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	<title>Comments on: Does McCain want to raise the minimum wage? &#8216;Of course not.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: squidbilly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/28/mccain-min-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-5313082</link>
		<dc:creator>squidbilly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So McCain is interested in redistributing wealth after all...except the wealth is being redistributed.....upward!!!

I guess he likes the robber baron days!!

Isn&#039;t this just shame full and completely deceitful as he claims to be on the side of the (diminishing) middle class??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So McCain is interested in redistributing wealth after all&#8230;except the wealth is being redistributed&#8230;..upward!!!</p>
<p>I guess he likes the robber baron days!!</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t this just shame full and completely deceitful as he claims to be on the side of the (diminishing) middle class??<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=5313082', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: marlow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/28/mccain-min-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-5312500</link>
		<dc:creator>marlow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Senator McCaine, should we continue to bail out Wall Street fat cats with our grandchildren&#039;s money? Should we continue to blow billions of dollars per month occupying a country that did nothing to harm us?&quot; 
&quot;Absolutely, Maria, this is a crisis and we have to respond!&quot;
&quot;Senator McCaine, shouldn&#039;t we help working Americans survive in these troubling times by giving them a fair wage, helping them get medical care and access to education?&quot;
&quot;Screw you, Maria. Are you some sort of a COMMIE, or what?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Senator McCaine, should we continue to bail out Wall Street fat cats with our grandchildren&#8217;s money? Should we continue to blow billions of dollars per month occupying a country that did nothing to harm us?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Absolutely, Maria, this is a crisis and we have to respond!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Senator McCaine, shouldn&#8217;t we help working Americans survive in these troubling times by giving them a fair wage, helping them get medical care and access to education?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Screw you, Maria. Are you some sort of a COMMIE, or what?&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5312500', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;John Kerry Says:
SO why not just raise it to $40 an hour????????????

The only reason Brotha O is mentioning this is to try and get more gullible sheep to vote for this socialist Marxist!!&lt;/em&gt;

You wingnuts won&#039;t let anything stand in your way of mercilessly charging &quot;socialist!&quot; in response to everything Obama proposes to simply reverse the damage of the last eight years. That includes giving $700,000,000,000 to banks who are hoarding money to buy up competition instead of returning to normal lending practices.

Fascist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>John Kerry Says:<br />
SO why not just raise it to $40 an hour????????????</p>
<p>The only reason Brotha O is mentioning this is to try and get more gullible sheep to vote for this socialist Marxist!!</em></p>
<p>You wingnuts won&#8217;t let anything stand in your way of mercilessly charging &#8220;socialist!&#8221; in response to everything Obama proposes to simply reverse the damage of the last eight years. That includes giving $700,000,000,000 to banks who are hoarding money to buy up competition instead of returning to normal lending practices.</p>
<p>Fascist.<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=5312252', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upnorth</title>
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		<dc:creator>upnorth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain gave a speech yesterday in Pennsylvania stating &quot;We will create wealth for everyone, Obama will punish the successful.&quot;

So how is not raising the minimum wage &quot;creating wealth for everyone&quot;

Just hypocritically curious about that one Jonny boy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain gave a speech yesterday in Pennsylvania stating &#8220;We will create wealth for everyone, Obama will punish the successful.&#8221;</p>
<p>So how is not raising the minimum wage &#8220;creating wealth for everyone&#8221;</p>
<p>Just hypocritically curious about that one Jonny boy.<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=5311954', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: desertflower1</title>
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		<dc:creator>desertflower1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John...the Reverse Robin Hood.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John&#8230;the Reverse Robin Hood.<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=5311908', 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, 29 Oct 2008 05:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

So, how strong is the &quot;FUNDAMENTALS&quot; of our economy(read work force) when it isn&#039;t allowed to keep pace with the cost of living?

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<p>So, how strong is the &#8220;FUNDAMENTALS&#8221; of our economy(read work force) when it isn&#8217;t allowed to keep pace with the cost of living?</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=5311884', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jb</title>
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		<dc:creator>jb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How our economy works....rich get richer with lots of Government help, everybody else is on their own slipping down the greased pole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How our economy works&#8230;.rich get richer with lots of Government help, everybody else is on their own slipping down the greased pole.<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=5311882', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: straighttalkonmccain</title>
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		<dc:creator>straighttalkonmccain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From what I can remember(I haven&#039;t looked at any studies in maybe 5 years), most reports about whether raising the minimum wage create jobs or not are rather inconclusive. It appears that other factors might have more have a role in it. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From what I can remember(I haven&#8217;t looked at any studies in maybe 5 years), most reports about whether raising the minimum wage create jobs or not are rather inconclusive. It appears that other factors might have more have a role in it. <a href="http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/</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=5311830', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim Vaculik Says: 

This thread reeks of class envy.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

This reminds me of when I was in high school. Our highschool QB was a jerk. He was rude and arrogant to everyone and even treated his gorgeous and sweet girlfriend badly. I had two friends. One would call him on being a jerk the other one always had excuses. His friends make him act that way. There is a lot of pressure on him. Which one was envious? It is the Timmeh&#039;s of this wold showing class envy. Pushing their noses to the window of the posh restaurant just certain that if they kiss enough rich butt they will get some crumbs and then accusing everyone else of the envy THEY are glowing bright green with.

