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	<title>Comments on: Video: Welcome new RNC chairman Mel Martinez!</title>
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		<title>By: honora</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-106598</link>
		<dc:creator>honora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Under the &quot;you can&#039;t make this shit up&quot; category:  Bill O&#039;R last evening, while discussing (??) the Vatican&#039;s position against the border fence, stated that the Vatican has &quot;secular-progressive&quot; values.

Well there you go.  Alice, Alice, come baaaccccckkkkkkk.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Under the &#8220;you can&#8217;t make this shit up&#8221; category:  Bill O&#8217;R last evening, while discussing (??) the Vatican&#8217;s position against the border fence, stated that the Vatican has &#8220;secular-progressive&#8221; values.</p>
<p>Well there you go.  Alice, Alice, come baaaccccckkkkkkk&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: honora</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-106404</link>
		<dc:creator>honora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;So Bush is tired, Gee I wonder why.. trying to fight a world war against monsters and then being demonized by people who dont even think there is a war. Then because he doesn’t toe a conservative line 100%, is pillored by Republicans and some conservatives for not being an ideologue. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Poor thing.  Why it seems like just yesterday when they put the gun to his head to force him to enter the race.  
&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m sure your bitching and moaning is really contributing to his not being tired. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Tired, huh?  Pick up a copy of the Last Lion and get back to me on that.  Keep in mind Churchill was 65 when England entered the Second WW;  Ben Franklin was in his 70&#039;s when he signed the Declaration of Independence;  Reagan was in his 70s when he took office.  Maybe some Geritol would do the trick.

&lt;blockquote&gt;make the brave decisions that are needed to protect this country.. more than half the people dont want him to, fuck em. &lt;/blockquote&gt;


This is a paraphrase from Lincoln, am I right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>So Bush is tired, Gee I wonder why.. trying to fight a world war against monsters and then being demonized by people who dont even think there is a war. Then because he doesn’t toe a conservative line 100%, is pillored by Republicans and some conservatives for not being an ideologue. </p></blockquote>
<p>Poor thing.  Why it seems like just yesterday when they put the gun to his head to force him to enter the race.  </p>
<blockquote><p>I’m sure your bitching and moaning is really contributing to his not being tired. </p></blockquote>
<p>Tired, huh?  Pick up a copy of the Last Lion and get back to me on that.  Keep in mind Churchill was 65 when England entered the Second WW;  Ben Franklin was in his 70&#8242;s when he signed the Declaration of Independence;  Reagan was in his 70s when he took office.  Maybe some Geritol would do the trick.</p>
<blockquote><p>make the brave decisions that are needed to protect this country.. more than half the people dont want him to, fuck em. </p></blockquote>
<p>This is a paraphrase from Lincoln, am I right?</p>
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		<title>By: EFG</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-106259</link>
		<dc:creator>EFG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps in the spirit of bi-partisan ship, the RNC should nominate someone like Noam Chomsky to head the Republican party...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps in the spirit of bi-partisan ship, the RNC should nominate someone like Noam Chomsky to head the Republican party&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: WisCon</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-106010</link>
		<dc:creator>WisCon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is going to turn out to be a horrible idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is going to turn out to be a horrible idea.</p>
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		<title>By: hillbillyjim</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-106005</link>
		<dc:creator>hillbillyjim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Not only did Michelle Malkin criticize him for it, but she mocked Japanese-Americans who were thrown in those camps and claimed they deserved it. Wrote a book that spent a large amount of time justifying it, and alluding to the possibility of doing it to Arab-Muslims this time around.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

GOOD FOR HER!!  Go and find your little corner, Grebrook, and ....nah ..........not worth it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Not only did Michelle Malkin criticize him for it, but she mocked Japanese-Americans who were thrown in those camps and claimed they deserved it. Wrote a book that spent a large amount of time justifying it, and alluding to the possibility of doing it to Arab-Muslims this time around.
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<p>GOOD FOR HER!!  Go and find your little corner, Grebrook, and &#8230;.nah &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.not worth it.</p>
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		<title>By: tormod</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105952</link>
		<dc:creator>tormod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;On the plus side, it makes me all warm and fuzzy to have Kos call me a “little xenophobic bigot.” Can we get t-shirts printed up? I judge my success by having the right enemies as well as the right friends — so Kos’s rage assures me I’m on the right (if not currently winning) side of history.

