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		<title>By: nottakingsides</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-670553</link>
		<dc:creator>nottakingsides</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>testing...</description>
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		<title>By: originalpechanga</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-439982</link>
		<dc:creator>originalpechanga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s been getting a lot of coverage is Tribal Disenrollment and loss of civil rights for some members of California&#039;s gaming tribes.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PaulinaHunters Blog&lt;/a&gt;  has the story of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in Temecula CA.   They have destroyed more Indians that the White Man did last century.

Additionally &lt;a href=&quot;http://originalpechanga.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; also is sharing information.

The Governator, Arnold, want to reward tribes for kicking out members.  He thinks it will balance his budget.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s been getting a lot of coverage is Tribal Disenrollment and loss of civil rights for some members of California&#8217;s gaming tribes.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga" rel="nofollow">PaulinaHunters Blog</a>  has the story of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in Temecula CA.   They have destroyed more Indians that the White Man did last century.</p>
<p>Additionally <a href="http://originalpechanga.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> also is sharing information.</p>
<p>The Governator, Arnold, want to reward tribes for kicking out members.  He thinks it will balance his budget.</a></p>
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		<title>By: peski</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-439748</link>
		<dc:creator>peski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;RNC fundraising pitch:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Two words: Nancy Pelosi. You at least have to admit we&#039;re somewhat better than Nancy Pelosi.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Not really, since Bush&#039;s idiocy is MY idiocy, because I chose to put him in office.  At least w/ Blinky I could blame the lefties.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>RNC fundraising pitch:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Two words: Nancy Pelosi. You at least have to admit we&#8217;re somewhat better than Nancy Pelosi.</p></blockquote>
<p>Not really, since Bush&#8217;s idiocy is MY idiocy, because I chose to put him in office.  At least w/ Blinky I could blame the lefties.</p>
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		<title>By: Brat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-439291</link>
		<dc:creator>Brat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my gawd!
Hogzilla was a pet like Arnold on Green Acres!!!

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/01/0601monsterpig.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my gawd!<br />
Hogzilla was a pet like Arnold on Green Acres!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/01/0601monsterpig.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/01/0601monsterpig.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: manwithblackhat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-439277</link>
		<dc:creator>manwithblackhat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

Much taller

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece

http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG

Brat on June 1, 2007 at 11:23 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh, that&#039;s nice. And she has a pierced tongue too. Just the thing to give state dinners a little class.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Awwww, poor Jessica Cutler has no more money left. I’m sure she’ll find a way to make ends meet…&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I think she just did.</description>
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<p>Much taller</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece</a></p>
<p><a href="http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG</a></p>
<p>Brat on June 1, 2007 at 11:23 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, that&#8217;s nice. And she has a pierced tongue too. Just the thing to give state dinners a little class.</p>
<blockquote><p>Awwww, poor Jessica Cutler has no more money left. I’m sure she’ll find a way to make ends meet…</p></blockquote>
<p>I think she just did.</p>
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		<title>By: WisCon</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-439136</link>
		<dc:creator>WisCon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awwww, poor Jessica Cutler has no more money left.  I&#039;m sure she&#039;ll find a way to make ends meet...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awwww, poor Jessica Cutler has no more money left.  I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll find a way to make ends meet&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Entelechy</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438982</link>
		<dc:creator>Entelechy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;AN Essex girl may be the first lady with a tongue stud to have set her sights on the White House.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

(Kucinich&#039;s wife)

Risible. She&#039;ll never be close to the WH. But she&#039;ll always be the dwarf&#039;s giant. Whatever...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>AN Essex girl may be the first lady with a tongue stud to have set her sights on the White House.</p></blockquote>
<p>(Kucinich&#8217;s wife)</p>
<p>Risible. She&#8217;ll never be close to the WH. But she&#8217;ll always be the dwarf&#8217;s giant. Whatever&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: SouthernGent</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438925</link>
		<dc:creator>SouthernGent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everytime I read a Noonan column I feel calm and cool.  I think of her voice as I read it and it really helps to calm me down.  As usual, she hits it on the head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everytime I read a Noonan column I feel calm and cool.  I think of her voice as I read it and it really helps to calm me down.  As usual, she hits it on the head.</p>
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		<title>By: CyberCipher</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438899</link>
		<dc:creator>CyberCipher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Noonan is right...

