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		<title>By: Marty Didier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marty Didier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Dems need to Kick Ass Inside their own Party!&lt;/strong&gt;

I was in a criminal family for more than 26 years who is part of the Political Corruption that we all are witnessing in the news.  Out of every 10 Criminal Corrupt Politicians, 7 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats, hence the â€œCleaning Out Phaseâ€ has only begun.  The Republicans creditability is finished and if the Democrats get aggressive and act quickly, with muscle, to clean up their own Party, they are assured success.  The key is to be aggressive and show muscle! 

Regarding Jefferson, with whatâ€™s coming up ahead, you havenâ€™t seen anything yet!  Better fasten your seatbelts!</description>
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<p>I was in a criminal family for more than 26 years who is part of the Political Corruption that we all are witnessing in the news.  Out of every 10 Criminal Corrupt Politicians, 7 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats, hence the â€œCleaning Out Phaseâ€ has only begun.  The Republicans creditability is finished and if the Democrats get aggressive and act quickly, with muscle, to clean up their own Party, they are assured success.  The key is to be aggressive and show muscle! </p>
<p>Regarding Jefferson, with whatâ€™s coming up ahead, you havenâ€™t seen anything yet!  Better fasten your seatbelts!<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=623245', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Parrotlover77</title>
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		<dc:creator>Parrotlover77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh, so thatâ€™s their irrational rant about socialism. IRI connected socialism to Hitler once and I couldnâ€™t figure out how he made that leap, considering Hitler was the ultimate Fascist. Kinda like how Russia and China were never really Marxist Communist?

They (neocons) get too wrapped up in sematics that they miss the reality. As usualâ€¦ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And ontop of all that, their pet monkey boy in charge of the executive branch of our country has basically stated &lt;strong&gt;through actions and ongoing requests for increasing executive power &lt;/strong&gt;(to protect us from the terrorists), that he basically wants the U.S. to be equivelent to a fascist regime!  Yet we socialists (and just liberal left-wingers in general) are the ones more like Hitler.  

When will the ironies end?!?!

So much of what they say could be made into a hillarious comedy about politics.  Yet, it&#039;s real and not funny since it impacts our lives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>Oh, so thatâ€™s their irrational rant about socialism. IRI connected socialism to Hitler once and I couldnâ€™t figure out how he made that leap, considering Hitler was the ultimate Fascist. Kinda like how Russia and China were never really Marxist Communist?</p>
<p>They (neocons) get too wrapped up in sematics that they miss the reality. As usualâ€¦ </em></p></blockquote>
<p>And ontop of all that, their pet monkey boy in charge of the executive branch of our country has basically stated <strong>through actions and ongoing requests for increasing executive power </strong>(to protect us from the terrorists), that he basically wants the U.S. to be equivelent to a fascist regime!  Yet we socialists (and just liberal left-wingers in general) are the ones more like Hitler.  </p>
<p>When will the ironies end?!?!</p>
<p>So much of what they say could be made into a hillarious comedy about politics.  Yet, it&#8217;s real and not funny since it impacts our lives.<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=622818', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PLC (Progressive Liberal Christian)</title>
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		<dc:creator>PLC (Progressive Liberal Christian)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ways and Means Committee controls appropriations.  Jefferson is accused of appropriating money for himself illegally.  He HAD to be suspended from this committee.  Such suspensions occur in other jobs - I&#039;ve suspended workers under investigation in a mental health facility- because the risks are too great to not protect the organization and the clients (which is Congbress and the American people in this case).  The Democratic Black Caucus need to back-off and focus on the &quot;democratic&quot; part of their name and the larger issue for America rather than consider this a &quot;race&quot; issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ways and Means Committee controls appropriations.  Jefferson is accused of appropriating money for himself illegally.  He HAD to be suspended from this committee.  Such suspensions occur in other jobs &#8211; I&#8217;ve suspended workers under investigation in a mental health facility- because the risks are too great to not protect the organization and the clients (which is Congbress and the American people in this case).  The Democratic Black Caucus need to back-off and focus on the &#8220;democratic&#8221; part of their name and the larger issue for America rather than consider this a &#8220;race&#8221; issue.<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=622814', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;* Pausing to wait for right-wing troll flames about what they stereotype is socialism, but which is actually fascism and not related to socialism at all. * 
Comment by Parrotlover77 â€” June 16, 2006 @ 1:58 pm &lt;/em&gt;

Oh, so that&#039;s their irrational rant about socialism.  IRI connected socialism to Hitler once and I couldn&#039;t figure out how he made that leap, considering Hitler was the ultimate Fascist.  Kinda like how Russia and China were never really Marxist Communist?

