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	<title>Comments on: RNC insurgents in futile bid to depose Mel &#8220;Amnesty&#8221; Martinez as chairman</title>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mel &#8220;Amnesty&#8221; Martinez elected RNC chairman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mel &#8220;Amnesty&#8221; Martinez elected RNC chairman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The WashTimes has been running goofy articles all week pretending that the RNC rebels who were trying to block him had a ghost of a chance, and that Michael Steele might emerge as a compromise candidate. I said on Tuesday it was futile, and guess what? It was futile. The vote was secret ballot, but according to senior GOP officials, all but 20 delegates were committed to Martinez. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The WashTimes has been running goofy articles all week pretending that the RNC rebels who were trying to block him had a ghost of a chance, and that Michael Steele might emerge as a compromise candidate. I said on Tuesday it was futile, and guess what? It was futile. The vote was secret ballot, but according to senior GOP officials, all but 20 delegates were committed to Martinez. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: A Lady's Ruminations</title>
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		<dc:creator>A Lady's Ruminations</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Amnesty Mel...&lt;/strong&gt;

I want an RNC Chairmen who supports, encourages, defends, and believes that Amnesty for Illegal Aliens is wrong, that we ought to arrest and deport every Illegal Alien we can, that we ought to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law every business.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Amnesty Mel&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>I want an RNC Chairmen who supports, encourages, defends, and believes that Amnesty for Illegal Aliens is wrong, that we ought to arrest and deport every Illegal Alien we can, that we ought to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law every business&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Mellen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mellen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush probably wants to sabotage Republicans ---lord knows he isn&#039;t one!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush probably wants to sabotage Republicans &#8212;lord knows he isn&#8217;t one!!</p>
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		<title>By: Hyunchback</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hyunchback</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sarcasm /on &quot;But, he&#039;s doing a job no American wants to do!&quot;
Sarcasm /off</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarcasm /on &#8220;But, he&#8217;s doing a job no American wants to do!&#8221;<br />
Sarcasm /off</p>
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		<title>By: Booo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Booo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://home.earthlink.net/~gohomemel/</description>
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		<title>By: mikeomatic</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikeomatic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe George W Bush is what our British friends would call a F__king C__t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe George W Bush is what our British friends would call a F__king C__t.</p>
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		<title>By: Speakup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Speakup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If BP agents shot more dangerous criminal aliens in the ass the problem of border criminalization would drop considerably.

Apparently the administration doesn&#039;t want the problem to cease, but wants only to restrain agents instead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If BP agents shot more dangerous criminal aliens in the ass the problem of border criminalization would drop considerably.</p>
<p>Apparently the administration doesn&#8217;t want the problem to cease, but wants only to restrain agents instead.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;White House press secretary Tony Snow said there has been &quot;a characterization that somehow the government is turning a blind eye toward the law in enforcing the law,&quot; but said the facts of the case show the two agents broke the law. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;The spokesman said the agents picked up their shell casings after the shooting and didn&#039;t make the proper report -- both violations of regulations.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

So, the agents are sent to prison for 10 and 11 years ... for picking up their shell casings?  Not for actually shooting the fleeing illegal alien drug dealer? 

Make sense.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Now, at the time this happened, they did not know if he was an illegal. They did not know that there were 700 pounds of marijuana. They didn&#039;t know any of those things,&quot; Mr. Snow said. &lt;/blockquote&gt;


So what?  He ran away, disobeyed orders to stop, and from what I&#039;ve read ... possibly took a swing at the agent.  What does it matter if the agents knew the full extent of the person&#039;s criminal activity before they shot a fleeing suspect.

