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	<title>Comments on: McCain Supports &#8216;Non-Discrimination In Hiring For Gay And Lesbian People&#8217; In &#8216;Concept&#8217; Only</title>
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		<title>By: Anacher Forester</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5262158</link>
		<dc:creator>Anacher Forester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, McCain surely understands the word &quot;concept.&quot; What he doesn&#039;t understand is the word &quot;support.&quot; When someone supports something in concept only, they do not support it at all.

&lt;b&gt;-AF&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://sullyisafraud.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, McCain surely understands the word &#8220;concept.&#8221; What he doesn&#8217;t understand is the word &#8220;support.&#8221; When someone supports something in concept only, they do not support it at all.</p>
<p><b>-AF</b><br />
<a href="http://sullyisafraud.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud</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=5262158', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5262014</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Scaliger Says:
@ Llama,

If you go to the link and click the button that says “charts,” it does something wonderful: it brings up the data (all public record) for the aforementioned Senators.

Message. Messenger.

Time to learn the difference.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Funny thing about that CNS article, Scaliwag; I did as you suggested and clicked on &quot;see chart&quot; and each time I did, I landed on a page that said &quot;404 - Information Not Found&quot;.

Thanks for the awesome lesson!

(Of course, even without the charts, the article had a wealth of information. Unfortunately, it said nothing about any of the candidates&#039; attitudes toward EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK. It simply compared the salaries of men and women employed by the campaigns. Since the salaries compared were all for different positions, it&#039;s quite a leap to land on the conclusion you tried to peddle -- &lt;em&gt;McCain actually puts “equal pay for equal work” to practice in his office, where women earn - on average - more than men&lt;/em&gt; -- don&#039;t you think? Although I have seen where right-wingers love to compare apples to grapefruit and draw conclusions from the comparison. So it kinda makes sense that you would jump to that conclusion.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Scaliger Says:<br />
@ Llama,</p>
<p>If you go to the link and click the button that says “charts,” it does something wonderful: it brings up the data (all public record) for the aforementioned Senators.</p>
<p>Message. Messenger.</p>
<p>Time to learn the difference.</p></blockquote>
<p>Funny thing about that CNS article, Scaliwag; I did as you suggested and clicked on &#8220;see chart&#8221; and each time I did, I landed on a page that said &#8220;404 &#8211; Information Not Found&#8221;.</p>
<p>Thanks for the awesome lesson!</p>
<p>(Of course, even without the charts, the article had a wealth of information. Unfortunately, it said nothing about any of the candidates&#8217; attitudes toward EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK. It simply compared the salaries of men and women employed by the campaigns. Since the salaries compared were all for different positions, it&#8217;s quite a leap to land on the conclusion you tried to peddle &#8212; <em>McCain actually puts “equal pay for equal work” to practice in his office, where women earn &#8211; on average &#8211; more than men</em> &#8212; don&#8217;t you think? Although I have seen where right-wingers love to compare apples to grapefruit and draw conclusions from the comparison. So it kinda makes sense that you would jump to that conclusion.)<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=5262014', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5261926</link>
		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fun Trivia game - what other issues did McCain say he supported &quot;in concept&quot; ?

Of course, he then said that women needed more education and training.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fun Trivia game &#8211; what other issues did McCain say he supported &#8220;in concept&#8221; ?</p>
<p>Of course, he then said that women needed more education and training.<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=5261926', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5261802</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>misshusseinmolly Says: 

I see you beat me to this argument. I should have read further before I posted</description>
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<p>I see you beat me to this argument. I should have read further before I posted<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=5261802', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5261798</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scaliger Says: 
Joe,

See post #9. Think about it. Message =! Messenger.

Then, check for yourself, here.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

You are a moron. The previously named CONSERVATIVE news service is a biased entity. Why would I take them seriously. Did they show that the people employed by Obama and paid differently have the same level of experience and qualifications if they DIDNT then its WORTHLESS. This is necessary to show any bias. Then again morons like you dont really CARE about reality. Just spew the stupidity you are instructed to believe. You are an idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scaliger Says:<br />
Joe,</p>
<p>See post #9. Think about it. Message =! Messenger.</p>
<p>Then, check for yourself, here.<br />
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<p>You are a moron. The previously named CONSERVATIVE news service is a biased entity. Why would I take them seriously. Did they show that the people employed by Obama and paid differently have the same level of experience and qualifications if they DIDNT then its WORTHLESS. This is necessary to show any bias. Then again morons like you dont really CARE about reality. Just spew the stupidity you are instructed to believe. You are an idiot.<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=5261798', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-enda-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-5261784</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scaliger Says: 

Careful with that link — I know how liberals hate “facts”.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

No you dont. You are ignorant. You dont know ANYTHING some rightwing screechmonkey hasnt TOLD you to believe you moronic loaf.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scaliger Says: </p>
<p>Careful with that link — I know how liberals hate “facts”.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>No you dont. You are ignorant. You dont know ANYTHING some rightwing screechmonkey hasnt TOLD you to believe you moronic loaf.<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=5261784', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: gummitch</title>
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		<dc:creator>gummitch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Scaliger Says:

@ Llama,

If you go to the link and click the button that says “charts,” it does something wonderful: it brings up the data (all public record) for the aforementioned Senators.&lt;/em&gt;

Actually it brings up &quot;page not found&quot;. But who cares? This has nothing to do with the topic. Try and keep up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Scaliger Says:</p>
<p>@ Llama,</p>
<p>If you go to the link and click the button that says “charts,” it does something wonderful: it brings up the data (all public record) for the aforementioned Senators.</em></p>
<p>Actually it brings up &#8220;page not found&#8221;. But who cares? This has nothing to do with the topic. Try and keep up.<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=5261722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scaliger Says
October 1st, 2008 at 4:51 pm 

I find it interesting, however, that McCain actually puts “equal pay for equal work” to practice in his office, where women earn - on average - more than men. Unlike Mr. Obama, who apparently still has an active membership in the “glass ceiling club.”

Careful with that link — I know how liberals hate “facts”.
____________________________________________________________

Your link doesn&#039;t give enough information about staff employees to know if we are comparing apples to apples.  There are many factors that affect pay -- job description, seniority, experience, skill set, extra duties, etc. -- so it&#039;s really impossible to tell if female (or male) employees are getting the shaft due to their gender or not.

In the case of Lilly Ledbetter, apples WERE being compared to apples, as Ledbetter had the same job and same responsibilities as her male counterparts and was being paid less.

Besides, it really doesn&#039;t matter to me that McCain plays fair with his staff pay (although he gets some points for doing so).  What matters to me is if he will stand up for my right as a woman to get paid fairly, even though I DON&#039;T work on his staff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scaliger Says<br />
October 1st, 2008 at 4:51 pm </p>
<p>I find it interesting, however, that McCain actually puts “equal pay for equal work” to practice in his office, where women earn &#8211; on average &#8211; more than men. Unlike Mr. Obama, who apparently still has an active membership in the “glass ceiling club.”</p>
<p>Careful with that link — I know how liberals hate “facts”.<br />
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<p>Your link doesn&#8217;t give enough information about staff employees to know if we are comparing apples to apples.  There are many factors that affect pay &#8212; job description, seniority, experience, skill set, extra duties, etc. &#8212; so it&#8217;s really impossible to tell if female (or male) employees are getting the shaft due to their gender or not.</p>
<p>In the case of Lilly Ledbetter, apples WERE being compared to apples, as Ledbetter had the same job and same responsibilities as her male counterparts and was being paid less.</p>
<p>Besides, it really doesn&#8217;t matter to me that McCain plays fair with his staff pay (although he gets some points for doing so).  What matters to me is if he will stand up for my right as a woman to get paid fairly, even though I DON&#8217;T work on his staff.<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=5261716', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Scaliger Says:
Scratch that&lt;/em&gt;

A cast-your-vote scratcher! I see...&lt;em&gt;F uck the GOP&lt;/em&gt;. Claim prize on November 4th, 2008.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Scaliger Says:<br />
Scratch that</em></p>
<p>A cast-your-vote scratcher! I see&#8230;<em>F uck the GOP</em>. Claim prize on November 4th, 2008.<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=5261678', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doesn&#039;t this imply he supports religious discrimination in the work place?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t this imply he supports religious discrimination in the work place?<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=5261676', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: raynman</title>
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		<dc:creator>raynman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is sort of like the way McCain &#039;supported&#039; the idea of a holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr., isn&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is sort of like the way McCain &#8217;supported&#8217; the idea of a holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr., isn&#8217;t 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=5261670', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Abu Ben Hussein Leporello</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abu Ben Hussein Leporello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again McWorse proves he&#039;d be even more pathetic as a Bush successor. It&#039;s bad enough when an Administration ignores the Law, but this catastrophie-in-waiting actually has the colossal temerity to Announce that he won&#039;t Obey The Law! If he (All Gods Living and Dead Forbid!) gets elected, will Pelosi pre-announce that impeachment&#039;s off the table? 
 Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again McWorse proves he&#8217;d be even more pathetic as a Bush successor. It&#8217;s bad enough when an Administration ignores the Law, but this catastrophie-in-waiting actually has the colossal temerity to Announce that he won&#8217;t Obey The Law! If he (All Gods Living and Dead Forbid!) gets elected, will Pelosi pre-announce that impeachment&#8217;s off the table?<br />
 Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!<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=5261664', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And if this had been the 1960&#039;s, he would have supported the &quot;concept&quot; of equal rights for non-whites, but wouldn&#039;t sign the Civil Rights Bill?