Anton on November 14, 2006 at 8:16 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;d like mine to say, &quot;Big Xenophobic Bigot&quot;, please.  Mel is my senator and I don&#039;t like his forked-tongue and two-faced habits since going to Scandalton, DC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>On the plus side, it makes me all warm and fuzzy to have Kos call me a “little xenophobic bigot.” Can we get t-shirts printed up? I judge my success by having the right enemies as well as the right friends — so Kos’s rage assures me I’m on the right (if not currently winning) side of history.</p>
<p>Anton on November 14, 2006 at 8:16 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;d like mine to say, &#8220;Big Xenophobic Bigot&#8221;, please.  Mel is my senator and I don&#8217;t like his forked-tongue and two-faced habits since going to Scandalton, DC.</p>
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		<title>By: Alabama Liberation Front: The Rebel Alliance vs. Martinez</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105914</link>
		<dc:creator>Alabama Liberation Front: The Rebel Alliance vs. Martinez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Rebel Alliance vs. Martinez...&lt;/strong&gt;

Ryan Sager -- whatever his shortcomings -- agrees with everybody else who wants to fix the GOP before it&#039;s too late to stop Hillary: Steele, Pence and Shadegg, not Martinez, Boehner and Blunt. Let&#039;s get &#039;r done....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Rebel Alliance vs. Martinez&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Ryan Sager &#8212; whatever his shortcomings &#8212; agrees with everybody else who wants to fix the GOP before it&#8217;s too late to stop Hillary: Steele, Pence and Shadegg, not Martinez, Boehner and Blunt. Let&#8217;s get &#8216;r done&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: doingwhatican</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105906</link>
		<dc:creator>doingwhatican</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Martinez may be a Cuban success story, but he&#039;s a hack politician.

Time for a new party....the Conservative Party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martinez may be a Cuban success story, but he&#8217;s a hack politician.</p>
<p>Time for a new party&#8230;.the Conservative Party.</p>
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		<title>By: Scot</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105896</link>
		<dc:creator>Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michelle Malkin owns Hot Air Grebrook.</description>
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		<title>By: VinceP1974</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105891</link>
		<dc:creator>VinceP1974</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m so bored with by-the-numbers Grebrook.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so bored with by-the-numbers Grebrook.</p>
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		<title>By: Grebrook</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105847</link>
		<dc:creator>Grebrook</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Almost forgot, my comment earlier, sans the s word, was that Reagan gave outright amnesty to illegals and i’m pretty sure no one here thinks he was a RINO or that he destroyed the party and the country.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hate to break it to you, pal, but this ain&#039;t your father&#039;s Republican Party.  Reagan did a lot of things that conservatives nowadays actually think were &quot;liberal&quot;.  Take, for example, paying off reparations to Japanese-Americans put into internment camps during WWII.  Not only did Michelle Malkin criticize him for it, but she mocked Japanese-Americans who were thrown in those camps and claimed they deserved it.  Wrote a book that spent a large amount of time justifying it, and alluding to the possibility of doing it to Arab-Muslims this time around.

And Hot Air &lt;em&gt;absolutely loves&lt;/em&gt; Michelle Malkin.

Now you see why you lost Congress?  Jim Webb used to be a Republican until you pissed him off.  Bet you&#039;re regretting that right about now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Almost forgot, my comment earlier, sans the s word, was that Reagan gave outright amnesty to illegals and i’m pretty sure no one here thinks he was a RINO or that he destroyed the party and the country.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hate to break it to you, pal, but this ain&#8217;t your father&#8217;s Republican Party.  Reagan did a lot of things that conservatives nowadays actually think were &#8220;liberal&#8221;.  Take, for example, paying off reparations to Japanese-Americans put into internment camps during WWII.  Not only did Michelle Malkin criticize him for it, but she mocked Japanese-Americans who were thrown in those camps and claimed they deserved it.  Wrote a book that spent a large amount of time justifying it, and alluding to the possibility of doing it to Arab-Muslims this time around.</p>
<p>And Hot Air <em>absolutely loves</em> Michelle Malkin.</p>
<p>Now you see why you lost Congress?  Jim Webb used to be a Republican until you pissed him off.  Bet you&#8217;re regretting that right about now.</p>
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		<title>By: Valiant</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105830</link>
		<dc:creator>Valiant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mehlman did a &quot;whale of a job.&quot;  The kiss of death.  The idiocy continues.  Do y&#039;all think there might just be something to this &lt;em&gt;Bush is stupid&lt;/em&gt; stuff?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mehlman did a &#8220;whale of a job.&#8221;  The kiss of death.  The idiocy continues.  Do y&#8217;all think there might just be something to this <em>Bush is stupid</em> stuff?</p>
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		<title>By: VinceP1974</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105828</link>
		<dc:creator>VinceP1974</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bah, suddenly profanity is banned and my carefully written world-changing opinion gets sucked into a black hole, not to be seen by anyone!

