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	<title>Comments on: Kevin Drum: Where does McCain&#8217;s media cred come from?</title>
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		<title>By: youtube</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-5564105</link>
		<dc:creator>youtube</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where do you get your figures? Where are all the people dying because they can’t get into the hospitals?&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sohbet&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bedava mp3 indir&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cet&lt;/a&gt; You are quite possibly the most braindead simpleton I’ve ever read here.
Here’s what conservatives are all about dumbass. Borrow and spend, borrow and spend. Tax and steal, tax and steal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where do you get your figures? Where are all the people dying because they can’t get into the hospitals?<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a> You are quite possibly the most braindead simpleton I’ve ever read here.<br />
Here’s what conservatives are all about dumbass. Borrow and spend, borrow and spend. Tax and steal, tax and steal.<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=5564105', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
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		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why, he&#039;s everything that he&#039;s &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;!!!  It&#039;s a miracle.  How can we turn down a person that has such a knack for turning his own weaknesses into strength?  He&#039;s almost a superhero with a magical ability.  Better to have him on our side, I&#039;d say....

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why, he&#8217;s everything that he&#8217;s <i>not</i>!!!  It&#8217;s a miracle.  How can we turn down a person that has such a knack for turning his own weaknesses into strength?  He&#8217;s almost a superhero with a magical ability.  Better to have him on our side, I&#8217;d say&#8230;.</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=4495940', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-4481546</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;JMOHR Says:
March 25th, 2008 at 10:14 am&lt;/em&gt;
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&quot;At first I found it hard to believe that Hillary would rather have McCain as President than Obama. But, everything she has done in the last three weeks points to that fact. That is so selfish. &quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

When people reveal themselves for who they are, believe them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>JMOHR Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 10:14 am</em></p>
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&#8220;At first I found it hard to believe that Hillary would rather have McCain as President than Obama. But, everything she has done in the last three weeks points to that fact. That is so selfish. &#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>When people reveal themselves for who they are, believe 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=4481546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: QUALAR</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-4481026</link>
		<dc:creator>QUALAR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ANS: Corporation Boardrooms.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ANS: Corporation Boardrooms.<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=4481026', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-4480602</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s quite simple. McPander Bear is in the pocket of the telecom industry. 

Quid Pro Quo</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s quite simple. McPander Bear is in the pocket of the telecom industry. </p>
<p>Quid Pro Quo<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=4480602', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While President Bush says, &quot;A government-run health care system is the wrong prescription&quot; (for America) he made sure that Iraq would get one. Article 30, Paragraph 1 of the new Iraqi constitution - -which the United States helped write - - says, &quot;The state guarantees social and health insurance, the basics for a free and honorable life for the individual and the family. . . .&quot;

http://americanhealthcarereform.org/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While President Bush says, &#8220;A government-run health care system is the wrong prescription&#8221; (for America) he made sure that Iraq would get one. Article 30, Paragraph 1 of the new Iraqi constitution &#8211; -which the United States helped write &#8211; - says, &#8220;The state guarantees social and health insurance, the basics for a free and honorable life for the individual and the family. . . .&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://americanhealthcarereform.org/" rel="nofollow">http://americanhealthcarereform.org/</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=4480100', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: NOLIESPLEASE</title>
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		<dc:creator>NOLIESPLEASE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caredman....following your post....You are put on a list based your need. If you are in dire straits, there is no waiting PERIOD. Does your media tell you that if there is a delay for someone who needs treatment ASAP, the government pays all your fee&#039;s to get the treatment done outside the Province(state)at the governments expense. That part they don&#039;t tell you. Stop with your propaganda about other counties medical systems especially when the United Nations has the United States listed 35th in the world with respect to health care. In my 44 years in Canada, I&#039;ve never had to pay for any health care and I&#039;ve NEVER been denied or put on a waiting list. That statement includes a 2 month hospital stay, 14yrs as an outpatient, 3 operations, countless doctors visits , hundreds of blood tests, scans etc. TOTAL COST = $0.00 . Who has the best system now!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caredman&#8230;.following your post&#8230;.You are put on a list based your need. If you are in dire straits, there is no waiting PERIOD. Does your media tell you that if there is a delay for someone who needs treatment ASAP, the government pays all your fee&#8217;s to get the treatment done outside the Province(state)at the governments expense. That part they don&#8217;t tell you. Stop with your propaganda about other counties medical systems especially when the United Nations has the United States listed 35th in the world with respect to health care. In my 44 years in Canada, I&#8217;ve never had to pay for any health care and I&#8217;ve NEVER been denied or put on a waiting list. That statement includes a 2 month hospital stay, 14yrs as an outpatient, 3 operations, countless doctors visits , hundreds of blood tests, scans etc. TOTAL COST = $0.00 . Who has the best system 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=4479010', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Shadow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-4477894</link>
		<dc:creator>The Shadow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can tell you exactly where this cred comes from, the media which has contributed to attack Obama and defending Hillary Clinton and John McCain at every turn.  Why?  Because they like most Americans and american companys consist of white males and their women supporters.  There is nothing wrong with white males at all, but for hundreds of years they have control American politics and industry.  That kind of power is hard to give up and they aren&#039;t going to allow an outsider who happens to be black to easily change it.

