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		<title>By: patel</title>
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		<dc:creator>patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Type your comment here.&lt;br&gt;It is a defeat and failure for John McCain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Type your comment here.<br />It is a defeat and failure for John McCain.</p>
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		<title>By: patel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Type your comment here.&lt;br&gt;It is a defeat and failure for John McCain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Type your comment here.<br />It is a defeat and failure for John McCain.</p>
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		<title>By: patel</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120381</link>
		<dc:creator>patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;John McCain was always under wrong impression that he is only &quot;America&quot;.  &lt;br&gt;By selecting &quot;Sarah&quot; as his running mate John has made one more mistake.  &lt;br&gt;God &quot;Save&quot; America and &quot;Bless&quot; America.</description>
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<p>John McCain was always under wrong impression that he is only &#8220;America&#8221;.  <br />By selecting &#8220;Sarah&#8221; as his running mate John has made one more mistake.  <br />God &#8220;Save&#8221; America and &#8220;Bless&#8221; America.</p>
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		<title>By: patel</title>
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		<dc:creator>patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;John McCain was always under wrong impression that he is only &quot;America&quot;.  &lt;br&gt;By selecting &quot;Sarah&quot; as his running mate John has made one more mistake.  &lt;br&gt;God &quot;Save&quot; America and &quot;Bless&quot; America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patel</p>
<p>John McCain was always under wrong impression that he is only &#8220;America&#8221;.  <br />By selecting &#8220;Sarah&#8221; as his running mate John has made one more mistake.  <br />God &#8220;Save&#8221; America and &#8220;Bless&#8221; America.</p>
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		<title>By: Ricorun</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120375</link>
		<dc:creator>Ricorun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Silhouette: &lt;i&gt;I have been talking to my friends about it. Some are reasonable. Some are not. It&#039;s running about 50-50. You do the math.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Considering you&#039;ve only been at it for a few days, 50-50 sounds pretty good. :-)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FWIW, most of my women friends are offended by McCain&#039;s pick, though I can&#039;t say any of them have changed positions because of it. Most of those who were pro-Obama before tend to be more so now -- except more pissed off. Most of those who were pro-McCain still are, but disappointed. One of them put it this way: &quot;She&#039;s Bobby Jindal in a skirt, except Bobby Jindal had more substance&quot;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then there are a few who were previously pro-McCain who are absolutely thrilled. Every one of those, I believe, could be considered fundies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silhouette: <i>I have been talking to my friends about it. Some are reasonable. Some are not. It&#39;s running about 50-50. You do the math.</i></p>
<p>Considering you&#39;ve only been at it for a few days, 50-50 sounds pretty good. <img src='http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>FWIW, most of my women friends are offended by McCain&#39;s pick, though I can&#39;t say any of them have changed positions because of it. Most of those who were pro-Obama before tend to be more so now &#8212; except more pissed off. Most of those who were pro-McCain still are, but disappointed. One of them put it this way: &#8220;She&#39;s Bobby Jindal in a skirt, except Bobby Jindal had more substance&#8221;. </p>
<p>Then there are a few who were previously pro-McCain who are absolutely thrilled. Every one of those, I believe, could be considered fundies.</p>
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		<title>By: Ricorun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ricorun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Silhouette: &lt;i&gt;I have been talking to my friends about it. Some are reasonable. Some are not. It&#039;s running about 50-50. You do the math.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Considering you&#039;ve only been at it for a few days, 50-50 sounds pretty good. :-)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FWIW, most of my women friends are offended by McCain&#039;s pick, though I can&#039;t say any of them have changed positions because of it. Most of those who were pro-Obama before tend to be more so now -- except more pissed off. Most of those who were pro-McCain still are, but disappointed. One of them put it this way: &quot;She&#039;s Bobby Jindal in a skirt, except Bobby Jindal had more substance&quot;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then there are a few who were previously pro-McCain who are absolutely thrilled. Every one of those, I believe, could be considered fundies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silhouette: <i>I have been talking to my friends about it. Some are reasonable. Some are not. It&#39;s running about 50-50. You do the math.</i></p>
