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		<title>By: Since2oo6</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5576305</link>
		<dc:creator>Since2oo6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5294804</link>
		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Chocolate Jesus Says: 

Whatever your smoking, hook me up dude. I dislike Palin intensely, but to my reality-addled eyes, that looks like a drawing. Also, the drawing looks alot hotter than palin, whose most attractive feature, i would argue, is that she is more or less symetrical…

October 20th, 2008 at 12:37 pm &lt;/i&gt;
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It&#039;s also from the World News Weekly, which casts more than a bit of doubt as to it&#039;s accuracy.  In all likelihood, the story was just planted by MiB agent Will Smith to help out Obama.</description>
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<p>Whatever your smoking, hook me up dude. I dislike Palin intensely, but to my reality-addled eyes, that looks like a drawing. Also, the drawing looks alot hotter than palin, whose most attractive feature, i would argue, is that she is more or less symetrical…</p>
<p>October 20th, 2008 at 12:37 pm </i><br />
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<p>It&#8217;s also from the World News Weekly, which casts more than a bit of doubt as to it&#8217;s accuracy.  In all likelihood, the story was just planted by MiB agent Will Smith to help out Obama.<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=5294804', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5294722</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain can&#039;t publicly say it but every doctor and nurse that sees him knows he&#039;s seriously ill and is on alot of medication. Of course the Media is playing dumb and looking the other way.

Questions have been asked where did all the money go. We have our answer it went to the Republican Party. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the GOP and robbed blind. Even Henry aka Hank Paulson quickly got his Mother a very loan interest rate for her home in Chicago before the collapse because he knew the bottom was about to fall. 

This Administration will continue to run up the debt and get more money until Jan 20th. By then the debt should be 53 Trillion dollars and Obama/Biden will have to clean it up. If they don&#039;t do it in 4 years Republicans will come back and say it was the Democrats who destoryed the US Economy. Right now McCain says since the Democrats won in Congress corrupt started.  I guess he thinks we forgot about the 2000 -2006 Republican Congress that gave Bush a blank check with no questions asked.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain can&#8217;t publicly say it but every doctor and nurse that sees him knows he&#8217;s seriously ill and is on alot of medication. Of course the Media is playing dumb and looking the other way.</p>
<p>Questions have been asked where did all the money go. We have our answer it went to the Republican Party. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the GOP and robbed blind. Even Henry aka Hank Paulson quickly got his Mother a very loan interest rate for her home in Chicago before the collapse because he knew the bottom was about to fall. </p>
<p>This Administration will continue to run up the debt and get more money until Jan 20th. By then the debt should be 53 Trillion dollars and Obama/Biden will have to clean it up. If they don&#8217;t do it in 4 years Republicans will come back and say it was the Democrats who destoryed the US Economy. Right now McCain says since the Democrats won in Congress corrupt started.  I guess he thinks we forgot about the 2000 -2006 Republican Congress that gave Bush a blank check with no questions asked.<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=5294722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5294696</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Racy photos have emerged of Sarah Palin
&gt; posing with alien beer

Whatever your smoking, hook me up dude. I dislike Palin intensely, but to my reality-addled eyes, that looks like a drawing. Also, the drawing looks alot hotter than palin, whose most attractive feature, i would argue, is that she is more or less symetrical...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Racy photos have emerged of Sarah Palin<br />
&gt; posing with alien beer</p>
<p>Whatever your smoking, hook me up dude. I dislike Palin intensely, but to my reality-addled eyes, that looks like a drawing. Also, the drawing looks alot hotter than palin, whose most attractive feature, i would argue, is that she is more or less symetrical&#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=5294696', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lewagner</title>
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		<dc:creator>lewagner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;I guess Oliver Stone’s “W” is not doing so well at the box office.
Well duh! Who wants to pay to see about the president’s failures, when we are actually living his failures?
Sheesh!

&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Plus the fact that people who used to have money to watch movies, are scrounging to save up for Christmas presents, or to buy food for the week.