Bush sucks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>White House press secretary Tony Snow said there has been &#8220;a characterization that somehow the government is turning a blind eye toward the law in enforcing the law,&#8221; but said the facts of the case show the two agents broke the law. </p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The spokesman said the agents picked up their shell casings after the shooting and didn&#8217;t make the proper report &#8212; both violations of regulations.</p></blockquote>
<p>So, the agents are sent to prison for 10 and 11 years &#8230; for picking up their shell casings?  Not for actually shooting the fleeing illegal alien drug dealer? </p>
<p>Make sense.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Now, at the time this happened, they did not know if he was an illegal. They did not know that there were 700 pounds of marijuana. They didn&#8217;t know any of those things,&#8221; Mr. Snow said. </p></blockquote>
<p>So what?  He ran away, disobeyed orders to stop, and from what I&#8217;ve read &#8230; possibly took a swing at the agent.  What does it matter if the agents knew the full extent of the person&#8217;s criminal activity before they shot a fleeing suspect.</p>
<p>Bush sucks.</p>
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		<title>By: Speakup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Speakup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We&#039;re going to find out whose side you&#039;re on ... the American people or the side of our enemies,&quot; Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, said of Mr. Bush in a press conference this week. &quot;If you let these two men go to jail for defending us, then we&#039;ll know you&#039;re on the side of our enemies.&quot; 
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070112-115026-5429r.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to find out whose side you&#8217;re on &#8230; the American people or the side of our enemies,&#8221; Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, said of Mr. Bush in a press conference this week. &#8220;If you let these two men go to jail for defending us, then we&#8217;ll know you&#8217;re on the side of our enemies.&#8221;<br />
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		<title>By: Hollowpoint</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hollowpoint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bloody hell, you&#039;d think that Bush would&#039;ve learned his lesson regarding crony assignments after the ill-advised (read: idiotic) Harriet Miers nomination... yet we still get the likes of Julie Myers (her most relevant experience being marital relations with her Michael Chertoff) heading ICE and now &quot;we don&#039;t need no stinkin borders&quot; Martinez.

Nice job President Bush, Karl Rove and Trent Lott along with the other free-spending, crony appointing, open border advocate &quot;conservatives&quot; for sacrificing the Republican party on the altar of your political careers and election campaign coffers.  You already lost us both the House and Senate, a few more crony appointments and lobbyist directed earmarks and you&#039;ll succeed in losing the Presidency in &#039;08 too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bloody hell, you&#8217;d think that Bush would&#8217;ve learned his lesson regarding crony assignments after the ill-advised (read: idiotic) Harriet Miers nomination&#8230; yet we still get the likes of Julie Myers (her most relevant experience being marital relations with her Michael Chertoff) heading ICE and now &#8220;we don&#8217;t need no stinkin borders&#8221; Martinez.</p>
<p>Nice job President Bush, Karl Rove and Trent Lott along with the other free-spending, crony appointing, open border advocate &#8220;conservatives&#8221; for sacrificing the Republican party on the altar of your political careers and election campaign coffers.  You already lost us both the House and Senate, a few more crony appointments and lobbyist directed earmarks and you&#8217;ll succeed in losing the Presidency in &#8216;08 too.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>itzWicks is right.  I was initially against Steele as  the chairman, since I thought he could win a spot in the Senate if he only moved.  Now I&#039;d be willing to sacrifice him to the RNC chair only to stop Martinez from getting the job.

Hand to God, I&#039;m more conservative (and MUCH more libertarian) than most Republicans, but I&#039;ve had enough of this party.  Can you believe it took NANCY PELOSI to create a bill to fix earmarks!?!??!?!  What in the hell does that say about our own politicians?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>itzWicks is right.  I was initially against Steele as  the chairman, since I thought he could win a spot in the Senate if he only moved.  Now I&#8217;d be willing to sacrifice him to the RNC chair only to stop Martinez from getting the job.</p>
<p>Hand to God, I&#8217;m more conservative (and MUCH more libertarian) than most Republicans, but I&#8217;ve had enough of this party.  Can you believe it took NANCY PELOSI to create a bill to fix earmarks!?!??!?!  What in the hell does that say about our own politicians?</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I unfortunately made a plege that &#039;the day Martinez becomes chairman of the RNC is the day I become an independent.&#039;