<p>Considering you&#39;ve only been at it for a few days, 50-50 sounds pretty good. <img src='http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>FWIW, most of my women friends are offended by McCain&#39;s pick, though I can&#39;t say any of them have changed positions because of it. Most of those who were pro-Obama before tend to be more so now &#8212; except more pissed off. Most of those who were pro-McCain still are, but disappointed. One of them put it this way: &#8220;She&#39;s Bobby Jindal in a skirt, except Bobby Jindal had more substance&#8221;. </p>
<p>Then there are a few who were previously pro-McCain who are absolutely thrilled. Every one of those, I believe, could be considered fundies.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120370</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been talking to my friends about it.  Some are reasonable.  Some are not. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s running about 50-50.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You do the math.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been talking to my friends about it.  Some are reasonable.  Some are not. </p>
<p>It&#39;s running about 50-50.</p>
<p>You do the math.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
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		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been talking to my friends about it.  Some are reasonable.  Some are not. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s running about 50-50.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You do the math.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been talking to my friends about it.  Some are reasonable.  Some are not. </p>
<p>It&#39;s running about 50-50.</p>
<p>You do the math.</p>
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		<title>By: StockBoySF</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120369</link>
		<dc:creator>StockBoySF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sil, &quot;....I want &quot;our side&quot; to win.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, if you really want &quot;our side&quot; to win, then stop whining about things you can&#039;t change and start talking to your friends (and anyone else who will listen) about why McCain is a bad choice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your attacks on Obama only send people to the McCain camp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sil, &#8220;&#8230;.I want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, if you really want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win, then stop whining about things you can&#39;t change and start talking to your friends (and anyone else who will listen) about why McCain is a bad choice.</p>
<p>Your attacks on Obama only send people to the McCain camp.</p>
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		<title>By: StockBoySF</title>
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		<dc:creator>StockBoySF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sil, &quot;....I want &quot;our side&quot; to win.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, if you really want &quot;our side&quot; to win, then stop whining about things you can&#039;t change and start talking to your friends (and anyone else who will listen) about why McCain is a bad choice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your attacks on Obama only send people to the McCain camp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sil, &#8220;&#8230;.I want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, if you really want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win, then stop whining about things you can&#39;t change and start talking to your friends (and anyone else who will listen) about why McCain is a bad choice.</p>
<p>Your attacks on Obama only send people to the McCain camp.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120362</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not saying Clinton will be the nominee.  You are trying to sideline the thrust of what I&#039;m saying by making this a &quot;bitter Clinton supporter still wants her as nominee&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reluctantly....I want &quot;our side&quot; to win.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I realize we have the next shot in four years.  But for RIGHT NOW we need to &quot;get behind Barack Obama for president&quot;. *urp*...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And on that theme we need to look hard and fast at what will get that done:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Contrary to popular media spoon-fed &quot;truth&quot;.  