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	<title>Comments on: McCain And Palin Off Message In Response To North Korea Diplomacy</title>
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		<title>By: Since2oo6</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/comment-page-2/#comment-5574753</link>
		<dc:creator>Since2oo6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Ohh Thanks :)<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=5574753', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Floyd</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/comment-page-2/#comment-5280808</link>
		<dc:creator>Floyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This woman is a certified nut,,McCain is more stupid,,you can&#039;t in a fleeting moment go up to someone you have only met and talked to a few hours and say by the way,,would you be interested to be vice president of the United States? I think McCain could be as dumb as Palin is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This woman is a certified nut,,McCain is more stupid,,you can&#8217;t in a fleeting moment go up to someone you have only met and talked to a few hours and say by the way,,would you be interested to be vice president of the United States? I think McCain could be as dumb as Palin is.<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=5280808', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/comment-page-2/#comment-5280674</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Have we seen anything written by this woman?

I believe she used to have a blog where she made mental bowel movements opining about &quot;liberels&quot; and other pesky woodland creatures..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Have we seen anything written by this woman?</p>
<p>I believe she used to have a blog where she made mental bowel movements opining about &#8220;liberels&#8221; and other pesky woodland creatures..<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=5280674', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: superid</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/comment-page-2/#comment-5280644</link>
		<dc:creator>superid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another Miss Teen South Carolina syntactically byzantine imbecilic answer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another Miss Teen South Carolina syntactically byzantine imbecilic answer.<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=5280644', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder what John McCain will think of having Todd Palin hanging out with him all the time and telling him what policy will be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder what John McCain will think of having Todd Palin hanging out with him all the time and telling him what policy will be.<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=5280640', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mmanion</title>
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		<dc:creator>mmanion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure she&#039;s off message?  From her garbled grammar and syntax, I&#039;m not entirely clear about what exactly she said. Whatever it was, I am relieved that it better be lived up to. 

Disorganized speech as the manifestation of a disorganized mind, perhaps?  Have we seen anything written by this woman?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure she&#8217;s off message?  From her garbled grammar and syntax, I&#8217;m not entirely clear about what exactly she said. Whatever it was, I am relieved that it better be lived up to. </p>
<p>Disorganized speech as the manifestation of a disorganized mind, perhaps?  Have we seen anything written by this woman?<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=5280622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tom</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/comment-page-2/#comment-5280568</link>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, yes, the collective wisdom of . . . Sarah.

Youbetcha she did pretty good on this here TV game show, too --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRcFQowXwQ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, yes, the collective wisdom of . . . Sarah.</p>
<p>Youbetcha she did pretty good on this here TV game show, too &#8211;&gt; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRcFQowXwQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRcFQowXwQ</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=5280568', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
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		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently, McCain doesn&#039;t have confidence in U.S. weapons inspectors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, McCain doesn&#8217;t have confidence in U.S. weapons inspectors.<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=5280562', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Winski</title>
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		<dc:creator>Winski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this really surprise anyone?? While McSwine is off trying to make a country extinct, McPlain is trowing pucks all over the Philly hockey stadium - AND almost getting BOOED out of the place.

These McSame folks are a joke to believe Gov. McPlain adds anything to this stupidity....

A bag of hammers come to mind....IQ test??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this really surprise anyone?? While McSwine is off trying to make a country extinct, McPlain is trowing pucks all over the Philly hockey stadium &#8211; AND almost getting BOOED out of the place.</p>
<p>These McSame folks are a joke to believe Gov. McPlain adds anything to this stupidity&#8230;.</p>
<p>A bag of hammers come to mind&#8230;.IQ 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=5280546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre</title>
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		<dc:creator>Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pailin&#039; pailin&#039; over the bounding main... Here comes Sarah, all hams on deck, spitting our her latest bogus BS. This person has the mental outlook typical of that of a fourteen-year-old. Go home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pailin&#8217; pailin&#8217; over the bounding main&#8230; Here comes Sarah, all hams on deck, spitting our her latest bogus BS. This person has the mental outlook typical of that of a fourteen-year-old. Go 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=5280544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Michael Lafferty Says:
...to balance the bad behavior of the campaign team that you have chosen to support.&lt;/em&gt;

and which team do you think that is?

