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	<title>Comments on: Get Your Facts Right, Karl Rove</title>
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		<title>By: denizerdogan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-5523844</link>
		<dc:creator>denizerdogan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just like the cold war when everyone who didn’t agree with the U.S. was either a communist or a communist sympathizer. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toki.info.tr&quot; title=&quot;toki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;toki&lt;/a&gt; This poor crazy guy spent half a decade being tortured because a bunch 

of stupid politicians &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aracplakasorgulama.net&quot; title=&quot;araç sorgulama&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;araç sorgulama&lt;/a&gt; were sure the NVA 

was in bed with the Russians (minimal help) and/or the Chinese (ancient enemy of the vietnamese). &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kamusal.org&quot; title=&quot;ssk sorgulama&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ssk sorgulama&lt;/a&gt; You would think he would have learned from others’ 

mistakes. Guess not. Republicans need an enemy. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frmbu.com&quot; title=&quot;key ödemeleri&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;key ödemeleri&lt;/a&gt; This 

century it apparently will be all Muslims, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internettenkredi.com&quot; title=&quot;kredi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;kredi&lt;/a&gt; all of whom must 

be alQaeda operatives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just like the cold war when everyone who didn’t agree with the U.S. was either a communist or a communist sympathizer. <a href="http://www.toki.info.tr" title="toki" rel="nofollow">toki</a> This poor crazy guy spent half a decade being tortured because a bunch </p>
<p>of stupid politicians <a href="http://www.aracplakasorgulama.net" title="araç sorgulama" rel="nofollow">araç sorgulama</a> were sure the NVA </p>
<p>was in bed with the Russians (minimal help) and/or the Chinese (ancient enemy of the vietnamese). <a href="http://www.kamusal.org" title="ssk sorgulama" rel="nofollow">ssk sorgulama</a> You would think he would have learned from others’ </p>
<p>mistakes. Guess not. Republicans need an enemy. <a href="http://www.frmbu.com" title="key ödemeleri" rel="nofollow">key ödemeleri</a> This </p>
<p>century it apparently will be all Muslims, <a href="http://www.internettenkredi.com" title="kredi" rel="nofollow">kredi</a> all of whom must </p>
<p>be alQaeda operatives.<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=5523844', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4950578</link>
		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

&lt;strong&gt;THE ONLY FACT A NEOCON LIKES IS A FACT THAT HAS BEEN &quot;FIXED&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;

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<p><strong>THE ONLY FACT A NEOCON LIKES IS A FACT THAT HAS BEEN &#8220;FIXED&#8221;.</strong></p>
<p>.<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=4950578', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: COProgressive</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4950452</link>
		<dc:creator>COProgressive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Geez, people!&lt;/em&gt;  Most people in the US now understand that Turdblossom lives in Backwards Land where everything he says comes out backwards.  That way, no one will call him a big fat liar.  Just believe the oppsite of everything he says, after all, he&#039;s from Backwards Land.


&lt;strong&gt;&quot;That&#039;s not the way the world really works anymore. We&#039;re an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality.&quot; - Karl Rove&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Geez, people!</em>  Most people in the US now understand that Turdblossom lives in Backwards Land where everything he says comes out backwards.  That way, no one will call him a big fat liar.  Just believe the oppsite of everything he says, after all, he&#8217;s from Backwards Land.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s not the way the world really works anymore. We&#8217;re an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality.&#8221; &#8211; Karl Rove</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=4950452', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4950160</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;“98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success.”&lt;/em&gt;