The number one issue facing this nation, the one that will be what makes or breaks this election is BigOil&#039;s monopoly and how it&#039;s killing our planet.  The economy will follow behind that issue because if we implement rapid and widespread alternative technology, minus unsafe nuclear and greenhouse gas producing (&quot;clean&quot; coal is a myth) fossil feuls, millions of new jobs will be created in engineering, construction, implementation and maintenance of these new technologies.  Further, royalties from these new clean and safe power sources could be rolled back into government funds to do all sorts of new and great things for our country.  We would gain back respect of the world and much-needed allies in showing them that we&#039;ve &quot;grown up&quot; with regards to our teenage-like consumption and pollution of the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;New, clean, safe energy would stimulate issue #2, the economy, like a slap on a newborn baby&#039;s butt.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If I had to advise the Obama campaign as to what to do, considering the damage that they likely cannot fix with respect to alienating pro-woman male and female Clinton supporters and how Palin woos them away, I would offer one simple and potentially very damaging idea to the McCain campaign that Obamabots should consider:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A bumper sticker to paste over the Obama ones reading:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BigOil owns the GOP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With hurricane Gustav and Hannah on its heels, so obviously a result of global warming and ergo BigOil&#039;s direct influence on our nation&#039;s demise in a very real and tangible way, coming during the GOP convention no less *giggle*, this simple tactic might actually turn the tide and get Obama into the Oval Office.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Forget about skirts and skin color.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plus, how expensive would it be to print 4 million bumper stickers vs endless and endless TV commercials to beat back every twist and turn McCain throws our way?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Another chance for democrats to crunch the numbers.  Let&#039;s see if they can get it right this time..?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not saying Clinton will be the nominee.  You are trying to sideline the thrust of what I&#39;m saying by making this a &#8220;bitter Clinton supporter still wants her as nominee&#8221;.</p>
<p>Reluctantly&#8230;.I want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win.</p>
<p>I realize we have the next shot in four years.  But for RIGHT NOW we need to &#8220;get behind Barack Obama for president&#8221;. *urp*&#8230;</p>
<p>And on that theme we need to look hard and fast at what will get that done:</p>
<p>Contrary to popular media spoon-fed &#8220;truth&#8221;.  The number one issue facing this nation, the one that will be what makes or breaks this election is BigOil&#39;s monopoly and how it&#39;s killing our planet.  The economy will follow behind that issue because if we implement rapid and widespread alternative technology, minus unsafe nuclear and greenhouse gas producing (&#8220;clean&#8221; coal is a myth) fossil feuls, millions of new jobs will be created in engineering, construction, implementation and maintenance of these new technologies.  Further, royalties from these new clean and safe power sources could be rolled back into government funds to do all sorts of new and great things for our country.  We would gain back respect of the world and much-needed allies in showing them that we&#39;ve &#8220;grown up&#8221; with regards to our teenage-like consumption and pollution of the world.</p>
<p>New, clean, safe energy would stimulate issue #2, the economy, like a slap on a newborn baby&#39;s butt.</p>
<p>So&#8230;</p>
<p>If I had to advise the Obama campaign as to what to do, considering the damage that they likely cannot fix with respect to alienating pro-woman male and female Clinton supporters and how Palin woos them away, I would offer one simple and potentially very damaging idea to the McCain campaign that Obamabots should consider:</p>
<p>A bumper sticker to paste over the Obama ones reading:</p>
<p>BigOil owns the GOP.</p>
<p>With hurricane Gustav and Hannah on its heels, so obviously a result of global warming and ergo BigOil&#39;s direct influence on our nation&#39;s demise in a very real and tangible way, coming during the GOP convention no less *giggle*, this simple tactic might actually turn the tide and get Obama into the Oval Office.</p>
<p>Forget about skirts and skin color.</p>
<p>Plus, how expensive would it be to print 4 million bumper stickers vs endless and endless TV commercials to beat back every twist and turn McCain throws our way?  </p>
<p>Another chance for democrats to crunch the numbers.  Let&#39;s see if they can get it right this time..?</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