&#039;cause the only bad behavior i&#039;ve seen comes from the mcFAILIN campaign... and that ain&#039;t MY team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Michael Lafferty Says:<br />
&#8230;to balance the bad behavior of the campaign team that you have chosen to support.</em></p>
<p>and which team do you think that is?</p>
<p>&#8217;cause the only bad behavior i&#8217;ve seen comes from the mcFAILIN campaign&#8230; and that ain&#8217;t MY team.<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=5280538', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

CNN forgot to add the caveat...
... On a clear day, Sarah can see North Korea from her backyard.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>.</p>
<p>CNN forgot to add the caveat&#8230;<br />
&#8230; On a clear day, Sarah can see North Korea from her backyard.</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=5280530', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Michael Lafferty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Lafferty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ 44:

Funny thing - early observers of the clip reported that the word &#039;terrorist&#039; was uttered, though it it clearly is not on the presently available copy of the clip. One suggested explanation is that the audio portion of the clip was subsequently edited. The woman herself, in a subsequent interview, claims that she did, in fact, use that descriptive phrase: &#039;Arab terrorist.&#039; One possible explanation: she thought she did, but didn&#039;t.

To &#039;snatch the microphone&#039; is not an accurate description, as he simply took it from her to expound upon his disagreement with her statement.

It was, fairly, not an even handed portrayal of the event, and I won&#039;t make excuses for the manner in which she related the story. Her so called &#039;lies&#039; pale by comparison, however, to the obvious, overt misrepresentations and outright lies offered every day on the campaign trail by Senator McCain and Governor Palin. You&#039;ll have to try harder than a back handed slap at Wonkette to balance the bad behavior of the campaign team that you have chosen to support.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ 44:</p>
<p>Funny thing &#8211; early observers of the clip reported that the word &#8216;terrorist&#8217; was uttered, though it it clearly is not on the presently available copy of the clip. One suggested explanation is that the audio portion of the clip was subsequently edited. The woman herself, in a subsequent interview, claims that she did, in fact, use that descriptive phrase: &#8216;Arab terrorist.&#8217; One possible explanation: she thought she did, but didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>To &#8217;snatch the microphone&#8217; is not an accurate description, as he simply took it from her to expound upon his disagreement with her statement.</p>
<p>It was, fairly, not an even handed portrayal of the event, and I won&#8217;t make excuses for the manner in which she related the story. Her so called &#8216;lies&#8217; pale by comparison, however, to the obvious, overt misrepresentations and outright lies offered every day on the campaign trail by Senator McCain and Governor Palin. You&#8217;ll have to try harder than a back handed slap at Wonkette to balance the bad behavior of the campaign team that you have chosen to 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=5280512', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks, 5th estate... i&#039;ll check that out...

isn&#039;t anna marie cox aka wonkette? or used to be? or something?

she must have a crush on mcGRAMPY, making up stuff... like:

&lt;em&gt;Cox reports &lt;a href=&quot;http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/mccain-booed-respect/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this update&lt;/a&gt;:

    Indeed, he just snatched the microphone out the hands of a woman who began her question with, &quot;I&#039;m scared of Barack Obama... he&#039;s an Arab terrorist...&quot;

    &quot;No, no ma&#039;am,&quot; he interrupted. &quot;He&#039;s a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

total lie. the woman with bed-hair did not say &quot;terrorist&quot;,
and grampy did not snatch the microphone... she changed the whole scenario...

i liked her sense of humor ok, till i realized she&#039;s a liar...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks, 5th estate&#8230; i&#8217;ll check that out&#8230;</p>
<p>isn&#8217;t anna marie cox aka wonkette? or used to be? or something?</p>
<p>she must have a crush on mcGRAMPY, making up stuff&#8230; like:</p>
<p><em>Cox reports <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/mccain-booed-respect/" rel="nofollow">this update</a>:</p>
<p>    Indeed, he just snatched the microphone out the hands of a woman who began her question with, &#8220;I&#8217;m scared of Barack Obama&#8230; he&#8217;s an Arab terrorist&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>    &#8220;No, no ma&#8217;am,&#8221; he interrupted. &#8220;He&#8217;s a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>total lie. the woman with bed-hair did not say &#8220;terrorist&#8221;,<br />
and grampy did not snatch the microphone&#8230; she changed the whole scenario&#8230;</p>
<p>i liked her sense of humor ok, till i realized she&#8217;s a liar&#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=5280480', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<dc:creator>5th Estate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;lurker&lt;/strong&gt; Says: 
&lt;em&gt;barfly
With the palin pick he has aligned himself with rabid
“agents of intolerance”. 
Any thinking republicans (there are a few) see what a joke she is.&lt;/em&gt;

I think that&#039;s true. The Republican Party is not as monolithic as we on the left so often claim, but that&#039;s because the Republicans have painted themselves as a monolithic &#039;majority&#039; and thus far have most importantly have acted as a monolithic cohesive entity, This impression has also been promoted by the MSM.