The vast majority of the media are white males or white females, who have white brothers, uncles, etc.  If Obama made all of the misstatements and mistakes Clinton and McCain have, he&#039;d not only lose, but his political career would be over.  The media is attacking Obama about something he never said himself.  Look at what the minsters (Rev. Hagee, Rev. Falwell, and others) whose endorsement John McCain asked for have said.  Rev. Hagee called Catholicism &quot;A whore religion&quot;, and said &quot;The Pope helped Hilter to kill Jews during WWII&quot;.  They ask why Obama didn&#039;t leave his church after these remarks were made.  I ask Catholics why they didn&#039;t leave their church after Priest after Priest molested innocent girls and boys for decades?  Why they didn&#039;t leave the chuch after it became common knowledge that Archbishops covered up the abuse and moved these molesters from church to church.

Which one is worst, Rev. Wright making stupid extremist remarks or Priest molesting children.  &quot;Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me&quot;, is a saying that all of us were taught as children.  So the moral of the story is we are hurt by Rev. Wright, but not by child molesters.  How much money did the Catholic church have to spend to pay these children.  Rev Wrights words were dead wrong, but no children were physically or sexual hurt by him.

Why is there this double standard.  Some of the very same ministers would endorsed McCain have said equally as offensive words, but the white media give him a pass.  I&#039;m not making this up, this story asks a question and I&#039;m answering it truthfully.  If am not right, then someone please show me that the majority of the media personalities are black and that blacks control the media in this country.  So that part of my point is just pointing out the obvious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can tell you exactly where this cred comes from, the media which has contributed to attack Obama and defending Hillary Clinton and John McCain at every turn.  Why?  Because they like most Americans and american companys consist of white males and their women supporters.  There is nothing wrong with white males at all, but for hundreds of years they have control American politics and industry.  That kind of power is hard to give up and they aren&#8217;t going to allow an outsider who happens to be black to easily change it.</p>
<p>The vast majority of the media are white males or white females, who have white brothers, uncles, etc.  If Obama made all of the misstatements and mistakes Clinton and McCain have, he&#8217;d not only lose, but his political career would be over.  The media is attacking Obama about something he never said himself.  Look at what the minsters (Rev. Hagee, Rev. Falwell, and others) whose endorsement John McCain asked for have said.  Rev. Hagee called Catholicism &#8220;A whore religion&#8221;, and said &#8220;The Pope helped Hilter to kill Jews during WWII&#8221;.  They ask why Obama didn&#8217;t leave his church after these remarks were made.  I ask Catholics why they didn&#8217;t leave their church after Priest after Priest molested innocent girls and boys for decades?  Why they didn&#8217;t leave the chuch after it became common knowledge that Archbishops covered up the abuse and moved these molesters from church to church.</p>
<p>Which one is worst, Rev. Wright making stupid extremist remarks or Priest molesting children.  &#8220;Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me&#8221;, is a saying that all of us were taught as children.  So the moral of the story is we are hurt by Rev. Wright, but not by child molesters.  How much money did the Catholic church have to spend to pay these children.  Rev Wrights words were dead wrong, but no children were physically or sexual hurt by him.</p>
<p>Why is there this double standard.  Some of the very same ministers would endorsed McCain have said equally as offensive words, but the white media give him a pass.  I&#8217;m not making this up, this story asks a question and I&#8217;m answering it truthfully.  If am not right, then someone please show me that the majority of the media personalities are black and that blacks control the media in this country.  So that part of my point is just pointing out the obvious.<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=4477894', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/25/kevin-drum-where-does-mccains-media-cred-come-from/comment-page-2/#comment-4477734</link>
		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain fed the press his weiner in Sedona, and they all thought it was &quot;yummy&quot;.