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		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not saying Clinton will be the nominee.  You are trying to sideline the thrust of what I&#039;m saying by making this a &quot;bitter Clinton supporter still wants her as nominee&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reluctantly....I want &quot;our side&quot; to win.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I realize we have the next shot in four years.  But for RIGHT NOW we need to &quot;get behind Barack Obama for president&quot;. *urp*...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And on that theme we need to look hard and fast at what will get that done:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Contrary to popular media spoon-fed &quot;truth&quot;.  The number one issue facing this nation, the one that will be what makes or breaks this election is BigOil&#039;s monopoly and how it&#039;s killing our planet.  The economy will follow behind that issue because if we implement rapid and widespread alternative technology, minus unsafe nuclear and greenhouse gas producing (&quot;clean&quot; coal is a myth) fossil feuls, millions of new jobs will be created in engineering, construction, implementation and maintenance of these new technologies.  Further, royalties from these new clean and safe power sources could be rolled back into government funds to do all sorts of new and great things for our country.  We would gain back respect of the world and much-needed allies in showing them that we&#039;ve &quot;grown up&quot; with regards to our teenage-like consumption and pollution of the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;New, clean, safe energy would stimulate issue #2, the economy, like a slap on a newborn baby&#039;s butt.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If I had to advise the Obama campaign as to what to do, considering the damage that they likely cannot fix with respect to alienating pro-woman male and female Clinton supporters and how Palin woos them away, I would offer one simple and potentially very damaging idea to the McCain campaign that Obamabots should consider:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A bumper sticker to paste over the Obama ones reading:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BigOil owns the GOP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With hurricane Gustav and Hannah on its heels, so obviously a result of global warming and ergo BigOil&#039;s direct influence on our nation&#039;s demise in a very real and tangible way, coming during the GOP convention no less *giggle*, this simple tactic might actually turn the tide and get Obama into the Oval Office.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Forget about skirts and skin color.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plus, how expensive would it be to print 4 million bumper stickers vs endless and endless TV commercials to beat back every twist and turn McCain throws our way?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Another chance for democrats to crunch the numbers.  Let&#039;s see if they can get it right this time..?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not saying Clinton will be the nominee.  You are trying to sideline the thrust of what I&#39;m saying by making this a &#8220;bitter Clinton supporter still wants her as nominee&#8221;.</p>
<p>Reluctantly&#8230;.I want &#8220;our side&#8221; to win.</p>
<p>I realize we have the next shot in four years.  But for RIGHT NOW we need to &#8220;get behind Barack Obama for president&#8221;. *urp*&#8230;</p>
<p>And on that theme we need to look hard and fast at what will get that done:</p>
<p>Contrary to popular media spoon-fed &#8220;truth&#8221;.  The number one issue facing this nation, the one that will be what makes or breaks this election is BigOil&#39;s monopoly and how it&#39;s killing our planet.  The economy will follow behind that issue because if we implement rapid and widespread alternative technology, minus unsafe nuclear and greenhouse gas producing (&#8220;clean&#8221; coal is a myth) fossil feuls, millions of new jobs will be created in engineering, construction, implementation and maintenance of these new technologies.  Further, royalties from these new clean and safe power sources could be rolled back into government funds to do all sorts of new and great things for our country.  We would gain back respect of the world and much-needed allies in showing them that we&#39;ve &#8220;grown up&#8221; with regards to our teenage-like consumption and pollution of the world.</p>
<p>New, clean, safe energy would stimulate issue #2, the economy, like a slap on a newborn baby&#39;s butt.</p>
<p>So&#8230;</p>
<p>If I had to advise the Obama campaign as to what to do, considering the damage that they likely cannot fix with respect to alienating pro-woman male and female Clinton supporters and how Palin woos them away, I would offer one simple and potentially very damaging idea to the McCain campaign that Obamabots should consider:</p>
<p>A bumper sticker to paste over the Obama ones reading:</p>
<p>BigOil owns the GOP.</p>