Which is actually pretty much what you said, isn&#039;t it?
Time for me to go to bed. It&#039;s 10:30 at night, here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;I guess Oliver Stone’s “W” is not doing so well at the box office.<br />
Well duh! Who wants to pay to see about the president’s failures, when we are actually living his failures?<br />
Sheesh!</p>
<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Plus the fact that people who used to have money to watch movies, are scrounging to save up for Christmas presents, or to buy food for the week.</p>
<p>Which is actually pretty much what you said, isn&#8217;t it?<br />
Time for me to go to bed. It&#8217;s 10:30 at night, 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=5294464', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lewagner</title>
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		<dc:creator>lewagner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;I guess Oliver Stone’s “W” is not doing so well at the box office.
Well duh! Who wants to pay to see about the president’s failures, when we are actually living his failures?
Sheesh!

Plus the fact that people who used to have money to watch movies, are scrounging to save up for Christmas presents, or to buy food for the week.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;I guess Oliver Stone’s “W” is not doing so well at the box office.<br />
Well duh! Who wants to pay to see about the president’s failures, when we are actually living his failures?<br />
Sheesh!</p>
<p>Plus the fact that people who used to have money to watch movies, are scrounging to save up for Christmas presents, or to buy food for the week.<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=5294458', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jpmdevildog</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294442</link>
		<dc:creator>jpmdevildog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That 52% is going to go way up after the public hears about this shocking discovery:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/alien-alert/palin-posed-with-alien-beer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Racy photos have emerged of Sarah Palin posing with alien beer during her beauty queen days&lt;/a.. A young Palin is clearly seen in an advertisement for Old Clandathuu’s Best, the galaxy&#039;s #1 lager.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That 52% is going to go way up after the public hears about this shocking discovery:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/alien-alert/palin-posed-with-alien-beer/" rel="nofollow">Racy photos have emerged of Sarah Palin posing with alien beer during her beauty queen days&lt;/a.. A young Palin is clearly seen in an advertisement for Old Clandathuu’s Best, the galaxy&#8217;s #1 lager.</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=5294442', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;the Lone Voice of Reason Says: 

hussein toasterhead #31-Still the problem is that those machines will or could be used in the future. Not everyone can vote absentee

October 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am&lt;/i&gt;
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Very true, but absentee is an option for a lot of people in the meantime.  True election reform is a long-term prospect. 

We need to lobby our local officials and persuade them to stop buying electronic machines and switch to paper ballots.  This is why my county is using a mixture of electronic machines and paper scantron ballots this year.</description>
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<p>hussein toasterhead #31-Still the problem is that those machines will or could be used in the future. Not everyone can vote absentee</p>
<p>October 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am</i><br />
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<p>Very true, but absentee is an option for a lot of people in the meantime.  True election reform is a long-term prospect. </p>
<p>We need to lobby our local officials and persuade them to stop buying electronic machines and switch to paper ballots.  This is why my county is using a mixture of electronic machines and paper scantron ballots this year.<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=5294388', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theswan</title>
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		<dc:creator>theswan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Freddie Mac was never liked by republicans so they infiltraited it with bush/mccain cronies and like everything governmental they intentionally ran it into the ground while at the sametime they helped themselves to the cream they could sucked off the top.  Mccain/ Bush applied the rules of corporate greed to steal the all intended good of our goverment.  
The demise of our economy and our goverment are a direct result of this type of mindset.  Be damned republicans!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freddie Mac was never liked by republicans so they infiltraited it with bush/mccain cronies and like everything governmental they intentionally ran it into the ground while at the sametime they helped themselves to the cream they could sucked off the top.  Mccain/ Bush applied the rules of corporate greed to steal the all intended good of our goverment.<br />
The demise of our economy and our goverment are a direct result of this type of mindset.  Be damned republicans!<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=5294352', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RantingTommy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294340</link>
		<dc:creator>RantingTommy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s not let McCain&#039;s health become an issue by making sure Obama wins in a LANDSLIDE!


