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	<title>Comments on: Ashcroft refers to Obama as &#8216;Osama.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: SP Biloxi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4716966</link>
		<dc:creator>SP Biloxi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL! Don&#039;t tell me. The excuse will be that Ashcroft had a senior moment, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL! Don&#8217;t tell me. The excuse will be that Ashcroft had a senior moment, right?<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=4716966', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4716194</link>
		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Read your own post Zee.  Who sounds like the Rovian hack around here?  You should feel free to vote for whoever you want, whenever you want.  I was an Edwards supporter.  I only switched to Obama because I didn&#039;t like Hillary&#039;s tactics.  Believe it or not, I couldn&#039;t care less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read your own post Zee.  Who sounds like the Rovian hack around here?  You should feel free to vote for whoever you want, whenever you want.  I was an Edwards supporter.  I only switched to Obama because I didn&#8217;t like Hillary&#8217;s tactics.  Believe it or not, I couldn&#8217;t care less.<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=4716194', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4715964</link>
		<dc:creator>Zee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shayne, you are fighting a losing battle.

I have no truck with bashing deluded Obama followers, but I&#039;m just sayin&#039; --- don&#039;t fall for the memes.  First of all, it was Obama that hired a thuglican FELON to *train* his campaigners.  Look it up.   Second of all, before Obama graciously ALLOWED Hillary to stay in the race, as IF it were up to him, anyway...I mean the DAY before, he was out telling PA voters that the Dem primary was like a &quot;good movie that&#039;s gone on a half hour too long.&quot;

Sorry, babe.  Bull-hockey.

Hillary&#039;s not the one claiming to be a &quot;uniter.&quot;  And by all measures, you have to admit, another claimed uniter is resulting in major major divisions.  Even a rethuglican I met in NYC during the last convention had to admit his hero&#039;s claim to be a &quot;uniter&quot; was a dismal bust.

Are you saying Obama fans are even more deluded than that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shayne, you are fighting a losing battle.</p>
<p>I have no truck with bashing deluded Obama followers, but I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217; &#8212; don&#8217;t fall for the memes.  First of all, it was Obama that hired a thuglican FELON to *train* his campaigners.  Look it up.   Second of all, before Obama graciously ALLOWED Hillary to stay in the race, as IF it were up to him, anyway&#8230;I mean the DAY before, he was out telling PA voters that the Dem primary was like a &#8220;good movie that&#8217;s gone on a half hour too long.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sorry, babe.  Bull-hockey.</p>
<p>Hillary&#8217;s not the one claiming to be a &#8220;uniter.&#8221;  And by all measures, you have to admit, another claimed uniter is resulting in major major divisions.  Even a rethuglican I met in NYC during the last convention had to admit his hero&#8217;s claim to be a &#8220;uniter&#8221; was a dismal bust.</p>
<p>Are you saying Obama fans are even more deluded than that?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4715964', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4715272</link>
		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Zee Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm 

Shayne, you got it. Obama should’ve had you on his team before they tried to force Hillary to “quit.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Frankly Zee there are many of us who just want less infighting among Democrats and less feeding of talking points to Republicans.  Since Hillary&#039;s campaign is dishing out so much dirt it seems like Rove is working on her campaign many of us are against her more than we are for Obama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Zee Says:<br />
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm </p>
<p>Shayne, you got it. Obama should’ve had you on his team before they tried to force Hillary to “quit.</p></blockquote>
<p>Frankly Zee there are many of us who just want less infighting among Democrats and less feeding of talking points to Republicans.  Since Hillary&#8217;s campaign is dishing out so much dirt it seems like Rove is working on her campaign many of us are against her more than we are for Obama.<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=4715272', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4714824</link>
		<dc:creator>Zee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, right?&quot;

Shayne, you got it.  Obama should&#039;ve had you on his team before they tried to force Hillary to &quot;quit.&quot;

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Rowdy, I think it&#039;s less overt than that.  Simplicity, laziness, sure.  Both, either.  All sorts of nationalities came here and shortened their names.  Have you ever tried to read Russian literature?  Lordy, the names &quot;those people&quot; have!  lol...and I have Russian roots, but not the name to match.  In fact, you and I are in the minority here.  I never saw such rambling long nyms in my online life!