<p>With hurricane Gustav and Hannah on its heels, so obviously a result of global warming and ergo BigOil&#39;s direct influence on our nation&#39;s demise in a very real and tangible way, coming during the GOP convention no less *giggle*, this simple tactic might actually turn the tide and get Obama into the Oval Office.</p>
<p>Forget about skirts and skin color.</p>
<p>Plus, how expensive would it be to print 4 million bumper stickers vs endless and endless TV commercials to beat back every twist and turn McCain throws our way?  </p>
<p>Another chance for democrats to crunch the numbers.  Let&#39;s see if they can get it right this time..?</p>
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		<title>By: ShortWoman&#187; Blog Archive &#187; Follow-Up Sundaes</title>
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		<dc:creator>ShortWoman&#187; Blog Archive &#187; Follow-Up Sundaes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: ChrisWWW</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120353</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisWWW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Silhouette,&lt;br&gt;If you aren&#039;t convinced by now, you&#039;re not going to be. If you could accept that Obama beat Clinton fair and square, you might even have some lingering respect for his skills as a politician.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But you can&#039;t get over your fantasy that the election was decided in a smoky room by Howard Dean. So you feel cheated. That&#039;s logical viewpoint based on conspiracy theories, but it&#039;s logical nonetheless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Either way, I think I can speak for everyone here at TMV by saying, &lt;b&gt;we&#039;re tired of hearing about it. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the nominee, she lost, she conceded, and she&#039;s asked her supporters to fund and vote for Barack Obama.&lt;/b&gt; In a word, your cause is over, at least for 4 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silhouette,<br />If you aren&#39;t convinced by now, you&#39;re not going to be. If you could accept that Obama beat Clinton fair and square, you might even have some lingering respect for his skills as a politician.</p>
<p>But you can&#39;t get over your fantasy that the election was decided in a smoky room by Howard Dean. So you feel cheated. That&#39;s logical viewpoint based on conspiracy theories, but it&#39;s logical nonetheless.</p>
<p>Either way, I think I can speak for everyone here at TMV by saying, <b>we&#39;re tired of hearing about it. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the nominee, she lost, she conceded, and she&#39;s asked her supporters to fund and vote for Barack Obama.</b> In a word, your cause is over, at least for 4 years.</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisWWW</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120364</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisWWW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Silhouette,&lt;br&gt;If you aren&#039;t convinced by now, you&#039;re not going to be. If you could accept that Obama beat Clinton fair and square, you might even have some lingering respect for his skills as a politician.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But you can&#039;t get over your fantasy that the election was decided in a smoky room by Howard Dean. So you feel cheated. That&#039;s logical viewpoint based on conspiracy theories, but it&#039;s logical nonetheless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Either way, I think I can speak for everyone here at TMV by saying, &lt;b&gt;we&#039;re tired of hearing about it. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the nominee, she lost, she conceded, and she&#039;s asked her supporters to fund and vote for Barack Obama.&lt;/b&gt; In a word, your cause is over, at least for 4 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silhouette,<br />If you aren&#39;t convinced by now, you&#39;re not going to be. If you could accept that Obama beat Clinton fair and square, you might even have some lingering respect for his skills as a politician.</p>
<p>But you can&#39;t get over your fantasy that the election was decided in a smoky room by Howard Dean. So you feel cheated. That&#39;s logical viewpoint based on conspiracy theories, but it&#39;s logical nonetheless.</p>
<p>Either way, I think I can speak for everyone here at TMV by saying, <b>we&#39;re tired of hearing about it. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the nominee, she lost, she conceded, and she&#39;s asked her supporters to fund and vote for Barack Obama.</b> In a word, your cause is over, at least for 4 years.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120352</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A simple way to look at Obama&#039;s problem with regards to Clinton supporters is that they just don&#039;t make beer-goggles thick enough to hide the glaring inadequacies of this empty-suited, self-worshipping buffoon.  Clinton supporters are rank-and-file realists and resent having their noses pinched and koolaide poured down the backs of their throats.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama has some convincing to do, and he&#039;d better step away from his greek temple, roll up those billowy pastel sleeves and get to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A simple way to look at Obama&#39;s problem with regards to Clinton supporters is that they just don&#39;t make beer-goggles thick enough to hide the glaring inadequacies of this empty-suited, self-worshipping buffoon.  Clinton supporters are rank-and-file realists and resent having their noses pinched and koolaide poured down the backs of their throats.</p>
