{"id":3032,"date":"2016-07-22T04:21:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T04:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2016-07-22T04:21:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T04:21:34","slug":"too-electable-to-be-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/too-electable-to-be-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Electable to Be Elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3033\" style=\"width: 1226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/too-electable-to-be-elected\/jeremy-corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-bernie-sanders\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3033\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Corbyn - a real working class hero unlike Bernie Sanders\" width=\"1226\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders-700x300.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-Corbyn-a-real-working-class-hero-unlike-Bernie-Sanders-332x142.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Corbyn &#8211; a real working class hero unlike Bernie Sanders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>Jeremy Corbyn is a real working class hero, who won&#8217;t blink unlike America&#8217;s Bernie Sanders. But the Tory machine, and their Fabian Blairite allies are trying to depose him. How many of these new Labour members are actually Tories? We hope he stays as leader of Labour in Britain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Too electable to be elected<br \/>\nA threat to all who know<br \/>\nThe easy life of capitalism<br \/>\nTheir true colours they now show.<br \/>\nBenevolent Tory is their real politics<br \/>\nBeing real, Corbyn is far too Red<br \/>\nThey might lose, along with all the rich<br \/>\nSooner a Fabian instead.<\/p>\n<p>They can keep their condecending notions<br \/>\nTheir <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noblesse_oblige\"><em>Noblesse oblige<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nThey can take their fancy titles<br \/>\nEnjoy others refer to them as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/definition\/liege\"><em>My Liege<\/em><\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nThe workers will vote in Corbyn<br \/>\nThis is no fairytale romance<br \/>\nA cold hard fact capitalists try to thwart<br \/>\nSo the British worker never gets the chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Corbyn is a real working class hero, who won&#8217;t blink unlike America&#8217;s Bernie Sanders. But the Tory machine, and their Fabian Blairite allies are trying to depose him. How many of these new Labour members are actually Tories? We hope he stays as leader of Labour in Britain. Too &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[3091,788,818],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-jeremy-corbyn","tag-labour-party","tag-politics-2","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-MU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":627,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/gutted-for-scotland-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":3032,"position":0},"title":"Gutted for Scotland &#8211; Blog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Gutted for Scotland, is the emotion I feel this morning. 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