{"id":18,"date":"2006-01-12T19:24:48","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T23:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/?p=18"},"modified":"2007-10-27T18:29:42","modified_gmt":"2007-10-27T22:29:42","slug":"whack-the-pm-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/whack-the-pm-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Whack the PM 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/images\/whackpost_06.jpg\" alt=\"whack the pm screen shot\" title=\"whack the pm screen shot\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canadians are just 11 days away from a Federal election that could  dramatically alter the political landscape here (and its relationship  with the U.S.). We&#8217;ve created an online polling game to let people vent  their seething anger and frustration at politicians. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whackthepm.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Whack  the PM<\/a> and it&#8217;s a sequel to our 2004 whack attack.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the hot-button issues are new: the need for change, lack of  women candidates, gun play and &#8212; <em>if you are to believe the Liberal  attack ads<\/em> &#8212; the Conservatives putting soldiers in the streets! And  some are a tired replay of 2004 &#8212; trust, scandals and broken promises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whackthepm.ca\/\" class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\">http:\/\/www.whackthepm.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campaign has been volatile with the Liberals and Conservatives in a  see-saw battle&#8230; Since the Conservatives appear to have gained a 10  point lead in the polls, the Liberals have launched over-the-top attack  ads. In our role as political satirists, it&#8217;s all grist for the mill &#8212;  we make fun of everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians are just 11 days away from a Federal election that could dramatically alter the political landscape here (and its relationship with the U.S.). We&#8217;ve created an online polling game to let people vent their seething anger and frustration at politicians. It&#8217;s called Whack the PM and it&#8217;s a sequel to our 2004 whack attack. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/whack-the-pm-2006\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whack the PM 2006&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}