<p>Obama has some convincing to do, and he&#39;d better step away from his greek temple, roll up those billowy pastel sleeves and get to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120358</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A simple way to look at Obama&#039;s problem with regards to Clinton supporters is that they just don&#039;t make beer-goggles thick enough to hide the glaring inadequacies of this empty-suited, self-worshipping buffoon.  Clinton supporters are rank-and-file realists and resent having their noses pinched and koolaide poured down the backs of their throats.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama has some convincing to do, and he&#039;d better step away from his greek temple, roll up those billowy pastel sleeves and get to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A simple way to look at Obama&#39;s problem with regards to Clinton supporters is that they just don&#39;t make beer-goggles thick enough to hide the glaring inadequacies of this empty-suited, self-worshipping buffoon.  Clinton supporters are rank-and-file realists and resent having their noses pinched and koolaide poured down the backs of their throats.</p>
<p>Obama has some convincing to do, and he&#39;d better step away from his greek temple, roll up those billowy pastel sleeves and get to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120344</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*Silhouette - Your words should have the same effect on your position. Your anger (as well as other women) over Hillary&#039;s loss has blinded you to what another Republican administration can do to this country. With the increase in Executive powers authored by Bush, there is almost no limit to the damage McCain can do. You call yourself a Democrat and yet you would vote for a man who is the antithesis of Hillary Clinton. You have that right but be aware of the consequences.&quot;~ jdledell&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;******&lt;br&gt;I am voting for Obama soley because he is the lesser of not-the-one.  But just by the thinnest of margins.  Other &quot;angry mindless stupid emotional [yes, that&#039;s what you&#039;re implying]&quot; females aren&#039;t going to be so gracious with their vote&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THAT IS WHAT I&#039;VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just thought I&#039;d put that in caps so you wouldnt&#039; miss it this time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;M TALKING ABOUT THE RAW MATH OF WHO WILL VOTE WHICH WAY AND WHY.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So you don&#039;t forget what the election ACTUALLY comes down to.  Not you or me, but Joe and Jane Q. Public.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#039;s all-along what should&#039;ve been at the forefront of the DNC mindset.  You cannot in such a short timespan, change the way people think and react to simple stimuli.  I can look beyond my justified anger at the DNC, but MILLIONS cannot and will not.  Period.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I got emails today from staunch left-leaning democratic women, who even though opposed to the GOP BigOil platform (as I tried unsuccessfully to argue to them) are leaning in no small way towards the Palin pick JUST TO SPITE THE DNC which they correctly assess to have acted corruptly in the interest of democrats as a whole.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What can I say to them?  &quot;No, the DNC pro-Obama thing wasnt&#039; rigged?&quot;  I can&#039;t argue a lie very well.  Other people can.  I surely cannot.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So I guess what I&#039;m saying is that if you want Obama to win against mounting odds to the contrary, you need to get some really good and pursuasive liars out there telling people that the DNC made an honest and best choice when they shoved Obama down our throats.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The last thing you need to be doing is alienating MORE disgruntled female voters with your closet-misogyny and derisive comments directed towards &quot;angry, bitter, childish...etc. etc. Clinton supporters.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*Silhouette &#8211; Your words should have the same effect on your position. Your anger (as well as other women) over Hillary&#39;s loss has blinded you to what another Republican administration can do to this country. With the increase in Executive powers authored by Bush, there is almost no limit to the damage McCain can do. You call yourself a Democrat and yet you would vote for a man who is the antithesis of Hillary Clinton. You have that right but be aware of the consequences.&#8221;~ jdledell</p>
