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	<title>Comments on: McCain Flip-Flops On Lobbying Reform, Caves To Pressure From Religious Right</title>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1479231</link>
		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To I_am_mighty........,
In actuality, I did try out a new (for me) brand of soap today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To I_am_mighty&#8230;&#8230;..,<br />
In actuality, I did try out a new (for me) brand of soap today.<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=1479231', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I_am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1479010</link>
		<dc:creator>I_am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;youâ€™re only capable to taking meaningless jabs. What an ugly soul you must have! Comment by Lora â€” January 18, 2007 @ 8:29 pm&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

****Dear critic, I don&#039;t have a soul, I&#039;m an immortal jewish zionist!  We will rise up out of Israel without dying!  My place in heaven is assured, so what I do here on earth isn&#039;t relevant - as long as I make sure zionism brings the *rapture*!

As for my posts on the whole moving to the *extremes*, that was just rhetoric!  I wanted to throw you off the whole big swing to the middle of *compassionate-conservatism* we shoved down your unsuspecting throats!  You know how we always *pander* in elections to the middle, and govern to the far right as republicans!  It doesn&#039;t matter if it&#039;s attacking minorities, the poor, gays, whatever!  We always come out swinging with the most divisive of legislative agendas!

Then come election time, we offer contrition and a promise we won&#039;t do it *this-time*, and we screw you again!

That&#039;s why we *fear* you&#039;re going to do the same to us!  It&#039;s why we fear both the super-religious Obama, and the seen as centrist Hill&#039;Reh so much!  We&#039;re just scared crapless that they&#039;re going to get that centrist vote and veer far left like we love to do!

I don&#039;t know why I shared so much of my *hidden* self, maybe it&#039;s because you smell good, or I just get *hot* thinking about your lustiness.  Whatever the case, I hope you won&#039;t use this against me in the next election!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;youâ€™re only capable to taking meaningless jabs. What an ugly soul you must have! Comment by Lora â€” January 18, 2007 @ 8:29 pm&#8221;</em></p>
<p>****Dear critic, I don&#8217;t have a soul, I&#8217;m an immortal jewish zionist!  We will rise up out of Israel without dying!  My place in heaven is assured, so what I do here on earth isn&#8217;t relevant &#8211; as long as I make sure zionism brings the *rapture*!</p>
<p>As for my posts on the whole moving to the *extremes*, that was just rhetoric!  I wanted to throw you off the whole big swing to the middle of *compassionate-conservatism* we shoved down your unsuspecting throats!  You know how we always *pander* in elections to the middle, and govern to the far right as republicans!  It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s attacking minorities, the poor, gays, whatever!  We always come out swinging with the most divisive of legislative agendas!</p>
<p>Then come election time, we offer contrition and a promise we won&#8217;t do it *this-time*, and we screw you again!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why we *fear* you&#8217;re going to do the same to us!  It&#8217;s why we fear both the super-religious Obama, and the seen as centrist Hill&#8217;Reh so much!  We&#8217;re just scared crapless that they&#8217;re going to get that centrist vote and veer far left like we love to do!</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know why I shared so much of my *hidden* self, maybe it&#8217;s because you smell good, or I just get *hot* thinking about your lustiness.  Whatever the case, I hope you won&#8217;t use this against me in the next election!<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=1479010', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1478899</link>
		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, thatâ€™s rightâ€¦.Dems arenâ€™t big in the history departmentâ€¦
Toooodlesâ€¦â€¦
Blather by mightette hypochrite 

Which explains, of course, why most of the professors--including those in the History Departments--at the most prestigious American universities are liberal/progressive, eh?  Incidentally, we haven&#039;t seen any indication that you are particularly knowledgable about history; you&#039;re only capable to taking meaningless jabs.  What an ugly soul you must have!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, thatâ€™s rightâ€¦.Dems arenâ€™t big in the history departmentâ€¦<br />
Toooodlesâ€¦â€¦<br />
Blather by mightette hypochrite </p>
<p>Which explains, of course, why most of the professors&#8211;including those in the History Departments&#8211;at the most prestigious American universities are liberal/progressive, eh?  Incidentally, we haven&#8217;t seen any indication that you are particularly knowledgable about history; you&#8217;re only capable to taking meaningless jabs.  What an ugly soul you must have!<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=1478899', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1477447</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Add this one to the growing list of issues John &quot;The Maverick&quot; McCain has flip-flopped on. 

