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	<title>Comments on: McCain gets &#8216;nervous&#8217; when asked about his opposition to insurance-provided birth control.</title>
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		<title>By: IBTunion4obama</title>
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		<dc:creator>IBTunion4obama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They didn&#039;t have birth control pills in the 1950&#039;s when he was growing up. McCain probably just voted in line with President Bush, just like he did 95 percent of the time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They didn&#8217;t have birth control pills in the 1950&#8217;s when he was growing up. McCain probably just voted in line with President Bush, just like he did 95 percent of the time.<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=5082550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: incontext</title>
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		<dc:creator>incontext</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain doesn&#039;t have opinions...he has handlers, meds and scripts, just like Duh Bush. In this instance, he just couldn&#039;t remember what he was supposed to say (maybe his earphone was malfunctioning) so he reached into the grab bag of his brain and picked &#039;ignorance&#039; as his distinguished answer to an important question.  In theater, he would have whispered, &quot;Prompt!&quot;

No doubt, he&#039;s dumber than Bush which is a world record in itself.  His straight talk comes directly from a mind that is no longer functioning.  His decaying claim to being a maverick, an &#039;original,&#039; is now supported only by his practice of consistently and shamelessly making a totally new ass out of himself in public every few days.

McCain might get elected to the board of Trustees at some small church but would be considered a nuisance even at that level of responsibility; but he&#039;s visibly not in any shape mentally, even socially, to be President of the United States.

Let him continue to ramble incoherently on teevee.  It&#039;s a good thing for Democrats, who need a good thing after voting for FISA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain doesn&#8217;t have opinions&#8230;he has handlers, meds and scripts, just like Duh Bush. In this instance, he just couldn&#8217;t remember what he was supposed to say (maybe his earphone was malfunctioning) so he reached into the grab bag of his brain and picked &#8216;ignorance&#8217; as his distinguished answer to an important question.  In theater, he would have whispered, &#8220;Prompt!&#8221;</p>
<p>No doubt, he&#8217;s dumber than Bush which is a world record in itself.  His straight talk comes directly from a mind that is no longer functioning.  His decaying claim to being a maverick, an &#8216;original,&#8217; is now supported only by his practice of consistently and shamelessly making a totally new ass out of himself in public every few days.</p>
<p>McCain might get elected to the board of Trustees at some small church but would be considered a nuisance even at that level of responsibility; but he&#8217;s visibly not in any shape mentally, even socially, to be President of the United States.</p>
<p>Let him continue to ramble incoherently on teevee.  It&#8217;s a good thing for Democrats, who need a good thing after voting for FISA.<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=5082430', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kirkmuse</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/09/mccain-gets-nervous-when-asked-about-his-opposition-to-insurance-provided-birth-control/comment-page-2/#comment-5081574</link>
		<dc:creator>kirkmuse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Make sure all McCain supporters Google: &quot;The wife U. S.
Republican John McCain callously left behind.&quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Make sure all McCain supporters Google: &#8220;The wife U. S.<br />
Republican John McCain callously left behind.&#8221;<strong></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=5081574', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kirkmuse</title>
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		<dc:creator>kirkmuse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Make sure all McCain supporters Google: &quot;The wife U. S.
Republican John McCain callously left behind.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Make sure all McCain supporters Google: &#8220;The wife U. S.<br />
Republican John McCain callously left behind.&#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=5081570', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/09/mccain-gets-nervous-when-asked-about-his-opposition-to-insurance-provided-birth-control/comment-page-1/#comment-5080626</link>
		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This man actually was elected to represent?

Who the fcuk voted for this nit-wit?

Anyway, he&#039;s a perfect example of the government we deserve, not what we demand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This man actually was elected to represent?</p>
<p>Who the fcuk voted for this nit-wit?</p>
<p>Anyway, he&#8217;s a perfect example of the government we deserve, not what we 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=5080626', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doc Rock</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/09/mccain-gets-nervous-when-asked-about-his-opposition-to-insurance-provided-birth-control/comment-page-1/#comment-5080606</link>
		<dc:creator>Doc Rock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At last, some real &quot;Straight Talk&quot;--&quot;I certainly do not want to discuss that issue“!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At last, some real &#8220;Straight Talk&#8221;&#8211;&#8221;I certainly do not want to discuss that issue“!!!!<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=5080606', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Exit Stage Left</title>
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		<dc:creator>Exit Stage Left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says: 
First, they’ll destroy Roe v Wade.
Then Griswold v Connecticut, the decision that legalized birth control. That’s their goal, and McCain will do it.&lt;/em&gt;

Then they&#039;ll force me to get my vasectomy un-done and make &lt;em&gt;ME&lt;/em&gt; pay for it :)~</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says:<br />
First, they’ll destroy Roe v Wade.<br />
Then Griswold v Connecticut, the decision that legalized birth control. That’s their goal, and McCain will do it.</em></p>
<p>Then they&#8217;ll force me to get my vasectomy un-done and make <em>ME</em> 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=5080584', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Game of Life Says: 

Why would decent people vote for this nut?&lt;/em&gt;

They won&#039;t. Only Republicans will.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Game of Life Says: </p>
<p>Why would decent people vote for this nut?</em></p>
<p>They won&#8217;t. Only Republicans will.<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=5080442', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says
July 10th, 2008 at 12:09 am 

First, they’ll destroy Roe v Wade.

