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	<title>Comments on: Bolten&#8217;s First Act As Chief of Staff Is To Defend Rumsfeld</title>
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		<title>By: Chandalar</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-509551</link>
		<dc:creator>Chandalar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually the entire incident is fascinating. When Bush was elected, he brought two camps to the White House. One was Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, etc. These were the same people who advocated taking a 500 mile left turn off the border of Kuwait and getting Sadham out of Bagdad with Bush I. The elder Bush resisted because that was not the mandate of the authority they were working under. Colin Powell was running things then and his doctrine was simply this; put the necessary bodies and resources in to do the job. FF to 2002. We&#039;re in Afghanistan hard and winning. We had diplomatic success in getting the rest of the world to sign off on this, even Pakhistan, which was nothing short of a diplomatic miracle. However, when the talk began of going into Iraq, Powell was quite hesitant, for two reasons. One it violated his personal doctrine of warfare because we could not put the forces on the ground to accomplish it and two, he knew damned well that the evidence supporting such an invasion was weak. No surprise he is no longer with the current administration. Another factor is that our administration believed, naively, that the Iraqis would respond like the French and Ducth did in WW2. Surprise (not really). This thing will continue to be a bloody mess for years to come.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually the entire incident is fascinating. When Bush was elected, he brought two camps to the White House. One was Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, etc. These were the same people who advocated taking a 500 mile left turn off the border of Kuwait and getting Sadham out of Bagdad with Bush I. The elder Bush resisted because that was not the mandate of the authority they were working under. Colin Powell was running things then and his doctrine was simply this; put the necessary bodies and resources in to do the job. FF to 2002. We&#8217;re in Afghanistan hard and winning. We had diplomatic success in getting the rest of the world to sign off on this, even Pakhistan, which was nothing short of a diplomatic miracle. However, when the talk began of going into Iraq, Powell was quite hesitant, for two reasons. One it violated his personal doctrine of warfare because we could not put the forces on the ground to accomplish it and two, he knew damned well that the evidence supporting such an invasion was weak. No surprise he is no longer with the current administration. Another factor is that our administration believed, naively, that the Iraqis would respond like the French and Ducth did in WW2. Surprise (not really). This thing will continue to be a bloody mess for years to come.<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=509551', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: roman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-508583</link>
		<dc:creator>roman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting discussion :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting discussion :)<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=508583', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; ThinkFast: April 17, 2006</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; ThinkFast: April 17, 2006</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As seven retired generals are calling for Rumsfeld&#8217;s resignation, the Secretary&#8217;s &#8220;firm grip on the Defense Department is slipping.&#8221; Officers are increasingly questioning Rumsfeld&#8217;s judgement, &#8220;publicly questioning or quietly trying to undo some of [his] initiatives.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As seven retired generals are calling for Rumsfeld&#8217;s resignation, the Secretary&#8217;s &#8220;firm grip on the Defense Department is slipping.&#8221; Officers are increasingly questioning Rumsfeld&#8217;s judgement, &#8220;publicly questioning or quietly trying to undo some of [his] initiatives.&#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=508580', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cyra Brown</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cyra Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A new liar telling the same lies. Wow, now THAT is clever of them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new liar telling the same lies. Wow, now THAT is clever of them!<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=508546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lpt</title>
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		<dc:creator>lpt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If there is ever a rational lull in this madness, our country will have to perform a serious post mortem on our system of democracy with its checks and balances to determine how not to let the taint of corruption undermine what the Founders intended.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there is ever a rational lull in this madness, our country will have to perform a serious post mortem on our system of democracy with its checks and balances to determine how not to let the taint of corruption undermine what the Founders intended.<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=508293', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gary</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-508141</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We all know why the Bushies won&#039;t fire or say anything bad about Rummy, that would be admitting mistakes.  When Abu Ghraib broke, the first thing Cheney did was call Rummy and tell him &quot;no one gets fired, no one resigns&quot;.  When you can&#039;t admit to mistakes, how do you think you can fix problems?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know why the Bushies won&#8217;t fire or say anything bad about Rummy, that would be admitting mistakes.  When Abu Ghraib broke, the first thing Cheney did was call Rummy and tell him &#8220;no one gets fired, no one resigns&#8221;.  When you can&#8217;t admit to mistakes, how do you think you can fix problems?<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=508141', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ergy Earpp</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-508096</link>
		<dc:creator>Ergy Earpp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 06:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look,  Rumsfelds problem is that he is too old to reason properly.  

