{"id":75,"date":"2024-09-10T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/?p=75"},"modified":"2024-09-10T22:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:05:02","slug":"day-five-debate-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Day Five &#8211; Debate Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/juliedebate_scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Julie watching Harris-Trump debate\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/juliedebate_scaled.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/juliedebate_scaled-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything changed tonight. I had hoped, I had prayed, and I will confess, I even bargained a little with my God. But I never imagined anyone could lay out the case so eloquently, confidently and completely. She found the words that we have all been searching for and delivered them in a performance worthy of Aaron Sorkin\u2019s Westwing. She rope-a-doped the bully.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;My intention was to watch the debate here in Gallup, New Mexico. I arrived early and tried to find a restaurant or pub that would be tuning into the debate. Sadly, every single proprietor I asked firmly stated they would not be showing the debate. Hmmmm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check back tomorrow and I will attempt to share some local reactions. For now, I am just letting this wash over me. God Bless America (oh, and God, I will make good on my promise)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything changed tonight. I had hoped, I had prayed, and I will confess, I even bargained a little with my God. But I never imagined anyone could lay out the case so eloquently, confidently and completely. She found the words <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/?p=75\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-posts","tag-optimistic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hwireroad.org\/2024\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}