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	<title>Comments on: Hastert: Foley Misconduct Was Presented As Something That &#8216;Might Have Affected Campaigns&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: bo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-962140</link>
		<dc:creator>bo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All politicians are evil and this just shows it. They are always out fo rthemselves and however they can get reelected, they will sacrifice watever it takes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All politicians are evil and this just shows it. They are always out fo rthemselves and however they can get reelected, they will sacrifice watever it takes.<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=962140', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Truthdetector</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-949377</link>
		<dc:creator>Truthdetector</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why shouldn&#039;t we compare this scandal to others and how the left reacted? It proves their double standard when it comes to those who prey on children.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why shouldn&#8217;t we compare this scandal to others and how the left reacted? It proves their double standard when it comes to those who prey on children.<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=949377', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Truthdetector</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-949368</link>
		<dc:creator>Truthdetector</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The fact is Foley has lost his job and is under investigation. The house is having the Ethics committee look into this. NONE of this happened to Stubbs or Barney Frank when they were caught in their sex scandals. Stubbs actually had sex with an underage Page and he kept his seat and got reelected. 

Clinton commuted the sentence of Reynolds who was CONVICTED of sleeping with a minor campaign worker. He was later hired by Jesse Jackson. No inquiry as to what Clinton got from Jackson for that stunt, no inquiry into Barney Frank or Stubbs.

Liberals apparently have a double standard when it comes to child rapists. As long as they&#039;re democrats, it&#039;s ok.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fact is Foley has lost his job and is under investigation. The house is having the Ethics committee look into this. NONE of this happened to Stubbs or Barney Frank when they were caught in their sex scandals. Stubbs actually had sex with an underage Page and he kept his seat and got reelected. </p>
<p>Clinton commuted the sentence of Reynolds who was CONVICTED of sleeping with a minor campaign worker. He was later hired by Jesse Jackson. No inquiry as to what Clinton got from Jackson for that stunt, no inquiry into Barney Frank or Stubbs.</p>
<p>Liberals apparently have a double standard when it comes to child rapists. As long as they&#8217;re democrats, it&#8217;s ok.<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=949368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: FKAY</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-942225</link>
		<dc:creator>FKAY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now we know what the OCTOBER SURPRISE is: Foley admitting to being gay, an alcoholic, sexual abused and No surprise a pedophile.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now we know what the OCTOBER SURPRISE is: Foley admitting to being gay, an alcoholic, sexual abused and No surprise a pedophile.<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=942225', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Carlos</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-937060</link>
		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am pretty good at reading people... by the way the corners of his lips are positioned, his stumbling with words, his constant nodding yes, and the movements of his eyebrows and eyes, in my opinion, this guy is lying through his teeth when he says he doesn&#039;t &quot;recall&quot; being told about the emails.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am pretty good at reading people&#8230; by the way the corners of his lips are positioned, his stumbling with words, his constant nodding yes, and the movements of his eyebrows and eyes, in my opinion, this guy is lying through his teeth when he says he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;recall&#8221; being told about the emails.<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=937060', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bob Casey Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; National Conservative Weekly: Conservatives Call on Hastert to Resign</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-936168</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Casey Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; National Conservative Weekly: Conservatives Call on Hastert to Resign</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] It seems that Hastert was quite aware that Foley&#8217;s cyber stalking of 10th graders &#8220;might have affected campaigns&#8220;. If Hastert waits a week before resigining, that just extends the time this will be on the front pages. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] It seems that Hastert was quite aware that Foley&#8217;s cyber stalking of 10th graders &#8220;might have affected campaigns&#8220;. If Hastert waits a week before resigining, that just extends the time this will be on the front pages. [...]<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=936168', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hooville</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-935494</link>
		<dc:creator>hooville</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Well I don&#039;t recall him saying anything about that, because it was in the afternoon, on a Tuesday I believe, and he was telling me many other things that would affect the campaign, and it was the third thing he told me that afternoon, because he was telling me this in the context of many other things...so I don&#039;t recall this ever being brought up before at all, no&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Well I don&#8217;t recall him saying anything about that, because it was in the afternoon, on a Tuesday I believe, and he was telling me many other things that would affect the campaign, and it was the third thing he told me that afternoon, because he was telling me this in the context of many other things&#8230;so I don&#8217;t recall this ever being brought up before at all, no&#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=935494', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: God is a Nihilist</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-935306</link>
		<dc:creator>God is a Nihilist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liberals are about as fake as conservatives..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberals are about as fake as conservatives..<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=935306', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BigCynic.com</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-935110</link>
		<dc:creator>BigCynic.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No doubt former pages will now come forward to tell tales about congressmen from both sides of aisle. But the Foley-Hastert case is differrent because, as in Watergate, the coverup is even worse than the original offense. 