Ronald Reagan was showing signs of Alzheimers before he left office.  Rummy&#039;s problem is similar in that he cannot consider different opinions or any other input rationally.  It&#039;s the same arrogance and adamancy that my aging barber shows toward the world....he has all the answers, AND cannot use any factual data or other input to alter his hypotheses.  His ideas are set in stone and cannot change.   This is also similar to Kissinger defending his carpet bombing campaigns in Southeast Asia.... their minds cannot be allowed to change on basis of new or mounting evidence to the contrary.

The show of support and loyalty to the man is misplaced when the risk of US servicemen (not to mention countless people in Iraq/Iran) are at stake.  Loyalty is a big blind spot for this President.  He cannot see the big picture or assess true risk to the troops or long term to this country; he only sees the people around him as loyal friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look,  Rumsfelds problem is that he is too old to reason properly.  </p>
<p>Ronald Reagan was showing signs of Alzheimers before he left office.  Rummy&#8217;s problem is similar in that he cannot consider different opinions or any other input rationally.  It&#8217;s the same arrogance and adamancy that my aging barber shows toward the world&#8230;.he has all the answers, AND cannot use any factual data or other input to alter his hypotheses.  His ideas are set in stone and cannot change.   This is also similar to Kissinger defending his carpet bombing campaigns in Southeast Asia&#8230;. their minds cannot be allowed to change on basis of new or mounting evidence to the contrary.</p>
<p>The show of support and loyalty to the man is misplaced when the risk of US servicemen (not to mention countless people in Iraq/Iran) are at stake.  Loyalty is a big blind spot for this President.  He cannot see the big picture or assess true risk to the troops or long term to this country; he only sees the people around him as loyal friends.<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=508096', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, Jay, thanks, hope you have a Happy Easter, too!  Forget about Bush for the day (if you can!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Jay, thanks, hope you have a Happy Easter, too!  Forget about Bush for the day (if you can!)<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=508067', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish everyone who posted on this thread a joyfull Easter Sunday! Hopefully Bush will not attack Iran next week before the Congress returns on Monday, April 24?! If he does then this Easter might be our last one?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish everyone who posted on this thread a joyfull Easter Sunday! Hopefully Bush will not attack Iran next week before the Congress returns on Monday, April 24?! If he does then this Easter might be our last one?!<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=508065', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-508024</link>
		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#30 Hehe, you are truly a moron.  You know what the business cycle is?  Republicans come to power and screw everything up and later the Dems have to clean it up.  Rinse and repeat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#30 Hehe, you are truly a moron.  You know what the business cycle is?  Republicans come to power and screw everything up and later the Dems have to clean it up.  Rinse and repeat.<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=508024', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Togarma</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-507991</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Togarma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know being from the ideological minority which thrives on punishing achievement and rewarding crappy choices or disgusting habits, --IRI

George Bush; Drugs, Drunk Driving, Alcoholic, Liar, Chickenhawk,  
Yupp thats George Allrite IRI. Dick Cheney 2 DWIs, Drunk Hunting, Liar, and kicked out of the &#039;Ivey League&#039; liberal society for basically being too drunk! WoW. A Conservative that Drank more than the liberals [blatant hypocrite] whom raised a lesbiian daughter with his &quot;Ideological Morals&quot; Glad to see you Finally Recognize the &#039;Ideological Moral Minority&#039; you elected. Oh BTW the Bush Kids are still smoking weed.

Can you IRI say Hypocrite?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know being from the ideological minority which thrives on punishing achievement and rewarding crappy choices or disgusting habits, &#8211;IRI</p>
<p>George Bush; Drugs, Drunk Driving, Alcoholic, Liar, Chickenhawk,<br />
Yupp thats George Allrite IRI. Dick Cheney 2 DWIs, Drunk Hunting, Liar, and kicked out of the &#8216;Ivey League&#8217; liberal society for basically being too drunk! WoW. A Conservative that Drank more than the liberals [blatant hypocrite] whom raised a lesbiian daughter with his &#8220;Ideological Morals&#8221; Glad to see you Finally Recognize the &#8216;Ideological Moral Minority&#8217; you elected. Oh BTW the Bush Kids are still smoking weed.</p>
<p>Can you IRI say Hypocrite?<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=507991', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Togarma</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/15/boltens-first-act/comment-page-1/#comment-507988</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Togarma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People on this site are making far to much of - and expecting way too much - of these retired military generals taking off after Rumsfeld. There are far bigger problems that are not being addressed, and will not be addressed.

