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		<title>By: loxias</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>suzysmom Says: 

YOu are stupid beyond human comprehension. Tell me have you EVER had a thought that wasnt put there by Rush Limbaugh? You ignorant loaf. Go soak your had and please, overdo it. Certainly you have nothing to lose. You are already lacking a functional cerebral cortex. I think you could increase your IQ by stuffing your head with sand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>YOu are stupid beyond human comprehension. Tell me have you EVER had a thought that wasnt put there by Rush Limbaugh? You ignorant loaf. Go soak your had and please, overdo it. Certainly you have nothing to lose. You are already lacking a functional cerebral cortex. I think you could increase your IQ by stuffing your head with sand.<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=5473492', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>suzysmom Says: 


Let me tell you what is toxic. YOUR STUPIDITY. I cant believe how utterly ignorant you are. I have tossed bellybutton lint smarter than you. How can you be half Muslim? Of course you KNOW Obama is a Christian you are just a liar and a fool besides being unbelievably ignorant. You spew lies then talk about US being toxic? You are a colostomy bag and you are FULL. Take a small section of your stupidity fold it till its all corners then deposit it where  the sun never shines you stupid pea brained ignoramus</description>
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<p>Let me tell you what is toxic. YOUR STUPIDITY. I cant believe how utterly ignorant you are. I have tossed bellybutton lint smarter than you. How can you be half Muslim? Of course you KNOW Obama is a Christian you are just a liar and a fool besides being unbelievably ignorant. You spew lies then talk about US being toxic? You are a colostomy bag and you are FULL. Take a small section of your stupidity fold it till its all corners then deposit it where  the sun never shines you stupid pea brained ignoramus<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=5473480', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wang111,

I have to respectfully disagree with your remarks.

I believe that it is no less racist to want to do something &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; black peple than it is to want to do something &lt;em&gt;against&lt;/em&gt; black people, if the only reason you are doing it is because they are black.

When I look at President Obama, I don&#039;t see &quot;a black man&quot;.  I see &quot;a young man, with good oratory skills, who carries himself with a great deal of confidence, who has a beautiful wife and two cute little girls, and who happens to also be black.&quot;  I, and many others on the left, do not define Obama by the color of his skin.  We don&#039;t see him as a black man first and president second, and I&#039;m pretty sure he doesn&#039;t, either.

If Obama were to do as you suggest he do, then he would rightfully be accused of not treating all Americans equally.  He can certainly help people who happen to be black (by changing policies that disproportionately hurt not just people who happen to be black, but people who are not black, too), but he can&#039;t just help black people in particular.  That would be wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wang111,</p>
<p>I have to respectfully disagree with your remarks.</p>
<p>I believe that it is no less racist to want to do something <em>for</em> black peple than it is to want to do something <em>against</em> black people, if the only reason you are doing it is because they are black.</p>
<p>When I look at President Obama, I don&#8217;t see &#8220;a black man&#8221;.  I see &#8220;a young man, with good oratory skills, who carries himself with a great deal of confidence, who has a beautiful wife and two cute little girls, and who happens to also be black.&#8221;  I, and many others on the left, do not define Obama by the color of his skin.  We don&#8217;t see him as a black man first and president second, and I&#8217;m pretty sure he doesn&#8217;t, either.</p>
<p>If Obama were to do as you suggest he do, then he would rightfully be accused of not treating all Americans equally.  He can certainly help people who happen to be black (by changing policies that disproportionately hurt not just people who happen to be black, but people who are not black, too), but he can&#8217;t just help black people in particular.  That would be wrong.<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=5473198', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wang111</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wang111</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a terrible feeling that Obama may, in a way, be like a foot soldier of Bush.

I have a terrible feeling that Obama is not going to pursue criminal prosecution against George W. Bush and others—contrary to what has been fittingly suggested by the Society of American Law Teachers.

Please check out the information below to see why.

I like black people.

Black people are cool!

With all due respect to Obama: I really don’t mean to insult Obama, but I have a terrible feeling that Obama is not going to be substantially helpful in terms of so much of the racial discrimination inflicted against black people by white people. 

Bush’s racial discrimination against black people was of epic proportions—with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to uphold the “RULE OF LAW” and stop it from happening.

I can’t picture that Obama is about to go and undo all of Bush’s racial discrimination against black people.

For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger. 

“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html).

Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following: 

“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”

Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.

What does this mean?

Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?

Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?

Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?

Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?

This is Obama’s opportunity to flourish and champion the interests of racial minority people in the U.S.A. Obama has four or eight years to do just that. To the extent Obama “steps down” to what can be illustratively referred to as the “Bush-KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” while Obama is the most powerful person in the country, Obama simply disappoints racial minority people all over the place.

Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.

Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others. 

But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.

Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush.    

If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG

ONLINE ANTI-BUSH SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH: LISTING OF MAJOR ISSUES

http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-is-worst-president-in-american.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a terrible feeling that Obama may, in a way, be like a foot soldier of Bush.</p>
<p>I have a terrible feeling that Obama is not going to pursue criminal prosecution against George W. Bush and others—contrary to what has been fittingly suggested by the Society of American Law Teachers.</p>
<p>Please check out the information below to see why.</p>
<p>I like black people.</p>
<p>Black people are cool!</p>
<p>With all due respect to Obama: I really don’t mean to insult Obama, but I have a terrible feeling that Obama is not going to be substantially helpful in terms of so much of the racial discrimination inflicted against black people by white people. </p>
<p>Bush’s racial discrimination against black people was of epic proportions—with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to uphold the “RULE OF LAW” and stop it from happening.</p>
<p>I can’t picture that Obama is about to go and undo all of Bush’s racial discrimination against black people.</p>
<p>For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger. </p>
<p>“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from <a href="http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html)" rel="nofollow">http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html)</a>.</p>
<p>Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following: </p>
<p>“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.</p>
<p>What does this mean?</p>
<p>Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?</p>
<p>Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?</p>
<p>Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?</p>
<p>Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?</p>
<p>This is Obama’s opportunity to flourish and champion the interests of racial minority people in the U.S.A. Obama has four or eight years to do just that. To the extent Obama “steps down” to what can be illustratively referred to as the “Bush-KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” while Obama is the most powerful person in the country, Obama simply disappoints racial minority people all over the place.</p>
<p>Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.</p>
<p>Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others. </p>
<p>But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.</p>
<p>Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush.    </p>
<p>If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”</p>
<p>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br />
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br />
Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br />
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p>
<p>“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG</p>
<p>ONLINE ANTI-BUSH SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH: LISTING OF MAJOR ISSUES</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-is-worst-president-in-american.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-is-worst-president-in-american.html</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=5472868', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ElBruce, she saw Wayne&#039;s facebook picture, which was taken when he was in college about 30 years ago.  Ha!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ElBruce, she saw Wayne&#8217;s facebook picture, which was taken when he was in college about 30 years ago.  Ha!<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=5472860', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding whether Steele is likely to do the heavy lifting to transform the GOP into a party that welcomes African-Americans: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judd-legum/5-facts-about-the-new-rnc_b_162683.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Probably not&lt;/a&gt;:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Steele defended former Gov. Bob Ehrlich&#039;s decision to hold a $100,000 fundraiser at a country club that did not allow non-white members, saying that the club&#039;s membership&#039;s policies were &quot;not an issue&quot; because &quot;I don&#039;t play golf.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Just as I feared, the only African-American he&#039;s ever going to help is himself.

.

&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

so when you have your socializaed medicine and your care is rationed and you are denied an experimental cancer treatment drug that your private insurance that you once held would have approved that drug, and you are told that your 2 rounds of chemo are all you get, will you still be glad of how you crated the socialist United states?&lt;/em&gt;

My employer-based health insurance doesn&#039;t cover crazy stuff like that.  Nobody I know&#039;s does.  Most all of the doctors in my town are &quot;out of network&quot; too.  So I pay for health insurance, but mostly don&#039;t get it.  I don&#039;t know what kind of gold-plated policy you&#039;re talking about, but most workers in the U.S. have less care than a single payer plan would cover.

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&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

Why do so many canadians come to the US for health care/treatment.&lt;/em&gt;

Why do so many Americans go to Canada for health care/treatment?

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&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

I couldn’t believe that people were actually crying at the IMMACULATION. they had tears in their eyes. and that one woman who said obama would pay her mortgage and buy her gasoline.

Change……change that will kill you!!!&lt;/em&gt;

What are you talking about?  I don&#039;t understand how those words go together.  You are a crazy lady.

.