They (neocons) get too wrapped up in sematics that they miss the reality.  As usual...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>* Pausing to wait for right-wing troll flames about what they stereotype is socialism, but which is actually fascism and not related to socialism at all. *<br />
Comment by Parrotlover77 â€” June 16, 2006 @ 1:58 pm </em></p>
<p>Oh, so that&#8217;s their irrational rant about socialism.  IRI connected socialism to Hitler once and I couldn&#8217;t figure out how he made that leap, considering Hitler was the ultimate Fascist.  Kinda like how Russia and China were never really Marxist Communist?</p>
<p>They (neocons) get too wrapped up in sematics that they miss the reality.  As usual&#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=622721', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Parrotlover77</title>
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		<dc:creator>Parrotlover77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist
Comment by flash â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:58 pm 

Thatâ€™s as silly as saying he sohould go because heâ€™s a vegetarianâ€¦ Considering our socialistic aspect as a Republicâ€¦ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;m a socialist and vegetarian.  Sounds like my dream candidate.  ;-)

* Pausing to wait for right-wing troll flames about what they stereotype is socialism, but which is actually fascism and not related to socialism at all. *</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist<br />
Comment by flash â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:58 pm </p>
<p>Thatâ€™s as silly as saying he sohould go because heâ€™s a vegetarianâ€¦ Considering our socialistic aspect as a Republicâ€¦ </em></p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m a socialist and vegetarian.  Sounds like my dream candidate.  ;-)</p>
<p>* Pausing to wait for right-wing troll flames about what they stereotype is socialism, but which is actually fascism and not related to socialism at all. *<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=622695', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: For Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator>For Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That would be cool if California became it&#039;s own country. The big export would be entertainment. Pot would be legal, heck maybe the beachwear would become more like Europe 8)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That would be cool if California became it&#8217;s own country. The big export would be entertainment. Pot would be legal, heck maybe the beachwear would become more like Europe 8)<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=622610', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;yeah, maybe their could be a city in your fantasy called morontown, and you of course could be the high mayor. yeah 
Comment by amy â€” June 16, 2006 @ 1:08 pm &lt;/em&gt;

Someone forgot to flush again.

www.myspace.com  They probably will like you there wallace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>yeah, maybe their could be a city in your fantasy called morontown, and you of course could be the high mayor. yeah<br />
Comment by amy â€” June 16, 2006 @ 1:08 pm </em></p>
<p>Someone forgot to flush again.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com</a>  They probably will like you there wallace.<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=622572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flash</title>
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		<dc:creator>flash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He could be a vegatarian all he wants.  I got no beef with em</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He could be a vegatarian all he wants.  I got no beef with em<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=622570', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist 
Comment by flash â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:58 pm &lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s as silly as saying he sohould go because he&#039;s a vegetarian...  Considering our socialistic aspect as a Republic...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist<br />
Comment by flash â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:58 pm </em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s as silly as saying he sohould go because he&#8217;s a vegetarian&#8230;  Considering our socialistic aspect as a Republic&#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=622562', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: amy</title>
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		<dc:creator>amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah,  maybe their could be a city in your fantasy called morontown, and you of course could be the high mayor.  yeah</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah,  maybe their could be a city in your fantasy called morontown, and you of course could be the high mayor.  yeah<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=622556', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I have put forth the idea before that the reason the Dems donâ€™t do anything about the abuse of power is because they hope to be in a position to abuse that power themselves. &lt;/em&gt;

Well,  1994...  Just the horse of the other color this time...

&lt;em&gt;The Republicans wouldnâ€™t be able to say anything if the Dems do the exact same things they did. &lt;/em&gt;

And perhaps whythe Dems aren&#039;t saying anything now?

&lt;em&gt;This is why I always advocate voting ALL members of Congress out, except for Bernie Sanders (Socialist - VT). Heâ€™s neither a Dem nor a Repub. 
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:51 pm &lt;/em&gt;

I&#039;m with ya...  Though I doubt we&#039;ll get more than just standard issue &#039;Independent&#039; around these parts.  They confuse anything else with &#039;The Debil&#039; or &quot;Evil&quot;...

