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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-3/#comment-500263</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The public disclosure via the press, that Wilson was sent to Niger without any administration input, and that his mission did nothing to undermine the reports by British intelligence of Iraqâ€™s efforts to buy yellowcake, were important because they were the truth. Unfortunately, the Left doesnâ€™t care about the truth. They only care about bashing America and bashing Bush. 

Comment by Blue State Red #83

&lt;strong&gt;Blue State inb&#039;Red,

You sick imbecilic turd...

...the Fox Propaganda network is NOT, I repeat &quot;NOT&quot; a &quot;news organization...

...obviously you&#039;ve been persuaded by their slick productions and taken in by their misinformation...

...the Niger-Iraq yellowcake assertions by the TRAITOR Bushiva are false!

...the so-called Italian intelligence documents upon which this lie was based have been proven forgeries...

...the rest is history...

...as for you, it&#039;s obvious...

...Bushiva could order your families raped by dogs...

...and you would praise him...

...you deserve nothing less than- like the faithful DOG you are...

...to be buried with your &quot;EMPEROR&quot;... &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The public disclosure via the press, that Wilson was sent to Niger without any administration input, and that his mission did nothing to undermine the reports by British intelligence of Iraqâ€™s efforts to buy yellowcake, were important because they were the truth. Unfortunately, the Left doesnâ€™t care about the truth. They only care about bashing America and bashing Bush. </p>
<p>Comment by Blue State Red #83</p>
<p><strong>Blue State inb&#8217;Red,</p>
<p>You sick imbecilic turd&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;the Fox Propaganda network is NOT, I repeat &#8220;NOT&#8221; a &#8220;news organization&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;obviously you&#8217;ve been persuaded by their slick productions and taken in by their misinformation&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;the Niger-Iraq yellowcake assertions by the TRAITOR Bushiva are false!</p>
<p>&#8230;the so-called Italian intelligence documents upon which this lie was based have been proven forgeries&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;the rest is history&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;as for you, it&#8217;s obvious&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;Bushiva could order your families raped by dogs&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and you would praise him&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;you deserve nothing less than- like the faithful DOG you are&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;to be buried with your &#8220;EMPEROR&#8221;&#8230; </strong><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=500263', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-3/#comment-500258</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The experts say this is not illegal. So whatâ€™s the big Fâ€™N deal with you spineless, donâ€™t support the troops, American hating libs! You get me so angry. 

Comment by RayFromGA #65

x-RayFromalCrackaville,
&lt;strong&gt;
What &quot;experts&quot; moron?

Get your tongue out of Bushiva&#039;s a*s and READ!

...Bushiva&#039;s pappy passed an Executive Order making it &quot;illegal&quot; to reveal the name of a covert CIA operative...

...stop watching the Fox Propaganda network, and uncross your beady eyes you inbred retard TRAITOR! &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The experts say this is not illegal. So whatâ€™s the big Fâ€™N deal with you spineless, donâ€™t support the troops, American hating libs! You get me so angry. </p>
<p>Comment by RayFromGA #65</p>
<p>x-RayFromalCrackaville,<br />
<strong><br />
What &#8220;experts&#8221; moron?</p>
<p>Get your tongue out of Bushiva&#8217;s a*s and READ!</p>
<p>&#8230;Bushiva&#8217;s pappy passed an Executive Order making it &#8220;illegal&#8221; to reveal the name of a covert CIA operative&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;stop watching the Fox Propaganda network, and uncross your beady eyes you inbred retard TRAITOR! </strong><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=500258', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Xbot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-3/#comment-500062</link>
		<dc:creator>Xbot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clinton lied for a BJ. Bush lied for a full tank in his SUV.

