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	<title>Comments on: While Attacking Obama, Romney Forgets That Bush Met With Putin &#8216;In His First Year Of Office&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Pernell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971846</link>
		<dc:creator>Pernell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler on C-span:

http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1752

&lt;blockquote&gt;[A]t his very first meeting with Putin, Putin told [Bush] a story about a cross that he had blessed in Israel that used to belong to his grandmother. &lt;strong&gt;People that are aware of this conversation at the State Department feel that the President got played by Putin. There is no cross. There was just some KGB story that he made up.&lt;/strong&gt; But it had a real impact on President Bush. That’s when he walked out and said, ‘I looked into his soul and decided this is the guy I can work with.’ And for the longest time in the first term, if you talked to then National Security Adviser Rice, she always painted the relationship with Russia in very rosy terms. …”&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler on C-span:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1752" rel="nofollow">http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1752</a></p>
<blockquote><p>[A]t his very first meeting with Putin, Putin told [Bush] a story about a cross that he had blessed in Israel that used to belong to his grandmother. <strong>People that are aware of this conversation at the State Department feel that the President got played by Putin. There is no cross. There was just some KGB story that he made up.</strong> But it had a real impact on President Bush. That’s when he walked out and said, ‘I looked into his soul and decided this is the guy I can work with.’ And for the longest time in the first term, if you talked to then National Security Adviser Rice, she always painted the relationship with Russia in very rosy terms. …”</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: thirdparty</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971332</link>
		<dc:creator>thirdparty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t this a cheap shot, considering that the Putin of 2001 is different than the Putin of now?

Although, I guess Bush has meet with Putin more recently anyway, which would still be a rebuttal to Romney&#039;s point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t this a cheap shot, considering that the Putin of 2001 is different than the Putin of now?</p>
<p>Although, I guess Bush has meet with Putin more recently anyway, which would still be a rebuttal to Romney&#8217;s point.<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=4971332', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971288</link>
		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 06:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The hair needs re-plugging.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The hair needs re-plugging.<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=4971288', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971286</link>
		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 06:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

HOW DOES ONE &quot;FIX&quot; A FACT?

THEY DISTORT(R) AND LIE(R).

