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	<title>Comments on: DeLay&#8217;s Smear Campaign Against Earle Unravels</title>
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		<title>By: alan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-1904914</link>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The real Northeast Dilemma is how to get neanderthals like NED to move to Alabama.â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real Northeast Dilemma is how to get neanderthals like NED to move to Alabama.â€<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1904914', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: alan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-1904841</link>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If yor premise was â€˜rightâ€™ and he would want to appear as a moderate to reach republicans - surely he would attack Earle. Your premise is irrational and illogical as every discussion point youâ€™ve posted. Everything you print only proves the opposite of what you way it does. You express the very definition of partisan by the way - as do most</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If yor premise was â€˜rightâ€™ and he would want to appear as a moderate to reach republicans &#8211; surely he would attack Earle. Your premise is irrational and illogical as every discussion point youâ€™ve posted. Everything you print only proves the opposite of what you way it does. You express the very definition of partisan by the way &#8211; as do most<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1904841', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pierre</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-1569586</link>
		<dc:creator>pierre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>very interested theme
I will back</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>very interested theme<br />
I will back<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1569586', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tworzenie stron</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-1402675</link>
		<dc:creator>tworzenie stron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like this website. It`s unique and I will keep it in my mind for a long time. Good work! Greetings.</p>
<p>Check my websites <a href="http://www.execute.pl" rel="nofollow">tworzenie stron</a>, <a href="http://www.frogtranslation.com" rel="nofollow">tÅ‚umaczenia angielski</a> and  <a href="http://www.katalog.execute.pl" rel="nofollow">katalog stron</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1402675', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lavoro part time domicilio</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-1181186</link>
		<dc:creator>lavoro part time domicilio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lavoro</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lavoro<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1181186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tworzenie stron</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-685277</link>
		<dc:creator>tworzenie stron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>make love not war</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>make love not war<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=685277', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Kamery Cyfrowe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-365624</link>
		<dc:creator>Kamery Cyfrowe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interested theme, with attention I will read following registration fees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interested theme, with attention I will read following registration fees.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=365624', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Seefleur</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-158493</link>
		<dc:creator>Seefleur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re. # 75 - Wow... your erudition is stunning.  Such an intelligent addition to this thread.  And just for the record, the part of the Northeast where I live is embarrassed to have NeD as a resident...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re. # 75 &#8211; Wow&#8230; your erudition is stunning.  Such an intelligent addition to this thread.  And just for the record, the part of the Northeast where I live is embarrassed to have NeD as a resident&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=158493', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RepublicanTeamLeader</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-157538</link>
		<dc:creator>RepublicanTeamLeader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You libs suck</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You libs suck<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=157538', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-156182</link>
		<dc:creator>curious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#63 - &quot;The real Northeast Dilemma is how to get neanderthals like NED to move to Alabama.&quot;

Man, you must REALLY hate Alabama.  How about just air-dropping them onto a remote island.  I&#039;d be happy to chip in on costs.  So, do any of those old nuke test islands still glow in the dark?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#63 &#8211; &#8220;The real Northeast Dilemma is how to get neanderthals like NED to move to Alabama.&#8221;</p>
<p>Man, you must REALLY hate Alabama.  How about just air-dropping them onto a remote island.  I&#8217;d be happy to chip in on costs.  So, do any of those old nuke test islands still glow in the dark?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=156182', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SPERMDONOR</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-156159</link>
		<dc:creator>SPERMDONOR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ned is a TRAITOR.

He should be tarred and feathered and ridden out on a rail as an ENEMY of all that is good, and just, and ideal about America.

He and his ilk HATE America.  They are all TRAITORS, and if I had my way, they&#039;d all be kicked out of the country as subversives, liars and evil-doers.

Their type is DESTROYING our country and the GREAT ideals I have been taught to revere.

Their ilk is POISON to any healthy society.

If our society was in a healthier place, it would deal with such types swiftly, severely and harshly.

Can we bring back the guillotine?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ned is a TRAITOR.</p>
<p>He should be tarred and feathered and ridden out on a rail as an ENEMY of all that is good, and just, and ideal about America.</p>
<p>He and his ilk HATE America.  They are all TRAITORS, and if I had my way, they&#8217;d all be kicked out of the country as subversives, liars and evil-doers.</p>
<p>Their type is DESTROYING our country and the GREAT ideals I have been taught to revere.</p>
<p>Their ilk is POISON to any healthy society.</p>
<p>If our society was in a healthier place, it would deal with such types swiftly, severely and harshly.</p>
<p>Can we bring back the guillotine?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=156159', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-156124</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blue state red,

You are full of it.

Earle did not go after Mattox because he opposed Ann Richards.

Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue state red,</p>
<p>You are full of it.</p>
<p>Earle did not go after Mattox because he opposed Ann Richards.</p>
<p>Peace.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=156124', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-156122</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronnie Earle is a partisan and should be proud of it.

We are going after Delay because he is a Republican.

When was the last time a Democrat was ever charged with  a crime?

NEVER!

Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronnie Earle is a partisan and should be proud of it.</p>
<p>We are going after Delay because he is a Republican.</p>
<p>When was the last time a Democrat was ever charged with  a crime?</p>
<p>NEVER!</p>
<p>Peace.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=156122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gone At Last</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155782</link>
		<dc:creator>Gone At Last</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#37-- asking why, in the end, it always comes down to perverse ranting about sex.