csdeven on June 1, 2007 at 8:43 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I can only speak for myself, viz.:
No more compassionate conservatism for me.
I want RUTHLESS Klingon warrior style conservatism.
&#039;Nuff said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Noonan is right&#8230;</p>
<p>csdeven on June 1, 2007 at 8:43 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>I can only speak for myself, viz.:<br />
No more compassionate conservatism for me.<br />
I want RUTHLESS Klingon warrior style conservatism.<br />
&#8216;Nuff said.</p>
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		<title>By: lorien1973</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438893</link>
		<dc:creator>lorien1973</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Too good to check: Man puts plunger in shower, slips, plunges himself&lt;/blockquote&gt;
One in a million shot doc. One in a million. - Kramer, Seinfeld.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Too good to check: Man puts plunger in shower, slips, plunges himself</p></blockquote>
<p>One in a million shot doc. One in a million. &#8211; Kramer, Seinfeld.</p>
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		<title>By: Tru2my2</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438890</link>
		<dc:creator>Tru2my2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can we have a TB/Speaker-the-A-hole thread?</description>
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		<title>By: Brat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438866</link>
		<dc:creator>Brat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Much taller

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece

http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much taller</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1813550.ece</a></p>
<p><a href="http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://kucinich.us/files/images/DK%20&amp;%20EJK%202.preview.JPG</a></p>
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		<title>By: manwithblackhat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438852</link>
		<dc:creator>manwithblackhat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;In other news headlines, Dennis Kucinich’s [current] wife is kind of a hottie, relatively speaking.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Wow, and she&#039;s got that Julianne Moore thing going on! Now to the burning question, Kansas: is she taller than him?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>In other news headlines, Dennis Kucinich’s [current] wife is kind of a hottie, relatively speaking.</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow, and she&#8217;s got that Julianne Moore thing going on! Now to the burning question, Kansas: is she taller than him?</p>
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		<title>By: Brat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438841</link>
		<dc:creator>Brat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m no doctor but shouldn&#039;t HE be wearing the mask?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m no doctor but shouldn&#8217;t HE be wearing the mask?</p>
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		<title>By: vcferlita</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438839</link>
		<dc:creator>vcferlita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is that a veil she&#039;s wearing?</description>
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		<title>By: Brat</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438832</link>
		<dc:creator>Brat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Holy Cow: have you seen the photo headline at Drudge? Our intrepid traveler with TB and his young bride. She reminds me of George Burns’s comedic skit assistant, Nurse Goodbody, in a couple of ways.

Wow. No wonder he refused to go into quarantine… 

Jaibones on June 1, 2007 at 10:36 AM
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Looks like Paris Hilton to me. It&#039;s her latest tactic to avoid jail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Holy Cow: have you seen the photo headline at Drudge? Our intrepid traveler with TB and his young bride. She reminds me of George Burns’s comedic skit assistant, Nurse Goodbody, in a couple of ways.</p>
<p>Wow. No wonder he refused to go into quarantine… </p>
<p>Jaibones on June 1, 2007 at 10:36 AM
</p></blockquote>
<p>Looks like Paris Hilton to me. It&#8217;s her latest tactic to avoid jail.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Where’s the new Vent at??? J/K. Good morning. 

vcferlita on June 1, 2007 at 8:46 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s more like the HotAir we know and love. Have a little sport.

I was thinking about something last night that made me want to throw up.  Imagine yourself in uniform in Iraq or Afghanistan, active combat, and you stumble upon the news of what is happening to the GOP and the country on the immigration front, all to the discredit of your C in C.

Does it undermine what you&#039;re doing?  Do you begin to wonder why the f*** you&#039;re over there risking your life, while this as*hole can&#039;t even secure the border with Mexico or figure out who is boarding airplanes?

I hate that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Where’s the new Vent at??? J/K. Good morning. </p>
<p>vcferlita on June 1, 2007 at 8:46 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s more like the HotAir we know and love. Have a little sport.</p>
<p>I was thinking about something last night that made me want to throw up.  Imagine yourself in uniform in Iraq or Afghanistan, active combat, and you stumble upon the news of what is happening to the GOP and the country on the immigration front, all to the discredit of your C in C.</p>
<p>Does it undermine what you&#8217;re doing?  Do you begin to wonder why the f*** you&#8217;re over there risking your life, while this as*hole can&#8217;t even secure the border with Mexico or figure out who is boarding airplanes?</p>
<p>I hate that.</p>
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		<title>By: Bad Candy</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438807</link>
		<dc:creator>Bad Candy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; I thought this would make me feel better. It didn’t. Pardon me while I go kick my dog around the yard, and sorry for the bloviating.

OneEyedJack on June 1, 2007 at 10:30 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;


You better &lt;em&gt;not!&lt;/em&gt;  Unless its a Pomeranian or Shih Tzu, then punt away!

Yes I&#039;m Joking!  Punting puppies is no laughing matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> I thought this would make me feel better. It didn’t. Pardon me while I go kick my dog around the yard, and sorry for the bloviating.</p>
<p>OneEyedJack on June 1, 2007 at 10:30 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>You better <em>not!</em>  Unless its a Pomeranian or Shih Tzu, then punt away!</p>
<p>Yes I&#8217;m Joking!  Punting puppies is no laughing matter.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438800</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy Cow:  have you seen the photo headline at Drudge?  Our intrepid traveler with TB and his young bride.  She reminds me of George Burns&#039;s comedic skit assistant, Nurse Goodbody, in a couple of ways.