Then Griswold v Connecticut, the decision that legalized birth control. That’s their goal, and McCain will do it.
____________________________________________________________

Yep -- ban abortion and all birth control and we&#039;ll look just like Ceausescu&#039;s Romania, with a ton of unwanted babies languishing in orphanages.  We&#039;ll then become Adoption Central for the rest of the world, as Romania did.

Perhaps this is the agenda -- looking for a new export.  This is more than pathetic, and all wrong for America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says<br />
July 10th, 2008 at 12:09 am </p>
<p>First, they’ll destroy Roe v Wade.</p>
<p>Then Griswold v Connecticut, the decision that legalized birth control. That’s their goal, and McCain will do it.<br />
____________________________________________________________</p>
<p>Yep &#8212; ban abortion and all birth control and we&#8217;ll look just like Ceausescu&#8217;s Romania, with a ton of unwanted babies languishing in orphanages.  We&#8217;ll then become Adoption Central for the rest of the world, as Romania did.</p>
<p>Perhaps this is the agenda &#8212; looking for a new export.  This is more than pathetic, and all wrong for America.<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=5080410', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it asking too much that a presidential candidate just tell us what he thinks without having to refer to some cheat sheet telling him what he&#039;s supposed to think?

I miss the &quot;maverick&quot; -- the senator of a decade ago who had principled positions that he stood by regardless of what drumbeat the rest of his party marched to.  Even though I didn&#039;t agree with all of his positions, I could have some respect for him.  Now it seems that every last trace of that &quot;maverick&quot; has been completely wiped out.

Why the Republicans support this paper doll is beyond me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it asking too much that a presidential candidate just tell us what he thinks without having to refer to some cheat sheet telling him what he&#8217;s supposed to think?</p>
<p>I miss the &#8220;maverick&#8221; &#8212; the senator of a decade ago who had principled positions that he stood by regardless of what drumbeat the rest of his party marched to.  Even though I didn&#8217;t agree with all of his positions, I could have some respect for him.  Now it seems that every last trace of that &#8220;maverick&#8221; has been completely wiped out.</p>
<p>Why the Republicans support this paper doll is beyond 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=5080406', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ennealogic</title>
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		<dc:creator>ennealogic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our hero John here just couldn&#039;t remember what his handlers told him to say about this issue.  He knows by now that his own opinions mean nothing.  He couldn&#039;t figure out what he was supposed to say.  Maybe they didn&#039;t cover the issue with him.  

He&#039;s not ignorant, he&#039;s just your normal Repugnant tool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our hero John here just couldn&#8217;t remember what his handlers told him to say about this issue.  He knows by now that his own opinions mean nothing.  He couldn&#8217;t figure out what he was supposed to say.  Maybe they didn&#8217;t cover the issue with him.  </p>
<p>He&#8217;s not ignorant, he&#8217;s just your normal Repugnant tool.<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=5080404', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nofltwlt</title>
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		<dc:creator>nofltwlt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is difficult to imagine why McCain thinks he is presidential material when he cannot come up with a reasonable response to this simple question.

Not only are his policies reminiscent of G.W.B.; he might have a similar intellect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is difficult to imagine why McCain thinks he is presidential material when he cannot come up with a reasonable response to this simple question.</p>
<p>Not only are his policies reminiscent of G.W.B.; he might have a similar intellect.<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=5080390', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Game of Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Game of Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Nervous?&quot; It&#039;s called the withdraw shakes. It nothing he can do about it but I wouldn&#039;t take his head shaking as a yes or no answer. I would need a verbal answer from mcchimpy to confirm his position. Oh wait...he lies verbally too.

Why would decent people vote for this nut?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nervous?&#8221; It&#8217;s called the withdraw shakes. It nothing he can do about it but I wouldn&#8217;t take his head shaking as a yes or no answer. I would need a verbal answer from mcchimpy to confirm his position. Oh wait&#8230;he lies verbally too.</p>
<p>Why would decent people vote for this nut?<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=5080388', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Grumpy Old Grandad...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grumpy Old Grandad&#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=5080386', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: vinylspear</title>
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		<dc:creator>vinylspear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a Ronnie Raygun redux
Deja vu anyone?
How convenient not to remember how you vote. I&#039;m glad he doesn&#039;t clutter up his remaining dementia addled brain with relevant current events like his voting record.
How about a 25th trimester abortion for Mcbush</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a Ronnie Raygun redux<br />
Deja vu anyone?<br />
How convenient not to remember how you vote. I&#8217;m glad he doesn&#8217;t clutter up his remaining dementia addled brain with relevant current events like his voting record.<br />
How about a 25th trimester abortion for Mcbush<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=5080376', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gil Troy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gil Troy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully McCain moves to the middle on this one and supports the inclusion of birth control in health insurance coverage. 