Hope Defeats Hate in 2008: (the video giving Repubs heartburn and Dems the warm fuzzies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZxP3hOCcc</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s not let McCain&#8217;s health become an issue by making sure Obama wins in a LANDSLIDE!</p>
<p>Hope Defeats Hate in 2008: (the video giving Repubs heartburn and Dems the warm fuzzies)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZxP3hOCcc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZxP3hOCcc</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=5294340', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294332</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;One would have to ask why those voting machines never &gt;mysteriously flip votes to Democrats. 

its simple...Diebold, etc is in the can for the republicans. there has not been a single documented case of an pro-democrat electronic voting  malfunction EVER....if anyone has one, I&#039;d love to see some documentation..

this is a pretty good site:

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

scroll down to the right for a free .pdf copy of &quot;Black Box Voting Book  &quot;

i&#039;ve researched this pretty extensively..my educated guess is that republican control of electronic voting companies basically gets them +5 percent statewide...cheating obviously isnt an exact science...if the margin is greater than about 5 percent the cheating wont help./..i think its interesting that a bit less than half a dozen senate races in 2006 were predicted to be 5-7 percent dem victories but ended up being dem victories by less than 1 percent...things that make you go hmmmm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;One would have to ask why those voting machines never &gt;mysteriously flip votes to Democrats. </p>
<p>its simple&#8230;Diebold, etc is in the can for the republicans. there has not been a single documented case of an pro-democrat electronic voting  malfunction EVER&#8230;.if anyone has one, I&#8217;d love to see some documentation..</p>
<p>this is a pretty good site:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blackboxvoting.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackboxvoting.org/</a></p>
<p>scroll down to the right for a free .pdf copy of &#8220;Black Box Voting Book  &#8221;</p>
<p>i&#8217;ve researched this pretty extensively..my educated guess is that republican control of electronic voting companies basically gets them +5 percent statewide&#8230;cheating obviously isnt an exact science&#8230;if the margin is greater than about 5 percent the cheating wont help./..i think its interesting that a bit less than half a dozen senate races in 2006 were predicted to be 5-7 percent dem victories but ended up being dem victories by less than 1 percent&#8230;things that make you go hmmmm<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=5294332', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: the Lone Voice of Reason</title>
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		<dc:creator>the Lone Voice of Reason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RUCerious #44--Exactly. I think that is what CP was getting at with his dis on McBlinky&#039;s pick</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RUCerious #44&#8211;Exactly. I think that is what CP was getting at with his dis on McBlinky&#8217;s pick<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=5294310', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If it were reclassified as a Stage III cancer, it would “change his statistical odds for survival at 10 years from about 60 percent to 36 percent,” with his age and sex increasing the risk. 

Making his choice of the hopelessly unqualified MoosePrincess even more of an issue of his decision making malprocess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it were reclassified as a Stage III cancer, it would “change his statistical odds for survival at 10 years from about 60 percent to 36 percent,” with his age and sex increasing the risk. </p>
<p>Making his choice of the hopelessly unqualified MoosePrincess even more of an issue of his decision making malprocess.<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=5294306', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: spencers mom</title>
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		<dc:creator>spencers mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;impeachcheneythenbush Says: 

Jacoby allegedly registered himself at his childhood home in Los Angeles, even though he no longer lives there. It is voter fraud to register if ineligible and perjury to provide false information on a voter registration card. Jacoby was charged with two counts of each relating to his 2006 and 2007 registration.&lt;/em&gt;

Speaking of which, whatever happened with MAnn Coulter&#039;s illegal voter registration where she used her realtor&#039;s address in a more &quot;swinging&quot; part of Florida?  Oh, wait...

PEACE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>impeachcheneythenbush Says: </p>
<p>Jacoby allegedly registered himself at his childhood home in Los Angeles, even though he no longer lives there. It is voter fraud to register if ineligible and perjury to provide false information on a voter registration card. Jacoby was charged with two counts of each relating to his 2006 and 2007 registration.</em></p>
<p>Speaking of which, whatever happened with MAnn Coulter&#8217;s illegal voter registration where she used her realtor&#8217;s address in a more &#8220;swinging&#8221; part of Florida?  Oh, wait&#8230;</p>
<p>PEACE<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=5294304', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ICTB ~ Karma hard at work. It has to work double overtime to keep up with these corrupt bastards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ICTB ~ Karma hard at work. It has to work double overtime to keep up with these corrupt bastards.<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=5294298', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DRxJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>DRxJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess Oliver Stone&#039;s &quot;W&quot; is not doing so well at the box office.
Well duh!  Who wants to pay to see about the president&#039;s failures, when we are actually living his failures?