Having said that, the Dems are not decrying this Republican coverup loudly enough to (1) maximum political damage to the G.O.P. and (2) compensate for the hits their own party will take when other ex-pages comes forward. 

Read: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bigcynic.com/2006/09/the_fake_morali.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The fake morality of conservatives&lt;/a&gt;&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No doubt former pages will now come forward to tell tales about congressmen from both sides of aisle. But the Foley-Hastert case is differrent because, as in Watergate, the coverup is even worse than the original offense. </p>
<p>Having said that, the Dems are not decrying this Republican coverup loudly enough to (1) maximum political damage to the G.O.P. and (2) compensate for the hits their own party will take when other ex-pages comes forward. </p>
<p>Read: &#8220;<a href="http://www.bigcynic.com/2006/09/the_fake_morali.html" rel="nofollow">The fake morality of conservatives</a>&#8220;<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=935110', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sue+B.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-934561</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue+B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The family had gotten what it wanted&quot;...what the hell does THAT mean? Perhaps someone should check to see if payoff/bribery was also involved in this. Please, oh please, don&#039;t let there be a Democrat involved in any way. We know they have one going back to the 80s and the inappropriate comparison with Clinton, but we can easily dispute those. I just really hope there is not more of this going on and somehow a Dem is guilty too and they&#039;ll be able to &quot;it&#039;s a bipartisan issue&quot; kill this. Wouldn&#039;t it be terrific though if a group of 16 year olds with consciences and ethics brings down the worst mis-administration in our history?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The family had gotten what it wanted&#8221;&#8230;what the hell does THAT mean? Perhaps someone should check to see if payoff/bribery was also involved in this. Please, oh please, don&#8217;t let there be a Democrat involved in any way. We know they have one going back to the 80s and the inappropriate comparison with Clinton, but we can easily dispute those. I just really hope there is not more of this going on and somehow a Dem is guilty too and they&#8217;ll be able to &#8220;it&#8217;s a bipartisan issue&#8221; kill this. Wouldn&#8217;t it be terrific though if a group of 16 year olds with consciences and ethics brings down the worst mis-administration in our history?<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=934561', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theswan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-934305</link>
		<dc:creator>theswan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For Hasert campaigning is the only issue.  Likewise, all republicans drop the ball on all other things of importance to think about their campaign for the next cycle.  Their reelection is the priority and the people, all the people including vunerable children, must not interfere with their holding on to power.  
Vote anything but republican!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For Hasert campaigning is the only issue.  Likewise, all republicans drop the ball on all other things of importance to think about their campaign for the next cycle.  Their reelection is the priority and the people, all the people including vunerable children, must not interfere with their holding on to power.<br />
Vote anything but republican!<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=934305', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jerry</title>
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		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The best part is all the campaign video material the pugs are providing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The best part is all the campaign video material the pugs are providing.<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=934051', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Try this on for size, Denny:
        Florida Standard Jury Instruction 2.2(a)
	BELIEVABILITY OF WITNESSES
	   General considerations

In determining the believability of any witness and the weight to be given the testimony of any witness, you may properly consider the demeanor of the witness while testifying; the frankness or lack of frankness of the witness; the intelligence of the witness; any interest the witness may have in the outcome of the case; the means and opportunity the witness had to know the facts about which the witness testified; the ability of the witness to remember the matters about which the witness testified; and the reasonableness of the testimony of the witness, considered in the light of all the evidence in the case and in the light of your own experience and common sense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try this on for size, Denny:<br />
        Florida Standard Jury Instruction 2.2(a)<br />
	BELIEVABILITY OF WITNESSES<br />
	   General considerations</p>
<p>In determining the believability of any witness and the weight to be given the testimony of any witness, you may properly consider the demeanor of the witness while testifying; the frankness or lack of frankness of the witness; the intelligence of the witness; any interest the witness may have in the outcome of the case; the means and opportunity the witness had to know the facts about which the witness testified; the ability of the witness to remember the matters about which the witness testified; and the reasonableness of the testimony of the witness, considered in the light of all the evidence in the case and in the light of your own experience and common sense.<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=933549', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Guenter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guenter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Often times we meet people who tell us they are religious and have values. My lifetime experience statistic about these people, who are annoying others and try to limit their freedoms, was never in favour of them. The vast majority of these &quot;value&quot; people did really bad things to anybody. 
Foley must face justice, no execuses, no alcoholism can be accepted. 

