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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Who’s going to stop them, EVER, if we don’t? Fear of Democrats in power is now an insufficient motivator for me to ignore yet again that my former party has given up the pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitution, pro-sovereignty, limited government foundation that brought me to them. 

Freelancer on November 14, 2006 at 5:28 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The fact of the matter is that too many allowed the politicians who were faithful to your views to lose, and that is truly a damn shame. 

Call it what you like, but the cut-and-run conservatives just cut off their nose to spite their face, and it may well be impossible to regain even the meager control the party once had.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Who’s going to stop them, EVER, if we don’t? Fear of Democrats in power is now an insufficient motivator for me to ignore yet again that my former party has given up the pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitution, pro-sovereignty, limited government foundation that brought me to them. </p>
<p>Freelancer on November 14, 2006 at 5:28 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>The fact of the matter is that too many allowed the politicians who were faithful to your views to lose, and that is truly a damn shame. </p>
<p>Call it what you like, but the cut-and-run conservatives just cut off their nose to spite their face, and it may well be impossible to regain even the meager control the party once had.</p>
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		<description>[...] Audio: DeMint threatens to leave party if GOP pushes for amnesty “He won’t, of course, but between Kyl, Pence, and now him, I think it’s safe to say that the alarm has officially sounded. With good reason. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Audio: DeMint threatens to leave party if GOP pushes for amnesty “He won’t, of course, but between Kyl, Pence, and now him, I think it’s safe to say that the alarm has officially sounded. With good reason. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Watcher of Weasels</title>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Dejection 2006...&lt;/strong&gt;

Republicans losing control of both the House and the Senate was to be expected I suppose, but I didn&#039;t expect to lose the White House too.&#160; Rumsfeld resigns the day after the election...&#160; if it had to happen, then why......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dejection 2006&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Republicans losing control of both the House and the Senate was to be expected I suppose, but I didn&#8217;t expect to lose the White House too.&nbsp; Rumsfeld resigns the day after the election&#8230;&nbsp; if it had to happen, then why&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Leaning Straight Up</title>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The &#8220;New Direction&#8221; takes some interesting turns...&lt;/strong&gt;

NOTE:&#160; Sorry I have been lax this week, I am working hard on setting up on a&#160;new blog project, NW Bloggers.&#160; &#160;
I had a feeling that as the year progressed we would see that the Democrat&#8217;s election day massacre would go in some...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The &#8220;New Direction&#8221; takes some interesting turns&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>NOTE:&nbsp; Sorry I have been lax this week, I am working hard on setting up on a&nbsp;new blog project, NW Bloggers.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
I had a feeling that as the year progressed we would see that the Democrat&#8217;s election day massacre would go in some&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Freelancer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freelancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>spmat,

I&#039;m not about arguing with someone who shares my values, as you apparently do, so I won&#039;t.

Speaking only for myself, I will never again vote with my conscience stuffed in a sack, based on the notion that a party which has betrayed my principles is the &quot;only viable option&quot;.

As long as their base continues to be loyal in spite of their moral betrayal, the national Republican party will continue to scorn that base and move as they have been moving, farther and farther left.

Who&#039;s going to stop them, EVER, if we don&#039;t? Fear of Democrats in power is now an insufficient motivator for me to ignore yet again that my former party has given up the pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitution, pro-sovereignty, limited government foundation that brought me to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>spmat,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not about arguing with someone who shares my values, as you apparently do, so I won&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Speaking only for myself, I will never again vote with my conscience stuffed in a sack, based on the notion that a party which has betrayed my principles is the &#8220;only viable option&#8221;.</p>
<p>As long as their base continues to be loyal in spite of their moral betrayal, the national Republican party will continue to scorn that base and move as they have been moving, farther and farther left.</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s going to stop them, EVER, if we don&#8217;t? Fear of Democrats in power is now an insufficient motivator for me to ignore yet again that my former party has given up the pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitution, pro-sovereignty, limited government foundation that brought me to them.</p>
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		<title>By: spmat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A unified North America is a done deal, people. There&#039;s nothing that we, or anyone, can do to stop it from happening. Part of the process of unifying North America is mixing the populations  of the three nations that make it up. Thus, the north-south superhighway and amnesty bills that (curiously enough) get passed about once a generation (1986-2006 *&lt;em&gt;shock and surprise&lt;/em&gt;*).