Oh God! that retard&#039;s not back again is he??

...not for long I can tell you...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain fed the press his weiner in Sedona, and they all thought it was &#8220;yummy&#8221;.</p>
<p>Oh God! that retard&#8217;s not back again is he??</p>
<p>&#8230;not for long I can tell you&#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=4477734', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: deebaser</title>
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		<dc:creator>deebaser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;caredmanI Says: 
March 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am 
freedom lover Says:
March 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am 

You my friend or grossly misinformed. Medicare is the reason Health care is so expensive. Insurance has nothing to do with it. The Govt refuses to create networks like the insurance companies! So in order for hospitals to get the money they need they overcharge the govt. And we pay the same price they charge the govt. unless you are part of a network. Next time you are at the Doctor ask him about this!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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Aww man, I missed a &#039;Health Insurance&#039; troll...

Medicare pays out a set amount per service for facilities they typically pay out on the DRG, per diem. Hospitals can charge insurers / Medicare whatever the hell they want, it doesn&#039;t affect their reimbursement.

In any case, without Medicare, most of the Seniors in this country would not be able to buy private insurance. Would you want to assume the risk of the healthcare associated with a 70 year old?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>caredmanI Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am<br />
freedom lover Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am </p>
<p>You my friend or grossly misinformed. Medicare is the reason Health care is so expensive. Insurance has nothing to do with it. The Govt refuses to create networks like the insurance companies! So in order for hospitals to get the money they need they overcharge the govt. And we pay the same price they charge the govt. unless you are part of a network. Next time you are at the Doctor ask him about this!</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
Aww man, I missed a &#8216;Health Insurance&#8217; troll&#8230;</p>
<p>Medicare pays out a set amount per service for facilities they typically pay out on the DRG, per diem. Hospitals can charge insurers / Medicare whatever the hell they want, it doesn&#8217;t affect their reimbursement.</p>
<p>In any case, without Medicare, most of the Seniors in this country would not be able to buy private insurance. Would you want to assume the risk of the healthcare associated with a 70 year old?<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=4477708', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KingCranky</title>
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		<dc:creator>KingCranky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Poor, blithering GOP lackey/troll, can&#039;t respond to the topic of this thread in a way that&#039;s both positive and logical for McCain.

Anytime trolls try to change the subject, it means even they know, in their pointy little pinheads, they just can&#039;t argue the merits of their party&#039;s latest fiascoes, missteps, screw ups and outright lies.

Hence, why they so desperately try to change the subject.

At the same time, if they&#039;re so stupid as to encourage themselves as rhetorical punching bags with their easily-debunked blather, they truly get what they deserve.

The GOP got destroyed in the 2006 elections, much to its trolls dismay.

The GOP is going to get an even worse ass whipping come Election Day, 2008.

So choke on it troll.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poor, blithering GOP lackey/troll, can&#8217;t respond to the topic of this thread in a way that&#8217;s both positive and logical for McCain.</p>
<p>Anytime trolls try to change the subject, it means even they know, in their pointy little pinheads, they just can&#8217;t argue the merits of their party&#8217;s latest fiascoes, missteps, screw ups and outright lies.</p>
<p>Hence, why they so desperately try to change the subject.</p>
<p>At the same time, if they&#8217;re so stupid as to encourage themselves as rhetorical punching bags with their easily-debunked blather, they truly get what they deserve.</p>
<p>The GOP got destroyed in the 2006 elections, much to its trolls dismay.</p>
<p>The GOP is going to get an even worse ass whipping come Election Day, 2008.</p>
<p>So choke on it troll.<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=4476774', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TRoS offered supporting evidence through posted links.

caredman [sic]: &quot;It dudn&#039;t matta&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TRoS offered supporting evidence through posted links.</p>
<p>caredman [sic]: &#8220;It dudn&#8217;t matta&#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=4476592', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>caredmanI Says: 
March 25th, 2008 at 11:37 am

Several of us have replied to your irrational, off-topic comments this morning w/ articulated factual rebuttals, which you deliberately ignore while you continue to post gibberish.

