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	<title>Comments on: IAVA Director: Faux Walter Reed Background &#8216;Was As Close As McCain Got To Veterans Issues&#8217; At RNC</title>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5214056</link>
		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hanoi McCain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hanoi 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=5214056', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unionave</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213770</link>
		<dc:creator>unionave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ASK ANY SENIOR VET ; WHEN GHWB STEPPED IN AS VP WITH RR VETERAN BENEFITS STARTED TO DISAPPEAR AND VETS HAVE BEEN LOSING HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS SINCE . AT THAT TIME GOVERNMENT ISSUED HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO ALL US CITIZENS BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR . THE WORDS &quot;SOCIALISM AND LIBERALISM&quot; BECAME VERY POPULAR , HEALTH CARE PRICES WENT SKYWARD , AND THE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES (HCIC) INCREASED (WHILE THE KEATING FIVE TOOK HOME LARGE AMOUNTS OF OUR CASH WITH IMPUNITY) . THE HCIC&#039;S GREATEST FEAR IS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (UHC) ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THE END OF ALL HCIC . WITH UHC ALL CITIZENS COME TO THE AID OF EVERY CITIZEN WHICH IS THE CASE IN MOST OTHER ADVANCED COUNTRIES . IN OTHER WORDS , WE ALL HELP OUR NEIGHBORS .  BUT WITH GHWB AND THE GOP STILL IN CHARGE  UHC WILL NEVER COME TO FRUITION AND VETS WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ASK ANY SENIOR VET ; WHEN GHWB STEPPED IN AS VP WITH RR VETERAN BENEFITS STARTED TO DISAPPEAR AND VETS HAVE BEEN LOSING HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS SINCE . AT THAT TIME GOVERNMENT ISSUED HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO ALL US CITIZENS BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR . THE WORDS &#8220;SOCIALISM AND LIBERALISM&#8221; BECAME VERY POPULAR , HEALTH CARE PRICES WENT SKYWARD , AND THE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES (HCIC) INCREASED (WHILE THE KEATING FIVE TOOK HOME LARGE AMOUNTS OF OUR CASH WITH IMPUNITY) . THE HCIC&#8217;S GREATEST FEAR IS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (UHC) ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THE END OF ALL HCIC . WITH UHC ALL CITIZENS COME TO THE AID OF EVERY CITIZEN WHICH IS THE CASE IN MOST OTHER ADVANCED COUNTRIES . IN OTHER WORDS , WE ALL HELP OUR NEIGHBORS .  BUT WITH GHWB AND THE GOP STILL IN CHARGE  UHC WILL NEVER COME TO FRUITION AND VETS WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER .<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=5213770', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Henderson</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213522</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Henderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just want to add to the voices that are going on record to say how awesome Paul Riekhoff and his organization are. The media tends to portray American military people as staunch conservatives, and assume that they&#039;ll all be supporting their fellow vet John McCain. I think quite a lot of people would be surprised at just how many progressives there are in the military, and how tired most of them have gotten of McCain&#039;s hypocrisy in constantly touting his own military cred while refusing to do anything to improve the lives of the people serving now in his party&#039;s endless, illegal war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just want to add to the voices that are going on record to say how awesome Paul Riekhoff and his organization are. The media tends to portray American military people as staunch conservatives, and assume that they&#8217;ll all be supporting their fellow vet John McCain. I think quite a lot of people would be surprised at just how many progressives there are in the military, and how tired most of them have gotten of McCain&#8217;s hypocrisy in constantly touting his own military cred while refusing to do anything to improve the lives of the people serving now in his party&#8217;s endless, illegal war.<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=5213522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213182</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ANY veteran who would consider voting for McIIIrd ought to get in line at the VA and wait a couple of months for a psych eval.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ANY veteran who would consider voting for McIIIrd ought to get in line at the VA and wait a couple of months for a psych eval.<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=5213182', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: desertflower1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213172</link>
		<dc:creator>desertflower1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uncle Fester Lurks...Thanks for the link to &quot;Sarah&quot; info...quite insightful! I sent it off to everyone I could think of:)My thought is, if they won&#039;t put her out there to answer the hard questions...you know, like anyone would get in a job interview:)..then we have to find this out on our own. Thank you. Don&#039;t you have to wonder why, if they&#039;re so damn proud and confident about the choice, why won&#039;t they let her out to talk to a news show and all the rest of us that need to vet her.Censorship of the highest order.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uncle Fester Lurks&#8230;Thanks for the link to &#8220;Sarah&#8221; info&#8230;quite insightful! I sent it off to everyone I could think of:)My thought is, if they won&#8217;t put her out there to answer the hard questions&#8230;you know, like anyone would get in a job interview:)..then we have to find this out on our own. Thank you. Don&#8217;t you have to wonder why, if they&#8217;re so damn proud and confident about the choice, why won&#8217;t they let her out to talk to a news show and all the rest of us that need to vet her.Censorship of the highest order.<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=5213172', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: deebaser</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213164</link>
		<dc:creator>deebaser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rieckhoff is the man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rieckhoff is the man.<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=5213164', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213146</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I believe that they canceled their appearance in Florida on Monday because Hillary is going to be in Florida on Monday.&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s what I immediately thought when I heard that Palin&#039;s trip to Florida was cancelled.  Although I also thought that she hasn&#039;t learned her other lines yet.  She won&#039;t make it past the elderly ex-NY Jewish mothers in Florida. My friend&#039;s elderly Jewish aunt summed up why old people won&#039;t vote for McCain:  He&#039;s too old: &quot;He&#039;s 72, and we all know how hard it is to get up in the morning at that age.&quot; Ha!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I believe that they canceled their appearance in Florida on Monday because Hillary is going to be in Florida on Monday.</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s what I immediately thought when I heard that Palin&#8217;s trip to Florida was cancelled.  Although I also thought that she hasn&#8217;t learned her other lines yet.  She won&#8217;t make it past the elderly ex-NY Jewish mothers in Florida. My friend&#8217;s elderly Jewish aunt summed up why old people won&#8217;t vote for McCain:  He&#8217;s too old: &#8220;He&#8217;s 72, and we all know how hard it is to get up in the morning at that age.&#8221; Ha!<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=5213146', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213134</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Veterans issues should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; be a partisan political issue.  Regardless of who is in the White House, we want people watching out for our veterans who care more about the veterans than they do about themselves.  