<p>******<br />I am voting for Obama soley because he is the lesser of not-the-one.  But just by the thinnest of margins.  Other &#8220;angry mindless stupid emotional [yes, that&#39;s what you&#39;re implying]&#8221; females aren&#39;t going to be so gracious with their vote</p>
<p>THAT IS WHAT I&#39;VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG.</p>
<p>Just thought I&#39;d put that in caps so you wouldnt&#39; miss it this time.</p>
<p>I&#39;M TALKING ABOUT THE RAW MATH OF WHO WILL VOTE WHICH WAY AND WHY.  </p>
<p>So you don&#39;t forget what the election ACTUALLY comes down to.  Not you or me, but Joe and Jane Q. Public.</p>
<p>That&#39;s all-along what should&#39;ve been at the forefront of the DNC mindset.  You cannot in such a short timespan, change the way people think and react to simple stimuli.  I can look beyond my justified anger at the DNC, but MILLIONS cannot and will not.  Period.</p>
<p>I got emails today from staunch left-leaning democratic women, who even though opposed to the GOP BigOil platform (as I tried unsuccessfully to argue to them) are leaning in no small way towards the Palin pick JUST TO SPITE THE DNC which they correctly assess to have acted corruptly in the interest of democrats as a whole.</p>
<p>What can I say to them?  &#8220;No, the DNC pro-Obama thing wasnt&#39; rigged?&#8221;  I can&#39;t argue a lie very well.  Other people can.  I surely cannot.  </p>
<p>So I guess what I&#39;m saying is that if you want Obama to win against mounting odds to the contrary, you need to get some really good and pursuasive liars out there telling people that the DNC made an honest and best choice when they shoved Obama down our throats.  </p>
<p>The last thing you need to be doing is alienating MORE disgruntled female voters with your closet-misogyny and derisive comments directed towards &#8220;angry, bitter, childish&#8230;etc. etc. Clinton supporters.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Silhouette</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120348</link>
		<dc:creator>Silhouette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*Silhouette - Your words should have the same effect on your position. Your anger (as well as other women) over Hillary&#039;s loss has blinded you to what another Republican administration can do to this country. With the increase in Executive powers authored by Bush, there is almost no limit to the damage McCain can do. You call yourself a Democrat and yet you would vote for a man who is the antithesis of Hillary Clinton. You have that right but be aware of the consequences.&quot;~ jdledell&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;******&lt;br&gt;I am voting for Obama soley because he is the lesser of not-the-one.  But just by the thinnest of margins.  Other &quot;angry mindless stupid emotional [yes, that&#039;s what you&#039;re implying]&quot; females aren&#039;t going to be so gracious with their vote&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THAT IS WHAT I&#039;VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just thought I&#039;d put that in caps so you wouldnt&#039; miss it this time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;M TALKING ABOUT THE RAW MATH OF WHO WILL VOTE WHICH WAY AND WHY.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So you don&#039;t forget what the election ACTUALLY comes down to.  Not you or me, but Joe and Jane Q. Public.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#039;s all-along what should&#039;ve been at the forefront of the DNC mindset.  You cannot in such a short timespan, change the way people think and react to simple stimuli.  I can look beyond my justified anger at the DNC, but MILLIONS cannot and will not.  Period.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I got emails today from staunch left-leaning democratic women, who even though opposed to the GOP BigOil platform (as I tried unsuccessfully to argue to them) are leaning in no small way towards the Palin pick JUST TO SPITE THE DNC which they correctly assess to have acted corruptly in the interest of democrats as a whole.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What can I say to them?  &quot;No, the DNC pro-Obama thing wasnt&#039; rigged?&quot;  I can&#039;t argue a lie very well.  Other people can.  I surely cannot.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So I guess what I&#039;m saying is that if you want Obama to win against mounting odds to the contrary, you need to get some really good and pursuasive liars out there telling people that the DNC made an honest and best choice when they shoved Obama down our throats.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The last thing you need to be doing is alienating MORE disgruntled female voters with your closet-misogyny and derisive comments directed towards &quot;angry, bitter, childish...etc. etc. Clinton supporters.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*Silhouette &#8211; Your words should have the same effect on your position. Your anger (as well as other women) over Hillary&#39;s loss has blinded you to what another Republican administration can do to this country. With the increase in Executive powers authored by Bush, there is almost no limit to the damage McCain can do. You call yourself a Democrat and yet you would vote for a man who is the antithesis of Hillary Clinton. You have that right but be aware of the consequences.&#8221;~ jdledell</p>
