{"id":25786,"date":"2016-10-24T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=25786"},"modified":"2016-11-09T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:52:21","slug":"orchids-for-hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/orchids-for-hillary\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids for Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AboutOrchids only dabbles in politics related to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/conservation\/\">orchid conservation<\/a>, and this post is no exception. If you&#8217;re an orchid lover, the only choice for president this November is Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee would be a disastrous decision for many reasons, but the one that&#8217;s most important on this blog is saving our endangered planet. That requires science, and Trump is anti-science. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/donald-trump-s-lack-of-respect-for-science-is-alarming\/\" target=\"_blank\">This recent article from <em>Scientific American<\/em> disqualifies him from the job on that single point alone.<\/a> Fortunately, polls are looking good for Clinton now, but it&#8217;s not over til it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paphiopedilum_rothschildianum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26185 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paphiopedilum_rothschildianum_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum rothschildianum, Lady Slipper orchid species, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paphiopedilum_rothschildianum_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paphiopedilum_rothschildianum_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paphiopedilum_rothschildianum_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26183 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Labeled as Cattleya schilleriana, orchid species, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cattleya_species_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26184 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px-128x77.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula gorgona 'Regency Brown', Pleurothallid orchid species, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px-128x77.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dracula_gorgona_Regency_Brown_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photos above illustrate three examples of endangered orchid species which need Hillary Clinton to win. These are just a few of many thousands of orchid species which are imperiled by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/21\/orchid-apocalypse\/\">climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, and poaching of wild plants<\/a>. Hillary Clinton has a strong environmental record, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2016\/07\/08\/where_clinton_trump_stand_on_energy_climate_change_131129.html\" target=\"_blank\">she has pledged to tackle climate change and other problems<\/a>. If orchids could vote, their choice would definitely be Hillary Clinton for president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AboutOrchids only dabbles in politics related to orchid conservation, and this post is no exception. If you&#8217;re an orchid lover, the only choice for president this November is Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee would be a disastrous decision for many reasons, but the one that&#8217;s most important on this blog is saving our endangered planet. 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