaking fashion, preventing the trifecta for which D.C. sports fans were ready.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t win \u2019em all, I guess.<\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019re the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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