{"id":222,"date":"2004-11-02T22:41:32","date_gmt":"2004-11-02T22:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/gimmicks_give_m.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","slug":"gimmicks_give_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/gimmicks_give_m.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Gimmicks, give me gimmicks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m watching NBC and boy to they have the gimmicks going.  Rockefeller Plaza is &#8216;Democracy Plaza&#8217;.  The ice on the rink in the plaza has a map on it and as they call a state they collor it in on the ice.  And there&#8217;s these two ribbons climbing  Rockefeller Center, a red one for Bush and a Blue one for Kerry, that climb the building as each candidate gathers electoral vores.  Sheesh.<br \/>\nEvery so often Brokaw will turn to Tim Russert for an update on what sates who needs to win.  Russert has turned in his white board for tablet PC to do his little break downs on.  You can tell that Russert is absolutely loving this.  He&#8217;s grinning from ear to ear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m watching NBC and boy to they have the gimmicks going. Rockefeller Plaza is &#8216;Democracy Plaza&#8217;. 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