This is Bush I&#039;s legacy, as well as Reagan&#039;s, truth be told. The Republican party has been moving toward this for decades. The Democratic party is the same. The only difference between the two parties is the final structure of the North American Union, both economically and socially.

Mel Martinez is the red-light indication of the direction the RNC is going. Leaving for a third party will only accelerate the process. Voting Libertarian or Constitution might make you feel better about yourself while you&#039;re serving french fries to Meximericanadian bureaucrats, though, so go ahead.

Right now, we have other fish to fry, namely the Islamists. The Republican party is still the only viable option for protecting our families. I know that a modern Democrat in Congress is the funtional equivalent of a Vichy Frenchman, so you won&#039;t find me voting Libertarian or Constitution any time soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A unified North America is a done deal, people. There&#8217;s nothing that we, or anyone, can do to stop it from happening. Part of the process of unifying North America is mixing the populations  of the three nations that make it up. Thus, the north-south superhighway and amnesty bills that (curiously enough) get passed about once a generation (1986-2006 *<em>shock and surprise</em>*).</p>
<p>This is Bush I&#8217;s legacy, as well as Reagan&#8217;s, truth be told. The Republican party has been moving toward this for decades. The Democratic party is the same. The only difference between the two parties is the final structure of the North American Union, both economically and socially.</p>
<p>Mel Martinez is the red-light indication of the direction the RNC is going. Leaving for a third party will only accelerate the process. Voting Libertarian or Constitution might make you feel better about yourself while you&#8217;re serving french fries to Meximericanadian bureaucrats, though, so go ahead.</p>
<p>Right now, we have other fish to fry, namely the Islamists. The Republican party is still the only viable option for protecting our families. I know that a modern Democrat in Congress is the funtional equivalent of a Vichy Frenchman, so you won&#8217;t find me voting Libertarian or Constitution any time soon.</p>
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		<title>By: moonsbreath</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will now become a registered Independent because of the election of Martinez to the RNC.</description>
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		<title>By: Freelancer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freelancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the statement above that 
&lt;blockquote&gt;95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It was for the city of Los Angeles only, as of December 2004.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the statement above that </p>
<blockquote><p>95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens.</p></blockquote>
<p>It was for the city of Los Angeles only, as of December 2004.</p>
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		<title>By: Freelancer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freelancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know this is going to be slammed for being cliche, but it&#039;s the truth...

There is a global war between freedom loving people and terror-minded extremists who have one goal in mind; world domination under shar&#039;ia law. However else it is defined, that is accurate.

The U.S. has been the only power willing to step up to the plate and make our stand clear, that the enemy will not win. Many nations fell in behind us. President Bush declared on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;20 September 2001&lt;/a&gt; that this would be a long, difficult endeavor.

&lt;blockquote&gt;This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion.  It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.
...
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.  Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen.  It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.  We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest.  And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism.  Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.
...
This is not, however, just America&#039;s fight.  And what is at stake is not just America&#039;s freedom.  This is the world&#039;s fight.  This is civilization&#039;s fight.  This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.
...
Great harm has been done to us.  We have suffered great loss.  And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.  Freedom and fear are at war.  The advance of human freedom -- the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time -- now depends on us.  Our nation -- this generation -- will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future.  We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage.  We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Have we stopped believing those righteous words? Have we given the enemies of America their first real taste of victory?

We have done what has never been done before, by removing a ruling tyrant without crushing the entire country to do it. Understand this, our enemies have more to fear than we do. They understand that preventing freedom in Iraq has become a do-or-die situation for them, so they are fighting like the proverbial cornered badger. We have established a condition where islamic extremists are gathering in one region where they are more easily dealt with. Does anyone believe that all of those terrorists/insurgents would have been peaceful citizens if we hadn&#039;t responded? Better they gather in Persia to fight us than they hide in cells to sneak up on us.