Who&#039;s the real man here? ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clinton lied for a BJ. Bush lied for a full tank in his SUV.</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s the real man here? ^_^<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=500062', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mack MacKenzie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-3/#comment-499859</link>
		<dc:creator>Mack MacKenzie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush is the BIGGEST LIAR and the worst president the USA has ever had in office.
When is the American public going to stand up and say &quot;ENOUGH&quot;!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush is the BIGGEST LIAR and the worst president the USA has ever had in office.<br />
When is the American public going to stand up and say &#8220;ENOUGH&#8221;!<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=499859', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blue State Redneck,

Kathy Republican Grier was the MANAGER OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR CUYAHOGA.

When the manager of the process is a republican, it&#039;s pretty clear what &#039;motivations&#039; really were behind stopping a recount.  The same motivations that prevented one in 2000.  It&#039;s because the republicans lose when scrutiny of ballots get involved.  If you can&#039;t win, you steal - it&#039;s the fascist way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue State Redneck,</p>
<p>Kathy Republican Grier was the MANAGER OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR CUYAHOGA.</p>
<p>When the manager of the process is a republican, it&#8217;s pretty clear what &#8216;motivations&#8217; really were behind stopping a recount.  The same motivations that prevented one in 2000.  It&#8217;s because the republicans lose when scrutiny of ballots get involved.  If you can&#8217;t win, you steal &#8211; it&#8217;s the fascist way.<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=499834', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499819</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;These include (1) the absence in the article of any suggestion that the election was fixed BSR&quot;

Fixing the &#039;recount&#039; is FIXING THE ELECTION you retarded RUBE.  The whole point of the election recount process is that if there is a statistical problem, you RECOUNT.  By FIXING the recount selection - they subverted the recount process and FIXED the outcome instead of allowing democracy and a proper recount decide.

&quot;(2) the clear import of the article that Cuyahoga County election workers were motivated by a desire to avoid a lengthy hand recount, rather than to achieve a particular electoral result; BSR&quot;

Clear import?  Or CLAIMED import.  How can you possibly KNOW their motivation, and do trust the word of 3 people who committed a crime to defraud an election?

Do you honestly believe that if the election had swung the other way you wouldn&#039;t be screaming about this?  Of course you would - because you&#039;re a HYPOCRITE.

&quot;(3) the absence in the article of any references to party affiliation; BSR&quot;

The recount was run by Blackwell - a republican.  It&#039;s pretty obvious what their party affiliation was.  And even if it they were democrats - this is a SUBVERSION OF DEMOCRACY and the TRUE outcome of the election was stolen.

&quot;and (4) the absence in the article of any suggestion that these peopleâ€™s actions in any way affected the electoral outcome in Ohio. BSR&quot;

Boy you&#039;re STUPID - of course the affected the outcome, the FIXED it in favor of Bush.  The purpose of the recount is to DETERMINE the outcome, and not to FIX it.

Wow, you really hate american values, and the democratic process don&#039;t you?  Why worry about the terrorists - you clearly don&#039;t value american values any more than they do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;These include (1) the absence in the article of any suggestion that the election was fixed BSR&#8221;</p>
<p>Fixing the &#8216;recount&#8217; is FIXING THE ELECTION you retarded RUBE.  The whole point of the election recount process is that if there is a statistical problem, you RECOUNT.  By FIXING the recount selection &#8211; they subverted the recount process and FIXED the outcome instead of allowing democracy and a proper recount decide.</p>
<p>&#8220;(2) the clear import of the article that Cuyahoga County election workers were motivated by a desire to avoid a lengthy hand recount, rather than to achieve a particular electoral result; BSR&#8221;</p>
<p>Clear import?  Or CLAIMED import.  How can you possibly KNOW their motivation, and do trust the word of 3 people who committed a crime to defraud an election?</p>
<p>Do you honestly believe that if the election had swung the other way you wouldn&#8217;t be screaming about this?  Of course you would &#8211; because you&#8217;re a HYPOCRITE.</p>
<p>&#8220;(3) the absence in the article of any references to party affiliation; BSR&#8221;</p>
<p>The recount was run by Blackwell &#8211; a republican.  It&#8217;s pretty obvious what their party affiliation was.  And even if it they were democrats &#8211; this is a SUBVERSION OF DEMOCRACY and the TRUE outcome of the election was stolen.</p>
<p>&#8220;and (4) the absence in the article of any suggestion that these peopleâ€™s actions in any way affected the electoral outcome in Ohio. BSR&#8221;</p>
<p>Boy you&#8217;re STUPID &#8211; of course the affected the outcome, the FIXED it in favor of Bush.  The purpose of the recount is to DETERMINE the outcome, and not to FIX it.</p>
<p>Wow, you really hate american values, and the democratic process don&#8217;t you?  Why worry about the terrorists &#8211; you clearly don&#8217;t value american values any more than they do?<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=499819', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Blue State Red</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499727</link>
		<dc:creator>Blue State Red</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Oh, did you miss the fact that 3 ohio election officials were INDICTED yesterday for FIXING THE OHIO RECOUNT? You guys sure are consistently corrupt 

