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	<title>Comments on: Palin: &#8216;I&#8217;m Not Going To Call&#8217; Obama &#8216;A Socialist,&#8217; But He Believes In Socialism</title>
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		<title>By: arizonawoman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/21/palin-obama-socialist/comment-page-2/#comment-5299994</link>
		<dc:creator>arizonawoman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Didn&#039;t she take any pol-sci courses?  Or her state government, american government high school classes?  I know we were required to take state government and american government courses in high school.
Maybe this is good in that one of her kids will read all this stuff one day and realize and say, Mom you weren&#039;t very smart.  And in that instant realize they want to be intelligent and go beyond what their parents are and become someone who is an American dream of success, intelligence, .....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t she take any pol-sci courses?  Or her state government, american government high school classes?  I know we were required to take state government and american government courses in high school.<br />
Maybe this is good in that one of her kids will read all this stuff one day and realize and say, Mom you weren&#8217;t very smart.  And in that instant realize they want to be intelligent and go beyond what their parents are and become someone who is an American dream of success, intelligence, &#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=5299994', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dandmb501</title>
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		<dc:creator>dandmb501</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;spread the wealth around&quot; that doesn&#039;t sound like socialism? Are you that mad?

Daniel ..... Toronto

Glad I don&#039;t have to vote.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;spread the wealth around&#8221; that doesn&#8217;t sound like socialism? Are you that mad?</p>
<p>Daniel &#8230;.. Toronto</p>
<p>Glad I don&#8217;t have to vote.<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=5299540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GL2814</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/21/palin-obama-socialist/comment-page-2/#comment-5299292</link>
		<dc:creator>GL2814</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a publicity stunt idea for the GOP:

Have Sarah Palin do a Playboy Magazine centerfold spread.  Then sell the magazine to any takers, who in exchange cast their vote for McCain-Palin as payment for the special issue.

Whaddya think?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a publicity stunt idea for the GOP:</p>
<p>Have Sarah Palin do a Playboy Magazine centerfold spread.  Then sell the magazine to any takers, who in exchange cast their vote for McCain-Palin as payment for the special issue.</p>
<p>Whaddya think?!<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=5299292', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/21/palin-obama-socialist/comment-page-2/#comment-5299290</link>
		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see that &quot;socialist&quot; has become the dirty word used by the Republicans this cycle.  In the fifties, it was &quot;communist&quot; (along with &quot;pinko&quot;, &quot;red&quot;, and various others).  In the eighties, it was &quot;liberal&quot;.  And now, it&#039;s &quot;socialist&quot; (and &quot;Marxist&quot; thrown in for good measure).

What do all these terms have in common?  They are virtually NEVER defined accurately by the politicians who use them -- or if they are, it&#039;s with a definition not found in any dictionary, but made up on the spot to suit an agenda.  They are always used as a pejorative to an audience made up of people who mostly don&#039;t know the literal meaning of the words, but come to understand the words carry a vague meaning of evil.

Why is socialism bad?  Socialism in an extreme form (such as existed in totalitarian communist regimes) is undesirable by almost everybody&#039;s standards, but most extremism is.  However, Obama&#039;s proposals don&#039;t come anywhere NEAR the level of socialism practiced by FDR when he came to office in 1933 during the Great Depression.

Does Palin know anything about Franklin Roosevelt?  Does she know anything about the New Deal?  Does she understand that it got our country during a really rough time?  Does she understand that some of the programs from the New Deal (like Social Security) are with us today?  Does she want to abolish Social Security?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see that &#8220;socialist&#8221; has become the dirty word used by the Republicans this cycle.  In the fifties, it was &#8220;communist&#8221; (along with &#8220;pinko&#8221;, &#8220;red&#8221;, and various others).  In the eighties, it was &#8220;liberal&#8221;.  And now, it&#8217;s &#8220;socialist&#8221; (and &#8220;Marxist&#8221; thrown in for good measure).</p>
<p>What do all these terms have in common?  They are virtually NEVER defined accurately by the politicians who use them &#8212; or if they are, it&#8217;s with a definition not found in any dictionary, but made up on the spot to suit an agenda.  They are always used as a pejorative to an audience made up of people who mostly don&#8217;t know the literal meaning of the words, but come to understand the words carry a vague meaning of evil.</p>
<p>Why is socialism bad?  Socialism in an extreme form (such as existed in totalitarian communist regimes) is undesirable by almost everybody&#8217;s standards, but most extremism is.  However, Obama&#8217;s proposals don&#8217;t come anywhere NEAR the level of socialism practiced by FDR when he came to office in 1933 during the Great Depression.</p>
<p>Does Palin know anything about Franklin Roosevelt?  Does she know anything about the New Deal?  Does she understand that it got our country during a really rough time?  Does she understand that some of the programs from the New Deal (like Social Security) are with us today?  Does she want to abolish Social Security?<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=5299290', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GL2814</title>
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		<dc:creator>GL2814</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe the Plumber was a badly organized publicity stunt by the GOP.  Most likely orchestrated by the Turd Blossom.  And like a drunk redneck on the 4th of July, that firecracker went off in their face!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe the Plumber was a badly organized publicity stunt by the GOP.  Most likely orchestrated by the Turd Blossom.  And like a drunk redneck on the 4th of July, that firecracker went off in their face!<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=5299286', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CageyCretin</title>
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		<dc:creator>CageyCretin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not going to call sarah a lying, bigoted, hate-filled, racist, self-loathing, hypocritical, narrow minded, uneducated, selfish, self-serving, thieving, moose wh0re... 

