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	<title>Comments on: NYT on Fred: &#8220;Is America ready for a president with a trophy wife?&#8221; Update: Nixon called Fred &#8220;dumb as hell&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: 5feae7a0b50f</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Mojave Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mojave Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s get Jeri in the White House for 8 years as the ultimate presidential accessory.</description>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; AP questionnaire: Fred&#8217;s most prized keepsake is&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; AP questionnaire: Fred&#8217;s most prized keepsake is&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] usual suspects will find it alarming, everyone else in the world will cherish it as the cheeky goof on the media that it is. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; ABC: We&#8217;re not saying Jeri Thompson&#8217;s a trophy wife, but if she is, that&#8217;s a good thing</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; ABC: We&#8217;re not saying Jeri Thompson&#8217;s a trophy wife, but if she is, that&#8217;s a good thing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Between this and the NYT piece last weekend, the meme is now set. The media has carte blanche to write &#8220;trophy wife&#8221; pieces about her provided they acknowledge that (a) the term is arguably sexist, (b) they&#8217;re only writing about it because other media are talking about it, (c) even if she is a trophy wife, that&#8217;s actually an honorific aimed at acknowledging how much she&#8217;s accomplished as a professional woman. Calling her a &#8220;power ho&#8221; would presumably convey the sentiment. It suggests power, doesn&#8217;t it? Then it&#8217;s really sort of a compliment, isn&#8217;t it? Claims of sexism may abound, but at the end of the day, many women would be flattered to be considered a trophy wife, and those who are not may actually aspire to become one, according to Dr. Debbie Then, a social psychologist who specializes in women and appearance. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Between this and the NYT piece last weekend, the meme is now set. The media has carte blanche to write &#8220;trophy wife&#8221; pieces about her provided they acknowledge that (a) the term is arguably sexist, (b) they&#8217;re only writing about it because other media are talking about it, (c) even if she is a trophy wife, that&#8217;s actually an honorific aimed at acknowledging how much she&#8217;s accomplished as a professional woman. Calling her a &#8220;power ho&#8221; would presumably convey the sentiment. It suggests power, doesn&#8217;t it? Then it&#8217;s really sort of a compliment, isn&#8217;t it? Claims of sexism may abound, but at the end of the day, many women would be flattered to be considered a trophy wife, and those who are not may actually aspire to become one, according to Dr. Debbie Then, a social psychologist who specializes in women and appearance. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: logis</title>
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		<dc:creator>logis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike…EVER! At least on the conservative side.
This coming from a supporter of FlipFlop Mitt is hilarious. 

Hollowpoint on July 9, 2007 at 1:42 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I think he finally gave up on the &quot;I&#039;m a Mitt Supporter&quot; spiel.  

At least this time he remembered to tack on the obligatory &quot;...Oh, yeah, I hate liberals too&quot; part, but lately he&#039;s even been getting a little bit sloppy about that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike…EVER! At least on the conservative side.<br />
This coming from a supporter of FlipFlop Mitt is hilarious. </p>
<p>Hollowpoint on July 9, 2007 at 1:42 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I think he finally gave up on the &#8220;I&#8217;m a Mitt Supporter&#8221; spiel.  </p>
<p>At least this time he remembered to tack on the obligatory &#8220;&#8230;Oh, yeah, I hate liberals too&#8221; part, but lately he&#8217;s even been getting a little bit sloppy about that.</p>
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		<title>By: Hollowpoint</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hollowpoint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike…EVER! At least on the conservative side.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

This coming from a supporter of FlipFlop Mitt is hilarious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike…EVER! At least on the conservative side.</p></blockquote>
<p>This coming from a supporter of FlipFlop Mitt is hilarious.</p>
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		<title>By: logis</title>
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		<dc:creator>logis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;We live in the present. If you do all you can to deal with the present the future will take care of itself. Reagan, JFK, FDR never worried about their “legacy”

Clinton and Bush did. Which ones will history judge better? 

unseen on July 8, 2007 at 7:31 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Bill Clinton used to say that he tried to pattern his Presidency after that of Teddy Rosevelt.