Republicans keep your dirty hands of children!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Often times we meet people who tell us they are religious and have values. My lifetime experience statistic about these people, who are annoying others and try to limit their freedoms, was never in favour of them. The vast majority of these &#8220;value&#8221; people did really bad things to anybody.<br />
Foley must face justice, no execuses, no alcoholism can be accepted. </p>
<p>Republicans keep your dirty hands of children!<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=933150', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: colinjames</title>
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		<dc:creator>colinjames</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve seen some stupid trolls on this site before, but this &lt;em&gt;liberalsarefakes&lt;/em&gt; jackass takes the cake for sheer stupidity. Dude, the only thing that should be coming out of your mouth is outrage that a member of the United States House of Representavies was soliciting sex from a minor, and that other House members, including the Speaker himself,were made aware of his inappropriate conduct- yet &lt;em&gt;took no action whatsoever&lt;/em&gt; to protect this vulnerable kid, or investigate the matter even one bit. Listen to these words very closely, I&#039;m going to explain to you why this is important, outrageous, and completely sick: The Leader of the House of Representatives (among others) is complicit in allowing another member to remain in his seat while he continued his illegal, perverted, predatory behavior, endangering the health and well-being of  teenage congressional pages, because... why? To avoid political fallout. To stay in power. To keep that seat red. The fact that Foley was chairman of the very caucus charged with protecting America&#039;s youth from &lt;em&gt;that very behavior&lt;/em&gt; makes it all the sicker, and the fact that the leader of the House allowed it to continue is inexcusable, demented, and possibly criminal as well. This whole mess is disgusting, and I&#039;m sure more details will emerge as to both the crime and the cover-up. Since you&#039;re obviously a Republican, you should be all the more outraged by this affair, yet all you want to talk about is how libs are stupid and pathetic and make you laugh... well, this is not a laughing matter. But you&#039;re a joke, you loser.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve seen some stupid trolls on this site before, but this <em>liberalsarefakes</em> jackass takes the cake for sheer stupidity. Dude, the only thing that should be coming out of your mouth is outrage that a member of the United States House of Representavies was soliciting sex from a minor, and that other House members, including the Speaker himself,were made aware of his inappropriate conduct- yet <em>took no action whatsoever</em> to protect this vulnerable kid, or investigate the matter even one bit. Listen to these words very closely, I&#8217;m going to explain to you why this is important, outrageous, and completely sick: The Leader of the House of Representatives (among others) is complicit in allowing another member to remain in his seat while he continued his illegal, perverted, predatory behavior, endangering the health and well-being of  teenage congressional pages, because&#8230; why? To avoid political fallout. To stay in power. To keep that seat red. The fact that Foley was chairman of the very caucus charged with protecting America&#8217;s youth from <em>that very behavior</em> makes it all the sicker, and the fact that the leader of the House allowed it to continue is inexcusable, demented, and possibly criminal as well. This whole mess is disgusting, and I&#8217;m sure more details will emerge as to both the crime and the cover-up. Since you&#8217;re obviously a Republican, you should be all the more outraged by this affair, yet all you want to talk about is how libs are stupid and pathetic and make you laugh&#8230; well, this is not a laughing matter. But you&#8217;re a joke, 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=932934', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m surprised no one clicked on the republican chickenhawk/ child molester aspects (from Wordspy):

 &lt;em&gt;A different, though still possibly overlapping, segment of the population will be familiar with &lt;strong&gt;another sense of the phrase chicken hawk: A gay man who prefers adolescent sexual partners. &lt;/strong&gt;(This term has also been used for a straight man who seeks adolescent girls.) &lt;/em&gt;