The end of the empire is nigh!

Comment by Shep â€” April 15, 2006 @ 1:21 pm 

Actually this used to be true when the old dinosaur generals retired from service, today they return as privatised contractors and still associate with former comrades. Halliburton, and Cheney have been a huge driving force in that DOD Pentagon &#039;Privatization&#039; Plan. As Long as Cheney is around I don&#039;t think Rummy is going Anywhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People on this site are making far to much of &#8211; and expecting way too much &#8211; of these retired military generals taking off after Rumsfeld. There are far bigger problems that are not being addressed, and will not be addressed.</p>
<p>The end of the empire is nigh!</p>
<p>Comment by Shep â€” April 15, 2006 @ 1:21 pm </p>
<p>Actually this used to be true when the old dinosaur generals retired from service, today they return as privatised contractors and still associate with former comrades. Halliburton, and Cheney have been a huge driving force in that DOD Pentagon &#8216;Privatization&#8217; Plan. As Long as Cheney is around I don&#8217;t think Rummy is going Anywhere.<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=507988', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doctor Texas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doctor Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It will be fun watching Mr. Champagne Unit, De Facto War Dodger Dubya and Mr. Five Deferements, Mad Man shooter Cheney try to swiftboat all of these honorable former Field Commanders. Dubya, Dick, Gigs up boys, yer done. Let the grownups see if they can fix this fuckawful mess you have created</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It will be fun watching Mr. Champagne Unit, De Facto War Dodger Dubya and Mr. Five Deferements, Mad Man shooter Cheney try to swiftboat all of these honorable former Field Commanders. Dubya, Dick, Gigs up boys, yer done. Let the grownups see if they can fix this fuckawful mess you have created<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=507958', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mighty aphrodite</title>
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		<dc:creator>mighty aphrodite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#28 - &quot;Conservatives said that it was Bushâ€™s tax increase that set the stage for the â€œClinton boomâ€ years - so which is it?&quot; -  Comment from barfly 

***Dear Mr./Ms. Fly - No conservative worth their salt would say &quot;tax increases&quot; set the stage for a period of &quot;economic expansion&quot; - that BS is PURE &quot;libspeak&quot; ecoonomics - often referred to as Keynesian economics.  

Are you familiar with the term &quot;business cycles&quot;???  I know being from the ideological minority which thrives on punishing achievement and rewarding crappy choices or disgusting habits,this may be a foreign concept - but even conservative Democrat JFK understood the economic boon stimulated by tax cuts.  Lets dump the IRS (with it&#039;s career bureacraps and lobbyists)- which spends $250 BILLION a year collecting taxes and advocate for a flat tax system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#28 &#8211; &#8220;Conservatives said that it was Bushâ€™s tax increase that set the stage for the â€œClinton boomâ€ years &#8211; so which is it?&#8221; &#8211;  Comment from barfly </p>
<p>***Dear Mr./Ms. Fly &#8211; No conservative worth their salt would say &#8220;tax increases&#8221; set the stage for a period of &#8220;economic expansion&#8221; &#8211; that BS is PURE &#8220;libspeak&#8221; ecoonomics &#8211; often referred to as Keynesian economics.  </p>
<p>Are you familiar with the term &#8220;business cycles&#8221;???  I know being from the ideological minority which thrives on punishing achievement and rewarding crappy choices or disgusting habits,this may be a foreign concept &#8211; but even conservative Democrat JFK understood the economic boon stimulated by tax cuts.  Lets dump the IRS (with it&#8217;s career bureacraps and lobbyists)- which spends $250 BILLION a year collecting taxes and advocate for a flat tax system.<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=507904', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;You canâ€™t claim credit for both tax cuts and tax increases - unless youâ€™re a loopy wingnut. 

Comment by Barfly â€” April 15, 2006 @ 3:40 pm &lt;/em&gt;

He is worse.  He&#039;s a delusional psychopath.  And that is being kind.  Just ignore him, he only comes here to get attention.  He&#039;s now making jokes about a child he claims died, which, he never mentioned until yesterday when he had been seriously defeated in a series of debates with Ryan.  Was just trying to get sympathy, then he needs serious therapy.