Forget about the disingenuousness of that claim for a second, and just think about the patent irony of it:  can you imagine a man like Teddy Roosevelt every trying to follow in the footsteps of ANYONE?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>We live in the present. If you do all you can to deal with the present the future will take care of itself. Reagan, JFK, FDR never worried about their “legacy”</p>
<p>Clinton and Bush did. Which ones will history judge better? </p>
<p>unseen on July 8, 2007 at 7:31 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Bill Clinton used to say that he tried to pattern his Presidency after that of Teddy Rosevelt.</p>
<p>Forget about the disingenuousness of that claim for a second, and just think about the patent irony of it:  can you imagine a man like Teddy Roosevelt every trying to follow in the footsteps of ANYONE?</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
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		<dc:creator>csdeven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Bradky on July 8, 2007 at 2:38 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That entire post was dripping with sarcasm. I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike...EVER! At least on the conservative side. Heck, at least Ron Paul is being unapologetically honest.

freds? downfall will be the lies and misrepresentations to conservatives. Conservatives who cherish honesty and forthrightness. His history as a lobbyist is becoming clearer as the time goes on. And with fred? refusing to get into the race and answer these questions, I am going to consider every one of them valid until he satisfactorily explains them.

It is my responsibility as a true conservative with solid conservative values to hold those candidates that want to represent me to the highest possible standard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Bradky on July 8, 2007 at 2:38 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>That entire post was dripping with sarcasm. I think fred? is the biggest liar and fake to come down the pike&#8230;EVER! At least on the conservative side. Heck, at least Ron Paul is being unapologetically honest.</p>
<p>freds? downfall will be the lies and misrepresentations to conservatives. Conservatives who cherish honesty and forthrightness. His history as a lobbyist is becoming clearer as the time goes on. And with fred? refusing to get into the race and answer these questions, I am going to consider every one of them valid until he satisfactorily explains them.</p>
<p>It is my responsibility as a true conservative with solid conservative values to hold those candidates that want to represent me to the highest possible standard.</p>
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		<title>By: Bradky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bradky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;SUPPOSEDLY some distant relative of his, works for this PAC.
csdeven on July 8, 2007 at 2:31 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

His son is a distant relative?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>SUPPOSEDLY some distant relative of his, works for this PAC.<br />
csdeven on July 8, 2007 at 2:31 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>His son is a distant relative?</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
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		<dc:creator>csdeven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, the Clinton smear machine has been in full swing since at least June 29. I found this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/us/politics/02thompson.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;little article from the NYT&lt;/a&gt; that I don&#039;t remember seeing reported on HA.

It seems the freddie boy has a PAC. SUPPOSEDLY some distant relative of his, works for this PAC. The lying NYT reports that this PAC, over the last two years, has paid this distant relative a bit of money for his work.

&lt;blockquote&gt;The elder Mr. Thompson helped Daniel through his political action committee as well. In the last two elections, the committee paid Daniel Thompson more than $170,000 in consulting fees, compared with less than $70,000 it paid toward supporting Republican political campaigns.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I swear, these people think $170,000 dollars is worth mentioning. And who cares that the only experience this so called &quot;relative&quot; had was as a landscaper before vaulting into  the Tennessee lobbying world. Landscaping happens to be a very fine profession and should not be reported on as if it is a do nothing idiot job. We have landscapers taking care of the White House grounds for crying out loud! That alone is enough to qualify a person for lobbying activities.