There are many issues of importance to our nation today, but there are only two that are immediately vital. Our handling of the war with islamic extremism, and our own borders/immigration policy.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52875&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Another&lt;/em&gt; drunk illegal kills 3 more Americans&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51667&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How open borders turn Americans into roadkill&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45392&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Where illegals go for driver&#039;s license&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43838&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Illegal, 17, runs down hero cop&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44172&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Murder suspect - an illegal with driver&#039;s license&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52913&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&#039;12-pack&#039; illegal in fatal car crash&lt;/a&gt;

The threat of terrorist intrusion aside, our immigration policy puts lives at risk on a daily basis. When someone easily enters this nation illegally, one thing you can be absolutely certain of is that they have no respect for American laws. Why should they? While NO FORMAL RECORDS ARE KEPT ANYWHERE regarding the numbers of traffic fatalities related to illegals, a conservative estimate from an insurance actuary suggests that 4,600 traffic deaths per year over the last decade can be attributed to drunk illegal immigrants. THAT&#039;S JUST DRUNK ONES.

In December 2004, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens&lt;/a&gt;. That&#039;s just warrants, not including those already serving time, in the judicial process, or unidentified perps. An estimate comparable to that for traffic deaths places the number of American citizens murdered by illegals at over 2,700 per year over the last decade.

For every bleeding heart that feigns horror over the number of American combat deaths since March 2003, I call on you to be consistent. Do you hate innocent Americans being killed by foreigners? If those estimates offered above are double the truth, it still equated to 3,650 American deaths EACH YEAR at the hand of illegal aliens, more EACH YEAR than all of our military losses of the last FIVE YEARS, and more EACH YEAR than all of the deaths of 9/11. And which death is more tragic, a servicemember honorably doing the duty they volunteered and swore to do, or an unsuspecting civilian being murdered or crashed into by an illegal alien?