Please go home.  Clearly you have NOTHING of value to say about ANYTHING.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>caredmanI Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:37 am</p>
<p>Several of us have replied to your irrational, off-topic comments this morning w/ articulated factual rebuttals, which you deliberately ignore while you continue to post gibberish.</p>
<p>Please go home.  Clearly you have NOTHING of value to say about ANYTHING.<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=4476554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 25th, 2008 at 11:23 am 

You can Google all the Insurance profits you want but your wrong. socialized medicine is not the answer to our healthcare cost!! You’re just so convinced that everything corporate is all bad that you can’t even began to understand the real problem!&lt;/em&gt;

Eliminating profitablity from the healthcare industry is exactly the needed solution. It worked for other vital services: policing, mail delivery, firefighting, etc.

You still haven&#039;t proven yourself besides cementing your fingers in your ears. Get to work. 

Just because you say it isn&#039;t true, doesn&#039;t make it so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The Republic of Stupidity Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:23 am </p>
<p>You can Google all the Insurance profits you want but your wrong. socialized medicine is not the answer to our healthcare cost!! You’re just so convinced that everything corporate is all bad that you can’t even began to understand the real problem!</em></p>
<p>Eliminating profitablity from the healthcare industry is exactly the needed solution. It worked for other vital services: policing, mail delivery, firefighting, etc.</p>
<p>You still haven&#8217;t proven yourself besides cementing your fingers in your ears. Get to work. </p>
<p>Just because you say it isn&#8217;t true, doesn&#8217;t make it so.<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=4476458', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now that our recycled troll has managed to derail the thread, may I cordially invite one and all to FLAG his trollish ass.
Thanks, and no RSVP is required!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that our recycled troll has managed to derail the thread, may I cordially invite one and all to FLAG his trollish ass.<br />
Thanks, and no RSVP is required!<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=4476450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#51  misshusseinmolly Says:
March 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am &lt;/em&gt;

As usual, missmolly, you have hit the nail squarely on the head.  I very much admire your ability to get to the heart of the matter in an eloquent and rational way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#51  misshusseinmolly Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am </em></p>
<p>As usual, missmolly, you have hit the nail squarely on the head.  I very much admire your ability to get to the heart of the matter in an eloquent and rational way.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4476400', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says: 
March 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am 
People who need immediate medical care in socialized medicine countries don’t have to wait. People who have issues that can wait, wait. And most of them don’t care. They are so grateful that they have an excellent health care system, they are happy to wait to give first priority to those who have greater needs. They like living in a country that thinks that health care is a right and not a privilege.
_________________________________________

An excellent point.  We hear all these alarming stories about people who need knee replacements having to wait three months to get one.  If I needed a knee replacement, I would rather get one in three months than not be able to get one at all because my for-profit insurance provider refuses to pay for it -- or because I don&#039;t have insurance and could never afford to pay for it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am<br />
People who need immediate medical care in socialized medicine countries don’t have to wait. People who have issues that can wait, wait. And most of them don’t care. They are so grateful that they have an excellent health care system, they are happy to wait to give first priority to those who have greater needs. They like living in a country that thinks that health care is a right and not a privilege.<br />
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<p>An excellent point.  We hear all these alarming stories about people who need knee replacements having to wait three months to get one.  If I needed a knee replacement, I would rather get one in three months than not be able to get one at all because my for-profit insurance provider refuses to pay for it &#8212; or because I don&#8217;t have insurance and could never afford to pay for it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4476234', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You just want something for nothing.

I heard about a guy who went into financial distress because because his ability to scam others for money backfired. The federal government offered him a ton in welfare. His name was...(trying to recall)...Stearns? I forget his first name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You just want something for nothing.</p>
<p>I heard about a guy who went into financial distress because because his ability to scam others for money backfired. The federal government offered him a ton in welfare. His name was&#8230;(trying to recall)&#8230;Stearns? I forget his first name.<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=4476190', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>caredmanI Says: 
March 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am 
this makes no sense!! you want the Govt that you love so much to take over your healthcare? $2000 for $2,000,000 in coverage that sounds like a complete rip off! All of you are a bunch of leaches! Insurance is not a hand out. Read your damn policies sometime. You just want something for nothing.
________________________________________

Are you happy now that you&#039;ve managed to take a thread about McCain and the media and turn it into a thread about health care?