I&#039;m guessing that the 1.8% who classified the BushCo presidency as a &quot;success&quot; have set the bar pretty low -- for instance, since Bush hasn&#039;t been seriously injured during his presidency, it is a success.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>“98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success.”</em></p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing that the 1.8% who classified the BushCo presidency as a &#8220;success&#8221; have set the bar pretty low &#8212; for instance, since Bush hasn&#8217;t been seriously injured during his presidency, it is a success.<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=4950160', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bozo The Neoclown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4950134</link>
		<dc:creator>Bozo The Neoclown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is this the same Karlita Rove who also &quot;predicted&quot; the waaahhhpublicans would maintain their majority of both the house and senate in the midterm elections? Methinks the fat slob needs to invest some money in a new crystal ball since apparently the one he&#039;s been using reveals nothing but a slimy turd with toilet paper clinging to it floating near the top.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this the same Karlita Rove who also &#8220;predicted&#8221; the waaahhhpublicans would maintain their majority of both the house and senate in the midterm elections? Methinks the fat slob needs to invest some money in a new crystal ball since apparently the one he&#8217;s been using reveals nothing but a slimy turd with toilet paper clinging to it floating near the top.<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=4950134', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Klem Kiddilehopper</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4949886</link>
		<dc:creator>Klem Kiddilehopper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For all you whiners and crybabies out there that are constantly harping that since the Dems have been back in control since Nov of &#039;06 they haven&#039;t hung any Bushies yet, settle down!
First -  The Dems don&#039;t yet have the numbers to do &quot;ANYTHING!&quot;
Second - With this crowd you want to dot all the I&#039;s and cross all the T&#039;s!
 Have faith, everytime they don&#039;t show after being served, or refuse to talk to Congress they just dig that hole a little deeper! 
Read up on how Ollie North got off on a technicality after being convicted in the Iran-contra mess! The Country doesn&#039;t need Bush, Rove, Cheney, Rice etc or anyone to be convicted, then escape punishment because of a technicality!
 In other words, quit your whining!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For all you whiners and crybabies out there that are constantly harping that since the Dems have been back in control since Nov of &#8216;06 they haven&#8217;t hung any Bushies yet, settle down!<br />
First &#8211;  The Dems don&#8217;t yet have the numbers to do &#8220;ANYTHING!&#8221;<br />
Second &#8211; With this crowd you want to dot all the I&#8217;s and cross all the T&#8217;s!<br />
 Have faith, everytime they don&#8217;t show after being served, or refuse to talk to Congress they just dig that hole a little deeper!<br />
Read up on how Ollie North got off on a technicality after being convicted in the Iran-contra mess! The Country doesn&#8217;t need Bush, Rove, Cheney, Rice etc or anyone to be convicted, then escape punishment because of a technicality!<br />
 In other words, quit your whining!<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=4949886', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Angry McAngus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4949786</link>
		<dc:creator>Angry McAngus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Turdblossom is &quot;positive&quot; that history will be kind to this president because, as a coordinator for the Chimpy McCokespoon Presidential Library to be attached to SMU they&#039;re trying to ensure they get to write their own history.  of course, it will be alternate history, like those Southern &quot;philosophers&quot; who argued for slavery against the rest of the world.  We all remember them, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Turdblossom is &#8220;positive&#8221; that history will be kind to this president because, as a coordinator for the Chimpy McCokespoon Presidential Library to be attached to SMU they&#8217;re trying to ensure they get to write their own history.  of course, it will be alternate history, like those Southern &#8220;philosophers&#8221; who argued for slavery against the rest of the world.  We all remember them, 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=4949786', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-2/#comment-4949782</link>
		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;A recent poll of professional historians also found that “98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent applied for positions at the Bush library.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A recent poll of professional historians also found that “98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent applied for positions at the Bush library.</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=4949782', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nanlichi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-4949752</link>
		<dc:creator>nanlichi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rove believes that 50 year&#039;s from now history will look back at the 2007 Miami Dolphins as one of the best, if not THE best football teams ever.  

And until then, every one is entitled to their own opinion.  Just like this shit stained Presidency.  Somehow, miraculously, this last seven years of hell will be looked at as the good old days.

Yeah, right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rove believes that 50 year&#8217;s from now history will look back at the 2007 Miami Dolphins as one of the best, if not THE best football teams ever.  </p>
<p>And until then, every one is entitled to their own opinion.  Just like this shit stained Presidency.  Somehow, miraculously, this last seven years of hell will be looked at as the good old days.</p>
<p>Yeah, 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=4949752', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Paul W</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-4949706</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul W</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Rove needs to get his facts straight.&lt;/em&gt;

Since when does a neocon need facts?

http://progressiveworldreview.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Rove needs to get his facts straight.</em></p>
<p>Since when does a neocon need facts?</p>
<p><a href="http://progressiveworldreview.com" rel="nofollow">http://progressiveworldreview.com</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=4949706', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: texaslady</title>
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		<dc:creator>texaslady</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rover is just defending his creation, if bush is wrong so is rover and that just can&#039; be.  Wonder what rover&#039;s son is like, the real one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rover is just defending his creation, if bush is wrong so is rover and that just can&#8217; be.  Wonder what rover&#8217;s son is like, the real one.<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=4949698', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zimzone</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-4949684</link>
		<dc:creator>Zimzone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Opinions may differ, but I am glad that MissMolly at least took a &lt;em&gt;stab&lt;/em&gt; at answering my question.

