{"id":1965,"date":"2008-09-23T19:36:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T01:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2008-09-23T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T01:36:09","slug":"separated-at-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2008\/09\/23\/separated-at-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Separated at Birth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the course of my relentless obsessing over the upcoming election, I&#8217;ve noticed something odd about two of McCain&#8217;s top advisors.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/content\/steve_schmidt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"steve schmidt\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Schmidt\">Steve Schmidt<\/a> is a protege of Karl Rove&#8217;s and is McCain&#8217;s campaign strategist.\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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