All right, I&#039;ll respond to your blather.  First, &quot;government&quot; isn&#039;t about to take over health care in this country, nor is anybody asking for that to happen.  There is, however, a groundswell of support for our government to take over PAYING for health care -- but the actual care would be provided by those providing it now.

Second, the correct spelling is &quot;leeches&quot;.

Third, nobody is claiming that insurance is a handout.  Insurance is a money-making venture for the party selling it -- whether it&#039;s life, auto, fire, or health insurance.  We want to do away with health insurance altogether and focus on health CARE, which should be a basic right.

Fourth, health care for &quot;nothing&quot; is unrealistic.  Health care for &quot;reasonable&quot; is doable if we get the for-profit greedheads and the cherry-pickers out of the mix.

Expecting health care to be provided as a basic need is no more outlandish than expecting education, police protection, fire protection, roads and highways, or other services provided by the government.  When you lose your health insurance because you are no longer profitable to your insurer, when your employer drops your health care benefits because they can no longer afford them, when you can&#039;t find insurance because you have a pre-existing condition, you may see the light.  People who say &quot;it can&#039;t happen to me&quot; often find out it can.

Now, do you have anything to say about the subject of THIS thread?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>caredmanI Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am<br />
this makes no sense!! you want the Govt that you love so much to take over your healthcare? $2000 for $2,000,000 in coverage that sounds like a complete rip off! All of you are a bunch of leaches! Insurance is not a hand out. Read your damn policies sometime. You just want something for nothing.<br />
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<p>Are you happy now that you&#8217;ve managed to take a thread about McCain and the media and turn it into a thread about health care?</p>
<p>All right, I&#8217;ll respond to your blather.  First, &#8220;government&#8221; isn&#8217;t about to take over health care in this country, nor is anybody asking for that to happen.  There is, however, a groundswell of support for our government to take over PAYING for health care &#8212; but the actual care would be provided by those providing it now.</p>
<p>Second, the correct spelling is &#8220;leeches&#8221;.</p>
<p>Third, nobody is claiming that insurance is a handout.  Insurance is a money-making venture for the party selling it &#8212; whether it&#8217;s life, auto, fire, or health insurance.  We want to do away with health insurance altogether and focus on health CARE, which should be a basic right.</p>
<p>Fourth, health care for &#8220;nothing&#8221; is unrealistic.  Health care for &#8220;reasonable&#8221; is doable if we get the for-profit greedheads and the cherry-pickers out of the mix.</p>
<p>Expecting health care to be provided as a basic need is no more outlandish than expecting education, police protection, fire protection, roads and highways, or other services provided by the government.  When you lose your health insurance because you are no longer profitable to your insurer, when your employer drops your health care benefits because they can no longer afford them, when you can&#8217;t find insurance because you have a pre-existing condition, you may see the light.  People who say &#8220;it can&#8217;t happen to me&#8221; often find out it can.</p>
<p>Now, do you have anything to say about the subject of THIS thread?<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=4476132', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;caredmanI Says: 
March 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am &lt;/em&gt;

Access to health treatment should not come in the form of some scrappy &#039;policy&#039;. 

And listen, bum, don&#039;t mouth to any of us about &quot;handouts&quot;. Red staters are the king of those. 

You mutants are the laziest employees on the face of the earth. You mutants always seek to line your pockets for way more than you&#039;re worth. Your pay is unequal to your measly work. 

This is about humanity for the 21st Century.

We&#039;re not here to watch you ride your high horse. We&#039;re not here to watch you post self-infatuated drivel. We&#039;re here to offer solutions to this nation&#039;s most pressing issues.

And that requires a tool you&#039;ll apparently never own: &lt;strong&gt;The ability to think&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>caredmanI Says:<br />
March 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am </em></p>
<p>Access to health treatment should not come in the form of some scrappy &#8216;policy&#8217;. </p>
<p>And listen, bum, don&#8217;t mouth to any of us about &#8220;handouts&#8221;. Red staters are the king of those. </p>
<p>You mutants are the laziest employees on the face of the earth. You mutants always seek to line your pockets for way more than you&#8217;re worth. Your pay is unequal to your measly work. </p>
<p>This is about humanity for the 21st Century.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re not here to watch you ride your high horse. We&#8217;re not here to watch you post self-infatuated drivel. We&#8217;re here to offer solutions to this nation&#8217;s most pressing issues.</p>
<p>And that requires a tool you&#8217;ll apparently never own: <strong>The ability to think</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=4476042', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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