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	<title>Comments on: Kos on the DLC: &#8220;A bunch of cranks,&#8221; &#8220;a fantastic con job&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: poker sets</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/07/kos-on-the-dlc-a-bunch-of-cranks-a-fantastic-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-667327</link>
		<dc:creator>poker sets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;poker sets...&lt;/strong&gt;

I saw this domain for sale, according to the appraisals, its worth over $5000.00 usd.  It has  just the perfect amount of keywords....</description>
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<p>I saw this domain for sale, according to the appraisals, its worth over $5000.00 usd.  It has  just the perfect amount of keywords&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Signs of the Apocalypse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Signs of the Apocalypse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] **** update: Here&#8217;s America&#8217;s newest self-styled &#8220;everyman&#8221; on the DLC, whom he calls &#8220;a bunch of cranks&#8221;.   Posted by Jeff G. @ 3:52 pm &#124; Trackback Share This [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] **** update: Here&#8217;s America&#8217;s newest self-styled &#8220;everyman&#8221; on the DLC, whom he calls &#8220;a bunch of cranks&#8221;.   Posted by Jeff G. @ 3:52 pm | Trackback Share This [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Joe Klein on the &#8220;anger and vitriol and disdain&#8221; of the nutroots</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/07/kos-on-the-dlc-a-bunch-of-cranks-a-fantastic-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-624824</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Joe Klein on the &#8220;anger and vitriol and disdain&#8221; of the nutroots</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] In all candor, Kos calling the DLC &#8220;a bunch of cranks&#8221; was the closest I&#8217;ve ever come to liking him and the first insight I&#8217;ve had into why someone on the left might prefer the nutroots over the centrists. Every time I see Harold Ford or Shillary on Fox taking a very meek, politic, inoffensive line about the filthy left, it makes them look that much more feeble and hesitant by comparison. It&#8217;s all carefully tactical on their part, of course: there&#8217;s no sense antagonizing the liberals lest it provoke an intraparty schism that ends up hurting Hillary&#8217;s chances in the general election, especially when they&#8217;re confident they&#8217;ll win if, as expected, she&#8217;s the nominee and tacks back towards the right for the general next year. But I wonder how young uncommitted Democrats, presented with the two options, will come down. It&#8217;s strong horse/weak horse all over again: Kos, who at least has the stones to call his opponents cranks, versus the mealy-mouthed establishment centrists who tremble at the thought of offending the far left&#8217;s angry bottom-feeders. They look, and sound, scared. The DLC thinks it&#8217;s going to have the last laugh when Hillary&#8217;s elected, but if she tries to govern from the center the nutroots is going to make more trouble for her than righty bloggers ever could. And she&#8217;ll deserve it. Which brings us to the clip &#8212; here&#8217;s Joe Klein, nutroots hate object, hinting at what a bad idea it is for the Democratic presidential field to go kissing Kos&#8217;s ass. Enjoy it; you won&#8217;t hear it from the Democratic side of the Monday night Michelle/Kirsten segment on O&#8217;Reilly. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] In all candor, Kos calling the DLC &#8220;a bunch of cranks&#8221; was the closest I&#8217;ve ever come to liking him and the first insight I&#8217;ve had into why someone on the left might prefer the nutroots over the centrists. Every time I see Harold Ford or Shillary on Fox taking a very meek, politic, inoffensive line about the filthy left, it makes them look that much more feeble and hesitant by comparison. It&#8217;s all carefully tactical on their part, of course: there&#8217;s no sense antagonizing the liberals lest it provoke an intraparty schism that ends up hurting Hillary&#8217;s chances in the general election, especially when they&#8217;re confident they&#8217;ll win if, as expected, she&#8217;s the nominee and tacks back towards the right for the general next year. But I wonder how young uncommitted Democrats, presented with the two options, will come down. It&#8217;s strong horse/weak horse all over again: Kos, who at least has the stones to call his opponents cranks, versus the mealy-mouthed establishment centrists who tremble at the thought of offending the far left&#8217;s angry bottom-feeders. They look, and sound, scared. The DLC thinks it&#8217;s going to have the last laugh when Hillary&#8217;s elected, but if she tries to govern from the center the nutroots is going to make more trouble for her than righty bloggers ever could. And she&#8217;ll deserve it. Which brings us to the clip &#8212; here&#8217;s Joe Klein, nutroots hate object, hinting at what a bad idea it is for the Democratic presidential field to go kissing Kos&#8217;s ass. Enjoy it; you won&#8217;t hear it from the Democratic side of the Monday night Michelle/Kirsten segment on O&#8217;Reilly. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: jihadwatcher</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/07/kos-on-the-dlc-a-bunch-of-cranks-a-fantastic-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-623788</link>
		<dc:creator>jihadwatcher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That guy Kos looks like a slightly thinner version of a nerd I went to public school with. He, too, was Greek. He had those fat cheeks that Kos has, the same hair, same eyes, same mouth, if I didn&#039;t know better, I would say it was him. Except my nerd friend is older. 