This is a serious question, and it&#039;s got some serious answers. When you get down to the marrow of it, conservatives are that way because they are deeply confused fearful, and anxious about sex.

Stephen Ducat Explains It All For You in a great book called &quot;The Wimp Factor.&quot; which deserves to be read right alongside Lakoff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#37&#8211; asking why, in the end, it always comes down to perverse ranting about sex.</p>
<p>This is a serious question, and it&#8217;s got some serious answers. When you get down to the marrow of it, conservatives are that way because they are deeply confused fearful, and anxious about sex.</p>
<p>Stephen Ducat Explains It All For You in a great book called &#8220;The Wimp Factor.&#8221; which deserves to be read right alongside Lakoff.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155782', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155769</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry - that&#039;s #59 (NOT 359)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry &#8211; that&#8217;s #59 (NOT 359)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155769', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155768</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#359, to add to your point -- Daryn Kagan from CNN often says &quot;Democrat Ronnie Earle&quot; when reporting on the Delay indictment.  She feeds right into the partisan smear machine of the thugs.  She is supposedly seeing Rush LImbaugh -- do we need any more proof that she is a skank?  And a stupid one as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#359, to add to your point &#8212; Daryn Kagan from CNN often says &#8220;Democrat Ronnie Earle&#8221; when reporting on the Delay indictment.  She feeds right into the partisan smear machine of the thugs.  She is supposedly seeing Rush LImbaugh &#8212; do we need any more proof that she is a skank?  And a stupid one as well.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155768', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bobo the Conservative Clown</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bobo the Conservative Clown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here bledsoe.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/9/9/2265/71257

You are insignificant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here bledsoe.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/9/9/2265/71257" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/9/9/2265/71257</a></p>
<p>You are insignificant.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155739', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bobo the Conservative Clown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155723</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobo the Conservative Clown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;the left in general and Democrats in particualr will be even less popular than they are now. 

Comment by Grue State Bled â€” &lt;/em&gt;

He won&#039;t lose the case, but if the left is less popular in general, or even particular, it will still be far more popular than the right will ever be in your lifetime, or that of your kids, grandkids or great grandkids and so on. But please, don&#039;t breed. We&#039;d like you to just die off and fade away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>the left in general and Democrats in particualr will be even less popular than they are now. </p>
<p>Comment by Grue State Bled â€” </em></p>
<p>He won&#8217;t lose the case, but if the left is less popular in general, or even particular, it will still be far more popular than the right will ever be in your lifetime, or that of your kids, grandkids or great grandkids and so on. But please, don&#8217;t breed. We&#8217;d like you to just die off and fade away.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155723', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155669</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BSR,

If yor premise was &#039;right&#039; and he would want to appear as a moderate to reach republicans - surely he would attack Earle.  Your premise is irrational and illogical as every discussion point you&#039;ve posted.  Everything you print only proves the opposite of what you way it does.  You express the very definition of partisan by the way - as do most people who vote for your crappy excuse of a modern fascist party...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BSR,</p>
<p>If yor premise was &#8216;right&#8217; and he would want to appear as a moderate to reach republicans &#8211; surely he would attack Earle.  Your premise is irrational and illogical as every discussion point you&#8217;ve posted.  Everything you print only proves the opposite of what you way it does.  You express the very definition of partisan by the way &#8211; as do most people who vote for your crappy excuse of a modern fascist party&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155669', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Blue State Red</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/30/smear-campaign-unravels/comment-page-2/#comment-155640</link>
		<dc:creator>Blue State Red</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It doesn&#039;t surprise me that Jim Mattox, now an elder statesman of the Texas Democratic Party, can find positive things to say about Ronnie Earle - now that Earle has trained his sights on Tom DeLay.  My guess is that he didn&#039;t find Ronnie Earle quite so endearing a character when Earle prosecuted him in 1985 for felony bribery.  Mattox was the Texas AG at the time, and was considered to be a strong future candidate for governor.  Mattox was re-elected as AG, but he never became Governor.  Thank you, Mr. Earle.

Of course, we all know who eventually did become the Texas Governor, and where he went from there.  Maybe before all you lefties wet yourself with excitement over an indictment that will never be proven, you should consider the unintended consequences of Ronnie Earle&#039;s zeal.  When he loses this case, the left in general and Democrats in particualr will be even less popular than they are now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#8217;t surprise me that Jim Mattox, now an elder statesman of the Texas Democratic Party, can find positive things to say about Ronnie Earle &#8211; now that Earle has trained his sights on Tom DeLay.  My guess is that he didn&#8217;t find Ronnie Earle quite so endearing a character when Earle prosecuted him in 1985 for felony bribery.  Mattox was the Texas AG at the time, and was considered to be a strong future candidate for governor.  Mattox was re-elected as AG, but he never became Governor.  Thank you, Mr. Earle.</p>
<p>Of course, we all know who eventually did become the Texas Governor, and where he went from there.  Maybe before all you lefties wet yourself with excitement over an indictment that will never be proven, you should consider the unintended consequences of Ronnie Earle&#8217;s zeal.  When he loses this case, the left in general and Democrats in particualr will be even less popular than they are now.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=155640', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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