And Barack himself went by &quot;Barry&quot; in his earlier years.  I wish someone would ask him his thinking on switching around his name.  I&#039;d love to hear him discuss it as I think it would be a great concrete way to discuss roots, heritage and the American melting pot.

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RUCerious....John Sidney McCain, huh?  Pretty funny.  Personally, I think it would be a riot if people started calling him &quot;John Sidney!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, right?&#8221;</p>
<p>Shayne, you got it.  Obama should&#8217;ve had you on his team before they tried to force Hillary to &#8220;quit.&#8221;</p>
<p>====</p>
<p>Rowdy, I think it&#8217;s less overt than that.  Simplicity, laziness, sure.  Both, either.  All sorts of nationalities came here and shortened their names.  Have you ever tried to read Russian literature?  Lordy, the names &#8220;those people&#8221; have!  lol&#8230;and I have Russian roots, but not the name to match.  In fact, you and I are in the minority here.  I never saw such rambling long nyms in my online life!</p>
<p>And Barack himself went by &#8220;Barry&#8221; in his earlier years.  I wish someone would ask him his thinking on switching around his name.  I&#8217;d love to hear him discuss it as I think it would be a great concrete way to discuss roots, heritage and the American melting pot.</p>
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<p>RUCerious&#8230;.John Sidney McCain, huh?  Pretty funny.  Personally, I think it would be a riot if people started calling him &#8220;John Sidney!&#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=4714824', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4714548</link>
		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Snark, snark, snark, snark your bootie ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snark, snark, snark, snark your bootie &#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=4714548', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4714532</link>
		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let them call him Osama or Barack Hussein Obama whatever trips their trigger.  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, right?  For every crusty old white person who falls for this anti-brown race baiting there is a young person who is booing in the audience who realizes that they NEED to vote to move this country forward.  

Frankly the people who use the fear that he&#039;s a Muslim as well as his Christian minister&#039;s highly excerpted comments as a reason not to vote for him are just using that as an excuse for their racism.  Of course die hard Republicans wouldn&#039;t vote for him either way.  But the fence sitters who after the last 7 1/2 years then vote Republican, well it&#039;s self explanatory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let them call him Osama or Barack Hussein Obama whatever trips their trigger.  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, right?  For every crusty old white person who falls for this anti-brown race baiting there is a young person who is booing in the audience who realizes that they NEED to vote to move this country forward.  </p>
<p>Frankly the people who use the fear that he&#8217;s a Muslim as well as his Christian minister&#8217;s highly excerpted comments as a reason not to vote for him are just using that as an excuse for their racism.  Of course die hard Republicans wouldn&#8217;t vote for him either way.  But the fence sitters who after the last 7 1/2 years then vote Republican, well it&#8217;s self explanatory.<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=4714532', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4714450</link>
		<dc:creator>Juan C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hahaha, they are so desperate. 

Luckily for them, ignorant people will think Obama and Bin Laden are related somehow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahaha, they are so desperate. </p>
<p>Luckily for them, ignorant people will think Obama and Bin Laden are related somehow.<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=4714450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4714408</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The hills are alive......with the sound of muuuuusic.....&lt;/em&gt;

Sorry, I can&#039;t carry a tune in a bucket.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The hills are alive&#8230;&#8230;with the sound of muuuuusic&#8230;..</em></p>
<p>Sorry, I can&#8217;t carry a tune in a bucket.  ;)<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=4714408', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ForTruth</title>
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		<dc:creator>ForTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He was a better AG than Gonzo was. I&#039;m just trying to pull a positive out of this. Now time for a song.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was a better AG than Gonzo was. I&#8217;m just trying to pull a positive out of this. Now time for a song.<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=4714116', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BloggerRadio.com</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4713316</link>
		<dc:creator>BloggerRadio.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You mean, &lt;strong&gt;ASS-croft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; don&#039;t you?&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You mean, <strong>ASS-croft</strong><em> don&#8217;t you?</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4713316', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rowdy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rowdy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a much bigger issue.  It&#039;s the fact that &#039;Mericans think they are superior and will not take the time to learn names that sound a bit foreign to them.  I have been guilty of it too.  I work with many people whose ancestry is Indian or Asian and I sometimes get tongue-tied, but at least I try to learn how to pronounce their name.  But as a whole, &#039;middle-Americans&#039; think it&#039;s okay to slaughter names that &quot;sound funny&quot; or are slightly different then your basic, &quot;John or Mary&quot;.