Bush senior lost the election to Clinton because Clinton was the better man for the job.  Fanatical right-wingers can&#039;t handle it, so they blame Clinton for everything, give credit for nothing, and whine like they get paid for it (we think most of them do).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>You canâ€™t claim credit for both tax cuts and tax increases &#8211; unless youâ€™re a loopy wingnut. </p>
<p>Comment by Barfly â€” April 15, 2006 @ 3:40 pm </em></p>
<p>He is worse.  He&#8217;s a delusional psychopath.  And that is being kind.  Just ignore him, he only comes here to get attention.  He&#8217;s now making jokes about a child he claims died, which, he never mentioned until yesterday when he had been seriously defeated in a series of debates with Ryan.  Was just trying to get sympathy, then he needs serious therapy.</p>
<p>Bush senior lost the election to Clinton because Clinton was the better man for the job.  Fanatical right-wingers can&#8217;t handle it, so they blame Clinton for everything, give credit for nothing, and whine like they get paid for it (we think most of them 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=507881', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; I think GWB learned that lesson when Daddy made a tax increase deal with that smarmy former Speaker of the House, Tom Foley (D-WA)â€¦ THAT two-faced liar showed that progs could not be trusted when their lips were movingâ€¦. &lt;/em&gt;

Comment by mighty aphrodite â€” April 15, 2006 @ 2:04 pm

Conservatives said that it was Bush&#039;s tax increase that set the stage for the &quot;Clinton boom&quot; years - so which is it?  You can&#039;t claim credit for both tax cuts and tax increases - unless you&#039;re a loopy wingnut.</description>
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<p>Comment by mighty aphrodite â€” April 15, 2006 @ 2:04 pm</p>
<p>Conservatives said that it was Bush&#8217;s tax increase that set the stage for the &#8220;Clinton boom&#8221; years &#8211; so which is it?  You can&#8217;t claim credit for both tax cuts and tax increases &#8211; unless you&#8217;re a loopy wingnut.<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=507876', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Mighty Moron, the tax increases were forced by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act, a law passed largely by REPUBLICANS.

That&#039;s called KARMA you moronic DINGBAT - and it sure is fun to see it happen to you whackos.  Your KARMA always makes you pay, but like then, you&#039;re now still to DUMB to recognize this.  In the end KARMA always gets you - and just between us &#039;girls&#039; (a military expression you know), we both know it&#039;s already gotten you.  It&#039;s why you&#039;re so stupid and hateful - hehehe, I love KARMA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Mighty Moron, the tax increases were forced by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act, a law passed largely by REPUBLICANS.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s called KARMA you moronic DINGBAT &#8211; and it sure is fun to see it happen to you whackos.  Your KARMA always makes you pay, but like then, you&#8217;re now still to DUMB to recognize this.  In the end KARMA always gets you &#8211; and just between us &#8216;girls&#8217; (a military expression you know), we both know it&#8217;s already gotten you.  It&#8217;s why you&#8217;re so stupid and hateful &#8211; hehehe, I love KARMA.<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=507866', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;#24 - Did someone say anything important??? I didnâ€™t think soâ€¦. Comment by mighty aphrodite &quot;

You never say anything important - that&#039;s a given.  You do make glib, superficial and sociopathic postings almost every day however.

And you also act as an apologist HO for this administration, while refusing to accept ANY responsibilities as a party for your failures.  How else can you explain how bush blamed democrats for a failed immigration bill, despite controlling both houses of congress?  Lack of accountability.  Or even the spanish language stories that were pushed out by GOP operatives that claimed the criminal penalties came from Democrats, and that the GOP had fought them off.

You guys are a bunch of PSYCHOTIC LIARS wno never say anything important.  And that&#039;s a given to anyone with a functioning cranium - which excludes you immediately.