&lt;em&gt;Jane E. Schneider Says: 

Suzysmom, are you the crazy-haired lady that told McCain that Obama was an Arab?&lt;/em&gt;

I think you&#039;re on to something there.  That would explain a lot.  I was going to respond to her following rants, but &quot;you are a crazy lady&quot; pretty much is all I can say about those too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding whether Steele is likely to do the heavy lifting to transform the GOP into a party that welcomes African-Americans: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judd-legum/5-facts-about-the-new-rnc_b_162683.html" rel="nofollow">Probably not</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Steele defended former Gov. Bob Ehrlich&#8217;s decision to hold a $100,000 fundraiser at a country club that did not allow non-white members, saying that the club&#8217;s membership&#8217;s policies were &#8220;not an issue&#8221; because &#8220;I don&#8217;t play golf.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Just as I feared, the only African-American he&#8217;s ever going to help is himself.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>so when you have your socializaed medicine and your care is rationed and you are denied an experimental cancer treatment drug that your private insurance that you once held would have approved that drug, and you are told that your 2 rounds of chemo are all you get, will you still be glad of how you crated the socialist United states?</em></p>
<p>My employer-based health insurance doesn&#8217;t cover crazy stuff like that.  Nobody I know&#8217;s does.  Most all of the doctors in my town are &#8220;out of network&#8221; too.  So I pay for health insurance, but mostly don&#8217;t get it.  I don&#8217;t know what kind of gold-plated policy you&#8217;re talking about, but most workers in the U.S. have less care than a single payer plan would cover.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>Why do so many canadians come to the US for health care/treatment.</em></p>
<p>Why do so many Americans go to Canada for health care/treatment?</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>I couldn’t believe that people were actually crying at the IMMACULATION. they had tears in their eyes. and that one woman who said obama would pay her mortgage and buy her gasoline.</p>
<p>Change……change that will kill you!!!</em></p>
<p>What are you talking about?  I don&#8217;t understand how those words go together.  You are a crazy lady.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>Jane E. Schneider Says: </p>
<p>Suzysmom, are you the crazy-haired lady that told McCain that Obama was an Arab?</em></p>
<p>I think you&#8217;re on to something there.  That would explain a lot.  I was going to respond to her following rants, but &#8220;you are a crazy lady&#8221; pretty much is all I can say about those 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=5472780', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>suzysmom,

You rant like an acerebralist.

I&#039;ve called you offensive and ignorant because you have proven yourself to be both.  I stand by that assessment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>suzysmom,</p>
<p>You rant like an acerebralist.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve called you offensive and ignorant because you have proven yourself to be both.  I stand by that assessment.<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=5472734', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-5/#comment-5472722</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Suzysmom, are you the crazy-haired lady that told McCain that Obama was an Arab?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Suzysmom, are you the crazy-haired lady that told McCain that Obama was an Arab?<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=5472722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane E. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5472686</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane E. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;...your care is rationed and you are denied an experimental cancer treatment drug that your private insurance that you once held would have approved that drug, and you are told that your 2 rounds of chemo are all you get...&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s pretty much the way healthcare is right now.  Again, what planet are you living on?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;your care is rationed and you are denied an experimental cancer treatment drug that your private insurance that you once held would have approved that drug, and you are told that your 2 rounds of chemo are all you get&#8230;</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s pretty much the way healthcare is right now.  Again, what planet are you living on?<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=5472686', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5472640</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t know there were that many private insurance companies willing to cover experimental drugs.  The government, on the other hand, which usually funds the experiments, would be more likely to approve (since they need people for testing.)

How sad to be you, suzysmom, filled with so much hate and ignorance.  How sad to be suzy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t know there were that many private insurance companies willing to cover experimental drugs.  The government, on the other hand, which usually funds the experiments, would be more likely to approve (since they need people for testing.)</p>
<p>How sad to be you, suzysmom, filled with so much hate and ignorance.  How sad to be suzy.<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=5472640', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5472622</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

THe hipocracy out here is just unbelievable. You embrace your muslim half white half black MESSIAH and say these terrible things about Michael Steele, calling hin an uncle tom and oreo cookie&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; We don&#039;t call Obama a Messiah, you do.

&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Religion is not genetic.

&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Where race is concerned, what we&#039;re concerned about with any leader, black or white, is what their leadership means for other racial minorities.  If a black or white leader tries to make things worse for minorities, he&#039;s supporting a condition of racism.  If he tries to make things better for them, then he&#039;s not.  Steele is a Republican.

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&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

You liberals are the most venemous toxic people on the planet. You support everything that is the opposite of the Judeo-Christian religion&lt;/em&gt;

No you!

We don&#039;t lie to start wars, cheerlead religious wars, imprison people without trial, torture them, seek to enrich the rich, strip rights from gender minorities, or turn our backs on the poor.  You support everything that is the opposite of what Christ said during his lifetime.