&lt;em&gt;Stab it again, missmolly, it still speaks.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Opinions may differ, but I am glad that MissMolly at least took a <em>stab</em> at answering my question.</p>
<p><em>Stab it again, missmolly, it still speaks.</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=4949684', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: L. Hussein Annie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-4949680</link>
		<dc:creator>L. Hussein Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Miss Molly, when you mentioned the Democrats attempting to dig their wells with teaspoons, you neglected to mention the obstructionist Repukes with their backhoes trying very hard to fill them in again....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miss Molly, when you mentioned the Democrats attempting to dig their wells with teaspoons, you neglected to mention the obstructionist Repukes with their backhoes trying very hard to fill them in again&#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=4949680', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/rove-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-4949668</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow. Nice pirouette, anylouse. Don&#039;t you get dizzy spinning that fast?

Yeah, I can see how someone of your demonstrated intellect and reasoning ability might think that made your post on-topic.

I hope you now recognize that it wasn&#039;t, and that everyone here saw your post for the desperate attempt at misdirection that it so obviously was.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. Nice pirouette, anylouse. Don&#8217;t you get dizzy spinning that fast?</p>
<p>Yeah, I can see how someone of your demonstrated intellect and reasoning ability might think that made your post on-topic.</p>
<p>I hope you now recognize that it wasn&#8217;t, and that everyone here saw your post for the desperate attempt at misdirection that it so obviously was.<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=4949668', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: belac</title>
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		<dc:creator>belac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Post MissHusseinMolly- but isn&#039;t it rather like looking at a gigantic pile of shit and saying &quot;Yaah, but there are two or three lakes of piss that were bigger!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Post MissHusseinMolly- but isn&#8217;t it rather like looking at a gigantic pile of shit and saying &#8220;Yaah, but there are two or three lakes of piss that were bigger!&#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=4949592', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>anymouse19 Says
May 7th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
What have the Democrats done to help this Country since those 2006 elections? Other than conduct a bunch of investigations and issue a pile of subpoenas and harshly worded letters, what have they done?
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Nice attempt at distraction -- the record of congressional Democrats really has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

However, since you asked, a partial list would include raising the minimum wage, making badly needed improvements to infrastructure through the Water Resources Development Act, strengthening American competitiveness through the America COMPETES Act, tightening ethics rules with the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, restoring the role of the Senate in placing U.S. Attorneys with the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007, making sure the poor and lower middle class families can heat their homes with the 2007 Emergency Supplemental Act, and strengthening the FDA with the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act.  Additionally, our representatives have made sure that the American middle class has been treated fairly in every budget passed.

This doesn&#039;t even count their work on SCHIP expansion, stem cell research, and troop withdrawal legislation which was all vetoed by the President.

I am always amused by the conservatives, who basically managed to trash our country when they had full control of the White House, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court (yet still managed to blame &quot;those d*mn liberals&quot; for everything that was wrong).  Then, when Democrats get a razor-thin majority in Congress, the expectation is that we will fix all the problems overnight that THEY created -- despite obstructions and filibusters.  This is a little like digging a well with a teaspoon -- time-consuming at best, but even more difficult when people keep blockading your access to the hole.

But your point about harshly worded letters is well-taken.  Personally, I think Congress has wasted far too much time on them.  The wheels would have moved much more efficiently if we just issued subpoenas, enforced them with inherent contempt, and proceeded with impeachment.

