{"id":15289,"date":"2018-04-13T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=15289"},"modified":"2018-04-13T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T23:40:08","slug":"the-snarky-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/04\/13\/the-snarky-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snarky Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/when-the-pardon-power-becomes-instrument-political-messaging#break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/when-the-pardon-power-becomes-instrument-political-messaging%23break&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523749108337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7whMZuVF8zvXxlW-N9wJa_YXqwQ\">post\u00a0<\/a>on the sudden pardon of Scooter Libby, Steve Benen remarks:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail_quote\"><p><em>Postscript<\/em>: Trump lashed out at former FBI Director James Comey this morning as a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/trump-says-comey-slime-ball-calls-his-criminal-prosecution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/trump-says-comey-slime-ball-calls-his-criminal-prosecution&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523749108337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7L4IfpJTOSo662xRVUpaKXj03-w\">proven leaker and liar<\/a>.\u201d In reality, Scooter Libby actually is a convicted leaker and liar \u2013 who\u2019s apparently poised to receive a pardon from Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I so hope a reporter asks Press Secretary Sanders, or even President Trump, that <em>If former FBI Directory James Comey is a\u00a0proven leaker and liar, then will he also be issued a proactive pardon, much like proven leaker and liar Scooter Libby?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0post\u00a0on the sudden pardon of Scooter Libby, Steve Benen remarks: Postscript: Trump lashed out at former FBI Director James Comey this morning as a \u201cproven leaker and liar.\u201d In reality, Scooter Libby actually is a convicted leaker and liar \u2013 who\u2019s apparently poised to receive a pardon from Trump. \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/04\/13\/the-snarky-question\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15290,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15289\/revisions\/15290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}