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&lt;em&gt;suzysmom Says: 

your DEMO DAYS ARE NUMBERED :)&lt;/em&gt;

Republicans&#039; numbered days are in the negative integers already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>THe hipocracy out here is just unbelievable. You embrace your muslim half white half black MESSIAH and say these terrible things about Michael Steele, calling hin an uncle tom and oreo cookie</em></p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> We don&#8217;t call Obama a Messiah, you do.</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> Religion is not genetic.</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> Where race is concerned, what we&#8217;re concerned about with any leader, black or white, is what their leadership means for other racial minorities.  If a black or white leader tries to make things worse for minorities, he&#8217;s supporting a condition of racism.  If he tries to make things better for them, then he&#8217;s not.  Steele is a Republican.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>You liberals are the most venemous toxic people on the planet. You support everything that is the opposite of the Judeo-Christian religion</em></p>
<p>No you!</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t lie to start wars, cheerlead religious wars, imprison people without trial, torture them, seek to enrich the rich, strip rights from gender minorities, or turn our backs on the poor.  You support everything that is the opposite of what Christ said during his lifetime.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>suzysmom Says: </p>
<p>your DEMO DAYS ARE NUMBERED :)</em></p>
<p>Republicans&#8217; numbered days are in the negative integers already.<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=5472622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: livingfree</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5472028</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why all the chatter on the man&#039;s race?
I was hoping to hear more relevant dialogue on this site
-disappointed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why all the chatter on the man&#8217;s race?<br />
I was hoping to hear more relevant dialogue on this site<br />
-disappointed<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=5472028', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jess Wonderin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5471970</link>
		<dc:creator>Jess Wonderin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Annie - treats aren&#039;t working . . . give him a can of Skippy and NO operner . . . it&#039;ll take HOURS to gnaw the lid off . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Annie &#8211; treats aren&#8217;t working . . . give him a can of Skippy and NO operner . . . it&#8217;ll take HOURS to gnaw the lid 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=5471970', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5471696</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

I still don’t understand why so many here think that it is irrelevant to the charge of racism that Rush has black friends and associates that respect him...&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;Because lots of history&#039;s worst racists have had personal friends of the race they helped to subjugate.&lt;/strong&gt;  You can theorize that in his personal life, Rush is not a racist at all.  But his personal life is none of my or your business.  It&#039;s his public statements that I take issue with, and publicly, he&#039;s a racist.

But, what’s Rush doing? He believes McNabb isn’t that great. Just like ralph thinks Steele isn’t that great. Then they both go to ascribe the possible motive that the reason McNabb and Steele have been elevated is not due to their performance - but due to their race.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

But, what’s Rush doing? He believes McNabb isn’t that great. Just like ralph thinks Steele isn’t that great. Then they both go to ascribe the possible motive that the reason McNabb and Steele have been elevated is not due to their performance - but due to their race.&lt;/em&gt;

The difference is that the NFL is a meritocracy; you either perform on the feel or you don&#039;t.  McNabb did.  Therefore, to ascribe race to the attention he garnered is a stretch; it indicates that you think of race first, and everything else second.  The GOP on the other hand has a significant statistical bias against minorities.  They&#039;re hardly ever represented and very rarely promoted.  Furthermore as a platform, the GOP not only fails to address their concerns, but it flat-out denies that they have any concerns as a group.  For them to elevate Steele, when he was hardly the best resume in the running, would indicate that it is the GOP that&#039;s thinking about race first, other considerations second.

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&lt;em&gt;backup Says: 

I hope Republicans didn’t nominate Steele just because he’s black.&lt;/em&gt;

If you&#039;re interested in the improvement of the GOP, you should hope that they &lt;strong&gt;did&lt;/strong&gt;.  It&#039;s just possible that Steele might be able to steer the party to one that groups other than rich white men feel welcome in.  Unlikely, but it could signal a step in the right direction Two notes: One, Steele&#039;s promotion by itself won&#039;t do anything; to have an effect Steele would have to work to change the party if he&#039;s interested in doing so.  Two, it&#039;s not clear that Steele will be interested at all in welcoming other blacks or other racial minorities into the Republican tent; we&#039;ve seen many instances in which &quot;token&quot; minorities work actively against the interests of other minorities once elevated, such as Clarence Thomas.

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ralph the wonder llama Says: 

TRoS, I think yours is the soundest judgment; whether Rush is truly racist or not is difficult for any of us to say, since we know he’s an entertainer and he’s admitted that he says stuff he doesn’t believe on his show.

