{"id":4614,"date":"2008-09-25T04:14:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T04:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2008-09-25T04:14:10","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T04:14:10","slug":"john-mccain-drama-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=4614","title":{"rendered":"John McCain: Drama Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"content-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"98\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drama_queen.jpeg\" class=\"content-image-block\" alt=\"image\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 15px auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<p> I don&#8217;t remember a time in my life time were a non-violent event caused so dramatic a situation as the financial crisis that is unfolding in the U.S. right now. Mickey Kaus captures well on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2200580\/\">Slate.com<\/a> the fickleness of John McCain: <\/p>\n<p><i>Drama Queen: No convention today! &#8230; OK, it&#8217;s on! &#8230; The economy&#8217;s sound&#8230; No, wait, it&#8217;s going to fall apart unless I go to Washington tomorrow! &#8230; We need a commission! &#8230; We need to fire somebody! &#8230; Get me Andrew Cuomo! &#8230; I want ten more debates! &#8230; But let&#8217;s postpone the one we&#8217;ve scheduled! &#8230; Do you get the impression a McCain presidency would be a bit exhausting? &#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t remember a time in my life time were a non-violent event caused so dramatic a situation as the financial crisis that is unfolding <a href=\"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=4614\" class=\"read-more-link\">[Read More]<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drama_queen.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"98\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}