Sheesh!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess Oliver Stone&#8217;s &#8220;W&#8221; is not doing so well at the box office.<br />
Well duh!  Who wants to pay to see about the president&#8217;s failures, when we are actually living his failures?</p>
<p>Sheesh!<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=5294302', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294294</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;In a newly disclosed legal memo, the Bush administration claims sweeping authority to “bypass laws that forbid giving taxpayer money to religious groups that only hire staff members who share their faith.” One legal expert called the administration’s argument “a very big stretch.”&lt;/em&gt;

You could say that about nearly everything this corrupted Administration has done.

That said, Senator Obama has already stated that only hiring staff who share the faith is out of order.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>In a newly disclosed legal memo, the Bush administration claims sweeping authority to “bypass laws that forbid giving taxpayer money to religious groups that only hire staff members who share their faith.” One legal expert called the administration’s argument “a very big stretch.”</em></p>
<p>You could say that about nearly everything this corrupted Administration has done.</p>
<p>That said, Senator Obama has already stated that only hiring staff who share the faith is out of 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=5294294', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: impeachcheneythenbush</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294286</link>
		<dc:creator>impeachcheneythenbush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The head of a voter registration group hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address in the state in order to vote illegally, the office of California&#039;s secretary of state announced Sunday.

Jacoby allegedly registered himself at his childhood home in Los Angeles, even though he no longer lives there. It is voter fraud to register if ineligible and perjury to provide false information on a voter registration card. Jacoby was charged with two counts of each relating to his 2006 and 2007 registration.

According to The Los Angeles Times, Jacoby&#039;s firm was paid $7 to $12 by the CRP for each GOP voter registration signature, &lt;strong&gt;but dozens of voters who signed on said they were duped into registering as Republicans and thought they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/republican-voter-registration-chief-arrested-fraud-california/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The head of a voter registration group hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address in the state in order to vote illegally, the office of California&#8217;s secretary of state announced Sunday.</p>
<p>Jacoby allegedly registered himself at his childhood home in Los Angeles, even though he no longer lives there. It is voter fraud to register if ineligible and perjury to provide false information on a voter registration card. Jacoby was charged with two counts of each relating to his 2006 and 2007 registration.</p>
<p>According to The Los Angeles Times, Jacoby&#8217;s firm was paid $7 to $12 by the CRP for each GOP voter registration signature, <strong>but dozens of voters who signed on said they were duped into registering as Republicans and thought they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters. </strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/republican-voter-registration-chief-arrested-fraud-california/" rel="nofollow">http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/republican-voter-registration-chief-arrested-fraud-california/</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=5294286', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 666lattes</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/thinkfast-october-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5294282</link>
		<dc:creator>666lattes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My girlfriend and I voted early on Sat.  Count 2 more votes locked in for Obama in VA!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My girlfriend and I voted early on Sat.  Count 2 more votes locked in for Obama in VA!!!<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=5294282', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: And the beat goes on</title>
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		<dc:creator>And the beat goes on</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Obama Camp Seeks Special Prosecutor on Acorn Inquiries&lt;/strong&gt;

Seeking to portray law enforcement investigations into reports of fraudulent voter registrations in several states as an extension of the controversial firings of United States attorneys, the Obama campaign on Friday called for a review by a special prosecutor. 

Bob Bauer, general counsel for the Obama campaign, sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who is investigating the attorney firings, requesting that Ms. Dannehy also look into the whether F.B.I. investigations of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, were politically motivated.

In a conference call with reporters on Friday, Mr. Bauer suggested that there was “an unholy alliance of law enforcement and the ugliest form of partisan politics.”

“There is ample reason for us to be concerned about Republican involvement and we believe this ought to be included in the special prosecutor’s mandate,” Mr. Bauer said.

Mr. Bauer spoke to reporters after the McCain campaign manager Rick Davis stepped up his attacks on Acorn on Friday, saying that reports of fraudulent voter registrations cast a “cloud of suspicion,” over the election.

In his letter, Mr. Bauer wrote:

I request that Special Prosecutor Dannehy’s inquiry include a review of any involvement by Justice Department and White House officials in supporting the McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee (“RNC”)’s systematic development and dissemination of unsupported, spurious allegations of vote fraud. It is highly likely that the very sort of politically motivated conduct identified in the Department’s investigation to date, necessitating the appointment of a Special Prosecutor, is repeating itself, and for the same reason: unwarranted and politically motivated intervention in the upcoming election. An investigation must be entrusted to government officials who do not have an improper political motivation or a conflict of interest, either in fact or appearance.