I&#039;m noticing a trend.  You know the saying &#039;The bigger they are the harder they fall?&quot;  Well - large countries seem to have that same problem.  Seems the countries who are the most secure over the long haul are generally on the smallish size.   Makes me wonder if somewhere down the road there won&#039;t be a country called California and another called New York?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I have put forth the idea before that the reason the Dems donâ€™t do anything about the abuse of power is because they hope to be in a position to abuse that power themselves. </em></p>
<p>Well,  1994&#8230;  Just the horse of the other color this time&#8230;</p>
<p><em>The Republicans wouldnâ€™t be able to say anything if the Dems do the exact same things they did. </em></p>
<p>And perhaps whythe Dems aren&#8217;t saying anything now?</p>
<p><em>This is why I always advocate voting ALL members of Congress out, except for Bernie Sanders (Socialist &#8211; VT). Heâ€™s neither a Dem nor a Repub.<br />
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:51 pm </em></p>
<p>I&#8217;m with ya&#8230;  Though I doubt we&#8217;ll get more than just standard issue &#8216;Independent&#8217; around these parts.  They confuse anything else with &#8216;The Debil&#8217; or &#8220;Evil&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m noticing a trend.  You know the saying &#8216;The bigger they are the harder they fall?&#8221;  Well &#8211; large countries seem to have that same problem.  Seems the countries who are the most secure over the long haul are generally on the smallish size.   Makes me wonder if somewhere down the road there won&#8217;t be a country called California and another called New York?<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=622546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: For Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator>For Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lead by example.  Yes it sucks that this is a big deal and some will use it to paint the Dems as bad. But I prefer to look at it as the Dems are willing to punish and deal with corruption in their own party, unlike the Repubbers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lead by example.  Yes it sucks that this is a big deal and some will use it to paint the Dems as bad. But I prefer to look at it as the Dems are willing to punish and deal with corruption in their own party, unlike the Repubbers.<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=622541', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rep. William Jefferson was set up by a FBI sting operation &gt; he took the $100,000 cash bribe while the FBI was filming the whole event &gt; they have him cold on this, even joking about the cash! Later they searched his house and found $90,000 in 9 foil wrapped bundles &gt; $10,000 was spent apparently and each $100 bill had been marked by the FBI!

Jefferson is guilty of taking a bribe, so it is best for the Democrats to dump him from the Congress and move on with outing all the Republicans who take bribes too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rep. William Jefferson was set up by a FBI sting operation &gt; he took the $100,000 cash bribe while the FBI was filming the whole event &gt; they have him cold on this, even joking about the cash! Later they searched his house and found $90,000 in 9 foil wrapped bundles &gt; $10,000 was spent apparently and each $100 bill had been marked by the FBI!</p>
<p>Jefferson is guilty of taking a bribe, so it is best for the Democrats to dump him from the Congress and move on with outing all the Republicans who take bribes too!<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=622533', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flash</title>
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		<dc:creator>flash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bernie sanders should be the 1st to go BECAUSE he is a socialist<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=622520', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flash</title>
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		<dc:creator>flash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#73, The Dems are well on their way to kissing liebermans ass.  lieberman just played his trump card and threatened to run as independant for prez in 08.  Which will drain dem votes. Lots of em. Within a month he will be hailed as the greatest Dem to ever serve</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#73, The Dems are well on their way to kissing liebermans ass.  lieberman just played his trump card and threatened to run as independant for prez in 08.  Which will drain dem votes. Lots of em. Within a month he will be hailed as the greatest Dem to ever serve<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=622514', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/15/breaking-democrats-strip-jefferson-of-committee-seat/comment-page-2/#comment-622495</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Instead they are saying â€œWell, we canâ€™t do anything, so letâ€™s just sit here and hope we get a turn at bat.â€ Itâ€™s that apathy that makes me distrust them as much as the Republicans. 

Comment by unbelievable â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:39 pm &lt;/i&gt;