I think I&#039;m starting to see how the lies told by a news outlet really is all that a body needs to prove the worthiness of a candidate for POTUS. A couple more of this kind of nonsense, and I may just be convinced!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the Clinton smear machine has been in full swing since at least June 29. I found this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/us/politics/02thompson.html" rel="nofollow">little article from the NYT</a> that I don&#8217;t remember seeing reported on HA.</p>
<p>It seems the freddie boy has a PAC. SUPPOSEDLY some distant relative of his, works for this PAC. The lying NYT reports that this PAC, over the last two years, has paid this distant relative a bit of money for his work.</p>
<blockquote><p>The elder Mr. Thompson helped Daniel through his political action committee as well. In the last two elections, the committee paid Daniel Thompson more than $170,000 in consulting fees, compared with less than $70,000 it paid toward supporting Republican political campaigns.</p></blockquote>
<p>I swear, these people think $170,000 dollars is worth mentioning. And who cares that the only experience this so called &#8220;relative&#8221; had was as a landscaper before vaulting into  the Tennessee lobbying world. Landscaping happens to be a very fine profession and should not be reported on as if it is a do nothing idiot job. We have landscapers taking care of the White House grounds for crying out loud! That alone is enough to qualify a person for lobbying activities.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;m starting to see how the lies told by a news outlet really is all that a body needs to prove the worthiness of a candidate for POTUS. A couple more of this kind of nonsense, and I may just be convinced!</p>
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		<title>By: volsense</title>
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		<dc:creator>volsense</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nixon was only responding just like anyone would in his predictament.  With the hundreds of experienced lawyers at his disposal, why would he think otherwise about a 29 year old attorney from Tennessee. Very few people that age and that inexperienced could have done what Thompson did with Watergate.  Bringing up private recordings 35 years old is bush league on any level.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nixon was only responding just like anyone would in his predictament.  With the hundreds of experienced lawyers at his disposal, why would he think otherwise about a 29 year old attorney from Tennessee. Very few people that age and that inexperienced could have done what Thompson did with Watergate.  Bringing up private recordings 35 years old is bush league on any level.</p>
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		<title>By: Mere Rhetoric</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mere Rhetoric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Stupid Journalism Tricks: The NYT&#039;s Atttack On Jeri Thompson Is Sexist Even Though They Quoted Other People...&lt;/strong&gt;

We love this trick. If you&#039;re a politically-motivated journalist who wants to publish something unjustifiable and unseemly - anything from hysterical claims about Israeli atrocities to how Jeri Thompson is a bimbo - you have several options. You could...</description>
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<p>We love this trick. If you&#8217;re a politically-motivated journalist who wants to publish something unjustifiable and unseemly &#8211; anything from hysterical claims about Israeli atrocities to how Jeri Thompson is a bimbo &#8211; you have several options. You could&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: lynnv</title>
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		<dc:creator>lynnv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They are just jealous because Fred Thompson has a better looking wife than Hillery does.</description>
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		<title>By: unseen</title>
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		<dc:creator>unseen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>logis on July 8, 2007 at 1:42 AM

The first time I heard the words legacy and Bush together Istarted to get nervous.

Bush has been leading with an eye to how history will regard him. This is utter nonsense.  We live in the present.  If you do all you can to deal with the present the future will take care of itself.  Reagan, JFK,  FDR  never worried about their &quot;legacy&quot;

