{"id":338,"date":"2005-12-14T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-15T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=338"},"modified":"2005-12-22T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2005-12-23T01:41:48","slug":"rick-mercer-for-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/12\/14\/rick-mercer-for-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Mercer for PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I had to chime in on this after reading the Beer petition. Not being a beer drinker, but being a Canadian I love the comments. :) And I have to agree with at least one signer. RICK MERCER FOR PRIME MINISTER! I wish I was just joking, but I&#8217;m not. I wish we had him as a choice, he&#8217;d get my vote. But then we&#8217;d lose him as the country&#8217;s funniest person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I had to chime in on this after reading the Beer petition. 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