I believe that Paul Reikhoff is such a person, and I couldn&#039;t care less what his political leanings are on any other issue, because I don&#039;t need him to be addressing any other issues besides veterans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Veterans issues should <em>never</em> be a partisan political issue.  Regardless of who is in the White House, we want people watching out for our veterans who care more about the veterans than they do about themselves.  </p>
<p>I believe that Paul Reikhoff is such a person, and I couldn&#8217;t care less what his political leanings are on any other issue, because I don&#8217;t need him to be addressing any other issues besides veterans.<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=5213134', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213128</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bilbo,

Then she must not watch &quot;Countdown with Keith Olbermann Except When Rachel Maddow Fills In&quot;, because Rachel was more than happy to point out that Palin&#039;s story about the plane was a &lt;strong&gt;lie&lt;/strong&gt;.  The strange thing is, the source of that information came from the Alaskan media, which they got from studying government finances there.  It&#039;s documented in their records.  And, one would have to conclude, that Sarah Palin knows what the truth is.  So why would she repeat the &lt;strong&gt;lie&lt;/strong&gt; again?

It never ceases to amaze me how the Republican party has &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; not caught onto the fact that information can be found and disseminated so much faster than when they were kids, and that you can&#039;t count on any &lt;strong&gt;lie&lt;/strong&gt; you tell standing uncorrected for long.  Yet they continue to do it, as if we didn&#039;t already know that the &lt;strong&gt;lie&lt;/strong&gt; they told the day before had already been debuinked by its second telling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bilbo,</p>
<p>Then she must not watch &#8220;Countdown with Keith Olbermann Except When Rachel Maddow Fills In&#8221;, because Rachel was more than happy to point out that Palin&#8217;s story about the plane was a <strong>lie</strong>.  The strange thing is, the source of that information came from the Alaskan media, which they got from studying government finances there.  It&#8217;s documented in their records.  And, one would have to conclude, that Sarah Palin knows what the truth is.  So why would she repeat the <strong>lie</strong> again?</p>
<p>It never ceases to amaze me how the Republican party has <em>still</em> not caught onto the fact that information can be found and disseminated so much faster than when they were kids, and that you can&#8217;t count on any <strong>lie</strong> you tell standing uncorrected for long.  Yet they continue to do it, as if we didn&#8217;t already know that the <strong>lie</strong> they told the day before had already been debuinked by its second telling.<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=5213128', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213122</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;jaf Says:
Please do not criticize Riekhoff for not being sufficiently progressive.&lt;/em&gt;

