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		<title>By: redX</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670949</link>
		<dc:creator>redX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 22:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670153&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;mui @ 83&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hmm MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/&quot;&gt;rate the candidates&lt;/a&gt;. You don’t say.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;bah aha ha. Just voted and Ron Paul sweep the floor with them on every question.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670153"><em>mui @ 83</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Hmm MSNBC <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/">rate the candidates</a>. You don’t say.</p>
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<p>bah aha ha. Just voted and Ron Paul sweep the floor with them on every question.</p>
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		<title>By: cinnamonape</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670623</link>
		<dc:creator>cinnamonape</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 18:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670395&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;JEP @ 151&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;RON PAUL POSTS EARLY LEADS&lt;br /&gt;
IN NETROOTS’ RESPONSE POLL IN CALIFORNIA DEBATES&lt;br /&gt;
With almost 50,000 votes in, Ron Paul is the hands-down favorite of the voters in this poll, no matter how you “spin” it. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/&quot;&gt;Here’s the amazing results from MSNBC’s own poll&lt;/a&gt;, but you probably won’t see anyone but Olberman report these numbers. If they do cover it, they will try to spin it as astroturfing internet shenaniganers and provocatuers, at it again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course many of those voting are likely Democrats, Independents or Libertarians. But it’s still interesting that Paul did so much better than McCain and the other religious goons, and the Mormon and Giuliani were just a little ahead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This may be a big smack-on-the-head for the religious right!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670395"><em>JEP @ 151</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>RON PAUL POSTS EARLY LEADS<br />
IN NETROOTS’ RESPONSE POLL IN CALIFORNIA DEBATES<br />
With almost 50,000 votes in, Ron Paul is the hands-down favorite of the voters in this poll, no matter how you “spin” it. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/">Here’s the amazing results from MSNBC’s own poll</a>, but you probably won’t see anyone but Olberman report these numbers. If they do cover it, they will try to spin it as astroturfing internet shenaniganers and provocatuers, at it again.</p>
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<p>Of course many of those voting are likely Democrats, Independents or Libertarians. But it’s still interesting that Paul did so much better than McCain and the other religious goons, and the Mormon and Giuliani were just a little ahead.</p>
<p>This may be a big smack-on-the-head for the religious right!</p>
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		<title>By: cinnamonape</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670619</link>
		<dc:creator>cinnamonape</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 18:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670187&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;NorskeFlamethrower @ 115&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;1,506 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Firepup Patriots:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mrs. Clinton’s proposal to rescind the war authorization is tackin’ back into the wind and is far too little and far too late…this is a great example of why she should never be allowed as close to executive power as the White House master bedroom ever again.  And further, it undermines Pelosi and Reid’s efforts to tie a short noose around the Chimpenfuer. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Rescinding’ the authorization does nothing to solve the problem of establishing a withdrawal plan that is realistic and adequately funded.  It is a smoke screen to divert the energy of anti-war politics into a political statement.  It isolates the Democrats and opens ‘em up to charges of abandoning the troops.  And it diverts attention to a debate that is moot…ending the war in Iraq can only be accomplished by specifically addressing it through funding measures or lack of them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is another example of why Mrs. Clinton should never be allowed to manage a rock garden let alone a country of 300 million people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;KEEP THE FAITH AND LEARN WHO THE ENEMY IS!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look, Bush can, and will, veto any actual Bill that is an expenditure bill that would do this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What this bill does is give an “Intent of Congress” Statement as to the 2002 Authorization. It states that Bush has gone well beyond the intent of Congress in that 2002 Joint resolution that was restricted to authorizing the use of force to compel Saddam to abide to the UN Resolutiions on WMD’s and the 1991 Gulf War.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bush can’t veto this. It doesn’t need a 2/3rds majority to override his veto.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But it DOES state that Bush is acting Unconstitutionally…is violating the original Resolution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And here’s what is most interesting…it puts impeachment back on the table.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670187"><em>NorskeFlamethrower @ 115</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>1,506 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..</p>
<p>Firepup Patriots:</p>