This calamity could have been prevented if the posting software would kindly advise the writer that the reader will be prevented from reading what was writen because the writing was naughty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bah, suddenly profanity is banned and my carefully written world-changing opinion gets sucked into a black hole, not to be seen by anyone!</p>
<p>This calamity could have been prevented if the posting software would kindly advise the writer that the reader will be prevented from reading what was writen because the writing was naughty.</p>
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		<title>By: VinceP1974</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105825</link>
		<dc:creator>VinceP1974</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Bush is tired, Gee I wonder why.. trying to fight a world war against monsters and then being demonized by people who dont even think there is a war. Then because he doesn&#039;t toe a conservative line 100%, is pillored by Republicans and some conservatives for not being an ideologue.  

I&#039;m sure your bitching and moaning is really contributing to his not being tired.  

If I were him I wouldn&#039;t stick out my neck and make the brave decisions that are needed to protect this country.. more than half the people dont want him to, fuck em.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Bush is tired, Gee I wonder why.. trying to fight a world war against monsters and then being demonized by people who dont even think there is a war. Then because he doesn&#8217;t toe a conservative line 100%, is pillored by Republicans and some conservatives for not being an ideologue.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure your bitching and moaning is really contributing to his not being tired.  </p>
<p>If I were him I wouldn&#8217;t stick out my neck and make the brave decisions that are needed to protect this country.. more than half the people dont want him to, fuck em.</p>
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		<title>By: Drtuddle</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105804</link>
		<dc:creator>Drtuddle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I need some pescado de sopa,cabeza de vaca,ojos de puerco,cerebo de vaca,lengua,barbacoa,carne de cabra so I can throw up. Then have some menudo.  Beware Cabras when Mexico takes over they&#039;ll be lots of you killed for a victory meal!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I need some pescado de sopa,cabeza de vaca,ojos de puerco,cerebo de vaca,lengua,barbacoa,carne de cabra so I can throw up. Then have some menudo.  Beware Cabras when Mexico takes over they&#8217;ll be lots of you killed for a victory meal!</p>
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		<title>By: infidel4life</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105760</link>
		<dc:creator>infidel4life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Martinez: &quot;One of the things that I made clear as I discussed this job role with the president is &lt;strong&gt;I was not going to be an attack dog&lt;/strong&gt;...&quot;

He&#039;ll fit right in with the rest of the neutered eunuchs running the RNC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martinez: &#8220;One of the things that I made clear as I discussed this job role with the president is <strong>I was not going to be an attack dog</strong>&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>He&#8217;ll fit right in with the rest of the neutered eunuchs running the RNC.</p>
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		<title>By: Puritan1648</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105737</link>
		<dc:creator>Puritan1648</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;As usual, you have expressed the feelings of a lot of us out here in wwweirdworld -- hillbillyjim&lt;/blockquote&gt;

...don&#039;t sell yourself short...you&#039;re one of the guys whose stuff I stop to read.  You can&#039;t read every last &quot;me, too&quot; and all of the long screeds (like mine)...but some folks hwo post bear reading every time.  You&#039;re one.

Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>As usual, you have expressed the feelings of a lot of us out here in wwweirdworld &#8212; hillbillyjim</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230;don&#8217;t sell yourself short&#8230;you&#8217;re one of the guys whose stuff I stop to read.  You can&#8217;t read every last &#8220;me, too&#8221; and all of the long screeds (like mine)&#8230;but some folks hwo post bear reading every time.  You&#8217;re one.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Point Five &#187; OOPS! Now Republican Missteps Cause Loss Of Majority In RNC</title>
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		<dc:creator>Point Five &#187; OOPS! Now Republican Missteps Cause Loss Of Majority In RNC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] OOPS! Now Republican Missteps Cause Loss Of Majority In RNC By a4gPoint Five Staff Writer @ 8:50 pm  But Vow To &#8220;Stay The Course&#8221;, Despite Pressure, In Upcoming Leadership Elections  Hey Hispanics, his name is Martinez! Don&#8217;t vote for those pandering Democrat somobitches. Aqui, somos Mexicanos! Ole!   Capping a week of crushing defeats, where once- dominant Republicans saw their House, Senate, and Governorship majorities slip away, the Republican party faced another crippling loss on Tuesday, as it saw control of its own Republican National Committee (RNC) slip away. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] OOPS! Now Republican Missteps Cause Loss Of Majority In RNC By a4gPoint Five Staff Writer @ 8:50 pm  But Vow To &#8220;Stay The Course&#8221;, Despite Pressure, In Upcoming Leadership Elections  Hey Hispanics, his name is Martinez! Don&#8217;t vote for those pandering Democrat somobitches. Aqui, somos Mexicanos! Ole!   Capping a week of crushing defeats, where once- dominant Republicans saw their House, Senate, and Governorship majorities slip away, the Republican party faced another crippling loss on Tuesday, as it saw control of its own Republican National Committee (RNC) slip away. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: hillbillyjim</title>
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		<dc:creator>hillbillyjim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(sp.)--albeit----</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(sp.)&#8211;albeit&#8212;-</p>
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		<title>By: hillbillyjim</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105682</link>
		<dc:creator>hillbillyjim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Puritan 1648, 

As usual, you have expressed the feelings of a lot of us out here in wwweirdworld, albiet far more eloquently than most.

I felt in the immediate aftermath of 9-11-01 that George W. was the man for the situation. I still believe he conducted himself well under extremely trying circumstances. 

President Bush&#039;s biggest flaw, IMHO, was not satisfactorily explaining the urgency that this world-wide threat demands. I believe that some of these policy-makers gave &quot;us&quot; too much credit. They assumed that we couldn&#039;t help but see just how serious this threat is.

As the new majority (in Congress) grapples with this new realisation, and becomes entangled in the debate on action (as opposed to condemnation), I think that we&#039;ll see some true mettle from a scant few and a huge yellow streak coloring the rest. 

It was easy to holler: &quot;Boo!&quot;-- It&#039;s gonna be a different story calling the plays.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Puritan 1648, </p>
<p>As usual, you have expressed the feelings of a lot of us out here in wwweirdworld, albiet far more eloquently than most.</p>
<p>I felt in the immediate aftermath of 9-11-01 that George W. was the man for the situation. I still believe he conducted himself well under extremely trying circumstances. </p>
<p>President Bush&#8217;s biggest flaw, IMHO, was not satisfactorily explaining the urgency that this world-wide threat demands. I believe that some of these policy-makers gave &#8220;us&#8221; too much credit. They assumed that we couldn&#8217;t help but see just how serious this threat is.</p>
<p>As the new majority (in Congress) grapples with this new realisation, and becomes entangled in the debate on action (as opposed to condemnation), I think that we&#8217;ll see some true mettle from a scant few and a huge yellow streak coloring the rest. </p>
<p>It was easy to holler: &#8220;Boo!&#8221;&#8211; It&#8217;s gonna be a different story calling the plays.</p>
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		<title>By: Puritan1648</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105629</link>
		<dc:creator>Puritan1648</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Martinez and his record are not the issue.

The buzz is certainly at a level where Bush and Rove can pick up on it.  Picking Martinez, regardless of his potential as judged by his public utterances, especially after the expressed eagerness by Mr. Prez for immigration &quot;reform&quot; is a slap in the face to the base.

Now...it&#039;s not a case, as under Clinton, of Mr. Bush sticking his finger in the wind and going with the wind.  He comes up with an idea and then sends Rove to make that idea happen.  That seems to be the drill.  Still, he&#039;s got two horrendous faults:

1)  He doesn&#039;t sell stuff to his base.

2)  He doesn&#039;t defend himself, his policies *OR* his base against the Left.  He hasn&#039;t so far, anyway.

He&#039;s also got a big, throbbing *TIN EAR* when it comes to listening to the base.  The whole Harriet Miers thing, and the length of time it took to react to some rather *LOUD* resistance from rather respectful supporters, goes to illustrate this point.

