{"id":7740,"date":"2014-08-27T06:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T06:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/the-golf-address\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T06:43:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T06:43:47","slug":"the-golf-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/the-golf-address\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golf Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Lincoln and Obama share the Illinois connection.&#0160; There the similiarity ends.&#0160; And the Maureen Dowd <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/24\/opinion\/sunday\/maureen-dowd-the-golf-address.html\" target=\"_self\">parody<\/a> begins:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">FORE! Score? 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