Supporting &quot;concepts&quot; doesn&#039;t mean a d*mn thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And if this had been the 1960&#8217;s, he would have supported the &#8220;concept&#8221; of equal rights for non-whites, but wouldn&#8217;t sign the Civil Rights Bill?</p>
<p>Supporting &#8220;concepts&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean a d*mn thing.<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=5261666', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SkepticRising</title>
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		<dc:creator>SkepticRising</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain&#039;s excuse for not supporting ENDA and similar non-discrimination legislation is that it would create a &quot;flood of frivolous&quot; lawsuits. That argument implies that, first, there is/would be a great deal of discrimination, and secondly that any lawsuit brought based on sexual orientation discrimination is frivolous. I guess that pretty much answers all of the questions, doesn&#039;t it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain&#8217;s excuse for not supporting ENDA and similar non-discrimination legislation is that it would create a &#8220;flood of frivolous&#8221; lawsuits. That argument implies that, first, there is/would be a great deal of discrimination, and secondly that any lawsuit brought based on sexual orientation discrimination is frivolous. I guess that pretty much answers all of the questions, doesn&#8217;t 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=5261660', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Flippy McSpin, to any objective observer, is fundamentally: dishonest, ignorant, dogmatic, vindictive,reckless, partisan, primitive, delusional, aggressive and incurious. All of these traits are well documented, his public record reads like a bad fantasy novel, and any one of those is disqualifying in my estimation.

While this has become more pronounced in recent weeks, his pattern is consistent and began his first year in the Senate. He talks like a &quot;maverick&quot; and says things the Party Faithful don&#039;t like, then votes the party line. That&#039;s not straight talk. It&#039;s blatant lying to his constituents, the press, his colleagues, and the American electorate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flippy McSpin, to any objective observer, is fundamentally: dishonest, ignorant, dogmatic, vindictive,reckless, partisan, primitive, delusional, aggressive and incurious. All of these traits are well documented, his public record reads like a bad fantasy novel, and any one of those is disqualifying in my estimation.</p>
<p>While this has become more pronounced in recent weeks, his pattern is consistent and began his first year in the Senate. He talks like a &#8220;maverick&#8221; and says things the Party Faithful don&#8217;t like, then votes the party line. That&#8217;s not straight talk. It&#8217;s blatant lying to his constituents, the press, his colleagues, and the American electorate.<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=5261658', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Careful with that link — I know how
&gt; liberals hate “facts”.

CNS news? Central Nervous System news? who is that exactly?
Are they the ones who had the article that says eating soy makes you gay?

So are we to assume that you beleive Sarah Palin gave a thought provoking response to the question about seeing russia giving her foreign policy experience? or was that a tricky &quot;gothcha! question&quot; ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Careful with that link — I know how<br />
&gt; liberals hate “facts”.</p>
<p>CNS news? Central Nervous System news? who is that exactly?<br />
Are they the ones who had the article that says eating soy makes you gay?</p>
<p>So are we to assume that you beleive Sarah Palin gave a thought provoking response to the question about seeing russia giving her foreign policy experience? or was that a tricky &#8220;gothcha! question&#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=5261654', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JMOHR</title>
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		<dc:creator>JMOHR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, another hijacked post.  Frankly, the issue is whether we want to have any teeth behind limiting discrimination for men, women, gays or other minorities.  What we do know is that there has been considerable discrimination in this country on all of those basis.  We also know that communities, employers and corporations have been resistant to changing on their own.  (Remember how blacks fared in the 50&#039;s, 60&#039; and later - remember states in the South dismantling their school systems to create private schools to avoid discrimination, remember the increase in beatings and murder to gays since Bush and his henchmen have been in power?)  No, I really just care that we provide a means to enforce equality.  Being for it in concept is just phoning it in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, another hijacked post.  Frankly, the issue is whether we want to have any teeth behind limiting discrimination for men, women, gays or other minorities.  What we do know is that there has been considerable discrimination in this country on all of those basis.  We also know that communities, employers and corporations have been resistant to changing on their own.  (Remember how blacks fared in the 50&#8217;s, 60&#8242; and later &#8211; remember states in the South dismantling their school systems to create private schools to avoid discrimination, remember the increase in beatings and murder to gays since Bush and his henchmen have been in power?)  No, I really just care that we provide a means to enforce equality.  Being for it in concept is just phoning it in.<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=5261650', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doc Rock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doc Rock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why was Arizona admitted to the states? Between Joe Arpaio and McCain it gives one pause.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why was Arizona admitted to the states? Between Joe Arpaio and McCain it gives one pause.<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=5261644', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Scaliger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scaliger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe says:

&lt;em&gt;confused?&lt;/em&gt;

It&#039;s either the new glasses, or I started drinking way too early today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe says:</p>
<p><em>confused?</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s either the new glasses, or I started drinking way too early 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=5261640', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe cantwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe cantwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Scaliger Says:
Joe,

See post #9. Think about it. Message =! Messenger.

Then, check for yourself, here.

Good day.&lt;/em&gt;

#

&lt;em&gt;Scaliger Says:
Scratch that; see post #8, and think about it.

Thinking about post #9 will accomplish nothing.&lt;/em&gt;

*

confused?

^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Scaliger Says:<br />
Joe,</p>
<p>See post #9. Think about it. Message =! Messenger.</p>
<p>Then, check for yourself, here.</p>
<p>Good day.</em></p>
<p>#</p>
<p><em>Scaliger Says:<br />
Scratch that; see post #8, and think about it.</p>
<p>Thinking about post #9 will accomplish nothing.</em></p>
<p>*</p>
<p>confused?</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=5261638', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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