The hope was that they would not do this damned silly thing, but they seem intent on it.  So an (I) will shortly appear after my name.  This man stands for almost the exact opposite of what I think is conservatism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I unfortunately made a plege that &#8216;the day Martinez becomes chairman of the RNC is the day I become an independent.&#8217;</p>
<p>The hope was that they would not do this damned silly thing, but they seem intent on it.  So an (I) will shortly appear after my name.  This man stands for almost the exact opposite of what I think is conservatism.</p>
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		<title>By: Clark1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Clark1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is what conservatives must have felt like back in the 50s and 60s before Reagan came along.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what conservatives must have felt like back in the 50s and 60s before Reagan came along.</p>
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		<title>By: PinkyBigglesworth</title>
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		<dc:creator>PinkyBigglesworth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;We call things racism just to get attention. We reduce complicated problems to racism, not because it is racism, but because it works.&quot; - Alfredo Gutierrez, political consultant, as quoted by Richard de Uriarte, The Phoenix Gazette, March 14, 1992 (quoted in The ProEnglish Advocate, 1st quarter, 2002) &lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Bush wants Martinez in as “general chairman” &lt;/blockquote&gt; because it works.  For whom?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;We call things racism just to get attention. We reduce complicated problems to racism, not because it is racism, but because it works.&#8221; &#8211; Alfredo Gutierrez, political consultant, as quoted by Richard de Uriarte, The Phoenix Gazette, March 14, 1992 (quoted in The ProEnglish Advocate, 1st quarter, 2002) </p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Bush wants Martinez in as “general chairman” </p></blockquote>
<p> because it works.  For whom?</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Its like they want another 40 years in the desert.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt; &quot;... where the leadership is happy to play along to get along with the libs, instead of fighting for what they believe.&quot;

Iblis on January 16, 2007 at 2:34 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s not exactly accurate.  The reality is, they are fighting for EXACTLY what they believe.

It&#039;s just not what conservatives want.  They really couldn&#039;t give a rat&#039;s ass what we want, and I don&#039;t even believe they really care if they win or lose.  They have an agenda, and that agenda is looking to be complete by 2008 at which time they are perfectly happy escaping into their lives of eternal power and luxury.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Its like they want another 40 years in the desert.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p> &#8220;&#8230; where the leadership is happy to play along to get along with the libs, instead of fighting for what they believe.&#8221;</p>
<p>Iblis on January 16, 2007 at 2:34 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s not exactly accurate.  The reality is, they are fighting for EXACTLY what they believe.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just not what conservatives want.  They really couldn&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s ass what we want, and I don&#8217;t even believe they really care if they win or lose.  They have an agenda, and that agenda is looking to be complete by 2008 at which time they are perfectly happy escaping into their lives of eternal power and luxury.</p>
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		<title>By: georgej</title>
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		<dc:creator>georgej</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a question.  In the long run, what difference does it make who is the &quot;general chairman&quot; of the RNC?  The RNC didn&#039;t run for US Rep in my district, Dave McSweeney did -- and he was an INEFFECTUAL candidate who lost.  The RNC wrote off ILL&#039;s 8th District to Melissa Bean who was elected in 2004 simply because she wasn&#039;t Phil Crane (who viewed the district as his by &quot;divine right&quot;).

What the Republicans need are VIABLE CANDIDATES back by lots of money, and the willingness to get dirty, fight dirty, and use knives on the Democrats.

For example, if I were in charge of the RNC, I&#039;d already be preparing ads to take down Durbin in 2008.  I&#039;d hit Durbin hard over his calling the US military Nazi camp guards, Gulag guards, and participants in Pol Pot&#039;s genocide. I&#039;d have a newly out enlisted man make a testimonial as to how hurt that one of our leaders smeared the military as perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

I&#039;d make really big deal about Durbin&#039;s part in the Rockerfeller memo that outlined how the Democrats would sabotage the war for partisan political gain -- the memo that Zell Miller called treasonous or the first cousin to it.