Until our government begins to understand where its priorities MUST lie, we MUST speak. If we are silent, the consequences lie with us. So even if you don&#039;t think you want to leave the Republican party, tell them you are planning to. Increase the voice that makes them face the truth. There is noone else to put their feet to the fire, and they have proven yet again that it will take all of that and more for them to listen.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know this is going to be slammed for being cliche, but it&#8217;s the truth&#8230;</p>
<p>There is a global war between freedom loving people and terror-minded extremists who have one goal in mind; world domination under shar&#8217;ia law. However else it is defined, that is accurate.</p>
<p>The U.S. has been the only power willing to step up to the plate and make our stand clear, that the enemy will not win. Many nations fell in behind us. President Bush declared on <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html" rel="nofollow">20 September 2001</a> that this would be a long, difficult endeavor.</p>
<blockquote><p>This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion.  It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.<br />
&#8230;<br />
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.  Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen.  It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.  We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest.  And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism.  Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.<br />
&#8230;<br />
This is not, however, just America&#8217;s fight.  And what is at stake is not just America&#8217;s freedom.  This is the world&#8217;s fight.  This is civilization&#8217;s fight.  This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.<br />
&#8230;<br />
Great harm has been done to us.  We have suffered great loss.  And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.  Freedom and fear are at war.  The advance of human freedom &#8212; the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time &#8212; now depends on us.  Our nation &#8212; this generation &#8212; will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future.  We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage.  We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.</p></blockquote>
<p>Have we stopped believing those righteous words? Have we given the enemies of America their first real taste of victory?</p>
<p>We have done what has never been done before, by removing a ruling tyrant without crushing the entire country to do it. Understand this, our enemies have more to fear than we do. They understand that preventing freedom in Iraq has become a do-or-die situation for them, so they are fighting like the proverbial cornered badger. We have established a condition where islamic extremists are gathering in one region where they are more easily dealt with. Does anyone believe that all of those terrorists/insurgents would have been peaceful citizens if we hadn&#8217;t responded? Better they gather in Persia to fight us than they hide in cells to sneak up on us.</p>
<p>There are many issues of importance to our nation today, but there are only two that are immediately vital. Our handling of the war with islamic extremism, and our own borders/immigration policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52875" rel="nofollow"><em>Another</em> drunk illegal kills 3 more Americans</a><br />
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51667" rel="nofollow">How open borders turn Americans into roadkill</a><br />
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45392" rel="nofollow">Where illegals go for driver&#8217;s license</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43838" rel="nofollow">Illegal, 17, runs down hero cop</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44172" rel="nofollow">Murder suspect &#8211; an illegal with driver&#8217;s license</a><br />
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52913" rel="nofollow">&#8216;12-pack&#8217; illegal in fatal car crash</a></p>
<p>The threat of terrorist intrusion aside, our immigration policy puts lives at risk on a daily basis. When someone easily enters this nation illegally, one thing you can be absolutely certain of is that they have no respect for American laws. Why should they? While NO FORMAL RECORDS ARE KEPT ANYWHERE regarding the numbers of traffic fatalities related to illegals, a conservative estimate from an insurance actuary suggests that 4,600 traffic deaths per year over the last decade can be attributed to drunk illegal immigrants. THAT&#8217;S JUST DRUNK ONES.</p>
<p>In December 2004, <a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html" rel="nofollow">95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens</a>. That&#8217;s just warrants, not including those already serving time, in the judicial process, or unidentified perps. An estimate comparable to that for traffic deaths places the number of American citizens murdered by illegals at over 2,700 per year over the last decade.</p>
<p>For every bleeding heart that feigns horror over the number of American combat deaths since March 2003, I call on you to be consistent. Do you hate innocent Americans being killed by foreigners? If those estimates offered above are double the truth, it still equated to 3,650 American deaths EACH YEAR at the hand of illegal aliens, more EACH YEAR than all of our military losses of the last FIVE YEARS, and more EACH YEAR than all of the deaths of 9/11. And which death is more tragic, a servicemember honorably doing the duty they volunteered and swore to do, or an unsuspecting civilian being murdered or crashed into by an illegal alien?</p>
<p>Until our government begins to understand where its priorities MUST lie, we MUST speak. If we are silent, the consequences lie with us. So even if you don&#8217;t think you want to leave the Republican party, tell them you are planning to. Increase the voice that makes them face the truth. There is noone else to put their feet to the fire, and they have proven yet again that it will take all of that and more for them to listen.</p>
<p>/rant</p>
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		<title>By: Dave R.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the RNC has completely missed the message they just received from the voters. If the dims manage to moderate themselves and keep control of congress and HRC manages to get herself elected.......

We&#039;re toast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the RNC has completely missed the message they just received from the voters. If the dims manage to moderate themselves and keep control of congress and HRC manages to get herself elected&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re toast.</p>
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		<title>By: NoisyRoom.net &#187; Blog Archive &#187; An Underwhelming Choice For RNC</title>
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		<dc:creator>NoisyRoom.net &#187; Blog Archive &#187; An Underwhelming Choice For RNC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The Republican National Committee selected its new chairman to replace Ken Mehlman. Instead of Michael Steele, who made his interest clear, the GOP selected Senator Mel Martinez &#8212; a choice that has underwhelmed conservatives: Sen. Mel Martinez, the first-term lawmaker who previously served in President Bush&#8217;s Cabinet, will assume the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, GOP officials said Monday. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The Republican National Committee selected its new chairman to replace Ken Mehlman. Instead of Michael Steele, who made his interest clear, the GOP selected Senator Mel Martinez &#8212; a choice that has underwhelmed conservatives: Sen. Mel Martinez, the first-term lawmaker who previously served in President Bush&#8217;s Cabinet, will assume the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, GOP officials said Monday. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Slublog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Slublog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice find, BacaDog.</description>
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		<title>By: Conservative Blog Therapy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Conservative Blog Therapy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Stupid is as stupid does... (updated)...&lt;/strong&gt;

Updated......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Stupid is as stupid does&#8230; (updated)&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Updated&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Don Singleton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don Singleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Florida&#039;s Martinez tapped for RNC chief...&lt;/strong&gt;