Clinton and Bush did.  Which ones will history judge better?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>logis on July 8, 2007 at 1:42 AM</p>
<p>The first time I heard the words legacy and Bush together Istarted to get nervous.</p>
<p>Bush has been leading with an eye to how history will regard him. This is utter nonsense.  We live in the present.  If you do all you can to deal with the present the future will take care of itself.  Reagan, JFK,  FDR  never worried about their &#8220;legacy&#8221;</p>
<p>Clinton and Bush did.  Which ones will history judge better?</p>
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		<title>By: Woes Continue In The Frederick Dalton Thompson Camp - Last One Was Pro-Choice Activism, Newest Problem: Involvement With Nixon And Watergate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Woes Continue In The Frederick Dalton Thompson Camp - Last One Was Pro-Choice Activism, Newest Problem: Involvement With Nixon And Watergate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] See also (H/T to MemeOrandum): The Reaction; Hot Air [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Now the WaPo takes a swipe at Rudy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Now the WaPo takes a swipe at Rudy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Hot on the heels of the New York Times innocently wondering whether Fred Thompson&#8217;s attractive and accomplished wife Jeri may be seen by &#8220;values voters&#8221; as could succesfully be tagged by the Times as a bimbo, here comes the WaPo looking to deflate Rudy&#8217;s star accomplishment with a bit of rather controversial science:  Although crime did fall dramatically in New York during Giuliani&#8217;s tenure, a broad range of scientific research has emerged in recent years to show that the mayor deserves only a fraction of the credit that he claims. The most compelling information has come from an economist in Fairfax who has argued in a series of little-noticed papers that the &#8220;New York miracle&#8221; was caused by local and federal efforts decades earlier to reduce lead poisoning. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Hot on the heels of the New York Times innocently wondering whether Fred Thompson&#8217;s attractive and accomplished wife Jeri may be seen by &#8220;values voters&#8221; as could succesfully be tagged by the Times as a bimbo, here comes the WaPo looking to deflate Rudy&#8217;s star accomplishment with a bit of rather controversial science:  Although crime did fall dramatically in New York during Giuliani&#8217;s tenure, a broad range of scientific research has emerged in recent years to show that the mayor deserves only a fraction of the credit that he claims. The most compelling information has come from an economist in Fairfax who has argued in a series of little-noticed papers that the &#8220;New York miracle&#8221; was caused by local and federal efforts decades earlier to reduce lead poisoning. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: logis</title>
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		<dc:creator>logis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strike&gt;...As he&lt;/strike&gt; BUSH decided to screw the conservatives and court the moderates. We held our noses and supported him anyway, until the day after the 2006 elections ended his usefulness to our cause....&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Sorry I can&#039;t edit this.  The fourth paragraph in my last post should be corrected as shown above.  The way it was originally entered is very much NOT the meaning I intended.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strike>&#8230;As he</strike> BUSH decided to screw the conservatives and court the moderates. We held our noses and supported him anyway, until the day after the 2006 elections ended his usefulness to our cause&#8230;.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry I can&#8217;t edit this.  The fourth paragraph in my last post should be corrected as shown above.  The way it was originally entered is very much NOT the meaning I intended.</p>
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		<title>By: logis</title>
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		<dc:creator>logis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;We’ll probably be dust before Nixon or Bush gets their appropriate spot in the history books.
Bradky on July 7, 2007 at 10:34 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
History doesn&#039;t write itself.

Nixon did the same thing every Presidential candidate always does:  hire an investigator to get dirt on the opposition, and ask that they not tell him how they got it.  But that happened while the liberal media was at the apex of their power.  OF COURSE the notion that Watergate warranted a serious scandal is utterly idiotic.  But that could not possibly matter less; the lie is too firmly fixed in the American psyche for it to ever be corrected.

No man; even one so great as Ronald Reagan can defend his own legacy.  We conservatives supported Reagan throughout his terms, and we attacked like pit bulls at each of the thousands of attempted liberal slanders against him for decades afterward.  THAT is why his legacy is assured.

As he decided to screw the conservatives and court the moderates.  We held our noses and supported him anyway, until the day after the 2006 elections ended his usefulness to our cause.

Now George Bush can rely on all those moderates he loves so much to repay him for all the many concessions he made to earn their support...

You see how well that&#039;s working out so far, right?  Well, guess what - it&#039;s NEVER going to get any better.  Bush made his bed, and he&#039;s going to spend the rest of his natural life sleeping in it.  As for Bush&#039;s legacy?  History&#039;s granite surface has never been smudged, let alone chiseled, by any moderate.

