{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:43213","title":"Beach Boys","seoTitle":"Beach Boys","slug":"beach-boys","preview":null,"datePublished":"2007-07-16T20:27:48Z","primaryCategory":{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/"},"hasMeter":true,"editorialProject":null,"reviews":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias"}],"categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"P","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"Ben Adler offers a reminder that Mitt Romney isn't the first candidate to engage in beach-themed advertising:

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