Now -- about the topic of THIS thread, which I believe concerns Rove&#039;s interesting spin on Bush&#039;s popularity.  So he is judging Bush&#039;s popularity by looking at his approval ratings rather than his disapproval ratings.  This is a little bit like looking at two or three large mountains of sh!t and bickering over millimeters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>anymouse19 Says<br />
May 7th, 2008 at 2:22 pm<br />
What have the Democrats done to help this Country since those 2006 elections? Other than conduct a bunch of investigations and issue a pile of subpoenas and harshly worded letters, what have they done?<br />
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<p>Nice attempt at distraction &#8212; the record of congressional Democrats really has nothing to do with the topic at hand.</p>
<p>However, since you asked, a partial list would include raising the minimum wage, making badly needed improvements to infrastructure through the Water Resources Development Act, strengthening American competitiveness through the America COMPETES Act, tightening ethics rules with the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, restoring the role of the Senate in placing U.S. Attorneys with the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007, making sure the poor and lower middle class families can heat their homes with the 2007 Emergency Supplemental Act, and strengthening the FDA with the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act.  Additionally, our representatives have made sure that the American middle class has been treated fairly in every budget passed.</p>
<p>This doesn&#8217;t even count their work on SCHIP expansion, stem cell research, and troop withdrawal legislation which was all vetoed by the President.</p>
<p>I am always amused by the conservatives, who basically managed to trash our country when they had full control of the White House, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court (yet still managed to blame &#8220;those d*mn liberals&#8221; for everything that was wrong).  Then, when Democrats get a razor-thin majority in Congress, the expectation is that we will fix all the problems overnight that THEY created &#8212; despite obstructions and filibusters.  This is a little like digging a well with a teaspoon &#8212; time-consuming at best, but even more difficult when people keep blockading your access to the hole.</p>
<p>But your point about harshly worded letters is well-taken.  Personally, I think Congress has wasted far too much time on them.  The wheels would have moved much more efficiently if we just issued subpoenas, enforced them with inherent contempt, and proceeded with impeachment.</p>
<p>Now &#8212; about the topic of THIS thread, which I believe concerns Rove&#8217;s interesting spin on Bush&#8217;s popularity.  So he is judging Bush&#8217;s popularity by looking at his approval ratings rather than his disapproval ratings.  This is a little bit like looking at two or three large mountains of sh!t and bickering over millimeters.<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=4949564', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Buckie Boy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buckie Boy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’m absolutely positive history will NOT be kind to this president, who made the ALL THE WRONG decisions in a time MADE difficult by INCOMPETENCE for this nation.

Now that is a FACT you can take to the bank.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m absolutely positive history will NOT be kind to this president, who made the ALL THE WRONG decisions in a time MADE difficult by INCOMPETENCE for this nation.</p>
<p>Now that is a FACT you can take to the bank.<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=4949554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Red Pill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Red Pill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Karl Rove: Get your facts right&lt;/em&gt;

Why start now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Karl Rove: Get your facts right</em></p>
<p>Why start 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=4949546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roket</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Rove is so proud of GW because he’s not THE worst.  Gosh, there are three worser.  Truman, who dropped the A-Bomb twice, Johnson, who escalated a failed occupation and Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.  Three things come to my mind; Bombing Iran w/tactical nuclear weapons, Iraq and the breaking of Federal laws by this Administration on a daily basis.   I do believe that someone is aiming for the worst presidency, otherwise he would show some sort of sign that he actually gave a shit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Rove is so proud of GW because he’s not THE worst.  Gosh, there are three worser.  Truman, who dropped the A-Bomb twice, Johnson, who escalated a failed occupation and Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.  Three things come to my mind; Bombing Iran w/tactical nuclear weapons, Iraq and the breaking of Federal laws by this Administration on a daily basis.   I do believe that someone is aiming for the worst presidency, otherwise he would show some sort of sign that he actually gave a shit.<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=4949540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PatrioticLiberalChristian</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Rove says &quot;get your facts right&quot; he actually is saying &quot;get your facts &lt;strong&gt;to the &lt;/strong&gt;right and &lt;strong&gt;for the &lt;/strong&gt; right&quot;.

Whe Rove says “I’m absolutely positive history will be kind to this president” he is actually saying “I’m absolutely positive his (i.e. Bush&#039;s own) story will be kind to his presidency….”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Rove says &#8220;get your facts right&#8221; he actually is saying &#8220;get your facts <strong>to the </strong>right and <strong>for the </strong> right&#8221;.</p>
<p>Whe Rove says “I’m absolutely positive history will be kind to this president” he is actually saying “I’m absolutely positive his (i.e. Bush&#8217;s own) story will be kind to his presidency….”<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=4949534', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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