His two faults enumerated above have directly contributed to the poor showing last Tuesday, and he needs to regroup and rebuild.  Right about now, the buzz reaching him and his go-to-guy should be that the base is p*ssed-off.  His conciliatory gestures toward the morons who&#039;ve spent the last six years excoriating is seen by me, if by nobody else, as &quot;doormat-ism&quot;.

Now&#039;s the time to use...and I mean really *USE* the bully pulpit.  He&#039;s not very good at it.  I&#039;m sure that he can send in a &quot;designated hitter&quot; to cover for his lack of oratorical skills.  Still, there&#039;s got to be some *LEADERSHIP* here.

...all I&#039;ve been seeing for the last week is &quot;head down...butt-up...shut-up&quot; from the RNC.  This latest is a real breaker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martinez and his record are not the issue.</p>
<p>The buzz is certainly at a level where Bush and Rove can pick up on it.  Picking Martinez, regardless of his potential as judged by his public utterances, especially after the expressed eagerness by Mr. Prez for immigration &#8220;reform&#8221; is a slap in the face to the base.</p>
<p>Now&#8230;it&#8217;s not a case, as under Clinton, of Mr. Bush sticking his finger in the wind and going with the wind.  He comes up with an idea and then sends Rove to make that idea happen.  That seems to be the drill.  Still, he&#8217;s got two horrendous faults:</p>
<p>1)  He doesn&#8217;t sell stuff to his base.</p>
<p>2)  He doesn&#8217;t defend himself, his policies *OR* his base against the Left.  He hasn&#8217;t so far, anyway.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s also got a big, throbbing *TIN EAR* when it comes to listening to the base.  The whole Harriet Miers thing, and the length of time it took to react to some rather *LOUD* resistance from rather respectful supporters, goes to illustrate this point.</p>
<p>His two faults enumerated above have directly contributed to the poor showing last Tuesday, and he needs to regroup and rebuild.  Right about now, the buzz reaching him and his go-to-guy should be that the base is p*ssed-off.  His conciliatory gestures toward the morons who&#8217;ve spent the last six years excoriating is seen by me, if by nobody else, as &#8220;doormat-ism&#8221;.</p>
<p>Now&#8217;s the time to use&#8230;and I mean really *USE* the bully pulpit.  He&#8217;s not very good at it.  I&#8217;m sure that he can send in a &#8220;designated hitter&#8221; to cover for his lack of oratorical skills.  Still, there&#8217;s got to be some *LEADERSHIP* here.</p>
<p>&#8230;all I&#8217;ve been seeing for the last week is &#8220;head down&#8230;butt-up&#8230;shut-up&#8221; from the RNC.  This latest is a real breaker.</p>
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		<title>By: Puritan1648</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105614</link>
		<dc:creator>Puritan1648</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;SI, SE PUEDE! -- Pablo&lt;/blockquote&gt;

...you...want...*PUDDING*?  

I should&#039;ve stayed awake in French class....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>SI, SE PUEDE! &#8212; Pablo</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230;you&#8230;want&#8230;*PUDDING*?  </p>
<p>I should&#8217;ve stayed awake in French class&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: hillbillyjim</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105598</link>
		<dc:creator>hillbillyjim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s all make nice and maybe the bad ol&#039; Jihadi Bastards will just go away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s all make nice and maybe the bad ol&#8217; Jihadi Bastards will just go away.</p>
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		<title>By: hillbillyjim</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105595</link>
		<dc:creator>hillbillyjim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Amnesty&quot; and &quot;amnesia&quot;????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Amnesty&#8221; and &#8220;amnesia&#8221;????</p>
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		<title>By: Anton</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/14/video-welcome-new-rnc-chairman-mel-martinez/comment-page-1/#comment-105590</link>
		<dc:creator>Anton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, that&#039;s the problem. His crowd gets really mad when you call his plan amnesty. In their minds, it&#039;s not --- it&#039;s a path for the good guys to work themselves into citizenship (earn it) while keeping the bad guys out and recognizing the hard economic realities of the noble hard-working self-sacrificing blah blah blah blah...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s the problem. His crowd gets really mad when you call his plan amnesty. In their minds, it&#8217;s not &#8212; it&#8217;s a path for the good guys to work themselves into citizenship (earn it) while keeping the bad guys out and recognizing the hard economic realities of the noble hard-working self-sacrificing blah blah blah blah&#8230;</p>
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