{"id":7344,"date":"2014-11-21T11:53:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=7344"},"modified":"2014-11-21T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T18:53:28","slug":"two-senators-millennia-apart-speak-out-against-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/11\/21\/two-senators-millennia-apart-speak-out-against-dictatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Senators, Millennia Apart, Speak Out Against Dictatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cicero1.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cicero\" width=\"380\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cicero1.gif 380w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cicero1-300x178.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senator Ted Cruz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/?p=press_release&amp;id=1947\" target=\"_blank\">demonstrated<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GVYfPKzZY9Y\" target=\"_blank\">timeless wisdom<\/a> of the ancient Roman, Marcus Tullius Cicero, by reciting Cicero&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catiline_Orations\" target=\"_blank\">first oration against Catiline<\/a>, with a few substitutions of names and terms such as &#8220;Obama&#8221; for &#8220;Catiline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVYfPKzZY9Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps it is too late to save the Republic, as Cicero perhaps realized in his last moments, and we will be <a title=\"Obama Summarized in a Single Speech\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/10\/27\/obama-summarized-in-a-single-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">left with this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZ04KhQra6M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Two Senators, Millennia Apart, Speak Out Against Dictatorship\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Senator Ted Cruz demonstrated the timeless wisdom of the ancient Roman, Marcus Tullius Cicero, by reciting Cicero's first oration against Catiline, with a few subtitutions of names and terms such as 'Obama' for 'Catiline.'\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cicero1.gif\"><br \/>\n\/iframe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senator Ted Cruz demonstrated the timeless wisdom of the ancient Roman, Marcus Tullius Cicero, by reciting Cicero&#8217;s first oration against Catiline, with a few substitutions of names and terms such as &#8220;Obama&#8221; 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