I guess the straight talk wasn&#039;t so straight after all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Add this one to the growing list of issues John &#8220;The Maverick&#8221; McCain has flip-flopped on. </p>
<p>I guess the straight talk wasn&#8217;t so straight after 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=1477447', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fiona</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1477441</link>
		<dc:creator>Fiona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>According to this piece, McCain originally supported more disclosure by lobbyists, &quot;including, for the first time, grassroots lobbying firms.&quot;  It also says that grassroots groups on both sides of the spectrum opposed this provision, though conservative groups were more adamantly against it.

My question is -- does anyone know why progressive groups would oppose this?  Is there a principled reason to oppose it, or is it just a matter that even the best of us have an urge to protect our side&#039;s lobbyists?

I&#039;m curious...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to this piece, McCain originally supported more disclosure by lobbyists, &#8220;including, for the first time, grassroots lobbying firms.&#8221;  It also says that grassroots groups on both sides of the spectrum opposed this provision, though conservative groups were more adamantly against it.</p>
<p>My question is &#8212; does anyone know why progressive groups would oppose this?  Is there a principled reason to oppose it, or is it just a matter that even the best of us have an urge to protect our side&#8217;s lobbyists?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m curious&#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=1477441', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fiona</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1477401</link>
		<dc:creator>Fiona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>According to this piece, McCain originally supported more disclosure by lobbyists, including &quot;for the first time, grassroots lobbying firms.&quot;  It also says that grassroots groups on both sides of the spectrum opposed the proposal, but conservatives were most adamantly against it.  Does anyone know why progressive groups would oppose this?  Is there a principled reason to oppose it, or is it just that even the best of us want to protect our favorite lobbyists?  I&#039;m definitely curious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to this piece, McCain originally supported more disclosure by lobbyists, including &#8220;for the first time, grassroots lobbying firms.&#8221;  It also says that grassroots groups on both sides of the spectrum opposed the proposal, but conservatives were most adamantly against it.  Does anyone know why progressive groups would oppose this?  Is there a principled reason to oppose it, or is it just that even the best of us want to protect our favorite lobbyists?  I&#8217;m definitely curious.<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=1477401', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nofltwlt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1477199</link>
		<dc:creator>nofltwlt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain is a non-starter; I hope the GOP nominates him to run in 2008.  It&#039;s a long shot but they have made more than a few mistakes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain is a non-starter; I hope the GOP nominates him to run in 2008.  It&#8217;s a long shot but they have made more than a few mistakes.<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=1477199', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476915</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t about time someone called him a whore to his face...I mean, with cameras rolling?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t about time someone called him a whore to his face&#8230;I mean, with cameras rolling?<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=1476915', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: powkat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476597</link>
		<dc:creator>powkat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it just me, or is Jerry Falwell morphing into Jabba the Hut?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it just me, or is Jerry Falwell morphing into Jabba the Hut?<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=1476597', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bob E. Digital</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476297</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob E. Digital</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Detours on the Straight Talk Express:

http://toddumbarger.blogspot.com/2007/01/wisdom-of-bush-102.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Detours on the Straight Talk Express:</p>
<p><a href="http://toddumbarger.blogspot.com/2007/01/wisdom-of-bush-102.html" rel="nofollow">http://toddumbarger.blogspot.com/2007/01/wisdom-of-bush-102.html</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1476297', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476284</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol Neil &gt; McCain is NOT ethical about anything! He is a warmongering whore and most Americans dislike him now!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol Neil &gt; McCain is NOT ethical about anything! He is a warmongering whore and most Americans dislike him now!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1476284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476237</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I donâ€™t get why we never see â€œdirtâ€ ads on Repubs flip-floppingâ€¦ They do it way more than Dems.&lt;/em&gt; 

Comment by Parrotlover77 #31

&lt;strong&gt;Parrot,

I&#039;ve not seen it yet but...

...word has it that MoveON.org has an ad out critical of McCain... &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I donâ€™t get why we never see â€œdirtâ€ ads on Repubs flip-floppingâ€¦ They do it way more than Dems.</em> </p>
<p>Comment by Parrotlover77 #31</p>
<p><strong>Parrot,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve not seen it yet but&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;word has it that MoveON.org has an ad out critical of McCain&#8230; </strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1476237', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Neil Schimmenti</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476203</link>
		<dc:creator>Neil Schimmenti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shame on YOU THINKPROGRESS!!!!