They should have named Steele and Martinez as co-chairs....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Florida&#8217;s Martinez tapped for RNC chief&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>They should have named Steele and Martinez as co-chairs&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Benaiah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Benaiah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just sent my ticked off email to the GOP over Martinez, Boehner and Blunt. Let&#039;s hope enough people write or call them to show them that these picks just aren&#039;t going to cut it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just sent my ticked off email to the GOP over Martinez, Boehner and Blunt. Let&#8217;s hope enough people write or call them to show them that these picks just aren&#8217;t going to cut it.</p>
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		<title>By: Alarming News</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alarming News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;We&#039;re not quite done losing yet....&lt;/strong&gt;

This post grew out of separate conversations with Charlie of Cinema Strikes Back and Tom the Funkypundit. I would be remiss if I didn&#039;t thank them for getting me thinking on this.... The problem: *We lose the House and the......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>We&#8217;re not quite done losing yet&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p>This post grew out of separate conversations with Charlie of Cinema Strikes Back and Tom the Funkypundit. I would be remiss if I didn&#8217;t thank them for getting me thinking on this&#8230;. The problem: *We lose the House and the&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I won&#039;t vote for any party that thinks amnesty is a good policy for illegal immigrants.  Affirmative action I&#039;m willing to talk about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I won&#8217;t vote for any party that thinks amnesty is a good policy for illegal immigrants.  Affirmative action I&#8217;m willing to talk about.</p>
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		<title>By: African American (Black) Political Pundit</title>
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		<dc:creator>African American (Black) Political Pundit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] It appears the neo con brat Michelle Malkin is concerned about more thumbs down from the conservative base. As she whines, cry&#8217;s and holds her breath, and says, &#8220;not that anyone cares about them anymore.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] It appears the neo con brat Michelle Malkin is concerned about more thumbs down from the conservative base. As she whines, cry&#8217;s and holds her breath, and says, &#8220;not that anyone cares about them anymore.&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: African American (Black) Opinion</title>
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		<dc:creator>African American (Black) Opinion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] It appears the neo con brat Michelle Malkin is concerned about more thumbs down from the conservative base. As she whines, cry’s and holds her breath, and says, “not that anyone cares about them anymore.” [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] It appears the neo con brat Michelle Malkin is concerned about more thumbs down from the conservative base. As she whines, cry’s and holds her breath, and says, “not that anyone cares about them anymore.” [...]</p>
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		<title>By: y2church</title>
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		<dc:creator>y2church</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good on ya freelancer! Go CP go!

hey annoyinglittletwerp,

As for the Constitution Party platform sounding like the &quot;leftbots&quot; on terrorism: I think they just want things done &quot;by the book,&quot; or rather, &quot;by the constitution.&quot;  Hey, I&#039;m all for wars, even those entangling us in foreign affairs, IF (notice the big if) they serve to protect us. I firmly supported the Iraq war, but at some point we do have to say, &quot;look folks, we&#039;ve cleaned it up as much as we can, now keep it clean for yourselves.&quot; 
   We don&#039;t need to stay there indefinately defending the Iraqi people&#039;s freedom. If they allow themselves to be overtaken by another dictator, then that will be sad. We overthrew our oppressors, they can to - especially with as much help as we&#039;re giving them.
   I think the CP would be all for this war if it were done more &quot;constitutionally.&quot; I know that&#039;s a mouthful, but look, the yellowbellied GOP controlled Congress wouldn&#039;t even show the way for the President by declaring war. Saddam threatened us multiple times with talk of deploying WMD&#039;s against us and our interests/allies in the region. We were justified to take him/his country&#039;s govenment out in a war. Congress just should have declared it like the Constitution calls for. Now President Bush looks like a renegade with a private vendetta when everyone in Congress (Dems and GOP alike) was crowing 4 years ago about the need to take Saddam down. Checks and balances, baby. We&#039;ll declare war, you oversee it - deal?
   When&#039;s the last time Congress declared a war? Exactly.