What Romney is talking about are facts(R), NOT to be confused &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; facts, because facts live in reality and not in the (R)epublican Party.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>.</p>
<p>HOW DOES ONE &#8220;FIX&#8221; A FACT?</p>
<p>THEY DISTORT(R) AND LIE(R).</p>
<p>What Romney is talking about are facts(R), NOT to be confused <em>with</em> facts, because facts live in reality and not in the (R)epublican Party.</p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971048</link>
		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it just me or would having a name like Mitt and being the male version of that Reese Witherspoon character have not been more than sufficient to earn daily beatings at your high school too?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it just me or would having a name like Mitt and being the male version of that Reese Witherspoon character have not been more than sufficient to earn daily beatings at your high school too?<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=4971048', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4971040</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, the general public, and all repugs, have very convenient memories.  Repugs like Romney, MCain, Huckleberry, et al carelessly criticize any democrat for anything the repugs deem an infraction, totally dismissing that their guys may have done, and are doing the same actions.  No one will remind them that they are wrong, and their words of today will be assented to by the viewing public, and the reporters, the pundits and the general media will all let their errors go without challenge.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, the general public, and all repugs, have very convenient memories.  Repugs like Romney, MCain, Huckleberry, et al carelessly criticize any democrat for anything the repugs deem an infraction, totally dismissing that their guys may have done, and are doing the same actions.  No one will remind them that they are wrong, and their words of today will be assented to by the viewing public, and the reporters, the pundits and the general media will all let their errors go without challenge.<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=4971040', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: IceNine</title>
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		<dc:creator>IceNine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please, please, please put Mittens on the ticket.  And he has SO much to  contribute.  I&#039;m sure the entire Colbert Nation pines for you.  Mittens come back to us.  We all miss you so</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please, please, please put Mittens on the ticket.  And he has SO much to  contribute.  I&#8217;m sure the entire Colbert Nation pines for you.  Mittens come back to us.  We all miss you 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=4971028', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lopburijohn</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970984</link>
		<dc:creator>lopburijohn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who the hell is Mutt Romney?
Doh! Now I remember... 
1) his father was boss of American Motors
2) he&#039;s the guy couldn&#039;t even pass the repub sniff test</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who the hell is Mutt Romney?<br />
Doh! Now I remember&#8230;<br />
1) his father was boss of American Motors<br />
2) he&#8217;s the guy couldn&#8217;t even pass the repub sniff test<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=4970984', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970938</link>
		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This sure as hell is a stretch. So I am guessing Hillary is in no way a phony nor here minions the followers of any &quot;cult&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This sure as hell is a stretch. So I am guessing Hillary is in no way a phony nor here minions the followers of any &#8220;cult&#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=4970938', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970814</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s a Romney, is that like an artificial leg joint?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s a Romney, is that like an artificial leg joint?<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=4970814', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Red Pill</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970812</link>
		<dc:creator>Red Pill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you expecting reason from Mitt Romney?  The idiot thinks John Adams wrote the Constitution, for Christ&#039;s sake!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you expecting reason from Mitt Romney?  The idiot thinks John Adams wrote the Constitution, for Christ&#8217;s sake!<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=4970812', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leftside Annie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970744</link>
		<dc:creator>Leftside Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t make fun of anyone&#039;s religion either - but I&#039;m godd*amned sick and effing tired of all these hyperreligious zealots trying to shove their stupid beliefs down my agnostic-strict-separation-of-church-and-state throat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t make fun of anyone&#8217;s religion either &#8211; but I&#8217;m godd*amned sick and effing tired of all these hyperreligious zealots trying to shove their stupid beliefs down my agnostic-strict-separation-of-church-and-state throat.<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=4970744', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970708</link>
		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People can believe any silly shit they want. Just don&#039;t try to sell me on it or profess it to be the &quot;truth&quot;. Still codifying child molestation and racism into your dogma, does strike me as a tad odd but so does a lot of other weird nonsense. I don&#039;t make fun of Mitt&#039;s religion, I prefer to make fun of his lame ass &quot;waspiness&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People can believe any silly shit they want. Just don&#8217;t try to sell me on it or profess it to be the &#8220;truth&#8221;. Still codifying child molestation and racism into your dogma, does strike me as a tad odd but so does a lot of other weird nonsense. I don&#8217;t make fun of Mitt&#8217;s religion, I prefer to make fun of his lame ass &#8220;waspiness&#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=4970708', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nanlichi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4970698</link>
		<dc:creator>nanlichi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But Bush is still retarded POS, no disrespect for P&#039;sOS by the comparison.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But Bush is still retarded POS, no disrespect for P&#8217;sOS by the comparison.<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=4970698', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nanlichi</title>
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		<dc:creator>nanlichi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nettles,

I apologize for my anti-Mormon comments.  To mock the beliefs of one religion seems to imply that there is a better one.</description>
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<p>I apologize for my anti-Mormon comments.  To mock the beliefs of one religion seems to imply that there is a better 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=4970694', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MCMetal</title>
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		<dc:creator>MCMetal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW &quot;Nettles&quot;

Moromonism is not a religion ; it is more like a cult , similar to Scientology , because each was started/invented by a con man ..................</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW &#8220;Nettles&#8221;</p>
<p>Moromonism is not a religion ; it is more like a cult , similar to Scientology , because each was started/invented by a con man &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#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=4970684', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MCMetal</title>
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		<dc:creator>MCMetal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Nettles Says: 
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The people on this board who would freely use the word “retard” and who have made snide remarks about Romney’s religion (I count 3 of them ) are no better than the racist scum the they claim to despise.

May 20th, 2008 at 6:04 pm   &lt;/i&gt;



Based upon what ?

The ramblings of a GOP backing d-bag like yourself , RETARD ?

Those with special needs are indeed that : Special Needs individuals. And they are truly special.