I have put forth the idea before that the reason the Dems don&#039;t do anything about the abuse of power is because they hope to be in a position to abuse that power themselves.  The Republicans wouldn&#039;t be able to say anything if the Dems do the exact same things they did.  This is why I always advocate voting ALL members of Congress out, except for Bernie Sanders (Socialist - VT).  He&#039;s neither a Dem nor a Repub.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Instead they are saying â€œWell, we canâ€™t do anything, so letâ€™s just sit here and hope we get a turn at bat.â€ Itâ€™s that apathy that makes me distrust them as much as the Republicans. </p>
<p>Comment by unbelievable â€” June 16, 2006 @ 12:39 pm </i></p>
<p>I have put forth the idea before that the reason the Dems don&#8217;t do anything about the abuse of power is because they hope to be in a position to abuse that power themselves.  The Republicans wouldn&#8217;t be able to say anything if the Dems do the exact same things they did.  This is why I always advocate voting ALL members of Congress out, except for Bernie Sanders (Socialist &#8211; VT).  He&#8217;s neither a Dem nor a Repub.<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=622495', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Parrotlover77</title>
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		<dc:creator>Parrotlover77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wanted to chime in here with my own useless &quot;hell yea i agree&quot; post to prove that us liberals are not anything like the neocons.  When somebody who claims to be on our side is actually corrupt, we want him/her out, and we want him/her out RIGHT NOW.  This is great new.  Put a real non-corrupt liberal in his place now and let&#039;s move on.  I see no reason to sink to the repub&#039;s depth of immorality and fight for him just because he was on our &quot;team.&quot;  If he did wrong and isn&#039;t going to lead by example, he doesn&#039;t deserve to hang with us!  We are better than that!  Now, how do we get Lieberman to go away...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to chime in here with my own useless &#8220;hell yea i agree&#8221; post to prove that us liberals are not anything like the neocons.  When somebody who claims to be on our side is actually corrupt, we want him/her out, and we want him/her out RIGHT NOW.  This is great new.  Put a real non-corrupt liberal in his place now and let&#8217;s move on.  I see no reason to sink to the repub&#8217;s depth of immorality and fight for him just because he was on our &#8220;team.&#8221;  If he did wrong and isn&#8217;t going to lead by example, he doesn&#8217;t deserve to hang with us!  We are better than that!  Now, how do we get Lieberman to go away&#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=622480', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zookeeper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zookeeper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#52 &amp; #53 - kindness &amp; Wayne, click on Herman&#039;s name and you will taken to one of the best satire sites EVER.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#52 &amp; #53 &#8211; kindness &amp; Wayne, click on Herman&#8217;s name and you will taken to one of the best satire sites EVER.<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=622449', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;They donâ€™t have subpoena power to do anything. They can write all the letters they want asking the Bush Administration to answer some questions, and they will be ignored. 
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider â€” June 16, 2006 @ 11:45 am &lt;/em&gt;

I think there are other ways to get things done.  After all, where their is a will, there is a way.  And necessity is the mother of invention.  Nothing illegal - but certainly use the means they have to make a fuss?

Why aren&#039;t they writing those letters, publishing them or mailing them to their constituency?  I have a Republican district rep in the Georgia Congress who writes letters to his constituency.  He has for years.  And while I don&#039;t agree with him on a lot of things, I respect him for the effort.  

Why aren&#039;t they uniting and making statements to the press on a regular basis - trying to get the American people aware of the problems?

Why aren&#039;t they using their right of freedom of speech to make their cases heard so that the people react?

They should be advertizing this.  They should be pro-active.  Instead they are saying &quot;Well, we can&#039;t do anything, so let&#039;s just sit here and hope we get a turn at bat.&quot;  It&#039;s that apathy that makes me distrust them as much as the Republicans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>They donâ€™t have subpoena power to do anything. They can write all the letters they want asking the Bush Administration to answer some questions, and they will be ignored.<br />
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider â€” June 16, 2006 @ 11:45 am </em></p>
<p>I think there are other ways to get things done.  After all, where their is a will, there is a way.  And necessity is the mother of invention.  Nothing illegal &#8211; but certainly use the means they have to make a fuss?</p>
<p>Why aren&#8217;t they writing those letters, publishing them or mailing them to their constituency?  I have a Republican district rep in the Georgia Congress who writes letters to his constituency.  He has for years.  And while I don&#8217;t agree with him on a lot of things, I respect him for the effort.  </p>
<p>Why aren&#8217;t they uniting and making statements to the press on a regular basis &#8211; trying to get the American people aware of the problems?</p>
<p>Why aren&#8217;t they using their right of freedom of speech to make their cases heard so that the people react?</p>
<p>They should be advertizing this.  They should be pro-active.  Instead they are saying &#8220;Well, we can&#8217;t do anything, so let&#8217;s just sit here and hope we get a turn at bat.&#8221;  It&#8217;s that apathy that makes me distrust them as much as the Republicans.<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=622444', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>unbelievable-
The  Democrats  have the ability  to strip him  of  the commitity  seat and they did ask him   to take this  step himself,  untill  the matter is cleared,  but he refused

The democrats  cannot  strip a repug of  a  seats, that has to  be the repug  leadership.   They do not have the ethics.   All the  democrats  can do is  lead by  example and  in this  case  they did.

He  still is  a congressman  untill   he resigns, gets  outvoted  or  is convicted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>unbelievable-<br />
The  Democrats  have the ability  to strip him  of  the commitity  seat and they did ask him   to take this  step himself,  untill  the matter is cleared,  but he refused</p>
<p>The democrats  cannot  strip a repug of  a  seats, that has to  be the repug  leadership.   They do not have the ethics.   All the  democrats  can do is  lead by  example and  in this  case  they did.</p>
<p>He  still is  a congressman  untill   he resigns, gets  outvoted  or  is convicted.<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=622291', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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