Consider the following proposition: &quot;Sure I work at Auchwitz during the day, but I don&#039;t personally have a problem with Jews or Gypsies, I like them just fine.  PUtting them in ovens is just what I do for my job.&quot;  Then consider whether you could qualify such a person as non-racist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>I still don’t understand why so many here think that it is irrelevant to the charge of racism that Rush has black friends and associates that respect him&#8230;</em></p>
<p><strong>Because lots of history&#8217;s worst racists have had personal friends of the race they helped to subjugate.</strong>  You can theorize that in his personal life, Rush is not a racist at all.  But his personal life is none of my or your business.  It&#8217;s his public statements that I take issue with, and publicly, he&#8217;s a racist.</p>
<p>But, what’s Rush doing? He believes McNabb isn’t that great. Just like ralph thinks Steele isn’t that great. Then they both go to ascribe the possible motive that the reason McNabb and Steele have been elevated is not due to their performance &#8211; but due to their race.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>But, what’s Rush doing? He believes McNabb isn’t that great. Just like ralph thinks Steele isn’t that great. Then they both go to ascribe the possible motive that the reason McNabb and Steele have been elevated is not due to their performance &#8211; but due to their race.</em></p>
<p>The difference is that the NFL is a meritocracy; you either perform on the feel or you don&#8217;t.  McNabb did.  Therefore, to ascribe race to the attention he garnered is a stretch; it indicates that you think of race first, and everything else second.  The GOP on the other hand has a significant statistical bias against minorities.  They&#8217;re hardly ever represented and very rarely promoted.  Furthermore as a platform, the GOP not only fails to address their concerns, but it flat-out denies that they have any concerns as a group.  For them to elevate Steele, when he was hardly the best resume in the running, would indicate that it is the GOP that&#8217;s thinking about race first, other considerations second.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p><em>backup Says: </p>
<p>I hope Republicans didn’t nominate Steele just because he’s black.</em></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in the improvement of the GOP, you should hope that they <strong>did</strong>.  It&#8217;s just possible that Steele might be able to steer the party to one that groups other than rich white men feel welcome in.  Unlikely, but it could signal a step in the right direction Two notes: One, Steele&#8217;s promotion by itself won&#8217;t do anything; to have an effect Steele would have to work to change the party if he&#8217;s interested in doing so.  Two, it&#8217;s not clear that Steele will be interested at all in welcoming other blacks or other racial minorities into the Republican tent; we&#8217;ve seen many instances in which &#8220;token&#8221; minorities work actively against the interests of other minorities once elevated, such as Clarence Thomas.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>ralph the wonder llama Says: </p>
<p>TRoS, I think yours is the soundest judgment; whether Rush is truly racist or not is difficult for any of us to say, since we know he’s an entertainer and he’s admitted that he says stuff he doesn’t believe on his show.</p>
<p>Consider the following proposition: &#8220;Sure I work at Auchwitz during the day, but I don&#8217;t personally have a problem with Jews or Gypsies, I like them just fine.  PUtting them in ovens is just what I do for my job.&#8221;  Then consider whether you could qualify such a person as non-racist.<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=5471696', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makkale</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5470858</link>
		<dc:creator>makkale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.makkale.blogcu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British &lt;/a&gt;had a very popular comedy with this sort of thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the <a href="http://www.makkale.blogcu.com" rel="nofollow">British </a>had a very popular comedy with this sort of thing.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5470858', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/steele-chairman/comment-page-4/#comment-5470732</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TRoS, I think yours is the soundest judgment; whether Rush is truly racist or not is difficult for any of us to say, since we know he&#039;s an entertainer and he&#039;s admitted that he says stuff he doesn&#039;t believe on his show.

But he obviously knows that coded racism plays well with his target audience.

...althpugh MNF wasn&#039;t his &quot;target audience&quot; and he should have known better there, so that leads me to believe that he really is racist at his core and sometimes forgets to mask it in public as well as he should.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TRoS, I think yours is the soundest judgment; whether Rush is truly racist or not is difficult for any of us to say, since we know he&#8217;s an entertainer and he&#8217;s admitted that he says stuff he doesn&#8217;t believe on his show.</p>
<p>But he obviously knows that coded racism plays well with his target audience.</p>
<p>&#8230;althpugh MNF wasn&#8217;t his &#8220;target audience&#8221; and he should have known better there, so that leads me to believe that he really is racist at his core and sometimes forgets to mask it in public as well as he should.<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=5470732', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: X.Ecks.X</title>
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		<dc:creator>X.Ecks.X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After Palin, I find this choice ...well... predictable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Palin, I find this choice &#8230;well&#8230; predictable.<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=5470728', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was thinking the same thing Wayne.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was thinking the same thing Wayne.<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=5470656', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Headline:

&lt;strong&gt;Black Man Given Second Worst Job in America, Too&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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