Wow.  No wonder he refused to go into quarantine...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Cow:  have you seen the photo headline at Drudge?  Our intrepid traveler with TB and his young bride.  She reminds me of George Burns&#8217;s comedic skit assistant, Nurse Goodbody, in a couple of ways.</p>
<p>Wow.  No wonder he refused to go into quarantine&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: OneEyedJack</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/01/open-thread-headlines-61/comment-page-1/#comment-438787</link>
		<dc:creator>OneEyedJack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The WaPo&#039;s article on the GOP, led by Boehner, trying to massage their image, really agitated me, and now I am going to vent.  Actually, I am going to rant.

Rant on:
     Boehner and the party leadership trying to polish the party&#039;s image is akin to polishing a rotten apple.  It still isn&#039;t going to sell.  Not as long as the insulated from the base and spineless Rino&#039;s in the party have any say over this so called new image.
   A new image will never change the opposition of the committed left; to them it is a sign of weakness to be pounced on (as in &quot;see, they needed to moderate their extremist positions to reconnect with the Amercian people, but don&#039;t be fooled, they still hate you.&quot;)
    A new image won&#039;t garner support from the welfare class, those that don&#039;t pay attention to politics, only to who can give them more in benefits and handouts.  History is on the side of the Dems on this one, as it is Dem pressure on the GOP that got them the Medicare prescription drug program, the Education bill from W&#039;s first term, and now, the promise of amnesty for 12 million people whos first act in this country was to break the law.  The &quot;gimme&quot; class knows who butters their bread.
    
    That leaves the common-sense middle Americans, and the committed conservatives.
    Committed conservatives fear that any change in the image of the GOP will leave them out in the margins of the party.  And it will.  A party searching for &quot;new ideas&quot; instead of standing up for tried and proven principles, will leave its base out in the cold, and the base knows it.
   
    And last but not least, the common-sense middle Americans will see re-packaging as just that, repackaging.  It will further reinforce the idea that the two parties are Coke and Pepsi, with little real difference other than image and marketing.   And these folks are the swing voters, those who aren&#039;t willfully apathetic, not entirely ignorant of the issues, and can be convinced by reason of the logic of a particular issue.  Or occasionally fooled by clever deception, but that is a rant on the MSM, saved for some other time.  Problem is, Dems have a hammerlock on saying whatever it takes to win, and most of us don&#039;t want to see the GOP become just like them, for the same reason...to keep or regain their grip on power for powers sake.

The GOP is screwed, short term, probably longer, unless it gets back to doing what the voters who elected them want them to do.  

From the local and state level to the national stage, fear of being on the wrong side of a issue, of looking bad while standing up for princlples, is killing the party.
What else explains supporting onerous child seat laws (Wisconsin has one that mandates children up to 9 year and 80 lbs. be put in them) other than fear of appearing to be callous to children dying?
Or supporting anti-smoking legislation that infringes on the rights of property and business owners?
Or going along with anti-capitalist, leftist driven propaganda on the environment, for fear of appearing to support dirty air and water, or worse, global warming.
Or sticking a finger in the eye of every immigrant who EVER came here by following the rules, out of fear of being labeled as a racist, casting the much vaunted &quot;rule of law&quot; into the dustbin without so much as a whimper.

How about this, GOP?  
State your Principles, follow your principles, and only support policies that move the country (or your little corner of it) closer to those princlples.

I guess I am asking too much... I feel used and jaded.
/Rant off.