<p>Mrs. Clinton’s proposal to rescind the war authorization is tackin’ back into the wind and is far too little and far too late…this is a great example of why she should never be allowed as close to executive power as the White House master bedroom ever again.  And further, it undermines Pelosi and Reid’s efforts to tie a short noose around the Chimpenfuer. </p>
<p> Rescinding’ the authorization does nothing to solve the problem of establishing a withdrawal plan that is realistic and adequately funded.  It is a smoke screen to divert the energy of anti-war politics into a political statement.  It isolates the Democrats and opens ‘em up to charges of abandoning the troops.  And it diverts attention to a debate that is moot…ending the war in Iraq can only be accomplished by specifically addressing it through funding measures or lack of them.</p>
<p>This is another example of why Mrs. Clinton should never be allowed to manage a rock garden let alone a country of 300 million people.</p>
<p>KEEP THE FAITH AND LEARN WHO THE ENEMY IS!!</p>
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<p>Look, Bush can, and will, veto any actual Bill that is an expenditure bill that would do this.</p>
<p>What this bill does is give an “Intent of Congress” Statement as to the 2002 Authorization. It states that Bush has gone well beyond the intent of Congress in that 2002 Joint resolution that was restricted to authorizing the use of force to compel Saddam to abide to the UN Resolutiions on WMD’s and the 1991 Gulf War.</p>
<p>Bush can’t veto this. It doesn’t need a 2/3rds majority to override his veto.</p>
<p>But it DOES state that Bush is acting Unconstitutionally…is violating the original Resolution.</p>
<p>And here’s what is most interesting…it puts impeachment back on the table.</p>
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		<title>By: Furious</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670399</link>
		<dc:creator>Furious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;In last night’s Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library, former Massachusetts Mitt Romney added Osama Bin Laden to his rapidly growing list of flip-flops. By alternately downplaying or emphasizing the importance of capturing Bin Laden as political circumstances require, Romney finds himself in good company - with President Bush.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the details, see:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000605.htm&quot;&gt;“Romney Flip-Flops on Bin Laden.”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In last night’s Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library, former Massachusetts Mitt Romney added Osama Bin Laden to his rapidly growing list of flip-flops. By alternately downplaying or emphasizing the importance of capturing Bin Laden as political circumstances require, Romney finds himself in good company &#8211; with President Bush.</p>
<p>For the details, see:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000605.htm">“Romney Flip-Flops on Bin Laden.”</a></b></p>
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		<title>By: JEP</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670395</link>
		<dc:creator>JEP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;RON PAUL POSTS EARLY LEADS&lt;br /&gt;
IN NETROOTS’ RESPONSE POLL IN CALIFORNIA DEBATES&lt;br /&gt;
With almost 50,000 votes in, Ron Paul is the hands-down favorite of the voters in this poll, no matter how you “spin” it. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/&quot;&gt;Here’s the amazing results from MSNBC’s own poll&lt;/a&gt;, but you probably won’t see anyone but Olberman report these numbers. If they do cover it, they will try to spin it as astroturfing internet shenaniganers and provocatuers, at it again.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RON PAUL POSTS EARLY LEADS<br />
IN NETROOTS’ RESPONSE POLL IN CALIFORNIA DEBATES<br />
With almost 50,000 votes in, Ron Paul is the hands-down favorite of the voters in this poll, no matter how you “spin” it. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/">Here’s the amazing results from MSNBC’s own poll</a>, but you probably won’t see anyone but Olberman report these numbers. If they do cover it, they will try to spin it as astroturfing internet shenaniganers and provocatuers, at it again.</p>
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		<title>By: do-si-do</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670356</link>
		<dc:creator>do-si-do</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670220&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;matt @ 134&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670155&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;LibertyLee @ 85&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670129&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Badwater @ 60&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fred Thompson must be smiling today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fred Thompson is a good man.  He’ll beat any Dem now in or thinking about the race.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone who wants to see the REAL Fred Thompson and the face of the Republican Party need only look at an old Roseanne rerun on Nick. Thompson plays the boss at Roseanne’s factory and he tries to co-opt her into getting the other workers to up their productivity without complaining.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The condescension is there, the sexist attitude, the old boy intimidation of boss over worker. It’s as true a picture of what their ideal America looks like as any I’ve ever seen. And anyone who believes the rule of law bullshit role he plays on Law and Order think of this: He was playing himself in the Roseanne episode; in the drama series he’s just playing a supervisor in the DA’s office.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it is more important to BE a character than to HAVE character?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670220"><em>matt @ 134</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-670155"><em>LibertyLee @ 85</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-670129"><em>Badwater @ 60</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Fred Thompson must be smiling today.</p>
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<p>Fred Thompson is a good man.  He’ll beat any Dem now in or thinking about the race.</p>