I was not criticizing Reikhoff, I just mentioned the fact that he isn&#039;t particularly progressive.  That&#039;s fine by me.  Even if he turned out to be a total conservative, I will still admire him for the things he does for veterans and for his fighting spirit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>jaf Says:<br />
Please do not criticize Riekhoff for not being sufficiently progressive.</em></p>
<p>I was not criticizing Reikhoff, I just mentioned the fact that he isn&#8217;t particularly progressive.  That&#8217;s fine by me.  Even if he turned out to be a total conservative, I will still admire him for the things he does for veterans and for his fighting spirit.<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=5213122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213116</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#Wayne A. Schneider Says:
TRoS,
And McCain was repeating that lie as recently (to my knowledge) as yesterday. And since change doesn’t come easy to a Republican, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was repeating it today.&lt;/em&gt;

She repeated the lie again today along with dissing community organizers again with the same line she used before.  All she is doing is repeating the speech that were written for her for her acceptance speech.  She hasn&#039;t had anything new to add.

I believe that they canceled their appearance in Florida on Monday because Hillary is going to be in Florida on Monday.  I can hardly wait to hear what Hillary has to say about the lovely Miss Sarah.

I&#039;m really hoping that the affair rumor turns out to be true.  I would love to see how the religious right would spin that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#Wayne A. Schneider Says:<br />
TRoS,<br />
And McCain was repeating that lie as recently (to my knowledge) as yesterday. And since change doesn’t come easy to a Republican, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was repeating it today.</em></p>
<p>She repeated the lie again today along with dissing community organizers again with the same line she used before.  All she is doing is repeating the speech that were written for her for her acceptance speech.  She hasn&#8217;t had anything new to add.</p>
<p>I believe that they canceled their appearance in Florida on Monday because Hillary is going to be in Florida on Monday.  I can hardly wait to hear what Hillary has to say about the lovely Miss Sarah.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really hoping that the affair rumor turns out to be true.  I would love to see how the religious right would spin that 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=5213116', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213058</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CNN just reported McCain&#039;s son, Andrew, is on the board of directors of America&#039;s latest failed bank.  

Andrew McCain served on the Silver State Bank board.  The bank is now insolvent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CNN just reported McCain&#8217;s son, Andrew, is on the board of directors of America&#8217;s latest failed bank.  </p>
<p>Andrew McCain served on the Silver State Bank board.  The bank is now insolvent.<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=5213058', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Fester Lurks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213050</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Fester Lurks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did anyone else fall down on the floor rolling in laughter and then instantly kicking your television after this line from Cindy McCain?

&lt;strong&gt;Cindy McCain:&lt;/strong&gt; My father was a WWII hero, he didn&#039;t like to talk about his war experiences, just like my husband John McCain.

Is she serious! And why didn&#039;t the media jump on that obvious lie!?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone else fall down on the floor rolling in laughter and then instantly kicking your television after this line from Cindy McCain?</p>
<p><strong>Cindy McCain:</strong> My father was a WWII hero, he didn&#8217;t like to talk about his war experiences, just like my husband John McCain.</p>
<p>Is she serious! And why didn&#8217;t the media jump on that obvious lie!?!<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=5213050', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213044</link>
		<dc:creator>IgnoranceIsNotBliss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here you &lt;a href=&quot;http://utube.smashits.com/video/R3U5_vc6p58/Countdown-September-5th-Filling-In-The-Blanks-Sarah-Palin-.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;go&lt;/a&gt; TRoS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here you <a href="http://utube.smashits.com/video/R3U5_vc6p58/Countdown-September-5th-Filling-In-The-Blanks-Sarah-Palin-.html" rel="nofollow">go</a> TRoS.<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=5213044', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213034</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wayne A. Schneider Says:

TRoS,

You hadn’t heard?
__________

This was the first time for this one... geez, Wayne, gimme a break... you need an F-in&#039; scorecard, or Tivo, to keep up w/ all the lies the GOOPers tell.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wayne A. Schneider Says:</p>
<p>TRoS,</p>
<p>You hadn’t heard?<br />
__________</p>
<p>This was the first time for this one&#8230; geez, Wayne, gimme a break&#8230; you need an F-in&#8217; scorecard, or Tivo, to keep up w/ all the lies the GOOPers tell.<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=5213034', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upside99</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213026</link>
		<dc:creator>upside99</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a Vietnam vet and frustrated user of the VA system, I have found that about the only Vet Organizations that have any backbone and stand up to the Repugs are the VVA, IAVA and Votevets.org.

These groups care about the veterans, not just about politics.

And they ALL find Johnny Boy lacking in almost every aspect of Veteran&#039;s and Active Duty soldiers&#039; support.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Vietnam vet and frustrated user of the VA system, I have found that about the only Vet Organizations that have any backbone and stand up to the Repugs are the VVA, IAVA and Votevets.org.</p>
<p>These groups care about the veterans, not just about politics.</p>
<p>And they ALL find Johnny Boy lacking in almost every aspect of Veteran&#8217;s and Active Duty soldiers&#8217; support.<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=5213026', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213020</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Buckie Boy, good for you for helping a vet try to get her mind and life back.  Next time she stops by, give her extra hugs and thanks from us Americans who actually honor her service &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; care about what happens to her after she comes home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buckie Boy, good for you for helping a vet try to get her mind and life back.  Next time she stops by, give her extra hugs and thanks from us Americans who actually honor her service <em>and</em> care about what happens to her after she comes home.<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=5213020', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bobwurst</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213018</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobwurst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wayne, and if by chance mccain gets called on the lie and he admits he was wrong, you can bet the next day he&#039;ll be lying again. It&#039;s how these people work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wayne, and if by chance mccain gets called on the lie and he admits he was wrong, you can bet the next day he&#8217;ll be lying again. It&#8217;s how these people work.<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=5213018', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jaf</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213012</link>
		<dc:creator>jaf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please do not criticize Riekhoff for not being sufficiently progressive. I have heard him interviewed by Rachel many times and he really does not take positions other than on veteran issues, I believe that the man has a deep commitment to his group and to veterans and believes that straying from that focus detracts from his effectiveness. I think that we should acknowledge the courage it takes for anyone in the veteran affairs community to speak truth to power (or, in this case, media driven idolatry) and lambaste McCain for his continuing hypocrisy. Paul Riekhoff I salute you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please do not criticize Riekhoff for not being sufficiently progressive. I have heard him interviewed by Rachel many times and he really does not take positions other than on veteran issues, I believe that the man has a deep commitment to his group and to veterans and believes that straying from that focus detracts from his effectiveness. I think that we should acknowledge the courage it takes for anyone in the veteran affairs community to speak truth to power (or, in this case, media driven idolatry) and lambaste McCain for his continuing hypocrisy. Paul Riekhoff I salute you!<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=5213012', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/06/mccain-veterans-rnc/comment-page-1/#comment-5213000</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TRoS,

You hadn&#039;t heard?  She&#039;s claiming that she sold her predessor&#039;s official luxury airplane on e-bay and made a profit.  Except that this was a lie.  It was &lt;em&gt;offered&lt;/em&gt; on e-bay, but in the end, it was sold to a supporter of hers and at a half-million loss to the state.

And McCain was repeating that lie as recently (to my knowledge) as yesterday.  And since change doesn&#039;t come easy to a Republican, I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if he was repeating it today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TRoS,</p>
<p>You hadn&#8217;t heard?  She&#8217;s claiming that she sold her predessor&#8217;s official luxury airplane on e-bay and made a profit.  Except that this was a lie.  It was <em>offered</em> on e-bay, but in the end, it was sold to a supporter of hers and at a half-million loss to the state.</p>
<p>And McCain was repeating that lie as recently (to my knowledge) as yesterday.  And since change doesn&#8217;t come easy to a Republican, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if he was repeating it today.<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=5213000', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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