The GOP and conservatives in general are facing a perfect storm of a decade of essentially Republican/Conservative rule that has been a failure for the nation and even for their own particular interests. They hoped Bush would be another Reagan. He wasn&#039;t. McCain is just another Bush but without the support of his father&#039;s conservative cabal. 
Their policies have run their course. Their arrogance has run its course. They are hoist by their own petard of unquestioning loyalty to theory and fantasy. 
And because the GOP base has fractured the so-called &#039;independents&#039; have no-one they can comfortably vote for as they usually do--a Republican with sound support.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>lurker</strong> Says:<br />
<em>barfly<br />
With the palin pick he has aligned himself with rabid<br />
“agents of intolerance”.<br />
Any thinking republicans (there are a few) see what a joke she is.</em></p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s true. The Republican Party is not as monolithic as we on the left so often claim, but that&#8217;s because the Republicans have painted themselves as a monolithic &#8216;majority&#8217; and thus far have most importantly have acted as a monolithic cohesive entity, This impression has also been promoted by the MSM.</p>
<p>The GOP and conservatives in general are facing a perfect storm of a decade of essentially Republican/Conservative rule that has been a failure for the nation and even for their own particular interests. They hoped Bush would be another Reagan. He wasn&#8217;t. McCain is just another Bush but without the support of his father&#8217;s conservative cabal.<br />
Their policies have run their course. Their arrogance has run its course. They are hoist by their own petard of unquestioning loyalty to theory and fantasy.<br />
And because the GOP base has fractured the so-called &#8216;independents&#8217; have no-one they can comfortably vote for as they usually do&#8211;a Republican with sound 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=5280470', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lurker</title>
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		<dc:creator>lurker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>barfly
With the palin pick he has aligned himself with rabid
&quot;agents of intolerance&quot;. Any thinking republicans (there are a few) see what a joke she is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>barfly<br />
With the palin pick he has aligned himself with rabid<br />
&#8220;agents of intolerance&#8221;. Any thinking republicans (there are a few) see what a joke she is.<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=5280430', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: celtic cynic</title>
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		<dc:creator>celtic cynic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Methinks Sarah has joined the same Toastmasters group as Miss Teen South Carolina; that coupled with logic and world history classes taught by Professor Irwin Corey have really sharpened her up,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Methinks Sarah has joined the same Toastmasters group as Miss Teen South Carolina; that coupled with logic and world history classes taught by Professor Irwin Corey have really sharpened her 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=5280422', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lurker</title>
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		<dc:creator>lurker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>5th Estate
...besides the use of such a weapon would kill, maim and irradiate Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Lebanese. It’s altogether ridiculous.

This has bothered me too especially with a missle that may
stray off course. Even if they hit Iseral the Palestinians 
would be screwed too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>5th Estate<br />
&#8230;besides the use of such a weapon would kill, maim and irradiate Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Lebanese. It’s altogether ridiculous.</p>
<p>This has bothered me too especially with a missle that may<br />
stray off course. Even if they hit Iseral the Palestinians<br />
would be screwed 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=5280416', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If one wants to learn why McCain is having trouble getting traction with voters, his campaign spokespersons are a good reason Why.  They never met a metaphor they couldn&#039;t mangle:

&lt;strong&gt;Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain 
 Stephen Crowley/The New York Times&lt;/strong&gt;
 
&lt;em&gt;After a turbulent week that included disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday that they were worried Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability to his presidential candidacy and settled on a clear message to counter Senator Barack Obama.

Again and again, party leaders said in interviews that while they still believed that Mr. McCain could win over voters in the next 30 days, they were concerned that he and his advisers seemed to be adrift in dealing with an extraordinarily challenging political battleground and a crisis on Wall Street.

The expressions of concern came after a particularly difficult week for Mr. McCain. On Friday night, new questions arose about his choice of Ms. Palin as his running mate after an investigation by the Alaska Legislature concluded that she had abused her power in trying to orchestrate the firing of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.

“I think you’re seeing a turning point,” said Saul Anuzis, the Republican chairman in Michigan, where Mr. McCain has decided to stop campaigning. “You’re starting to feel real frustration because we are running out of time. Our message, the campaign’s message, isn’t connecting.”

