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	<title>Comments on: Reid issues statement on land deal, blames GOP &#8220;smear campaign&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Mary Katharine Ham</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary Katharine Ham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Townhall&#039;s First HamNation: Bar Napkin Politics...&lt;/strong&gt;

I am such an unbelievable dork in about 19,000 different ways. This is only one of them.

All right, people asked me about it, so I went out and got me a video blog. It&#039;s all the rage, right? It is very, very silly, and I hope you&#039;ll take it in......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Townhall&#8217;s First HamNation: Bar Napkin Politics&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>I am such an unbelievable dork in about 19,000 different ways. This is only one of them.</p>
<p>All right, people asked me about it, so I went out and got me a video blog. It&#8217;s all the rage, right? It is very, very silly, and I hope you&#8217;ll take it in&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: honora</title>
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		<dc:creator>honora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sad but true:  crooked real estate deals aren&#039;t as titallating as sex stuff.  If there was a pedophile or some other sexual deviant involved, now there&#039;s news!!

Wake me when there&#039;s a congressman not involved in influence peddling or abuse of power of some sort.

Who&#039;s cynical?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sad but true:  crooked real estate deals aren&#8217;t as titallating as sex stuff.  If there was a pedophile or some other sexual deviant involved, now there&#8217;s news!!</p>
<p>Wake me when there&#8217;s a congressman not involved in influence peddling or abuse of power of some sort.</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s cynical?</p>
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		<title>By: georgej</title>
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		<dc:creator>georgej</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry&#039;s corruption problems (land sales and illegal use of campaign funds) may end up with all of us enjoying the sight of Dirty Harry being &quot;frogmarched&quot; down the capital steps in handcuffs on the way to the pokey, which is what the Democrats wanted to happen to Rove.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry&#8217;s corruption problems (land sales and illegal use of campaign funds) may end up with all of us enjoying the sight of Dirty Harry being &#8220;frogmarched&#8221; down the capital steps in handcuffs on the way to the pokey, which is what the Democrats wanted to happen to Rove.</p>
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		<title>By: The Sandbox</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Sandbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Harry Reid&#039;s Statement...&lt;/strong&gt;

Here&#039;s what Harry has to say about the recent charges leveled at him:WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement: Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a ca...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Harry Reid&#8217;s Statement&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what Harry has to say about the recent charges leveled at him:WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ &#8212; Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement: Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a ca&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m also responsible for Congressman William Jefferson’s $90,000 in the freezer. In my zeal, I imagined the entire episode&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I knew it - damn culture of corruption.  Just leave the good people of the Democratic party alone to do the right thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I’m also responsible for Congressman William Jefferson’s $90,000 in the freezer. In my zeal, I imagined the entire episode</p></blockquote>
<p>I knew it &#8211; damn culture of corruption.  Just leave the good people of the Democratic party alone to do the right thing.</p>
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		<title>By: JammieWearingFool</title>
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		<dc:creator>JammieWearingFool</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/16/D8KPV9KG0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Some fresh Dirty Harry news.&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt; Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.

Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid&#039;s office said Monday he was personally reimbursing his campaign for $3,300 in donations he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence. &lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/16/D8KPV9KG0.html" rel="nofollow">Some fresh Dirty Harry news.</a></p>
<blockquote><p> Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.</p>
<p>Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid&#8217;s office said Monday he was personally reimbursing his campaign for $3,300 in donations he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence. </p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: lsutiger</title>
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		<dc:creator>lsutiger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While we&#039;re taking blame, I guess it&#039;s my fault for not defining what the word &lt;em&gt;IS&lt;/em&gt; is....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we&#8217;re taking blame, I guess it&#8217;s my fault for not defining what the word <em>IS</em> is&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Mallard T. Drake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mallard T. Drake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Unless he can cite a quote or name a name, Dingy Harry is smearing Republicans with this statement. h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. </p></blockquote>
<p>Unless he can cite a quote or name a name, Dingy Harry is smearing Republicans with this statement. h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e</p>
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		<title>By: GoingThere</title>
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		<dc:creator>GoingThere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep, campaign funds for Christmas bonuses at the Ritz Carlton...power mad and a sense of entitlement.

I thought it was okay, my lawyers said it was, but I&#039;ll remiburse them out of my own pocket this time...

Sure thing Homer...

And &quot;we&quot; elected this guy? IDIOTS!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, campaign funds for Christmas bonuses at the Ritz Carlton&#8230;power mad and a sense of entitlement.</p>
<p>I thought it was okay, my lawyers said it was, but I&#8217;ll remiburse them out of my own pocket this time&#8230;</p>
<p>Sure thing Homer&#8230;</p>
<p>And &#8220;we&#8221; elected this guy? IDIOTS!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Entelechy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Entelechy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Dear Commenters:

I resent this slight. I, and I alone am responsible for Harry Reid’s ethical situation.