http://www.cleveland.com/ election/ plaindealer/ index.ssf?/ base/ cuyahoga/ 1144312870224340.xml&amp;coll=2&amp;thispage=1&lt;/em&gt;

There are a number of problems with your &quot;stolen election&quot; conspiracy theory.  These include (1) the absence in the article of any suggestion that the election was fixed; (2) the clear import of the article that Cuyahoga County election workers were motivated by a desire to avoid a lengthy hand recount, rather than to achieve a particular electoral result; (3) the absence in the article of any references to party affiliation; and (4) the absence in the article of any suggestion that these people&#039;s  actions in any way affected the electoral outcome in Ohio.

Last time I checked, Cuyahoga County was heavily Democratic.  As a matter of fact, Kerry beat Bush in that county by over 225,000 votes.  The Board of Elections there is half Republican and half Democrat, and the Director of Elections says that the precincts chosen for review were selected by one Republican and one Democrat.  By the way, he also denies that there was any effort to alter the electoral result in Cuyahoga County.

Absent proof that these people were all Republicans, and that they connived to change the outcome of the Ohio election results (pretty hard to do in a Democrtatic county), your &quot;stolen election&quot; conspiracy theory is just another case of fever swamp nutball disease.  If the charges in this indictment are prove (and so far they have not been proven), it&#039;s far more likely that this is just another example of lazy govenrment workers scheming to avoid doing their jobs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Oh, did you miss the fact that 3 ohio election officials were INDICTED yesterday for FIXING THE OHIO RECOUNT? You guys sure are consistently corrupt </p>
<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cleveland.com/</a> election/ plaindealer/ index.ssf?/ base/ cuyahoga/ 1144312870224340.xml&amp;coll=2&amp;thispage=1</em></p>
<p>There are a number of problems with your &#8220;stolen election&#8221; conspiracy theory.  These include (1) the absence in the article of any suggestion that the election was fixed; (2) the clear import of the article that Cuyahoga County election workers were motivated by a desire to avoid a lengthy hand recount, rather than to achieve a particular electoral result; (3) the absence in the article of any references to party affiliation; and (4) the absence in the article of any suggestion that these people&#8217;s  actions in any way affected the electoral outcome in Ohio.</p>
<p>Last time I checked, Cuyahoga County was heavily Democratic.  As a matter of fact, Kerry beat Bush in that county by over 225,000 votes.  The Board of Elections there is half Republican and half Democrat, and the Director of Elections says that the precincts chosen for review were selected by one Republican and one Democrat.  By the way, he also denies that there was any effort to alter the electoral result in Cuyahoga County.</p>
<p>Absent proof that these people were all Republicans, and that they connived to change the outcome of the Ohio election results (pretty hard to do in a Democrtatic county), your &#8220;stolen election&#8221; conspiracy theory is just another case of fever swamp nutball disease.  If the charges in this indictment are prove (and so far they have not been proven), it&#8217;s far more likely that this is just another example of lazy govenrment workers scheming to avoid doing their jobs.<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=499727', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jaded Prole</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499643</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaded Prole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two stolen elections, 2 lied about invasions, too many examples if ineptitude and scheming to the point of treason so ----- the let&#039;s divert attention to &lt;a href=&quot;http://jadedprol.blogspot.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;demonizing Cynthia McKinney!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two stolen elections, 2 lied about invasions, too many examples if ineptitude and scheming to the point of treason so &#8212;&#8211; the let&#8217;s divert attention to <a href="http://jadedprol.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">demonizing Cynthia McKinney!</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=499643', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499601</link>
		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan 

thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan </p>
<p>thanks<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=499601', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499578</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Krazny,

Yeah, here you go.

http://www.cleveland.com/election/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1144312870224340.xml&amp;coll=2&amp;thispage=1

Basically the 3 conspired to find a hand full of districts where the hand and computer count matched without anyone knowing they did this.  Then when the &#039;random recount&#039; was supposed to occur - they randomly selected only the districts they had pre-tested, and none of the districts that showed problems.  The Ohio recount requires that they randomly select a handful of districts and if there&#039;s a discrepency, then a FULL recount is required by law.  They rigged the recount sampling to avoid the full recount that should have occurred.  And they were caught and indicted for their crime.

Yet another example of republican election rigging.  It&#039;s a sad day for our democracy.  Two stolen elections in a row.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Krazny,</p>
<p>Yeah, here you go.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/election/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1144312870224340.xml&amp;coll=2&amp;thispage=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.cleveland.com/election/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1144312870224340.xml&amp;coll=2&amp;thispage=1</a></p>
<p>Basically the 3 conspired to find a hand full of districts where the hand and computer count matched without anyone knowing they did this.  Then when the &#8216;random recount&#8217; was supposed to occur &#8211; they randomly selected only the districts they had pre-tested, and none of the districts that showed problems.  The Ohio recount requires that they randomly select a handful of districts and if there&#8217;s a discrepency, then a FULL recount is required by law.  They rigged the recount sampling to avoid the full recount that should have occurred.  And they were caught and indicted for their crime.</p>
<p>Yet another example of republican election rigging.  It&#8217;s a sad day for our democracy.  Two stolen elections in a row.<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=499578', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Hey Judd, why donâ€™t you do some linking and references to the democratic plans - isnâ€™t that relevant news? They keep saying democrats donâ€™t have plans - but the site is just full of themâ€¦ 

Comment by Ryan Neat â€” April 7, 2006 @ 4:39 pm &lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s a great idea.  Howard Dean was on CNN saying that there needs tobe uniformity in the Democrats sharing that plan.  Would be good to see it in other places.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hey Judd, why donâ€™t you do some linking and references to the democratic plans &#8211; isnâ€™t that relevant news? They keep saying democrats donâ€™t have plans &#8211; but the site is just full of themâ€¦ </p>
<p>Comment by Ryan Neat â€” April 7, 2006 @ 4:39 pm </em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s a great idea.  Howard Dean was on CNN saying that there needs tobe uniformity in the Democrats sharing that plan.  Would be good to see it in other places.<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=499577', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did anyone else see, the AP poll has bush down to 36%.  Even the &#039;faithful&#039; are peeling off like a rotten onion.  On scummy layer at a time.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;These numbers are scary. We&#039;ve lost every advantage we&#039;ve ever had,&quot; GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. &quot;The good news is Democrats don&#039;t have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I guess he hasn&#039;t gone to the http://democrats.senate.gov lately.  There&#039;s plenty of plan - there&#039;s just a complete press blackout and refusal to cover it.