And Happy Oestre Mighty Moron, enjoy the fertility celebration of the &#039;goddess&#039;, along with the rest of your pagan rituals - like lying about yourself, your family, and your party.  Propaganda is the pagan ritual of choice isn&#039;t it Mighty Sociopath?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;#24 &#8211; Did someone say anything important??? I didnâ€™t think soâ€¦. Comment by mighty aphrodite &#8221;</p>
<p>You never say anything important &#8211; that&#8217;s a given.  You do make glib, superficial and sociopathic postings almost every day however.</p>
<p>And you also act as an apologist HO for this administration, while refusing to accept ANY responsibilities as a party for your failures.  How else can you explain how bush blamed democrats for a failed immigration bill, despite controlling both houses of congress?  Lack of accountability.  Or even the spanish language stories that were pushed out by GOP operatives that claimed the criminal penalties came from Democrats, and that the GOP had fought them off.</p>
<p>You guys are a bunch of PSYCHOTIC LIARS wno never say anything important.  And that&#8217;s a given to anyone with a functioning cranium &#8211; which excludes you immediately.</p>
<p>And Happy Oestre Mighty Moron, enjoy the fertility celebration of the &#8216;goddess&#8217;, along with the rest of your pagan rituals &#8211; like lying about yourself, your family, and your party.  Propaganda is the pagan ritual of choice isn&#8217;t it Mighty Sociopath?<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=507863', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mighty aphrodite</title>
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		<dc:creator>mighty aphrodite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#24 - Did someone say anything important??? I didn&#039;t think so....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#24 &#8211; Did someone say anything important??? I didn&#8217;t think so&#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=507854', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;****An excellent example that â€œthe mediaâ€ canâ€™t interpret $h*t. Mighty Moron&quot;

You mean like how O&#039;Reilly always INTERPRETS a war on Christianity as Christianity wages a war on america?  Wow you&#039;re STUPID.

&quot;Moronic progs might someday come to realize that pandering to progs is not going â€œto win friends and influence peopleâ€â€¦ Mighty Moron&quot;

What you should have written is Moderate Republicans might someday realize that pandering to Reichwingers is not going &quot;to win friends and influence people&quot;, but as McCain found out this week, it will drop you in opinion polls against Hillary.

&quot;I think GWB learned that lesson when Daddy made a tax increase deal with that smarmy former Speaker of the House, Tom Foley (D-WA)â€¦ Mighty Moron&quot;

Too bad it that SMARMY George learned the wrong lesson - much like yourself.  That&#039;s what happens when someone with a learning disability (both cases) tries to think for themselves and &#039;reason&#039;.  The come to a non-sequitur and call themselves &#039;right&#039; in face of all facts and truths that contradict.

&quot;THAT two-faced liar showed that progs could not be trusted when their lips were movingâ€¦. Comment by mighty aphrodite &quot;

That two-faced liar was GHBush who promised to VETO a tax increase.  Always blaming everyone but the Reichwinger who fails - you&#039;re DEFINITELY a CRAZY SOCIOPATH Mighty Liar.

How is that busy career and HUGE family of yours doing, you always seem the time to have promoting yourself and George here, but you appear to be neglecting your own family.  Those sure are fine family values you exhibit.  How does your brother/husband feel about that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;****An excellent example that â€œthe mediaâ€ canâ€™t interpret $h*t. Mighty Moron&#8221;</p>
<p>You mean like how O&#8217;Reilly always INTERPRETS a war on Christianity as Christianity wages a war on america?  Wow you&#8217;re STUPID.</p>
<p>&#8220;Moronic progs might someday come to realize that pandering to progs is not going â€œto win friends and influence peopleâ€â€¦ Mighty Moron&#8221;</p>
<p>What you should have written is Moderate Republicans might someday realize that pandering to Reichwingers is not going &#8220;to win friends and influence people&#8221;, but as McCain found out this week, it will drop you in opinion polls against Hillary.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think GWB learned that lesson when Daddy made a tax increase deal with that smarmy former Speaker of the House, Tom Foley (D-WA)â€¦ Mighty Moron&#8221;</p>
<p>Too bad it that SMARMY George learned the wrong lesson &#8211; much like yourself.  That&#8217;s what happens when someone with a learning disability (both cases) tries to think for themselves and &#8216;reason&#8217;.  The come to a non-sequitur and call themselves &#8216;right&#8217; in face of all facts and truths that contradict.</p>
<p>&#8220;THAT two-faced liar showed that progs could not be trusted when their lips were movingâ€¦. Comment by mighty aphrodite &#8221;</p>
<p>That two-faced liar was GHBush who promised to VETO a tax increase.  Always blaming everyone but the Reichwinger who fails &#8211; you&#8217;re DEFINITELY a CRAZY SOCIOPATH Mighty Liar.</p>
<p>How is that busy career and HUGE family of yours doing, you always seem the time to have promoting yourself and George here, but you appear to be neglecting your own family.  Those sure are fine family values you exhibit.  How does your brother/husband feel about that?<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=507849', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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