Best Regards,

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 

Kid from Brooklyn on October 16, 2006 at 3:29PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;m also responsible for Congressman William Jefferson&#039;s $90,000 in the freezer. In my zeal, I imagined the entire episode.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Dear Commenters:</p>
<p>I resent this slight. I, and I alone am responsible for Harry Reid’s ethical situation.</p>
<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy </p>
<p>Kid from Brooklyn on October 16, 2006 at 3:29PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m also responsible for Congressman William Jefferson&#8217;s $90,000 in the freezer. In my zeal, I imagined the entire episode.</p>
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		<title>By: fogw</title>
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		<dc:creator>fogw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Last month, &lt;strong&gt;Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks&lt;/strong&gt; and smears to hold onto power in Washington.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

WhoTF said that?

Waiting for MSM to spend 1% of the time they spent going after Foley, looking into Dirty Harry&#039;s land &lt;strike&gt;swindling&lt;/strike&gt; deals.

Like I said, waiting .............</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Last month, <strong>Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks</strong> and smears to hold onto power in Washington.</p></blockquote>
<p>WhoTF said that?</p>
<p>Waiting for MSM to spend 1% of the time they spent going after Foley, looking into Dirty Harry&#8217;s land <strike>swindling</strike> deals.</p>
<p>Like I said, waiting &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The right wing has unleashed their vicious attack dog -- &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Associated Press &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;-- on the Senate minority leader.

Heh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The right wing has unleashed their vicious attack dog &#8212; <em><strong>The Associated Press </strong></em>&#8211; on the Senate minority leader.</p>
<p>Heh.</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Curt Weldon blames CREW for FBI&#8217;s investigation of him</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Curt Weldon blames CREW for FBI&#8217;s investigation of him</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As for CREW, funny thing: they bill themselves on their blog as &#8220;nonpartisan legal ethics watchdog,&#8221; and yet they&#8217;ve breathed not a word about Dirty Harry&#8217;s dirty, dirty land deal. Fancy that. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As for CREW, funny thing: they bill themselves on their blog as &#8220;nonpartisan legal ethics watchdog,&#8221; and yet they&#8217;ve breathed not a word about Dirty Harry&#8217;s dirty, dirty land deal. Fancy that. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington.&quot; H Reid

What a freakin&#039; joke.  That statement is actually correct, he just neglected to mention that the target has turned out to be themselves!  We don&#039;t need any help from Reid, there are plenty of &quot;weenies within&quot; doing it for him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington.&#8221; H Reid</p>
<p>What a freakin&#8217; joke.  That statement is actually correct, he just neglected to mention that the target has turned out to be themselves!  We don&#8217;t need any help from Reid, there are plenty of &#8220;weenies within&#8221; doing it for him.</p>
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		<title>By: DannoJyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>DannoJyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/16/D8KPS1G00.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Another Al-AP report via Breitbart&lt;/a&gt; ...

&lt;blockquote&gt;Reid blamed the AP story as a &quot;latest attempt&quot; by Republicans to affect the election. AP reported last week that it learned of the land deal from a former Reid adviser who had concerns about the way the deal was reported to Congress. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

After running this through the liberal PC filtering machine that the MSM uses daily, it turns out that Reid is telling the truth. Mind you, the liberal PC machine also shows that the Truthers are telling the truth. :oP</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/16/D8KPS1G00.html" rel="nofollow">Another Al-AP report via Breitbart</a> &#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Reid blamed the AP story as a &#8220;latest attempt&#8221; by Republicans to affect the election. AP reported last week that it learned of the land deal from a former Reid adviser who had concerns about the way the deal was reported to Congress. </p></blockquote>
<p>After running this through the liberal PC filtering machine that the MSM uses daily, it turns out that Reid is telling the truth. Mind you, the liberal PC machine also shows that the Truthers are telling the truth. :oP</p>
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		<title>By: DannoJyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>DannoJyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rats! That should have read...

It looks as if Hairball is running scared. As the story originated with the unconvincing Al-AP I would have given Dingy a pass, but he blew it [no homo offense intended] when he blamed it on Republicans. He hung up on the Al-AP reporter, then waited several days before he could bring himself to spew the prepared remarks. I wonder who came up with the wording, and is he blaming the VRWC for hanging up his end of the line?

