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		<title>By: CanadaJames</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/17/politics-is-personal-and-obama-ad-hits-that-note-on-economy/#comment-1635532</link>
		<dc:creator>CanadaJames</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, new to the FDL community, but have been reading for years now. I finally wanted to post something general about what I found to be lacking. I don’t see any way that the US will be able to dig itself out of its current financial mess without:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-raising income taxes on the upper and middle class&lt;br /&gt;
-cutting back program expenditures&lt;br /&gt;
-ending the current Iraq occupation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first 2 are not bona fide election winners, but I would like to see Obama tell the real truth the Americans. “We are currently living beyond our means and we need to get our financial house in order, so I propose that we…”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, new to the FDL community, but have been reading for years now. I finally wanted to post something general about what I found to be lacking. I don’t see any way that the US will be able to dig itself out of its current financial mess without:</p>
<p>-raising income taxes on the upper and middle class<br />
-cutting back program expenditures<br />
-ending the current Iraq occupation.</p>
<p>The first 2 are not bona fide election winners, but I would like to see Obama tell the real truth the Americans. “We are currently living beyond our means and we need to get our financial house in order, so I propose that we…”</p>
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		<title>By: tejanarusa</title>
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		<dc:creator>tejanarusa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;EPU’D, I lknow - but that made me bust out laughing.  Scared the cat.&lt;br /&gt;
Keep us posted!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EPU’D, I lknow &#8211; but that made me bust out laughing.  Scared the cat.<br />
Keep us posted!</p>
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		<title>By: selise</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/17/politics-is-personal-and-obama-ad-hits-that-note-on-economy/#comment-1635374</link>
		<dc:creator>selise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;i don’t see anyone commenting on whether they think obama is “pure enough, or angry enough, or political enough” - my comments were about trying to separate the bullshit from what is real.  why is that a problem? unless you think people wouldn’t vote for obama if they were to consider more than his rhetoric?  i don’t believe that.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i don’t see anyone commenting on whether they think obama is “pure enough, or angry enough, or political enough” &#8211; my comments were about trying to separate the bullshit from what is real.  why is that a problem? unless you think people wouldn’t vote for obama if they were to consider more than his rhetoric?  i don’t believe that.</p>
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		<title>By: Cacambo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cacambo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;i remember 2006. i remember being told to wait until after the elections and just work on getting Ds elected for now. and i remember where that got us. &lt;strong&gt;how many election years are we going to keep doing the same thing&lt;/strong&gt; and refusing to judge our politicians with the same standards we judge R politicians.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Forever! until things get better, all by themselves, with the help of More And Better Dems, motivated out of the goodness of their wittle hearts, not motivated by any negative reinforcement from &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; to their Left - they are getting all the negative reinforcement they can handle from the Right, and plenty, plenty of positive reinforcement from their generous corporate donors and their Leadership … so don’t cramp their style, they are the Leaders!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>i remember 2006. i remember being told to wait until after the elections and just work on getting Ds elected for now. and i remember where that got us. <strong>how many election years are we going to keep doing the same thing</strong> and refusing to judge our politicians with the same standards we judge R politicians.</p>
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<p>Forever! until things get better, all by themselves, with the help of More And Better Dems, motivated out of the goodness of their wittle hearts, not motivated by any negative reinforcement from <em>anyone</em> to their Left &#8211; they are getting all the negative reinforcement they can handle from the Right, and plenty, plenty of positive reinforcement from their generous corporate donors and their Leadership … so don’t cramp their style, they are the Leaders!</p>
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		<title>By: RedHen</title>
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		<dc:creator>RedHen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;How incredibly frustrating that while Rome burns, this post is preoccupied with the distraction of whether Obama is pure enough, or angry enough, or political enough.  Today the Reserve Primary Fund froze redemptions on money market accounts (the first time in history this has happened). Today the stock market hit 10,700 - the same place it was on the day Bush was inaugurated over 7 years ago.  These things don’t just affect rich people.  Many of us have our retirement savings in 410(k) plans and have modest investments in money market accounts.  It’simple: In Bush and McCain’s America the CEOs make the profits and ordinary citizens bear the risk. If ever there was a time not to quibble, this election is it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How incredibly frustrating that while Rome burns, this post is preoccupied with the distraction of whether Obama is pure enough, or angry enough, or political enough.  Today the Reserve Primary Fund froze redemptions on money market accounts (the first time in history this has happened). Today the stock market hit 10,700 &#8211; the same place it was on the day Bush was inaugurated over 7 years ago.  These things don’t just affect rich people.  Many of us have our retirement savings in 410(k) plans and have modest investments in money market accounts.  It’simple: In Bush and McCain’s America the CEOs make the profits and ordinary citizens bear the risk. If ever there was a time not to quibble, this election is it.</p>
