{"id":1025,"date":"2008-05-19T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2008-05-19T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T16:19:00","slug":"astrologers-on-the-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"Astrologers on the Presidential Race."},"content":{"rendered":"

Astrologers meeting in Denver talked a lot about presidential politics<\/a>. One of them said McCain will win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If predicting elections is your thing, here are some birth data from the linked articles:<\/p>\n

Barack Obama: Aug. 4, 1961, at 7:11 p.m. <\/p>\n

John McCain: Aug. 29, 1936, at 11 a.m. <\/p>\n

The astrologers seem to blame the Clinton campaign for concealing her birth time. Surely it is public record somewhere. Conference website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Other astrologers attending picked Obama<\/a>. What, you expected unanimity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Astrologers meeting in Denver talked a lot about presidential politics. One of them said McCain will win. If predicting elections is your thing, here are some birth data from the linked articles: Barack Obama: Aug. 4, 1961, at 7:11 p.m. John McCain: Aug. 29, 1936, at 11 a.m. The astrologers seem to blame the Clinton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-astrology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-gx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":216,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=216","url_meta":{"origin":1025,"position":0},"title":"Under the Spell of Sulis-2","author":"Chas S. 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