When will we become a worldy country?  There are far more brown-skinned people that there are uppity Americans, so get over it!

...Rowdy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a much bigger issue.  It&#8217;s the fact that &#8216;Mericans think they are superior and will not take the time to learn names that sound a bit foreign to them.  I have been guilty of it too.  I work with many people whose ancestry is Indian or Asian and I sometimes get tongue-tied, but at least I try to learn how to pronounce their name.  But as a whole, &#8216;middle-Americans&#8217; think it&#8217;s okay to slaughter names that &#8220;sound funny&#8221; or are slightly different then your basic, &#8220;John or Mary&#8221;.</p>
<p>When will we become a worldy country?  There are far more brown-skinned people that there are uppity Americans, so get over it!</p>
<p>&#8230;Rowdy!<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=4713314', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-2/#comment-4713202</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Zee, did you ever see the Disney version of Tom Sawyer?
His weenie cousin, named Syndey, reminds me of John Sidney McCain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Zee, did you ever see the Disney version of Tom Sawyer?<br />
His weenie cousin, named Syndey, reminds me of John Sidney McCain.<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=4713202', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4713186</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zee, It&#039;s his HusseinMiddleName.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zee, It&#8217;s his HusseinMiddleName.<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=4713186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Ho</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4713056</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Ho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McSidney</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McSidney<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=4713056', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4712926</link>
		<dc:creator>Zee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I wish someone would start addressing McCain as Sidney.&quot;

I don&#039;t get it...is it the kind of joke that&#039;s still funny if you explain it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I wish someone would start addressing McCain as Sidney.&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it&#8230;is it the kind of joke that&#8217;s still funny if you explain 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=4712926', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4712898</link>
		<dc:creator>Zee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right, Chocolate Jesus, charisma plays a huge role, but at least half of the Dem voters alone don&#039;t find Obama charming or even &quot;likable enough.&quot;  Just because his fervent followers swoon over him doesn&#039;t change the numbers.  

And, as I said, we&#039;ll just have to wait and see how people vote.

btw, the &quot;sky high negatives&quot; is a rightwing meme.  The general public has heard every last negative there is to hear about Hillary.  The Clinton fatigue will actually be a positive when Hillary&#039;s up against McCain.  People will just tune out the old Clinton-bashing rehash.   I&#039;m sure Hillary is the MSM&#039;s worst nightmare...they want fresh meat to devour.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right, Chocolate Jesus, charisma plays a huge role, but at least half of the Dem voters alone don&#8217;t find Obama charming or even &#8220;likable enough.&#8221;  Just because his fervent followers swoon over him doesn&#8217;t change the numbers.  </p>
<p>And, as I said, we&#8217;ll just have to wait and see how people vote.</p>
<p>btw, the &#8220;sky high negatives&#8221; is a rightwing meme.  The general public has heard every last negative there is to hear about Hillary.  The Clinton fatigue will actually be a positive when Hillary&#8217;s up against McCain.  People will just tune out the old Clinton-bashing rehash.   I&#8217;m sure Hillary is the MSM&#8217;s worst nightmare&#8230;they want fresh meat to devour.<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=4712898', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PatrioticLiberalChristian</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4712646</link>
		<dc:creator>PatrioticLiberalChristian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s be nice to John Asscrotch.  I&#039;m sure John just missnarked.  Besides, a snark by any other name is still a snark.  Let&#039;s snark and let snark, as true progressives are wont to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s be nice to John Asscrotch.  I&#8217;m sure John just missnarked.  Besides, a snark by any other name is still a snark.  Let&#8217;s snark and let snark, as true progressives are wont to do.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4712646', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4712570</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish someone would start addressing McCain as Sidney.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish someone would start addressing McCain as Sidney.<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=4712570', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/03/ashcroft-refers-to-obama-as-osama/comment-page-1/#comment-4712290</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;with Charisma

without charisma, sorry..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;with Charisma</p>
<p>without charisma, sorry..<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=4712290', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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