I&#039;d make commercials showing a Durbin like character wearing a turbin.  

I&#039;d portray him as a jackal dining on the bones of our military dead.

I&#039;d portray him as leading the SURRENDER movement, working had to betray the country.

If Martinez were do to that and something similar in every Senate and US Rep race in 2008, even though I am not a card-carrying, dues paying, Republican, I&#039;d be all for it.

But, as the Republicans, in general and as a party, DO NOT HAVE THE STOMACHE to start eviscerating the Donkey with sharp knives, all I can say is &quot;who gives a damn!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a question.  In the long run, what difference does it make who is the &#8220;general chairman&#8221; of the RNC?  The RNC didn&#8217;t run for US Rep in my district, Dave McSweeney did &#8212; and he was an INEFFECTUAL candidate who lost.  The RNC wrote off ILL&#8217;s 8th District to Melissa Bean who was elected in 2004 simply because she wasn&#8217;t Phil Crane (who viewed the district as his by &#8220;divine right&#8221;).</p>
<p>What the Republicans need are VIABLE CANDIDATES back by lots of money, and the willingness to get dirty, fight dirty, and use knives on the Democrats.</p>
<p>For example, if I were in charge of the RNC, I&#8217;d already be preparing ads to take down Durbin in 2008.  I&#8217;d hit Durbin hard over his calling the US military Nazi camp guards, Gulag guards, and participants in Pol Pot&#8217;s genocide. I&#8217;d have a newly out enlisted man make a testimonial as to how hurt that one of our leaders smeared the military as perpetrators of crimes against humanity.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d make really big deal about Durbin&#8217;s part in the Rockerfeller memo that outlined how the Democrats would sabotage the war for partisan political gain &#8212; the memo that Zell Miller called treasonous or the first cousin to it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d make commercials showing a Durbin like character wearing a turbin.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;d portray him as a jackal dining on the bones of our military dead.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d portray him as leading the SURRENDER movement, working had to betray the country.</p>
<p>If Martinez were do to that and something similar in every Senate and US Rep race in 2008, even though I am not a card-carrying, dues paying, Republican, I&#8217;d be all for it.</p>
<p>But, as the Republicans, in general and as a party, DO NOT HAVE THE STOMACHE to start eviscerating the Donkey with sharp knives, all I can say is &#8220;who gives a damn!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Slublog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Slublog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;He got a big ass after that... &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Agree with the comment, but have no idea what this figure of speech means.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>He got a big ass after that&#8230; </p></blockquote>
<p>Agree with the comment, but have no idea what this figure of speech means.</p>
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		<title>By: Iblis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Iblis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is really depressing. &quot;More of the same&quot; is what lost us the election. Its like they &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; another 40 years in the desert. Well I don&#039;t. Its like this Washington Times &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070116-122754-1892r.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; where the leadership is happy to play along to get along with the libs, instead of fighting for what they believe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really depressing. &#8220;More of the same&#8221; is what lost us the election. Its like they <em>want</em> another 40 years in the desert. Well I don&#8217;t. Its like this Washington Times <a href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070116-122754-1892r.htm" rel="nofollow">article</a> where the leadership is happy to play along to get along with the libs, instead of fighting for what they believe.</p>
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		<title>By: Wade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The party will not change until Bush is gone. He is weak, he is too liberal, and is no leader.  The past 2 years have been a disaster for the party and it ends on his desk. I was one of his most avid backers until 2004 election.  He got a big ass after that and has gone down hill fast. Martinez appointment is another fine example of poor leadership and management.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The party will not change until Bush is gone. He is weak, he is too liberal, and is no leader.  The past 2 years have been a disaster for the party and it ends on his desk. I was one of his most avid backers until 2004 election.  He got a big ass after that and has gone down hill fast. Martinez appointment is another fine example of poor leadership and management.</p>
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		<title>By: CrimsonFisted</title>
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		<dc:creator>CrimsonFisted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone else having trouble getting on to little green footballs? 