As I argue in my latest book, &quot;Leading From the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents,&quot; (www.leadingfromthecenter.com), America’s greatest presidents were maestros of moderation, who understood that the trick to effective leadership in a democracy is finding the middle, or creating a new middle.

Americans have a tradition of muscular moderation, and if we don’t figure out how to push our candidates towards the centre, rather than to the poles, we are going to deeply regret it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully McCain moves to the middle on this one and supports the inclusion of birth control in health insurance coverage. </p>
<p>As I argue in my latest book, &#8220;Leading From the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents,&#8221; (www.leadingfromthecenter.com), America’s greatest presidents were maestros of moderation, who understood that the trick to effective leadership in a democracy is finding the middle, or creating a new middle.</p>
<p>Americans have a tradition of muscular moderation, and if we don’t figure out how to push our candidates towards the centre, rather than to the poles, we are going to deeply regret 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=5080354', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curmudgeon</title>
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		<dc:creator>curmudgeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If James Stockdale (Ross Perot’s running mate in 1992) were still around, wouldn’t Stockdale be the perfect running mate for McCain? They would surely be nicknamed the Dynamic Duo.

The following two paragraphs are excerpted from a New York Times article about Stockdale, which can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/ 2005/ 07/ 06/ politics/ 06stockdale.html?ex=1278302400&amp;en=b4e623b4d2f9c48c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss. 

A winner of the Medal of Honor, Admiral Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam on Sept. 9, 1965. He spent seven and a half years as a prisoner, four of them in solitary confinement. While a prisoner, he organized a culture of defiance among his fellow captives, including another naval aviator, John McCain, who went on to become a senator from Arizona and a presidential candidate.

Admiral Stockdale seemed out of his league in the debate with the major party vice presidential candidates, Dan Quayle and Al Gore. He startled the audience and those watching on television with his opening remarks: “Who am I? Why am I here?”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If James Stockdale (Ross Perot’s running mate in 1992) were still around, wouldn’t Stockdale be the perfect running mate for McCain? They would surely be nicknamed the Dynamic Duo.</p>
<p>The following two paragraphs are excerpted from a New York Times article about Stockdale, which can be found at:<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/</a> 2005/ 07/ 06/ politics/ 06stockdale.html?ex=1278302400&amp;en=b4e623b4d2f9c48c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss. </p>
<p>A winner of the Medal of Honor, Admiral Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam on Sept. 9, 1965. He spent seven and a half years as a prisoner, four of them in solitary confinement. While a prisoner, he organized a culture of defiance among his fellow captives, including another naval aviator, John McCain, who went on to become a senator from Arizona and a presidential candidate.</p>
<p>Admiral Stockdale seemed out of his league in the debate with the major party vice presidential candidates, Dan Quayle and Al Gore. He startled the audience and those watching on television with his opening remarks: “Who am I? Why am I here?”<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=5080350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The more I look at McCain as their candidate the more I believe they don&#039;t plan to allow an election and have had an alternate plan all along. He&#039;s probably a pre-election puppet.
This government must be flushed and if I&#039;m not mistaken it is our right to do so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more I look at McCain as their candidate the more I believe they don&#8217;t plan to allow an election and have had an alternate plan all along. He&#8217;s probably a pre-election puppet.<br />
This government must be flushed and if I&#8217;m not mistaken it is our right to do 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=5080342', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MyFreedomWings</title>
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		<dc:creator>MyFreedomWings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooh, it makes McCain all flustered talking about women&#039;s health.

Quick! Flash pictures of the inner workings of female anatomy in front of him! He won&#039;t be able to talk OR remember anything for days!

Joking aside..&gt;_&gt; McCain doesn&#039;t know much about his ownself, how the heck can we trust him to know anything about anything else either?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh, it makes McCain all flustered talking about women&#8217;s health.</p>
<p>Quick! Flash pictures of the inner workings of female anatomy in front of him! He won&#8217;t be able to talk OR remember anything for days!</p>
<p>Joking aside..&gt;_&gt; McCain doesn&#8217;t know much about his ownself, how the heck can we trust him to know anything about anything else either?<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=5080340', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Game of Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Game of Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mcchimpy doesn&#039;t care about other people&#039;s cultures, ethnicity, languages, their rights, heritage or their property rights;&lt;blockquote&gt;all he knows is that there are brown people sitting on his black oil.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Liars, frauds, they can&#039;t waste their time making their war as specific as possible; chimpy&#039;s war is a vague war. chimpy is wrong and despicable.

&quot;war on terror&quot; = shoot any brown life, any place where there&#039;s oil. 

repugs are no nothings</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mcchimpy doesn&#8217;t care about other people&#8217;s cultures, ethnicity, languages, their rights, heritage or their property rights;<br />
<blockquote>all he knows is that there are brown people sitting on his black oil.</p></blockquote>
<p>Liars, frauds, they can&#8217;t waste their time making their war as specific as possible; chimpy&#8217;s war is a vague war. chimpy is wrong and despicable.</p>
<p>&#8220;war on terror&#8221; = shoot any brown life, any place where there&#8217;s oil. </p>
<p>repugs are no nothings<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=5080328', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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