{"id":3211,"date":"2012-01-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2012-01-03T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:00:00","slug":"most-viewed-posts-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3211","title":{"rendered":"Most Viewed Posts of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As 2012 dawns on us, a look back at the most viewed posts on this blog in 2011. While the federal election was a bad time to be a Liberal, it was a good time to be a Liberal blogger.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/updated-seat-projections.html\"><strong>April 4th Seat Projections<\/strong><\/a>: A look back at a simpler time, when Liberals could dream of attending the Stornoway garden party, and the Bloc held more seats than most compact cars.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/poll-soup-and-here-come-ndp.html\"><strong>April 18 Poll Soup<\/strong><\/a>: The beginning of the NDP&#8217;s rise.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/jack-layton-in-pictures.html\"><strong>Jack Layton in Pictures<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/polls-projections-predictions.html\"><strong>Polls, Predictions, Projections<\/strong><\/a>: A round-up of final Election predictions<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/beginners-guide-to-alberta-politics-or.html\"><strong>A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Alberta Politics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/we-urge-you-to-vote-for-these-losers.html\"><strong>We urge you to vote for these losers<\/strong><\/a>: A look back at rather unenthusiastic Globe &amp; Mail editorials over the years<\/p>\n<p>7. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/on-october-6th-vote-for-proper-scaling.html\"><strong>On October 6th vote for proper scaling of the Y-axis. Vote Liberal<\/strong><\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/tour-gratuit.html\"><strong>Tour Gratuit<\/strong><\/a>: Myself, and desperate Liberals everywhere, panic over the rise of the NDP<\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/election-post-mortem-liberals.html\"><strong>Election Post-Mortem: The Liberals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/je-mexcuse.html\"><strong>Je M&#8217;Excuse<\/strong><\/a>: Maybe that Dion chap wasn&#8217;t so bad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2012 dawns on us, a look back at the most viewed posts on this blog in 2011. While the federal election was a bad time to be a Liberal, it was a good time to be a Liberal blogger. 1. April 4th Seat Projections: A look back at a simpler time, when Liberals could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}