but Elaine the hairdresser said, and she represents the common average woman, that she thinks Sarah&#039;s actions and policies support these things.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not going to call sarah a lying, bigoted, hate-filled, racist, self-loathing, hypocritical, narrow minded, uneducated, selfish, self-serving, thieving, moose wh0re&#8230; </p>
<p>but Elaine the hairdresser said, and she represents the common average woman, that she thinks Sarah&#8217;s actions and policies support these things.<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=5299284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upnorth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/21/palin-obama-socialist/comment-page-2/#comment-5299264</link>
		<dc:creator>upnorth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am sick of &quot;Joe the plumber&quot; What about Geoff the GI or Mitch the Marine, or Nick the National Guardsman? Or is no one interested in what those &quot;Average Joe&#039;s and Jane&#039;s&quot; opinions are.

By the way why is it &quot;Joe Six Pack and not Jill Six Pack&quot; and why not &quot;Jill The Plumber&quot;

Who is wearing the panties in the McCain/Palin campaign anyway?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sick of &#8220;Joe the plumber&#8221; What about Geoff the GI or Mitch the Marine, or Nick the National Guardsman? Or is no one interested in what those &#8220;Average Joe&#8217;s and Jane&#8217;s&#8221; opinions are.</p>
<p>By the way why is it &#8220;Joe Six Pack and not Jill Six Pack&#8221; and why not &#8220;Jill The Plumber&#8221;</p>
<p>Who is wearing the panties in the McCain/Palin campaign anyway?<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=5299264', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Alejandro</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alejandro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>3 words:
Alaska Permanent Fund</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3 words:<br />
Alaska Permanent Fund<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=5299260', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I wouldn&#039;t call Palin stupid, except that I don&#039;t think she is capable of chewing gum and putting on her high heels or thick make-up at the same time.  
(With thanks and apologies to the late LBJ, whose statement about Gerald Ford I&#039;ve just paraphrased.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I wouldn&#8217;t call Palin stupid, except that I don&#8217;t think she is capable of chewing gum and putting on her high heels or thick make-up at the same time.<br />
(With thanks and apologies to the late LBJ, whose statement about Gerald Ford I&#8217;ve just paraphrased.)<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=5299172', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: drago</title>
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		<dc:creator>drago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Palin is nearly BRAIN DEAD. Who gives a FLYING F U*K what &quot;Joe the Plumber&quot; thinks?

She is &lt;em&gt;such &lt;/em&gt;an ignorant a s s hole!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palin is nearly BRAIN DEAD. Who gives a FLYING F U*K what &#8220;Joe the Plumber&#8221; thinks?</p>
<p>She is <em>such </em>an ignorant a s s hole!<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=5299170', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dae</title>
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		<dc:creator>dae</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sooner or later the American people will overcome their &quot;fear and loathing&quot; of socialism and realize that the autocratic socialism practiced in the Stalinist nations is not what socialism need be. An American socialism will be based on American traditions of political democracy and pluralism. It will enhance political democracy by eliminating the power of moneyed interests to determine who runs for office and is elected. It will extend social democracy by legislating universal heath care and make higher education affordable and available to all. And it will initiate economic democracy by making corporations truly public by placing representatives of the people and other stakeholders as controlling members on corporate boards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sooner or later the American people will overcome their &#8220;fear and loathing&#8221; of socialism and realize that the autocratic socialism practiced in the Stalinist nations is not what socialism need be. An American socialism will be based on American traditions of political democracy and pluralism. It will enhance political democracy by eliminating the power of moneyed interests to determine who runs for office and is elected. It will extend social democracy by legislating universal heath care and make higher education affordable and available to all. And it will initiate economic democracy by making corporations truly public by placing representatives of the people and other stakeholders as controlling members on corporate boards.<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=5299168', 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>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too Dumb Too Late Winkykins uses socialism when she gives all the Alaskans a bit of the oil slick pie and lies about the functions her kids attended so the taxpayer gets the tab.