Hey Judd, why don&#039;t you do some linking and references to the democratic plans - isn&#039;t that relevant news?  They keep saying democrats don&#039;t have plans - but the site is just full of them...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone else see, the AP poll has bush down to 36%.  Even the &#8216;faithful&#8217; are peeling off like a rotten onion.  On scummy layer at a time.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;These numbers are scary. We&#8217;ve lost every advantage we&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. &#8220;The good news is Democrats don&#8217;t have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I guess he hasn&#8217;t gone to the <a href="http://democrats.senate.gov" rel="nofollow">http://democrats.senate.gov</a> lately.  There&#8217;s plenty of plan &#8211; there&#8217;s just a complete press blackout and refusal to cover it.</p>
<p>Hey Judd, why don&#8217;t you do some linking and references to the democratic plans &#8211; isn&#8217;t that relevant news?  They keep saying democrats don&#8217;t have plans &#8211; but the site is just full of them&#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=499574', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan do you have a link to the ohio recount, I would like to read the article?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan do you have a link to the ohio recount, I would like to read the article?<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=499573', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499571</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sharon, Thanks.

Yeah, they&#039;re delusional idiots.  Too lazy to seek the truth, and too stupid to care that they don&#039;t know it.  Stupid is, as stupid does, and we&#039;ve seen a lot of stupid does in the last 5+ years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sharon, Thanks.</p>
<p>Yeah, they&#8217;re delusional idiots.  Too lazy to seek the truth, and too stupid to care that they don&#8217;t know it.  Stupid is, as stupid does, and we&#8217;ve seen a lot of stupid does in the last 5+ years.<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=499571', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: S. Miguel Sanchez</title>
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		<dc:creator>S. Miguel Sanchez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unbelievable, how many more crimes are we going to allow these murderers to get away with??
Illegal War and all the deaths American and Iraqui that came with it, Domestic spying, torture of detainees, kidnapping of innocent civilians, plain thievery, shooting someone in the head, Haliburton contracts and now PLAIN TREASON. 
How hasn&#039;t he been impeached yet??? 
Ladies and gents we have a TEFLON PRESIDENT!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unbelievable, how many more crimes are we going to allow these murderers to get away with??<br />
Illegal War and all the deaths American and Iraqui that came with it, Domestic spying, torture of detainees, kidnapping of innocent civilians, plain thievery, shooting someone in the head, Haliburton contracts and now PLAIN TREASON.<br />
How hasn&#8217;t he been impeached yet???<br />
Ladies and gents we have a TEFLON PRESIDENT!!<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=499572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/bush-condemns-leaks/comment-page-2/#comment-499569</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Heâ€™s not as dumb as you Lyin Ryan. Ben&quot;

How would someone as stupid as yourself, and with such an inability to distinguish reality be in any place to judge something that requires intellect and sophistication?  BenDover, you&#039;re just a moron fascist apologist - just like every other little fascist of the reichwing extremist movement.  You&#039;re as unamerican, and uncivilized as they come.  Just go join the Taliban and take the rest if the Christo/Judeo reichwing terrorists with you.

This administration didn&#039;t &#039;release facts&#039;, they released a combination of misinformation, distortions and what should have been private information about the identity of a covert CIA group.  If you actually believe it&#039;s good leadership for the president to destroy a key agent, and a key security group within the CIA on a personal and political vendetta - then you&#039;re definitely dumb enough to be a republican.  But then again, you always &#039;take it for the team&#039; don&#039;t you?

And my favorite part of the NYT reporter fiasco, is that she&#039;s a REICHWING reporter. I call that karma!  The NYT gets rid of a poisonous propagandist, and we get to see exactly how little republicans care about security or a valid set of reasons for invading another country.

But to all but the &#039;faithful 400&#039; like yourself, republicans look like inept, corrupt and incompetent fools.  Keep taking the delusion pills - it&#039;s helping to ensure that you guys lose power for DECADES.