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<p>Anyone who wants to see the REAL Fred Thompson and the face of the Republican Party need only look at an old Roseanne rerun on Nick. Thompson plays the boss at Roseanne’s factory and he tries to co-opt her into getting the other workers to up their productivity without complaining.</p>
<p>The condescension is there, the sexist attitude, the old boy intimidation of boss over worker. It’s as true a picture of what their ideal America looks like as any I’ve ever seen. And anyone who believes the rule of law bullshit role he plays on Law and Order think of this: He was playing himself in the Roseanne episode; in the drama series he’s just playing a supervisor in the DA’s office.</p>
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<p>Perhaps it is more important to BE a character than to HAVE character?</p>
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		<title>By: DCR</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670354</link>
		<dc:creator>DCR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670088&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lee @ 19&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;My job just was “eliminated” The company I worked for was owned By Bain capital…Thats how Romney made his money…Bain seems to be off everyones radar screen…They run their companies using the Walmart business model&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The  company  I worked for is being run by another Bain Boy…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am pretty suRE Bain also owns CRC HealthcarE&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670088"><em>Lee @ 19</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>My job just was “eliminated” The company I worked for was owned By Bain capital…Thats how Romney made his money…Bain seems to be off everyones radar screen…They run their companies using the Walmart business model</p>
<p>The  company  I worked for is being run by another Bain Boy…</p>
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<p>I am pretty suRE Bain also owns CRC HealthcarE</p>
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		<title>By: scarecrow</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670331</link>
		<dc:creator>scarecrow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-670323&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;ccmask @ 147&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scarecrow:  I don’t have time to catch up on the comments but I was wondering what your thought were why Arnold escorted Nancy Reagan last night and who sent in the question on electing foreigners to the office of the presidency.  If your answer is somewhere above, I’ll find it tonight.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice post picture, BTW.  Looks like they’re making their first holy confession.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The debate was held at the new Reagan library, which is in California. Having the Republican governor of California escort the former first lady would make sense.  The question came from entries on line — I wasn’t paying attention to the names.  However, Jim VandeHei did announce each person whose question he picked, so it should be on the tape.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-670323"><em>ccmask @ 147</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Scarecrow:  I don’t have time to catch up on the comments but I was wondering what your thought were why Arnold escorted Nancy Reagan last night and who sent in the question on electing foreigners to the office of the presidency.  If your answer is somewhere above, I’ll find it tonight.  </p>
<p>Nice post picture, BTW.  Looks like they’re making their first holy confession.</p>
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<p>The debate was held at the new Reagan library, which is in California. Having the Republican governor of California escort the former first lady would make sense.  The question came from entries on line — I wasn’t paying attention to the names.  However, Jim VandeHei did announce each person whose question he picked, so it should be on the tape.</p>
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		<title>By: ccmask</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/04/10-republican-candidates-in-denial/#comment-670323</link>
		<dc:creator>ccmask</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Scarecrow:  I don’t have time to catch up on the comments but I was wondering what your thought were why Arnold escorted Nancy Reagan last night and who sent in the question on electing foreigners to the office of the presidency.  If your answer is somewhere above, I’ll find it tonight.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice post picture, BTW.  Looks like they’re making their first holy confession.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scarecrow:  I don’t have time to catch up on the comments but I was wondering what your thought were why Arnold escorted Nancy Reagan last night and who sent in the question on electing foreigners to the office of the presidency.  If your answer is somewhere above, I’ll find it tonight.  </p>
<p>Nice post picture, BTW.  Looks like they’re making their first holy confession.</p>
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		<title>By: JamesJr</title>
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		<dc:creator>JamesJr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Great post. I’d love to hear some of the smart folks here expound on the “Angry Public” theme. What can an angry public achieve? A righteously angry public, not one whipped into a faux frenzy over land deals or BJs. When was the last time we were as mad as hell? Will we take to the streets? My son says it’s revolution time. He’s way smarter than I.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post. I’d love to hear some of the smart folks here expound on the “Angry Public” theme. What can an angry public achieve? A righteously angry public, not one whipped into a faux frenzy over land deals or BJs. When was the last time we were as mad as hell? Will we take to the streets? My son says it’s revolution time. He’s way smarter than I.</p>
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