Chickenhawks hang around bus stations and train depots, looking for runaways who want to &quot;make it in the big city.&quot;  They are either molesters, or their proxies - older, more experienced ho&#039;s, who don&#039;t mind making a few bucks if someone else does the dirtywork.  Just like republicans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m surprised no one clicked on the republican chickenhawk/ child molester aspects (from Wordspy):</p>
<p> <em>A different, though still possibly overlapping, segment of the population will be familiar with <strong>another sense of the phrase chicken hawk: A gay man who prefers adolescent sexual partners. </strong>(This term has also been used for a straight man who seeks adolescent girls.) </em></p>
<p>Chickenhawks hang around bus stations and train depots, looking for runaways who want to &#8220;make it in the big city.&#8221;  They are either molesters, or their proxies &#8211; older, more experienced ho&#8217;s, who don&#8217;t mind making a few bucks if someone else does the dirtywork.  Just like 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=932405', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-932243</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep James,

For a paid troll, this one ain&#039;t giving &#039;em their money&#039;s worth.  

*yawn*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep James,</p>
<p>For a paid troll, this one ain&#8217;t giving &#8216;em their money&#8217;s worth.  </p>
<p>*yawn*<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=932243', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: neoconsarefakes</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-932234</link>
		<dc:creator>neoconsarefakes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;liberalsarefakes&lt;/em&gt; isn&#039;t comprehending things very clearly tonight. Too busy trying to be superior. How&#039;s that working for you LAF?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>liberalsarefakes</em> isn&#8217;t comprehending things very clearly tonight. Too busy trying to be superior. How&#8217;s that working for you LAF?<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=932234', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-932213</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s what I wrote (#418)

&lt;blockquote&gt;Dems from 1969, 1983, or 1997 arenâ€™t facing an election here. The news is that right now, this year, YOUR self-proclaimed family values folks swept a homosexual child trawler under the rug, hoping to keep the issue quiet until after the election.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

... and here&#039;s the Rhodes Scholar LAF&#039;s response:

&lt;blockquote&gt;what?!!! hahaha!!!

so no Democrat is up for election in November 2006?!!

hahahaâ€¦oh my goodness just when liberal stupidity couldnâ€™t get any worst.

hahahaha!!!!!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;ll try to write slower so you can read it this time:
Dems from 1969, 1983, or 1997 arenâ€™t facing an election here. 

Got it?  Or is it too tough for you to handle.  Maybe you are the one with &quot;immense ignorant.&quot;

The point, which you tried to ignore, is that right now, this year, YOUR self-proclaimed family values folks swept a homosexual child trawler under the rug, hoping to keep the issue quiet until after the election.

LAF, go crawl back under a rock until you can read.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s what I wrote (#418)</p>
<blockquote><p>Dems from 1969, 1983, or 1997 arenâ€™t facing an election here. The news is that right now, this year, YOUR self-proclaimed family values folks swept a homosexual child trawler under the rug, hoping to keep the issue quiet until after the election.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230; and here&#8217;s the Rhodes Scholar LAF&#8217;s response:</p>
<blockquote><p>what?!!! hahaha!!!</p>
<p>so no Democrat is up for election in November 2006?!!</p>
<p>hahahaâ€¦oh my goodness just when liberal stupidity couldnâ€™t get any worst.</p>
<p>hahahaha!!!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ll try to write slower so you can read it this time:<br />
Dems from 1969, 1983, or 1997 arenâ€™t facing an election here. </p>
<p>Got it?  Or is it too tough for you to handle.  Maybe you are the one with &#8220;immense ignorant.&#8221;</p>
<p>The point, which you tried to ignore, is that right now, this year, YOUR self-proclaimed family values folks swept a homosexual child trawler under the rug, hoping to keep the issue quiet until after the election.</p>
<p>LAF, go crawl back under a rock until you can read.<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=932213', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bounty Hunter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/hastert-foley-campaigns/comment-page-8/#comment-932191</link>
		<dc:creator>Bounty Hunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The National Republican Congressional Committee will keep the $550,000 Mark Foley donated to them since 1996. Any other pedophiles want to donate to the National Republican Congressional Committee? They&#039;re accepting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The National Republican Congressional Committee will keep the $550,000 Mark Foley donated to them since 1996. Any other pedophiles want to donate to the National Republican Congressional Committee? They&#8217;re accepting.<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=932191', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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