&lt;blockquote&gt;To: National Desk 
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement:

&quot;Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Eh? Senate Democratic Leader? I thought he was the Senate &lt;strong&gt;Minority&lt;/strong&gt; Leader, and when did that &lt;strike&gt;statement&lt;/strike&gt; &quot;boast&quot; get made, and by whom? I sure hope I&#039;m not missing any of my VRWC e-mails.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rats! That should have read&#8230;</p>
<p>It looks as if Hairball is running scared. As the story originated with the unconvincing Al-AP I would have given Dingy a pass, but he blew it [no homo offense intended] when he blamed it on Republicans. He hung up on the Al-AP reporter, then waited several days before he could bring himself to spew the prepared remarks. I wonder who came up with the wording, and is he blaming the VRWC for hanging up his end of the line?</p>
<blockquote><p>To: National Desk<br />
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid </p>
<p>WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ &#8212; Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement:</p>
<p>&#8220;Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.</p></blockquote>
<p>Eh? Senate Democratic Leader? I thought he was the Senate <strong>Minority</strong> Leader, and when did that <strike>statement</strike> &#8220;boast&#8221; get made, and by whom? I sure hope I&#8217;m not missing any of my VRWC e-mails.</p>
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		<title>By: DannoJyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>DannoJyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It looks as if Hairball is running scared. As the story originated with the unconvincing Al-AP I would have given Dingy a pass, but he blew it [no homo offense intended] when he blamed it on Republicans. He hung up on the Al-AP reporter, then waited several days before he could bring himself to spew the prepared remarks. I wonder who came up with the wording, and is he blaming the VRWC for hanging up his end of the line?

To: National Desk 
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid 

&lt;blockquote&gt;WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement:

&quot;Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Eh? Senate Democratic Leader? I thought he was the Senate  Leader, and when did that &lt;strong&gt;Minority&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strike&gt;statement&lt;/strike&gt; &quot;boast&quot; get made, and by whom? I sure hope I&#039;m not missing any of my VRWC e-mails.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks as if Hairball is running scared. As the story originated with the unconvincing Al-AP I would have given Dingy a pass, but he blew it [no homo offense intended] when he blamed it on Republicans. He hung up on the Al-AP reporter, then waited several days before he could bring himself to spew the prepared remarks. I wonder who came up with the wording, and is he blaming the VRWC for hanging up his end of the line?</p>
<p>To: National Desk<br />
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid </p>
<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ &#8212; Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement:</p>
<p>&#8220;Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.</p></blockquote>
<p>Eh? Senate Democratic Leader? I thought he was the Senate  Leader, and when did that <strong>Minority</strong><strike>statement</strike> &#8220;boast&#8221; get made, and by whom? I sure hope I&#8217;m not missing any of my VRWC e-mails.</p>
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		<title>By: Kid from Brooklyn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kid from Brooklyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Dear Commenters:

I resent this slight.  I, and I alone am responsible for Harry Reid&#039;s ethical situation.

Best Regards,

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Dear Commenters:</p>
<p>I resent this slight.  I, and I alone am responsible for Harry Reid&#8217;s ethical situation.</p>
<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy</em></p>
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		<title>By: dallas94</title>
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		<dc:creator>dallas94</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Baca-

The issue may be the purpose of transfering the property to the LLC. Was it to escape taxes on the part of Reid? If so, that&#039;s how the FBI got Al Capone. I think ther is a lot more to this, if not Harry would not try to put it to bed so quick.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baca-</p>
<p>The issue may be the purpose of transfering the property to the LLC. Was it to escape taxes on the part of Reid? If so, that&#8217;s how the FBI got Al Capone. I think ther is a lot more to this, if not Harry would not try to put it to bed so quick.</p>
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		<title>By: BacaDog</title>
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		<dc:creator>BacaDog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, does the story have legs or not?  Unless I&#039;m wrong, (and I could be) the wrongdoing was identified as &lt;strong&gt;not &lt;/strong&gt;having listing ownership of the land and holding it in secret via the LLC.  If he did in fact properly list ownership via the LLC then as much as I hate to admit it..........this ain&#039;t much of a story.  As slimy as Harry is, he&#039;s right.

So, someone with much more insight set me straight please.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, does the story have legs or not?  Unless I&#8217;m wrong, (and I could be) the wrongdoing was identified as <strong>not </strong>having listing ownership of the land and holding it in secret via the LLC.  If he did in fact properly list ownership via the LLC then as much as I hate to admit it&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.this ain&#8217;t much of a story.  As slimy as Harry is, he&#8217;s right.</p>
<p>So, someone with much more insight set me straight please.</p>
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		<title>By: LewWaters</title>
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		<dc:creator>LewWaters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Funny. When a Republican is caught, it is proof positive of rampant corruption in the party. When a Democrat is caught, it&#039;s always a right winged smear campaign.

Democrats can&#039;t even be original in their bashing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny. When a Republican is caught, it is proof positive of rampant corruption in the party. When a Democrat is caught, it&#8217;s always a right winged smear campaign.</p>
<p>Democrats can&#8217;t even be original in their bashing.</p>
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