Oh, did you miss the fact that 3 ohio election officials were INDICTED yesterday for FIXING THE OHIO RECOUNT?  You guys sure are consistently corrupt - and who is it that &#039;hates&#039; again?  Oh yeah - that would be you LOSER.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Heâ€™s not as dumb as you Lyin Ryan. Ben&#8221;</p>
<p>How would someone as stupid as yourself, and with such an inability to distinguish reality be in any place to judge something that requires intellect and sophistication?  BenDover, you&#8217;re just a moron fascist apologist &#8211; just like every other little fascist of the reichwing extremist movement.  You&#8217;re as unamerican, and uncivilized as they come.  Just go join the Taliban and take the rest if the Christo/Judeo reichwing terrorists with you.</p>
<p>This administration didn&#8217;t &#8216;release facts&#8217;, they released a combination of misinformation, distortions and what should have been private information about the identity of a covert CIA group.  If you actually believe it&#8217;s good leadership for the president to destroy a key agent, and a key security group within the CIA on a personal and political vendetta &#8211; then you&#8217;re definitely dumb enough to be a republican.  But then again, you always &#8216;take it for the team&#8217; don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>And my favorite part of the NYT reporter fiasco, is that she&#8217;s a REICHWING reporter. I call that karma!  The NYT gets rid of a poisonous propagandist, and we get to see exactly how little republicans care about security or a valid set of reasons for invading another country.</p>
<p>But to all but the &#8216;faithful 400&#8242; like yourself, republicans look like inept, corrupt and incompetent fools.  Keep taking the delusion pills &#8211; it&#8217;s helping to ensure that you guys lose power for DECADES.</p>
<p>Oh, did you miss the fact that 3 ohio election officials were INDICTED yesterday for FIXING THE OHIO RECOUNT?  You guys sure are consistently corrupt &#8211; and who is it that &#8216;hates&#8217; again?  Oh yeah &#8211; that would be you LOSER.<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=499569', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Defendant [Libby] testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE&lt;/em&gt;

correct me if I am wrong. But doesn&#039;t this statement mean that Libby released the information, before being told by Cheney, that Bush had said it was okay. Notice the term&lt;strong&gt;later advised&lt;/strong&gt;

any opinions?

Ben, once again if the information was declassified, why did Bush not come clean with the public, and save the taxpayers the cost of this investigation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Defendant [Libby] testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE</em></p>
<p>correct me if I am wrong. But doesn&#8217;t this statement mean that Libby released the information, before being told by Cheney, that Bush had said it was okay. Notice the term<strong>later advised</strong></p>
<p>any opinions?</p>
<p>Ben, once again if the information was declassified, why did Bush not come clean with the public, and save the taxpayers the cost of this investigation?<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=499553', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sharon Cox</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sharon Cox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Ryan,  good to see you back on a regular basis.  In reading the trolls posts it reminds me of the comedian Ron White&#039;s latest stand up. You can&#039;t fix stupid. Their posts made a believer out of me.  Think most of them need to put more water in their cool aid.....Blessings</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Ryan,  good to see you back on a regular basis.  In reading the trolls posts it reminds me of the comedian Ron White&#8217;s latest stand up. You can&#8217;t fix stupid. Their posts made a believer out of me.  Think most of them need to put more water in their cool aid&#8230;..Blessings<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=499542', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He&#039;s not as dumb as you Lyin Ryan. 


Here is a piece from the Opinion Journal of WSJ today that illustrates why the left is full of crap:

Well, here is how the filing (PDF) by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald describes what happened (page 23):

Defendant [Libby] testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE [National Intelligence Estimate]. Defendant testified that he also spoke to David Addington, then Counsel to the Vice President, whom defendant considered to be an expert in national security law, and Mr. Addington opined that Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to a declassification of the document.

In other words, this was an authorized disclosure of information, the opposite of a leak. Yet the Times, the Washington Post and even the New York Sun (albeit only in a headline) call it a &quot;leak.&quot;

These reports have served as pornography for the Angry Left, which has constructed an elaborate fantasy world around the Plame kerfuffle. One reader shared with us his reverie about how this is actually a signal that Fitzgerald plans to indict Vice President Cheney.