Too bad some of you can’t invest as much energy in learning how our economy REALLY works.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

Too bad you dont know how ANYTHING works because you are incredibly stupid

Obamadroids
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

You ignorant hivemind MORON.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim Vaculik Says: </p>
<p>This thread reeks of class envy.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>This reminds me of when I was in high school. Our highschool QB was a jerk. He was rude and arrogant to everyone and even treated his gorgeous and sweet girlfriend badly. I had two friends. One would call him on being a jerk the other one always had excuses. His friends make him act that way. There is a lot of pressure on him. Which one was envious? It is the Timmeh&#8217;s of this wold showing class envy. Pushing their noses to the window of the posh restaurant just certain that if they kiss enough rich butt they will get some crumbs and then accusing everyone else of the envy THEY are glowing bright green with.</p>
<p>Too bad some of you can’t invest as much energy in learning how our economy REALLY works.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Too bad you dont know how ANYTHING works because you are incredibly stupid</p>
<p>Obamadroids<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>You ignorant hivemind MORON.<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=5311602', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tim Vaculik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Vaculik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This thread reeks of class envy.

Too bad some of you can&#039;t invest as much energy in learning how our economy REALLY works.

Obamadroids</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This thread reeks of class envy.</p>
<p>Too bad some of you can&#8217;t invest as much energy in learning how our economy REALLY works.</p>
<p>Obamadroids<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=5311562', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: FunMe</title>
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		<dc:creator>FunMe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That old dude is so removed from average Americans, it makes one wonder why he keeps supporting business instead of We The People.

Once the dust is settled and he starts to wonder he lost the presidency, McCrazyCain will have to see that it was his favoring CORPORATIONS instead of real people.

Keep digging yourself deeper, you have 7 more days to dig.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That old dude is so removed from average Americans, it makes one wonder why he keeps supporting business instead of We The People.</p>
<p>Once the dust is settled and he starts to wonder he lost the presidency, McCrazyCain will have to see that it was his favoring CORPORATIONS instead of real people.</p>
<p>Keep digging yourself deeper, you have 7 more days to dig.<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=5311512', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jb</title>
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		<dc:creator>jb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain needs his wage lowered.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain needs his wage lowered.<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=5311470', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
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		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i own and operate a small business. i need customers who have money they can spend, not a never-ending stream of people who can barely pay, begrudge every dollar, try to cheat me, and demand more than is reasonable. most of my customers are not billionaires, or even millionaires. 

i would have to be in need of special education to think that decreasing my tax rate would increase the number of customers out there who can and want to pay me, and allow me to succeed and profit. i would gladly pay more in taxes, if only i could have some more willing, paying customers tuesday.

joe is a dolt, not a plumber, nor a representative of me. working people and small businesspeople who support mccain should not be allowed to handle pointy scissors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i own and operate a small business. i need customers who have money they can spend, not a never-ending stream of people who can barely pay, begrudge every dollar, try to cheat me, and demand more than is reasonable. most of my customers are not billionaires, or even millionaires. </p>
<p>i would have to be in need of special education to think that decreasing my tax rate would increase the number of customers out there who can and want to pay me, and allow me to succeed and profit. i would gladly pay more in taxes, if only i could have some more willing, paying customers tuesday.</p>
<p>joe is a dolt, not a plumber, nor a representative of me. working people and small businesspeople who support mccain should not be allowed to handle pointy scissors.<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=5311442', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These people don&#039;t understand basic economic math.  Seriously.  How are they supposed to be able to govern the economy if they can&#039;t even handle simple microeconomics?

An increase in the minimum wage historically has never led to layoffs.  On the contrary, it&#039;s typically followed by a drop in unemployment rates.  But they keep saying the same thing every time, no matter what reality demonstrates at every turn.