Privately law enforcement officials have said that the F.B.I. inquiries in several states into the fraudulent voter registration cards did not amount to a national investigation. Just today, another lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania. 

A spokesman for the McCain campaign, Ben Porritt, responded to the Obama team’s letter by saying that it represented an attempt to “criminalize political discourse.”

“Today’s outrageous letter to Attorney General Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Dannehy at the Justice Department asking for a special prosecutor to investigate Senator McCain and Governor Palin’s public statements about ACORN’s record of fraudulent voter registrations (including in this week’s Presidential debate) is absurd,” Mr. Porritt said in a statment. “It is a typical time-worn Washington attempt to criminalize political differences.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/obama-campaign-seeks-special-prosecutor-inquiry/

&lt;em&gt;**I waited all weekend for TP to post an article about this but they never did.  I know this broke late Friday afternoon but it really received little coverage.  I am heartened that Obama is finally not taking the traditional Dem position of playing the victim - doing a lot of whining and verbal protesting - and actually doing something about it BEFORE the election.  The repuke position of Dems &quot;playing politics&quot; is no big surprise.  Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann were fabulous in their responses to this story on Friday!&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Obama Camp Seeks Special Prosecutor on Acorn Inquiries</strong></p>
<p>Seeking to portray law enforcement investigations into reports of fraudulent voter registrations in several states as an extension of the controversial firings of United States attorneys, the Obama campaign on Friday called for a review by a special prosecutor. </p>
<p>Bob Bauer, general counsel for the Obama campaign, sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who is investigating the attorney firings, requesting that Ms. Dannehy also look into the whether F.B.I. investigations of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, were politically motivated.</p>
<p>In a conference call with reporters on Friday, Mr. Bauer suggested that there was “an unholy alliance of law enforcement and the ugliest form of partisan politics.”</p>
<p>“There is ample reason for us to be concerned about Republican involvement and we believe this ought to be included in the special prosecutor’s mandate,” Mr. Bauer said.</p>
<p>Mr. Bauer spoke to reporters after the McCain campaign manager Rick Davis stepped up his attacks on Acorn on Friday, saying that reports of fraudulent voter registrations cast a “cloud of suspicion,” over the election.</p>
<p>In his letter, Mr. Bauer wrote:</p>
<p>I request that Special Prosecutor Dannehy’s inquiry include a review of any involvement by Justice Department and White House officials in supporting the McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee (“RNC”)’s systematic development and dissemination of unsupported, spurious allegations of vote fraud. It is highly likely that the very sort of politically motivated conduct identified in the Department’s investigation to date, necessitating the appointment of a Special Prosecutor, is repeating itself, and for the same reason: unwarranted and politically motivated intervention in the upcoming election. An investigation must be entrusted to government officials who do not have an improper political motivation or a conflict of interest, either in fact or appearance.</p>
<p>Privately law enforcement officials have said that the F.B.I. inquiries in several states into the fraudulent voter registration cards did not amount to a national investigation. Just today, another lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania. </p>
<p>A spokesman for the McCain campaign, Ben Porritt, responded to the Obama team’s letter by saying that it represented an attempt to “criminalize political discourse.”</p>
<p>“Today’s outrageous letter to Attorney General Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Dannehy at the Justice Department asking for a special prosecutor to investigate Senator McCain and Governor Palin’s public statements about ACORN’s record of fraudulent voter registrations (including in this week’s Presidential debate) is absurd,” Mr. Porritt said in a statment. “It is a typical time-worn Washington attempt to criminalize political differences.”</p>
<p><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/obama-campaign-seeks-special-prosecutor-inquiry/" rel="nofollow">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/obama-campaign-seeks-special-prosecutor-inquiry/</a></p>
<p><em>**I waited all weekend for TP to post an article about this but they never did.  I know this broke late Friday afternoon but it really received little coverage.  I am heartened that Obama is finally not taking the traditional Dem position of playing the victim &#8211; doing a lot of whining and verbal protesting &#8211; and actually doing something about it BEFORE the election.  The repuke position of Dems &#8220;playing politics&#8221; is no big surprise.  Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann were fabulous in their responses to this story on Friday!</em><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=5294280', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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