In fact, it is nothing more than a battle over procedure. Libby is seeking to compel the prosecution to turn over certain information to the defense; Fitzgerald is resisting. Among the information Fitzgerald has so far refused to turn over, by the way, are the two facts supposedly at the center of the case: whether Valerie Plame was a covert agent (extensive evidence on the public record comes close to proving that she was not), and who &quot;leaked&quot; Plame&#039;s identity to columnist Bob Novak.

More than anything else, the whole kerfuffle is a reflection on the way anti-Bush animus has fed into the adversarial culture of post-Watergate journalism in America. First the New York Times beat the drums for a special prosecutor to investigate who provided accurate information to reporters, albeit supposedly in violation of the law. Among the results: A Times reporter went to jail.

Now we witness the astonishing spectacle of newspapers trying to spin a scandal out of a legal disclosure of information to the press. GayPatriot aptly describes it as &quot;the Orwellian worldview of Bush-haters where releasing facts means having something to hide.&quot; Maybe we can&#039;t expect better from political partisans, but journalists are supposed to stand for the neutral principle of the public&#039;s right to know. If they pervert that principle in the pursuit of a partisan program, they will find it harder to assert it when it serves their purposes, whatever those purposes may be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s not as dumb as you Lyin Ryan. </p>
<p>Here is a piece from the Opinion Journal of WSJ today that illustrates why the left is full of crap:</p>
<p>Well, here is how the filing (PDF) by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald describes what happened (page 23):</p>
<p>Defendant [Libby] testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE [National Intelligence Estimate]. Defendant testified that he also spoke to David Addington, then Counsel to the Vice President, whom defendant considered to be an expert in national security law, and Mr. Addington opined that Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to a declassification of the document.</p>
<p>In other words, this was an authorized disclosure of information, the opposite of a leak. Yet the Times, the Washington Post and even the New York Sun (albeit only in a headline) call it a &#8220;leak.&#8221;</p>
<p>These reports have served as pornography for the Angry Left, which has constructed an elaborate fantasy world around the Plame kerfuffle. One reader shared with us his reverie about how this is actually a signal that Fitzgerald plans to indict Vice President Cheney.</p>
<p>In fact, it is nothing more than a battle over procedure. Libby is seeking to compel the prosecution to turn over certain information to the defense; Fitzgerald is resisting. Among the information Fitzgerald has so far refused to turn over, by the way, are the two facts supposedly at the center of the case: whether Valerie Plame was a covert agent (extensive evidence on the public record comes close to proving that she was not), and who &#8220;leaked&#8221; Plame&#8217;s identity to columnist Bob Novak.</p>
<p>More than anything else, the whole kerfuffle is a reflection on the way anti-Bush animus has fed into the adversarial culture of post-Watergate journalism in America. First the New York Times beat the drums for a special prosecutor to investigate who provided accurate information to reporters, albeit supposedly in violation of the law. Among the results: A Times reporter went to jail.</p>
<p>Now we witness the astonishing spectacle of newspapers trying to spin a scandal out of a legal disclosure of information to the press. GayPatriot aptly describes it as &#8220;the Orwellian worldview of Bush-haters where releasing facts means having something to hide.&#8221; Maybe we can&#8217;t expect better from political partisans, but journalists are supposed to stand for the neutral principle of the public&#8217;s right to know. If they pervert that principle in the pursuit of a partisan program, they will find it harder to assert it when it serves their purposes, whatever those purposes may be.<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=499540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blue State Redneck,

Here&#039;s the actual report http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf#page=54 and sorry child, but they prove Wilson was right - and the British Intelligence reports were bogus nonsense - much like yourself.

Were you always this DUMB, or did you have to work at it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue State Redneck,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the actual report <a href="http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf#page=54" rel="nofollow">http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf#page=54</a> and sorry child, but they prove Wilson was right &#8211; and the British Intelligence reports were bogus nonsense &#8211; much like yourself.</p>
<p>Were you always this DUMB, or did you have to work at it?<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=499507', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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