y2church

For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. - Hamilton</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good on ya freelancer! Go CP go!</p>
<p>hey annoyinglittletwerp,</p>
<p>As for the Constitution Party platform sounding like the &#8220;leftbots&#8221; on terrorism: I think they just want things done &#8220;by the book,&#8221; or rather, &#8220;by the constitution.&#8221;  Hey, I&#8217;m all for wars, even those entangling us in foreign affairs, IF (notice the big if) they serve to protect us. I firmly supported the Iraq war, but at some point we do have to say, &#8220;look folks, we&#8217;ve cleaned it up as much as we can, now keep it clean for yourselves.&#8221;<br />
   We don&#8217;t need to stay there indefinately defending the Iraqi people&#8217;s freedom. If they allow themselves to be overtaken by another dictator, then that will be sad. We overthrew our oppressors, they can to &#8211; especially with as much help as we&#8217;re giving them.<br />
   I think the CP would be all for this war if it were done more &#8220;constitutionally.&#8221; I know that&#8217;s a mouthful, but look, the yellowbellied GOP controlled Congress wouldn&#8217;t even show the way for the President by declaring war. Saddam threatened us multiple times with talk of deploying WMD&#8217;s against us and our interests/allies in the region. We were justified to take him/his country&#8217;s govenment out in a war. Congress just should have declared it like the Constitution calls for. Now President Bush looks like a renegade with a private vendetta when everyone in Congress (Dems and GOP alike) was crowing 4 years ago about the need to take Saddam down. Checks and balances, baby. We&#8217;ll declare war, you oversee it &#8211; deal?<br />
   When&#8217;s the last time Congress declared a war? Exactly.</p>
<p>y2church</p>
<p>For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. &#8211; Hamilton</p>
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		<title>By: Pablo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Yeah, and all of this was in 2004 during the debate. And yet it didn’t have any recognizable impact on the black vote. A 3% increase is not significant enough to really attribute to anything.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

How many votes is 3% of the black vote? How many votes did Bush win by? 

Laugh on, chucklehead. When 3% makes it&#039;s way to 15%, the Democrats never win another national election.  

&lt;blockquote&gt;If we start a civil war the way they have, it’ll rob us of a permanent victory.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Quibbling is to be expected after a loss. the Dems, on the other hand, are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/washington/14congcnd.html?hp&amp;ex=1163480400&amp;en=e18988590869531e&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;starting out with a civil war&lt;/a&gt; over whether or not to promote Mr. Culture of Corruption to a leadership position. They don&#039;t even have control yet, and they&#039;re already pissing it away!

You do not have and will not have a permanent victory. But it&#039;s pretty damned funny watching you fools act as if you do!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Yeah, and all of this was in 2004 during the debate. And yet it didn’t have any recognizable impact on the black vote. A 3% increase is not significant enough to really attribute to anything.</p></blockquote>
<p>How many votes is 3% of the black vote? How many votes did Bush win by? </p>
<p>Laugh on, chucklehead. When 3% makes it&#8217;s way to 15%, the Democrats never win another national election.  </p>
<blockquote><p>If we start a civil war the way they have, it’ll rob us of a permanent victory.</p></blockquote>
<p>Quibbling is to be expected after a loss. the Dems, on the other hand, are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/washington/14congcnd.html?hp&amp;ex=1163480400&amp;en=e18988590869531e&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage" rel="nofollow">starting out with a civil war</a> over whether or not to promote Mr. Culture of Corruption to a leadership position. They don&#8217;t even have control yet, and they&#8217;re already pissing it away!</p>
<p>You do not have and will not have a permanent victory. But it&#8217;s pretty damned funny watching you fools act as if you do!</p>
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		<title>By: Right Voices &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Steele Out Martinez In as RNC Chairman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Right Voices &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Steele Out Martinez In as RNC Chairman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Hot Air readers say &#8220;it’s an awful pick, transparently aimed at appealing to pro-amnesty Hispanic voters. If the GOP goes ahead and puts Boehner and Blunt back in place in the minority leadership, you’re looking at a very dire electoral situation in 2008.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Hot Air readers say &#8220;it’s an awful pick, transparently aimed at appealing to pro-amnesty Hispanic voters. If the GOP goes ahead and puts Boehner and Blunt back in place in the minority leadership, you’re looking at a very dire electoral situation in 2008.&#8221; [...]</p>
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