Choose your words carefully.  You may not like John McCain...actually that seems obvious.  More importantly he is supporting a position that is ethical AND is what the people want.  Our congressman are elected to represent the will of people and clearly the priorities of the people have begun to change.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shame on YOU THINKPROGRESS!!!!</p>
<p>Choose your words carefully.  You may not like John McCain&#8230;actually that seems obvious.  More importantly he is supporting a position that is ethical AND is what the people want.  Our congressman are elected to represent the will of people and clearly the priorities of the people have begun to change.<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=1476203', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Parrotlover77</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476193</link>
		<dc:creator>Parrotlover77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;McFlop is toast-http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=177706 &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Exactly... &quot;Independent&quot; voters voted for him because he was a &quot;center&quot; Repub, not a far-right winger (although I always suspected he was more political than he let on).  And they can clearly see he&#039;s no longer a straight-talker.  He&#039;s pandering to the far-far-right and that&#039;s pissing them off.  He&#039;s taking the wrong approach.  This would have worked for his advantage in 2000, but right now, right-pandering is the opposite of what the sacred &quot;swing&quot; voters want!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>McFlop is toast-http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=177706 </p></blockquote>
<p>Exactly&#8230; &#8220;Independent&#8221; voters voted for him because he was a &#8220;center&#8221; Repub, not a far-right winger (although I always suspected he was more political than he let on).  And they can clearly see he&#8217;s no longer a straight-talker.  He&#8217;s pandering to the far-far-right and that&#8217;s pissing them off.  He&#8217;s taking the wrong approach.  This would have worked for his advantage in 2000, but right now, right-pandering is the opposite of what the sacred &#8220;swing&#8221; voters want!!<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=1476193', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Parrotlover77</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476184</link>
		<dc:creator>Parrotlover77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get why we never see &quot;dirt&quot; ads on Repubs flip-flopping... They do it way more than Dems.  If a Dem flip-flops, it&#039;s usually because they honestly have had a change of heart and now disagree with something they used to agree with.  McCain is clearly doing this because he wants more $$$ for his presidential campaign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get why we never see &#8220;dirt&#8221; ads on Repubs flip-flopping&#8230; They do it way more than Dems.  If a Dem flip-flops, it&#8217;s usually because they honestly have had a change of heart and now disagree with something they used to agree with.  McCain is clearly doing this because he wants more $$$ for his presidential campaign.<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=1476184', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joefriday</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476167</link>
		<dc:creator>Joefriday</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McFlop is toast-http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=177706</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McFlop is toast-http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=177706<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=1476167', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hank Essay</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476134</link>
		<dc:creator>Hank Essay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like the Straight Talk Express is officially off the tracks without brakes and heading straight downhill....

Will the media whores notice?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like the Straight Talk Express is officially off the tracks without brakes and heading straight downhill&#8230;.</p>
<p>Will the media whores notice?<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=1476134', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ZZMike</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476109</link>
		<dc:creator>ZZMike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain&#039;s last disaster was the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform law, that made it possible for people like George Soros to give millions to left-wing groups to try to &quot;fix&quot; the election outcome.

Looks like he&#039;s going to let go another bomb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain&#8217;s last disaster was the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform law, that made it possible for people like George Soros to give millions to left-wing groups to try to &#8220;fix&#8221; the election outcome.</p>
<p>Looks like he&#8217;s going to let go another bomb.<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=1476109', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tweez</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476070</link>
		<dc:creator>tweez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God, how I love to see photos of McCain and Falwell in those academic robes.  It reminds me of what a waste my life has been.

Wait.  Did I say love?  I meant hate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God, how I love to see photos of McCain and Falwell in those academic robes.  It reminds me of what a waste my life has been.</p>
<p>Wait.  Did I say love?  I meant hate.<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=1476070', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hellinabucket</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/18/mccain-caves-on-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-1476062</link>
		<dc:creator>hellinabucket</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Off topic but relative.  I just read this at RawStory:



&lt;blockquote&gt;House Democrats on Wednesday drove through H.R. 5, &quot;The College Student Relief Act of 2007,&quot; which works to make college more affordable by gradually reducing the interest rate on subsidized federal student loans. The bill was passed late in the day by a 356-71 margin, with 124 Republicans joining 232 Democrats to support the measure. Of all the measures so far passed in the Democrats&#039; &quot;First 100 hours&quot; agenda, this bill saw the highest number of Republican defectors to date.
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124 Republicans agreeing with 232 Democrats.  There is a future</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Off topic but relative.  I just read this at RawStory:</p>
<blockquote><p>House Democrats on Wednesday drove through H.R. 5, &#8220;The College Student Relief Act of 2007,&#8221; which works to make college more affordable by gradually reducing the interest rate on subsidized federal student loans. The bill was passed late in the day by a 356-71 margin, with 124 Republicans joining 232 Democrats to support the measure. Of all the measures so far passed in the Democrats&#8217; &#8220;First 100 hours&#8221; agenda, this bill saw the highest number of Republican defectors to date.
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<p>124 Republicans agreeing with 232 Democrats.  There is a future<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=1476062', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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