ps    I thought this would make me feel better.  It didn&#039;t.  Pardon me while I go kick my dog around the yard, and sorry for the bloviating.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The WaPo&#8217;s article on the GOP, led by Boehner, trying to massage their image, really agitated me, and now I am going to vent.  Actually, I am going to rant.</p>
<p>Rant on:<br />
     Boehner and the party leadership trying to polish the party&#8217;s image is akin to polishing a rotten apple.  It still isn&#8217;t going to sell.  Not as long as the insulated from the base and spineless Rino&#8217;s in the party have any say over this so called new image.<br />
   A new image will never change the opposition of the committed left; to them it is a sign of weakness to be pounced on (as in &#8220;see, they needed to moderate their extremist positions to reconnect with the Amercian people, but don&#8217;t be fooled, they still hate you.&#8221;)<br />
    A new image won&#8217;t garner support from the welfare class, those that don&#8217;t pay attention to politics, only to who can give them more in benefits and handouts.  History is on the side of the Dems on this one, as it is Dem pressure on the GOP that got them the Medicare prescription drug program, the Education bill from W&#8217;s first term, and now, the promise of amnesty for 12 million people whos first act in this country was to break the law.  The &#8220;gimme&#8221; class knows who butters their bread.</p>
<p>    That leaves the common-sense middle Americans, and the committed conservatives.<br />
    Committed conservatives fear that any change in the image of the GOP will leave them out in the margins of the party.  And it will.  A party searching for &#8220;new ideas&#8221; instead of standing up for tried and proven principles, will leave its base out in the cold, and the base knows it.</p>
<p>    And last but not least, the common-sense middle Americans will see re-packaging as just that, repackaging.  It will further reinforce the idea that the two parties are Coke and Pepsi, with little real difference other than image and marketing.   And these folks are the swing voters, those who aren&#8217;t willfully apathetic, not entirely ignorant of the issues, and can be convinced by reason of the logic of a particular issue.  Or occasionally fooled by clever deception, but that is a rant on the MSM, saved for some other time.  Problem is, Dems have a hammerlock on saying whatever it takes to win, and most of us don&#8217;t want to see the GOP become just like them, for the same reason&#8230;to keep or regain their grip on power for powers sake.</p>
<p>The GOP is screwed, short term, probably longer, unless it gets back to doing what the voters who elected them want them to do.  </p>
<p>From the local and state level to the national stage, fear of being on the wrong side of a issue, of looking bad while standing up for princlples, is killing the party.<br />
What else explains supporting onerous child seat laws (Wisconsin has one that mandates children up to 9 year and 80 lbs. be put in them) other than fear of appearing to be callous to children dying?<br />
Or supporting anti-smoking legislation that infringes on the rights of property and business owners?<br />
Or going along with anti-capitalist, leftist driven propaganda on the environment, for fear of appearing to support dirty air and water, or worse, global warming.<br />
Or sticking a finger in the eye of every immigrant who EVER came here by following the rules, out of fear of being labeled as a racist, casting the much vaunted &#8220;rule of law&#8221; into the dustbin without so much as a whimper.</p>
<p>How about this, GOP?<br />
State your Principles, follow your principles, and only support policies that move the country (or your little corner of it) closer to those princlples.</p>
<p>I guess I am asking too much&#8230; I feel used and jaded.<br />
/Rant off.</p>
<p>ps    I thought this would make me feel better.  It didn&#8217;t.  Pardon me while I go kick my dog around the yard, and sorry for the bloviating.</p>
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		<title>By: infidel4life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Fred Thompson once stood on our south border and glared at Mexico. There was no illegal immigration for a month.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
LMAO!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Fred Thompson once stood on our south border and glared at Mexico. There was no illegal immigration for a month.</p></blockquote>
<p>LMAO!</p>
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		<title>By: Brat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone hear Bill Bennett&#039;s show this morning with Steve Moore from the WSJ and Mark Krikorian from NRO?

Moore was weak. Basically admitted it&#039;s not a good bill but it must be passed as is. Hmmmph.

Also I believe there will be another debate between the two editorial boards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone hear Bill Bennett&#8217;s show this morning with Steve Moore from the WSJ and Mark Krikorian from NRO?</p>
<p>Moore was weak. Basically admitted it&#8217;s not a good bill but it must be passed as is. Hmmmph.</p>
<p>Also I believe there will be another debate between the two editorial boards.</p>
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		<title>By: Tony737</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony737</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rocky, I was thinkin&#039; the same thing about Israel and Syria. If the IDF would open up another front for us, we&#039;d be freed up to take on Iran. 

Oh, and the headline should read &quot;Syria Fears War With Israel&quot; not the other way around.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rocky, I was thinkin&#8217; the same thing about Israel and Syria. If the IDF would open up another front for us, we&#8217;d be freed up to take on Iran. </p>
<p>Oh, and the headline should read &#8220;Syria Fears War With Israel&#8221; not the other way around.</p>
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		<title>By: TheBigOldDog</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheBigOldDog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AP - I hear Laura Ingraham spanked Linda Chavez this morning. I missed it. Did you catch it? Any chance of getting it for us?

PS - tell her she needs to add HA to her favorite websites links...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AP &#8211; I hear Laura Ingraham spanked Linda Chavez this morning. I missed it. Did you catch it? Any chance of getting it for us?</p>
<p>PS &#8211; tell her she needs to add HA to her favorite websites links&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;liberrocky on June 1, 2007 at 9:04 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Bushie has left us and it&#039;s time, for the sake of those of us who will not secret service protection for the rest of our lives, for all of us to leave him and find the next leader of the conservative movement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>liberrocky on June 1, 2007 at 9:04 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Bushie has left us and it&#8217;s time, for the sake of those of us who will not secret service protection for the rest of our lives, for all of us to leave him and find the next leader of the conservative movement.</p>
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