Therefore, Bush&#039;s legacy will be whatever the liberal media decides to creates for him.  My guess is that will not be a flattering one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>We’ll probably be dust before Nixon or Bush gets their appropriate spot in the history books.<br />
Bradky on July 7, 2007 at 10:34 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>History doesn&#8217;t write itself.</p>
<p>Nixon did the same thing every Presidential candidate always does:  hire an investigator to get dirt on the opposition, and ask that they not tell him how they got it.  But that happened while the liberal media was at the apex of their power.  OF COURSE the notion that Watergate warranted a serious scandal is utterly idiotic.  But that could not possibly matter less; the lie is too firmly fixed in the American psyche for it to ever be corrected.</p>
<p>No man; even one so great as Ronald Reagan can defend his own legacy.  We conservatives supported Reagan throughout his terms, and we attacked like pit bulls at each of the thousands of attempted liberal slanders against him for decades afterward.  THAT is why his legacy is assured.</p>
<p>As he decided to screw the conservatives and court the moderates.  We held our noses and supported him anyway, until the day after the 2006 elections ended his usefulness to our cause.</p>
<p>Now George Bush can rely on all those moderates he loves so much to repay him for all the many concessions he made to earn their support&#8230;</p>
<p>You see how well that&#8217;s working out so far, right?  Well, guess what &#8211; it&#8217;s NEVER going to get any better.  Bush made his bed, and he&#8217;s going to spend the rest of his natural life sleeping in it.  As for Bush&#8217;s legacy?  History&#8217;s granite surface has never been smudged, let alone chiseled, by any moderate.</p>
<p>Therefore, Bush&#8217;s legacy will be whatever the liberal media decides to creates for him.  My guess is that will not be a flattering one.</p>
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		<title>By: Bradky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bradky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Bill C on July 8, 2007 at 1:25 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hope springs eternal for some. No landslides for any candidate in 08 would be my guess. Ohio, Virginia, and Colorado may be problematic for the Republicans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Bill C on July 8, 2007 at 1:25 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Hope springs eternal for some. No landslides for any candidate in 08 would be my guess. Ohio, Virginia, and Colorado may be problematic for the Republicans.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill C</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The reason Republicans don’t care either way if their wives speak is because most of the time, gals married to Republicans don’t pride themselves on being self-absorbed, “I rule the universe,” “hear me roar” women’s lib types. Those women are absolutely grating to the 60-70% of normal (read: non-feminist) women and the 90% of men who don’t appreciate that kind of self-aggrandizing pap.

BKennedy on July 7, 2007 at 3:42 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Fred is going to cream Hillary for this reason.  I think it is going to be a 1984-like landslide against Shillary just because she is so grating and has none of the personality of her husband.  Unfortunately for her, if she tries to be ingratiating she will look even worse in comparison to Fred&#039;s charisma.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The reason Republicans don’t care either way if their wives speak is because most of the time, gals married to Republicans don’t pride themselves on being self-absorbed, “I rule the universe,” “hear me roar” women’s lib types. Those women are absolutely grating to the 60-70% of normal (read: non-feminist) women and the 90% of men who don’t appreciate that kind of self-aggrandizing pap.</p>
<p>BKennedy on July 7, 2007 at 3:42 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Fred is going to cream Hillary for this reason.  I think it is going to be a 1984-like landslide against Shillary just because she is so grating and has none of the personality of her husband.  Unfortunately for her, if she tries to be ingratiating she will look even worse in comparison to Fred&#8217;s charisma.</p>
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		<title>By: Bradky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bradky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;unseen on July 8, 2007 at 12:47 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Don&#039;t really concur with your view</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>unseen on July 8, 2007 at 12:47 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t really concur with your view</p>
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		<title>By: Rugged Individual</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rugged Individual</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And..., just for the record...,I DO realize that we men are jerks. We don&#039;t deny it either. The males that do deny it aren&#039;t quite men. Give them time, Ladies. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And&#8230;, just for the record&#8230;,I DO realize that we men are jerks. We don&#8217;t deny it either. The males that do deny it aren&#8217;t quite men. Give them time, Ladies. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Rugged Individual</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rugged Individual</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK... I apologize for that escapade there... Perhaps someone with the capability of deleting all but the last of those mishaps would be kind enough to teach me how to get an underline into a post, while you&#039;re at it. *blushes, while maintaining composure*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK&#8230; I apologize for that escapade there&#8230; Perhaps someone with the capability of deleting all but the last of those mishaps would be kind enough to teach me how to get an underline into a post, while you&#8217;re at it. *blushes, while maintaining composure*</p>
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		<title>By: Rugged Individual</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rugged Individual</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s try that again... 
&lt;blockquote&gt;It&#039;s no remarkable phenomenon when a man marries a woman much younger than himself. In fact, it&#039;s quite common, worldwide. A surprising portion of men marry younger when they re-marry, usually, in order to gain a woman with fewer issues. Conversely, women who re-marry are much more likely to marry a man, at least, ten, and often 20, years her senior, usually, out of necessity. 