Those like yourself , who are imbeciles who vote constantly against your own and the country&#039;s best interests , are indeed RETARDS ...............</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Nettles Says:<br />
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<p>The people on this board who would freely use the word “retard” and who have made snide remarks about Romney’s religion (I count 3 of them ) are no better than the racist scum the they claim to despise.</p>
<p>May 20th, 2008 at 6:04 pm   </i></p>
<p>Based upon what ?</p>
<p>The ramblings of a GOP backing d-bag like yourself , RETARD ?</p>
<p>Those with special needs are indeed that : Special Needs individuals. And they are truly special.</p>
<p>Those like yourself , who are imbeciles who vote constantly against your own and the country&#8217;s best interests , are indeed RETARDS &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#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=4970682', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: galmud</title>
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		<dc:creator>galmud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Romneys complete ignorance on foreign policy is actually worse than McCains

He just bunches people he doesnt like (that is anti-US in one way or another), dictators along with democratically elected leaders and labels them &quot;Worlds worst actors&quot;. People the US shouldnt talk to unless they can be bullied to accept every American demand</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Romneys complete ignorance on foreign policy is actually worse than McCains</p>
<p>He just bunches people he doesnt like (that is anti-US in one way or another), dictators along with democratically elected leaders and labels them &#8220;Worlds worst actors&#8221;. People the US shouldnt talk to unless they can be bullied to accept every American demand<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=4970672', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JMOHR</title>
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		<dc:creator>JMOHR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look, we need to push back and push back hard on this.  This is where Obama needs to utilize surrogates.  There ought to be ads run in key areas with the following message:

1.  The Republicans attack Obama on meeting with foreign leaders simply to create an issue.  

2.  Bush implied that Obama was an appeaser in his Knesset speech even though no one has suggested appeasement and it is fairly clear that the Republican failures in foreign policy come from exactly this failure to know or understand history.

3.  McCain suggests that Obama should not speak with Hamas even though McCain also suggested such a course.

4.  Prior Reagan foreign policy experts such as Baker (who negotiated with Syria 16 times in order to make a break through) says that we need to speak to our enemy.

5.  Gates says that we need to talk to Iran.

6.  Romney says that no president should meet with the leader of Iran during his first year in office.  He said that it would be just as bad an idea as a President meeting with Putin during his first year in office.  You know, just like President Reagan was stupid when he met with Putin during his first year in office.

There are only two conclusions possible:  The Republicans are totally incompetent in foreign policy and without any knowledge of what their own party has done.  Or - the Republicans will just lie to make an attack against Obama.

Have you been satisfied with US foreign policy?  No -well then why would you want a third McBush term.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look, we need to push back and push back hard on this.  This is where Obama needs to utilize surrogates.  There ought to be ads run in key areas with the following message:</p>
<p>1.  The Republicans attack Obama on meeting with foreign leaders simply to create an issue.  </p>
<p>2.  Bush implied that Obama was an appeaser in his Knesset speech even though no one has suggested appeasement and it is fairly clear that the Republican failures in foreign policy come from exactly this failure to know or understand history.</p>
<p>3.  McCain suggests that Obama should not speak with Hamas even though McCain also suggested such a course.</p>
<p>4.  Prior Reagan foreign policy experts such as Baker (who negotiated with Syria 16 times in order to make a break through) says that we need to speak to our enemy.</p>
<p>5.  Gates says that we need to talk to Iran.</p>
<p>6.  Romney says that no president should meet with the leader of Iran during his first year in office.  He said that it would be just as bad an idea as a President meeting with Putin during his first year in office.  You know, just like President Reagan was stupid when he met with Putin during his first year in office.</p>
<p>There are only two conclusions possible:  The Republicans are totally incompetent in foreign policy and without any knowledge of what their own party has done.  Or &#8211; the Republicans will just lie to make an attack against Obama.</p>
<p>Have you been satisfied with US foreign policy?  No -well then why would you want a third McBush term.<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=4970656', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nanlichi</title>
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		<dc:creator>nanlichi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The belief that one day a man will have his own earth to populate and rule over as a God, in every sense of the word is pretty damn foreign.

The belief that a dark person&#039;s skin will turn &quot;white and wholesome&quot; after converting to Mormonism is pretty foreign.

But I am not the expert, all belief systems are foreign to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The belief that one day a man will have his own earth to populate and rule over as a God, in every sense of the word is pretty damn foreign.</p>
<p>The belief that a dark person&#8217;s skin will turn &#8220;white and wholesome&#8221; after converting to Mormonism is pretty foreign.</p>
<p>But I am not the expert, all belief systems are foreign to me.<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=4970650', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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