Tommy Thompson, a Republican who is a former governor of Wisconsin, said it would be difficult for Mr. McCain to win in his state but not impossible, particularly if he campaigned in conservative Democratic parts of the state. Asked if he was happy with Mr. McCain’s campaign, Mr. Thompson replied, “No,” and he added, “I don’t know who is.”&lt;/em&gt;

[snip]

&lt;em&gt;Mr. McCain’s advisers said they remained confident of victory. 

“My sense of where things are: John McCain beat back what was a political climate that would have snuffed out any other candidate in the Republican Party,” said Nicolle Wallace, a senior adviser. “&lt;strong&gt;He’s beat back every hurdle that was ever placed in front of him&lt;/strong&gt;.”&lt;/em&gt;

Now if one is in a race that has hurdles, one is expected to jump over the hurdle, not beat it back.  To &quot;beat it back&quot; &lt;em&gt;would be a disqualifing mistake&lt;/em&gt;.

While campaign staffers are partly to blame, the real reason he&#039;s being erratic in his message, is because &lt;em&gt;the republican base he&#039;s trying to appease is fracturing&lt;/em&gt;, and sending so many mixed signals to McCain&#039;s pollsters, that he doesn&#039;t know which way to jump.  That he can&#039;t please them all, only makes them madder, and more inclined to direct this anger against their standard-bearer&#039;s opponent.  Ironically, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; have become the biggest impediment to their candidate&#039;s chances of victory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If one wants to learn why McCain is having trouble getting traction with voters, his campaign spokespersons are a good reason Why.  They never met a metaphor they couldn&#8217;t mangle:</p>
<p><strong>Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain<br />
 Stephen Crowley/The New York Times</strong></p>
<p><em>After a turbulent week that included disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday that they were worried Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability to his presidential candidacy and settled on a clear message to counter Senator Barack Obama.</p>
<p>Again and again, party leaders said in interviews that while they still believed that Mr. McCain could win over voters in the next 30 days, they were concerned that he and his advisers seemed to be adrift in dealing with an extraordinarily challenging political battleground and a crisis on Wall Street.</p>
<p>The expressions of concern came after a particularly difficult week for Mr. McCain. On Friday night, new questions arose about his choice of Ms. Palin as his running mate after an investigation by the Alaska Legislature concluded that she had abused her power in trying to orchestrate the firing of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.</p>
<p>“I think you’re seeing a turning point,” said Saul Anuzis, the Republican chairman in Michigan, where Mr. McCain has decided to stop campaigning. “You’re starting to feel real frustration because we are running out of time. Our message, the campaign’s message, isn’t connecting.”</p>
<p>Tommy Thompson, a Republican who is a former governor of Wisconsin, said it would be difficult for Mr. McCain to win in his state but not impossible, particularly if he campaigned in conservative Democratic parts of the state. Asked if he was happy with Mr. McCain’s campaign, Mr. Thompson replied, “No,” and he added, “I don’t know who is.”</em></p>
<p>[snip]</p>
<p><em>Mr. McCain’s advisers said they remained confident of victory. </p>
<p>“My sense of where things are: John McCain beat back what was a political climate that would have snuffed out any other candidate in the Republican Party,” said Nicolle Wallace, a senior adviser. “<strong>He’s beat back every hurdle that was ever placed in front of him</strong>.”</em></p>
<p>Now if one is in a race that has hurdles, one is expected to jump over the hurdle, not beat it back.  To &#8220;beat it back&#8221; <em>would be a disqualifing mistake</em>.</p>
<p>While campaign staffers are partly to blame, the real reason he&#8217;s being erratic in his message, is because <em>the republican base he&#8217;s trying to appease is fracturing</em>, and sending so many mixed signals to McCain&#8217;s pollsters, that he doesn&#8217;t know which way to jump.  That he can&#8217;t please them all, only makes them madder, and more inclined to direct this anger against their standard-bearer&#8217;s opponent.  Ironically, <em>they</em> have become the biggest impediment to their candidate&#8217;s chances of victory.<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=5280414', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ebbAndflow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All this time we thought the pushmi-pullyu (pronounced &quot;push-me-pull-you&quot;), one of Hugh Lofting&#039;s Dr. Doolittle&#039;s characters, was imaginary.
  The animal had two heads at opposite ends of its body and when it tries to move, both heads try to go in opposite directions.</description>
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  The animal had two heads at opposite ends of its body and when it tries to move, both heads try to go in opposite directions.<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=5280410', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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