<p>******<br />I am voting for Obama soley because he is the lesser of not-the-one.  But just by the thinnest of margins.  Other &#8220;angry mindless stupid emotional [yes, that&#39;s what you&#39;re implying]&#8221; females aren&#39;t going to be so gracious with their vote</p>
<p>THAT IS WHAT I&#39;VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG.</p>
<p>Just thought I&#39;d put that in caps so you wouldnt&#39; miss it this time.</p>
<p>I&#39;M TALKING ABOUT THE RAW MATH OF WHO WILL VOTE WHICH WAY AND WHY.  </p>
<p>So you don&#39;t forget what the election ACTUALLY comes down to.  Not you or me, but Joe and Jane Q. Public.</p>
<p>That&#39;s all-along what should&#39;ve been at the forefront of the DNC mindset.  You cannot in such a short timespan, change the way people think and react to simple stimuli.  I can look beyond my justified anger at the DNC, but MILLIONS cannot and will not.  Period.</p>
<p>I got emails today from staunch left-leaning democratic women, who even though opposed to the GOP BigOil platform (as I tried unsuccessfully to argue to them) are leaning in no small way towards the Palin pick JUST TO SPITE THE DNC which they correctly assess to have acted corruptly in the interest of democrats as a whole.</p>
<p>What can I say to them?  &#8220;No, the DNC pro-Obama thing wasnt&#39; rigged?&#8221;  I can&#39;t argue a lie very well.  Other people can.  I surely cannot.  </p>
<p>So I guess what I&#39;m saying is that if you want Obama to win against mounting odds to the contrary, you need to get some really good and pursuasive liars out there telling people that the DNC made an honest and best choice when they shoved Obama down our throats.  </p>
<p>The last thing you need to be doing is alienating MORE disgruntled female voters with your closet-misogyny and derisive comments directed towards &#8220;angry, bitter, childish&#8230;etc. etc. Clinton supporters.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: joep</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/22268/why-john-mccain-picked-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/comment-page-1/#comment-120335</link>
		<dc:creator>joep</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe&#039;s post is right on point and brings out an amazing thing about McCain&#039;s lack of judgement.  The dems run the false theme that Hill and Bill are still holding grudges going into the convention.  The intent is to get the press going into the personality thing to create interest in the convention.  A little continuing drama to fit a narrative the media has been running with since January.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Meanwhile prior to the convention, McCain reads the same newsreports and becomes fixated on the continuing battle between the Clintons and Obama.  He runs ads about how great Hillary is and how she was dissed.  The Republicans go with the PUMA thing to bring out the differences.  He then makes the decision to focus on Palin as the democratic convention starts.  Locks in his selection based on the preconvention hype.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It does the intended job.  As should have been expected, in their convention speeches on Tuesday and Wednesday Hill &amp; Bill come through as true democrats and offer a huge endorsement to Obama.  The drama was great political theater.  The dems run their convention and low and behold, it was all a sham.  Hill and Bill love them some Obama.  And McCain is stuck with Palin.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What a loser.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe&#39;s post is right on point and brings out an amazing thing about McCain&#39;s lack of judgement.  The dems run the false theme that Hill and Bill are still holding grudges going into the convention.  The intent is to get the press going into the personality thing to create interest in the convention.  A little continuing drama to fit a narrative the media has been running with since January.  </p>
<p>Meanwhile prior to the convention, McCain reads the same newsreports and becomes fixated on the continuing battle between the Clintons and Obama.  He runs ads about how great Hillary is and how she was dissed.  The Republicans go with the PUMA thing to bring out the differences.  He then makes the decision to focus on Palin as the democratic convention starts.  Locks in his selection based on the preconvention hype.</p>
<p>It does the intended job.  As should have been expected, in their convention speeches on Tuesday and Wednesday Hill &#038; Bill come through as true democrats and offer a huge endorsement to Obama.  The drama was great political theater.  The dems run their convention and low and behold, it was all a sham.  Hill and Bill love them some Obama.  And McCain is stuck with Palin.</p>
<p>What a loser.</p>
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