Back on topic, what was wrong with Michael Steele as RNC chairman. He was my choice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone else having trouble getting on to little green footballs? </p>
<p>Back on topic, what was wrong with Michael Steele as RNC chairman. He was my choice.</p>
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		<title>By: Slublog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Slublog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Quibble with the headline - they&#039;re not &#039;insurgents,&#039; they&#039;re &#039;freedom fighters.&#039;

Or minutemen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quibble with the headline &#8211; they&#8217;re not &#8216;insurgents,&#8217; they&#8217;re &#8216;freedom fighters.&#8217;</p>
<p>Or minutemen.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;There are lines around the block of illegal immigrants being signed up by the Democratic Party, and even though it is a crime to vote if you are not a citizen, since they are Democrats, it does not even constitute a minor infraction.

PinkyBigglesworth on January 16, 2007 at 1:57 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

For those that do not believe this is true ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://worldsreality.blogspot.com/2006/11/democrats-trying-to-steal-elections.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;take a look at this&lt;/a&gt; and be sure to read the letter from Clinton at the end.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There are lines around the block of illegal immigrants being signed up by the Democratic Party, and even though it is a crime to vote if you are not a citizen, since they are Democrats, it does not even constitute a minor infraction.</p>
<p>PinkyBigglesworth on January 16, 2007 at 1:57 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>For those that do not believe this is true &#8230; <a href="http://worldsreality.blogspot.com/2006/11/democrats-trying-to-steal-elections.html" rel="nofollow">take a look at this</a> and be sure to read the letter from Clinton at the end.</p>
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		<title>By: lorien1973</title>
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		<dc:creator>lorien1973</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>stopmartinez.com is sponsored by englishfirst.org. I have no other comment, except that:

http://www.englishfirst.org/

Is right. English first. Clearly not designed for the end user first. What an ugly site :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stopmartinez.com is sponsored by englishfirst.org. I have no other comment, except that:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.englishfirst.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.englishfirst.org/</a></p>
<p>Is right. English first. Clearly not designed for the end user first. What an ugly site :)</p>
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		<title>By: PinkyBigglesworth</title>
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		<dc:creator>PinkyBigglesworth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;There is no such thing as a &quot;Hispanic vote.&quot; &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Ahhhhhhh, yeah!  Apparently the author has never been to California.  

There are lines around the block of illegal immigrants being signed up by the Democratic Party, and even though it is a crime to vote if you are not a citizen, since they are Democrats, it does not even constitute a minor infraction.

I have seen this state change from one of prosperity to resembling a third (fourth) world country. Did you hear Arnold&#039;s speech? Health care for everyone? Over crowded jails?  Do you want to know the cause?

Where are you Michael Steele?  Your country needs you....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There is no such thing as a &#8220;Hispanic vote.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>Ahhhhhhh, yeah!  Apparently the author has never been to California.  </p>
<p>There are lines around the block of illegal immigrants being signed up by the Democratic Party, and even though it is a crime to vote if you are not a citizen, since they are Democrats, it does not even constitute a minor infraction.</p>
<p>I have seen this state change from one of prosperity to resembling a third (fourth) world country. Did you hear Arnold&#8217;s speech? Health care for everyone? Over crowded jails?  Do you want to know the cause?</p>
<p>Where are you Michael Steele?  Your country needs you&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I really don’t understand my own party sometime. 

Catie96706 on January 16, 2007 at 1:48 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I don&#039;t think the current GOP members themselves understand what the party is supposed to be about.  This is not any GOP that I recognize.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I really don’t understand my own party sometime. </p>
<p>Catie96706 on January 16, 2007 at 1:48 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t think the current GOP members themselves understand what the party is supposed to be about.  This is not any GOP that I recognize.</p>
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