Yes, Winkykins, do tell us, what is socialism?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too Dumb Too Late Winkykins uses socialism when she gives all the Alaskans a bit of the oil slick pie and lies about the functions her kids attended so the taxpayer gets the tab.</p>
<p>Yes, Winkykins, do tell us, what is socialism?<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=5299122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

I&#039;m not gonna call Sarah a separatist...
... Just because she sleeps with one.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not gonna call Sarah a separatist&#8230;<br />
&#8230; Just because she sleeps with one.</p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geebus Bronzbootz@42 Where&#039;d you get that photo? Aushwitz?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geebus Bronzbootz@42 Where&#8217;d you get that photo? Aushwitz?<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=5299078', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I&#039;m not going to call ImPalin a lying b!tch, but she sounds like one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I&#8217;m not going to call ImPalin a lying b!tch, but she sounds like one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5299072', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SPQR</title>
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		<dc:creator>SPQR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This isn&#039;t the same kind of socialism of your state sucking from the federal teat now is it Sarah?  Or the same kind of &#039;subsidizing&#039; you request for your kids when you make up fake &#039;jobs&#039; for them to do so that the state will pay for them when you are travelling on state business?.  

What&#039;s that?  I can&#039;t hear you Sarah?

Your right-wing buzzwords like &#039;socialism&#039;, &#039;Joe The Plumber&#039;, &#039;pro-America&#039; must be like a euphoric drug to your brainless supporters.  They are like a poison to people who can THINK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This isn&#8217;t the same kind of socialism of your state sucking from the federal teat now is it Sarah?  Or the same kind of &#8217;subsidizing&#8217; you request for your kids when you make up fake &#8216;jobs&#8217; for them to do so that the state will pay for them when you are travelling on state business?.  </p>
<p>What&#8217;s that?  I can&#8217;t hear you Sarah?</p>
<p>Your right-wing buzzwords like &#8217;socialism&#8217;, &#8216;Joe The Plumber&#8217;, &#8216;pro-America&#8217; must be like a euphoric drug to your brainless supporters.  They are like a poison to people who can THINK.<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=5299038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<dc:creator>5th Estate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>galmud...

Of course I agree with you. And critically the first question should not be &quot;how do &lt;em&gt;you &lt;/em&gt;define socialism&quot; but indeed the directive &quot;Define socialism&quot;. Then either she knows what socialism is or she doesn&#039;t, and if she doesn&#039;t then her use of the term is nonsensical and her utterances unvalid, by definition.

Over the past couple of years I&#039;ve noticed the usual TV journalists consistently preface their questions with &quot;What do you &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt;...? &quot; instead of even &quot;what do you think?&quot; and never &quot;what &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt;, or how or why? Just what do you &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; which of course allows the subject to say any damn thing they want with reason or rationale and then deny or change what they said later, as necessary.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>galmud&#8230;</p>
<p>Of course I agree with you. And critically the first question should not be &#8220;how do <em>you </em>define socialism&#8221; but indeed the directive &#8220;Define socialism&#8221;. Then either she knows what socialism is or she doesn&#8217;t, and if she doesn&#8217;t then her use of the term is nonsensical and her utterances unvalid, by definition.</p>
<p>Over the past couple of years I&#8217;ve noticed the usual TV journalists consistently preface their questions with &#8220;What do you <em>believe</em>&#8230;? &#8221; instead of even &#8220;what do you think?&#8221; and never &#8220;what <em>is</em>, or how or why? Just what do you <em>believe</em> which of course allows the subject to say any damn thing they want with reason or rationale and then deny or change what they said later, as necessary.<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=5299026', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: galmud</title>
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		<dc:creator>galmud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;5th Estate Says: 

See Galmud, it would be just like trying to stop moose from pooping in the woods.&lt;/em&gt;

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Still the reporter should make a point she should be ashamed of shes done. That she cant just go around pooping everywhere she feels like it. Indiscriminate shameless pooping is NOT acceptable behavior for a Vice President. And its certainly not acceptable for her to call people elitists just because they refuse to ignore all the steaming piles of poo shes made or even refuse to clean up her poo after her.</description>
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<p>See Galmud, it would be just like trying to stop moose from pooping in the woods.</em></p>
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<p>Still the reporter should make a point she should be ashamed of shes done. That she cant just go around pooping everywhere she feels like it. Indiscriminate shameless pooping is NOT acceptable behavior for a Vice President. And its certainly not acceptable for her to call people elitists just because they refuse to ignore all the steaming piles of poo shes made or even refuse to clean up her poo after her.<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=5298982', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Who Lied Today?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Who Lied Today?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Socialism: (Definition in context to US Economy)  An economic system in which the basic means of production are primarily owned and controlled collectively, usually by government under some system of central planning. 

Well, since we no longer produce anything, but money, didn&#039;t Bush just &quot;socialize&quot; our banks, putting them under the purview and control of the US Gov&#039;t (for a short time; yeah).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Socialism: (Definition in context to US Economy)  An economic system in which the basic means of production are primarily owned and controlled collectively, usually by government under some system of central planning. </p>
<p>Well, since we no longer produce anything, but money, didn&#8217;t Bush just &#8220;socialize&#8221; our banks, putting them under the purview and control of the US Gov&#8217;t (for a short time; yeah).<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=5298980', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi lurker...
I don&#039;t know who Leon is, but it&#039;s still funny! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi lurker&#8230;<br />
I don&#8217;t know who Leon is, but it&#8217;s still funny! :)<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=5298968', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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