By the way, what exactly does McCain consider to be a &quot;small business?&quot;  I know that he doesn&#039;t consider an individual to be &quot;rich&quot; until they hit $5M per year, so I imagine his image of a &quot;small business&quot; probably includes a lot of major corporations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These people don&#8217;t understand basic economic math.  Seriously.  How are they supposed to be able to govern the economy if they can&#8217;t even handle simple microeconomics?</p>
<p>An increase in the minimum wage historically has never led to layoffs.  On the contrary, it&#8217;s typically followed by a drop in unemployment rates.  But they keep saying the same thing every time, no matter what reality demonstrates at every turn.</p>
<p>By the way, what exactly does McCain consider to be a &#8220;small business?&#8221;  I know that he doesn&#8217;t consider an individual to be &#8220;rich&#8221; until they hit $5M per year, so I imagine his image of a &#8220;small business&#8221; probably includes a lot of major corporations.<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=5311412', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A little OT here.  Did any of you hear Hannity&#039;s rant this morning?  That man has come completely unhinged.  Even if I was a right winger I would have listened to him in amazement and wondered when he&#039;s going to be committed for a psychiatric evaluation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A little OT here.  Did any of you hear Hannity&#8217;s rant this morning?  That man has come completely unhinged.  Even if I was a right winger I would have listened to him in amazement and wondered when he&#8217;s going to be committed for a psychiatric evaluation.<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=5311404', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course in our entire history of raising the minimum wage, small business have never laid off workers in significant numbers.  But, you know, it can happen so we shouldn&#039;t do it.

Just like we should disenfranchise thousands of voters just so that one or two don&#039;t commit voter fraud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course in our entire history of raising the minimum wage, small business have never laid off workers in significant numbers.  But, you know, it can happen so we shouldn&#8217;t do it.</p>
<p>Just like we should disenfranchise thousands of voters just so that one or two don&#8217;t commit voter fraud.<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=5311402', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
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		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To hear John McCain describe things, you&#039;d think we were all hostages who&#039;d &quot;better just shut up and be grateful...&quot; lest everything get (even) worse for us.

&quot;My fellow prisoners&quot; indeed. 

John McCain&#039;s relentless threats against the well-being of our citizenry is what&#039;s threatening our Democracy, and if he had a shred of decency he&#039;d knock it the F off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To hear John McCain describe things, you&#8217;d think we were all hostages who&#8217;d &#8220;better just shut up and be grateful&#8230;&#8221; lest everything get (even) worse for us.</p>
<p>&#8220;My fellow prisoners&#8221; indeed. </p>
<p>John McCain&#8217;s relentless threats against the well-being of our citizenry is what&#8217;s threatening our Democracy, and if he had a shred of decency he&#8217;d knock it the F off.<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=5311386', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SP Biloxi</title>
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		<dc:creator>SP Biloxi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Does McCain want to raise minimum wage?&quot; Does mice bark?

Only in United Snakes of Moronica under Gramps: Land of the thieves. Home of the slaves. Steal from the middle class and poor and give to the wealthy Main Street buddies. His concern is for the Joe the Plumbers of the small business owners? Yeah right. It&#039;s all about the billionaire buddies and none for the middle class.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Does McCain want to raise minimum wage?&#8221; Does mice bark?</p>
<p>Only in United Snakes of Moronica under Gramps: Land of the thieves. Home of the slaves. Steal from the middle class and poor and give to the wealthy Main Street buddies. His concern is for the Joe the Plumbers of the small business owners? Yeah right. It&#8217;s all about the billionaire buddies and none for the middle class.<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=5311366', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;McCain has spent his entire life trying to ingratiate himself to the wealthy and powerful. He has no understanding of — and no compassion for — the life of the working class.&lt;/em&gt;

Descended from Southern slave owners, but still refuses to acknowledge the fact in public.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>McCain has spent his entire life trying to ingratiate himself to the wealthy and powerful. He has no understanding of — and no compassion for — the life of the working class.</em></p>
<p>Descended from Southern slave owners, but still refuses to acknowledge the fact in public.<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=5311354', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Anonymouse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve said it before -- while watching the second debate, it occurred to me that McCain has never had a real job.

Has he ever had to sweat for a wage, watched callouses grow on his hands?

Has he ever shopped for work clothes at a second-hand store?

McCain has spent his entire life trying to ingratiate himself to the wealthy and powerful. He has no understanding of -- and no compassion for -- the life of the working class.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve said it before &#8212; while watching the second debate, it occurred to me that McCain has never had a real job.</p>
<p>Has he ever had to sweat for a wage, watched callouses grow on his hands?</p>
<p>Has he ever shopped for work clothes at a second-hand store?</p>
<p>McCain has spent his entire life trying to ingratiate himself to the wealthy and powerful. He has no understanding of &#8212; and no compassion for &#8212; the life of the working class.<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=5311350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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