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		<title>By: wmd1961</title>
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		<dc:creator>wmd1961</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I forget if it was Anonymous Liberal or fivethirtyeight, but this ad was suggested by one of them in the past couple of weeks… It was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2008/09/making-better-ads.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AL&lt;/a&gt;, he’s proud that his idea got produced. Actually this isn’t the first time I’ve seen a blog post of his apparently be used by the Obama campaign. makes me go Hmmm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I like it. And it is too long for much airtime. could be cut into a series of 60 second commercials though, and give more detail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It did hit the real change meme, and that’s something that should be reinforced if there are more in this vein.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I forget if it was Anonymous Liberal or fivethirtyeight, but this ad was suggested by one of them in the past couple of weeks… It was <a href="http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2008/09/making-better-ads.html" rel="nofollow">AL</a>, he’s proud that his idea got produced. Actually this isn’t the first time I’ve seen a blog post of his apparently be used by the Obama campaign. makes me go Hmmm.</p>
<p>I like it. And it is too long for much airtime. could be cut into a series of 60 second commercials though, and give more detail.</p>
<p>It did hit the real change meme, and that’s something that should be reinforced if there are more in this vein.</p>
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		<title>By: DWBartoo</title>
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		<dc:creator>DWBartoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Well unfortunately (you know all the reasons and realities)n we cain’t really hep him ’til he’s ‘in’, and then (well you know all the reasons and realities), he’ll probably disdain our hep.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But guess what?  We ain’t gonna take “no thanks” for an answer and Obama can ‘believe in’ that reality!  How’s ‘that’ for ‘change’?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lesser weevils are, inevitably, the bane of Democracy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Enough!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well unfortunately (you know all the reasons and realities)n we cain’t really hep him ’til he’s ‘in’, and then (well you know all the reasons and realities), he’ll probably disdain our hep.</p>
<p>But guess what?  We ain’t gonna take “no thanks” for an answer and Obama can ‘believe in’ that reality!  How’s ‘that’ for ‘change’?</p>
<p>Lesser weevils are, inevitably, the bane of Democracy.</p>
<p>Enough!</p>
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		<title>By: selise</title>
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		<dc:creator>selise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;President Obama will need our ‘help’ to make him do what needs to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that’s my kind of help. and if i thought obama was getting enough of it, i’d be more inclined to vote for him.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>President Obama will need our ‘help’ to make him do what needs to be done.</p>
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<p>that’s my kind of help. and if i thought obama was getting enough of it, i’d be more inclined to vote for him.</p>
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		<title>By: DWBartoo</title>
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		<dc:creator>DWBartoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;President Obama will need our ‘help’ to make him do what needs to be done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let there be no doubts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all intend to ‘help’ him a whole lot, more, probably, than he imagines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;May the devil help Palin/Mc$ame if they steal (or even attempt to steal) this election from the people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There will NOT be polite acceptance of the ‘inevitable’ biblical ‘end times’ so coveted by the basest, least ’spiritual’ amongst us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note:  Them what wish to ‘Rapture’ may do so at any time, as it may please them, but they may do it alone or in the company of their fellow ‘believers’ and damn well should leave.the.rest,of.us.alone! This is merely a hint, a word to the unwise.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Obama will need our ‘help’ to make him do what needs to be done.</p>
<p>Let there be no doubts.</p>
<p>We all intend to ‘help’ him a whole lot, more, probably, than he imagines.</p>
<p>May the devil help Palin/Mc$ame if they steal (or even attempt to steal) this election from the people.</p>
<p>There will NOT be polite acceptance of the ‘inevitable’ biblical ‘end times’ so coveted by the basest, least ’spiritual’ amongst us.</p>
<p>Note:  Them what wish to ‘Rapture’ may do so at any time, as it may please them, but they may do it alone or in the company of their fellow ‘believers’ and damn well should leave.the.rest,of.us.alone! This is merely a hint, a word to the unwise.</p>
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		<title>By: slouching</title>
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		<dc:creator>slouching</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Very presidential&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very presidential</p>
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