The older we men get, the more confidence we have and less &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;feminism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; we&#039;re willing to tolerate. And..., no matter the age..., the fanatic fickleness, unrealistic expectations and fantasies of women don&#039;t change much, so why not seek, date and court a woman that offers something to make up for the &lt;strong&gt;dis&lt;/strong&gt;advantages that are part and parcel of marriage with a woman. 

Fred! isn&#039;t going to have near as much a problem with Conservative women as some think. NO ONE recognizes and acknowleges the sacrifices &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; men make for the sake of mysterious, unpredictable, insatiable, ever-disapointed women than those greatest of them..., the Conservative ones. They grow up witnessing Liberal woman and see some of the same traits in themselves, giving them the invaluable wisdom that some of the insufferable behavior is a woman thing and not a Lib thing. And NO Conservative woman would ever be so shallow or envious as to consider a woman of &lt;strong&gt;forty&lt;/strong&gt; a &#039;flusy&#039; or a man who&#039;d marry &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;that woman..., regardless his age...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, a &#039;playboy&#039;..., much less a &#039;pervert&#039;... I suggest we give our women (the MMs, MKHs, Bethanies, and yes, KPs of the world) more credit.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s try that again&#8230; </p>
<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s no remarkable phenomenon when a man marries a woman much younger than himself. In fact, it&#8217;s quite common, worldwide. A surprising portion of men marry younger when they re-marry, usually, in order to gain a woman with fewer issues. Conversely, women who re-marry are much more likely to marry a man, at least, ten, and often 20, years her senior, usually, out of necessity. </p>
<p>The older we men get, the more confidence we have and less <em><strong>feminism</strong></em> we&#8217;re willing to tolerate. And&#8230;, no matter the age&#8230;, the fanatic fickleness, unrealistic expectations and fantasies of women don&#8217;t change much, so why not seek, date and court a woman that offers something to make up for the <strong>dis</strong>advantages that are part and parcel of marriage with a woman. </p>
<p>Fred! isn&#8217;t going to have near as much a problem with Conservative women as some think. NO ONE recognizes and acknowleges the sacrifices <em>good</em> men make for the sake of mysterious, unpredictable, insatiable, ever-disapointed women than those greatest of them&#8230;, the Conservative ones. They grow up witnessing Liberal woman and see some of the same traits in themselves, giving them the invaluable wisdom that some of the insufferable behavior is a woman thing and not a Lib thing. And NO Conservative woman would ever be so shallow or envious as to consider a woman of <strong>forty</strong> a &#8216;flusy&#8217; or a man who&#8217;d marry <strong><em>that woman&#8230;, regardless his age&#8230;</em></strong>, a &#8216;playboy&#8217;&#8230;, much less a &#8216;pervert&#8217;&#8230; I suggest we give our women (the MMs, MKHs, Bethanies, and yes, KPs of the world) more credit.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: unseen</title>
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		<dc:creator>unseen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We’ll probably be dust before Nixon or Bush gets their appropriate spot in the history books.
Nixon may not quite be in the league you mention but he wasn’t far off the mark. 

Bradky on July 7, 2007 at 10:34 PM

Yeah it will be a long time before people understand how incompentant both these presidents were.

Bush had 6 years to defeat a bunch of people that lived in caves  with the greatest force ever ensembled in the history of human civilization  and yet failed.....

Nixon had the power of half the world in his hands yet pissed it all away for the cheap thrill of a break-in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’ll probably be dust before Nixon or Bush gets their appropriate spot in the history books.<br />
Nixon may not quite be in the league you mention but he wasn’t far off the mark. </p>
<p>Bradky on July 7, 2007 at 10:34 PM</p>
<p>Yeah it will be a long time before people understand how incompentant both these presidents were.</p>
<p>Bush had 6 years to defeat a bunch of people that lived in caves  with the greatest force ever ensembled in the history of human civilization  and yet failed&#8230;..</p>
<p>Nixon had the power of half the world in his hands yet pissed it all away for the cheap thrill of a break-in.</p>
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