I don&#039;t know where these youngins get off being political when they aren&#039;t old enough to truly understand how the world works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That guy Kos looks like a slightly thinner version of a nerd I went to public school with. He, too, was Greek. He had those fat cheeks that Kos has, the same hair, same eyes, same mouth, if I didn&#8217;t know better, I would say it was him. Except my nerd friend is older. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know where these youngins get off being political when they aren&#8217;t old enough to truly understand how the world works.</p>
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		<title>By: Maxx</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maxx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice picture of Kos and all his friends.</description>
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		<title>By: kahall</title>
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		<dc:creator>kahall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would just like to add.... GOOD GRIEF!</description>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/07/kos-on-the-dlc-a-bunch-of-cranks-a-fantastic-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-622360</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;thuja on August 7, 2007 at 3:51 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Fair enough, thuja.  Several posters, including my invisible post, noted uncomplimentary personal characteristics.  But JayHaw didn&#039;t.  So the gay - violence connection isn&#039;t there.  Let&#039;s not invent it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>thuja on August 7, 2007 at 3:51 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Fair enough, thuja.  Several posters, including my invisible post, noted uncomplimentary personal characteristics.  But JayHaw didn&#8217;t.  So the gay &#8211; violence connection isn&#8217;t there.  Let&#8217;s not invent it.</p>
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		<title>By: PowWow</title>
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		<dc:creator>PowWow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It doesn&#039;t seem that long ago that Ford himself, and Shillary (your word AP, not mine) were saying the DLC were for the general election not the primaries. According to Kos it seems they&#039;re not for anything now. Hmmm, isn&#039;t that good for our side?
Anybody who considers themself a moderate Dem has to see this. They have to know that their party is being taken in this direction. Myself, I&#039;ve never been one. So I don&#039;t know the thinking. But I would think this would make a centrist scratch their head. Blind faith can do anything I guess. But I know I had to stop that video a few times just to say what the hell? But, that&#039;s just me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#8217;t seem that long ago that Ford himself, and Shillary (your word AP, not mine) were saying the DLC were for the general election not the primaries. According to Kos it seems they&#8217;re not for anything now. Hmmm, isn&#8217;t that good for our side?<br />
Anybody who considers themself a moderate Dem has to see this. They have to know that their party is being taken in this direction. Myself, I&#8217;ve never been one. So I don&#8217;t know the thinking. But I would think this would make a centrist scratch their head. Blind faith can do anything I guess. But I know I had to stop that video a few times just to say what the hell? But, that&#8217;s just me.</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s easy to dismiss Kos but remember that his finger will wear the ring our President will kiss if / when Hillary or Obama or Edwards gets elected in 2008.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s easy to dismiss Kos but remember that his finger will wear the ring our President will kiss if / when Hillary or Obama or Edwards gets elected in 2008.</p>
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		<title>By: The Race Card</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Race Card</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;He’s also gayer than that fitness celebrity Allah highlighted the other day. Wow is Kos gay. 

RW Wacko on August 7, 2007 at 10:42 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;


&lt;blockquote&gt;Wow, this is the first video I have seen of him; I never realized how “light on his loafers” he is. Instead of spewing hate in the US elections perhaps he should get himself a husband and settle down in Quebec. 

BigAnge on August 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;It may already be known to some, but not myself. But I guarantee that he plays for the pink team.

Any confirmers? 

Jared_MA on August 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Great minds think alike, Jared…beat you by a post. 

BigAnge on August 7, 2007 at 11:51 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;BigAnge:

Nice 

Jared_MA on August 7, 2007 at 11:56 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;


Why is it relevant whom this guy sleeps with? If you disagree with homosexuality, great for you. I personally don&#039;t understand it. But my wife doesn&#039;t understand why I eat peanuts with the shell on.

If you believe that some people are born gay, then your argument is with God, not his creation. Either way, these types of slurs do nothing to forward our cause. They only highlight the misconceptions that we are a bunch of bigots. 

Don&#039;t give me the BS about the left&#039;s own exclusivity or prejudicial snarkiness. I know it&#039;s there. But I expect more from my side.

Finally. I don&#039;t know the gender behind these giants of pontification, but I could probably come up with my own insinuations about commenters who are so invested in other people&#039;s sexuality. 

&lt;strong&gt;If you keep looking at the other guy&#039;s plate...maybe you should have ordered what he did.&lt;/strong&gt;

Close</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>He’s also gayer than that fitness celebrity Allah highlighted the other day. Wow is Kos gay. </p>
<p>RW Wacko on August 7, 2007 at 10:42 AM</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Wow, this is the first video I have seen of him; I never realized how “light on his loafers” he is. Instead of spewing hate in the US elections perhaps he should get himself a husband and settle down in Quebec. </p>
<p>BigAnge on August 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>It may already be known to some, but not myself. But I guarantee that he plays for the pink team.</p>
<p>Any confirmers? </p>
<p>Jared_MA on August 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Great minds think alike, Jared…beat you by a post. </p>
<p>BigAnge on August 7, 2007 at 11:51 AM</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>BigAnge:</p>
<p>Nice </p>
<p>Jared_MA on August 7, 2007 at 11:56 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Why is it relevant whom this guy sleeps with? If you disagree with homosexuality, great for you. I personally don&#8217;t understand it. But my wife doesn&#8217;t understand why I eat peanuts with the shell on.</p>
<p>If you believe that some people are born gay, then your argument is with God, not his creation. Either way, these types of slurs do nothing to forward our cause. They only highlight the misconceptions that we are a bunch of bigots. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t give me the BS about the left&#8217;s own exclusivity or prejudicial snarkiness. I know it&#8217;s there. But I expect more from my side.</p>
<p>Finally. I don&#8217;t know the gender behind these giants of pontification, but I could probably come up with my own insinuations about commenters who are so invested in other people&#8217;s sexuality. </p>
<p><strong>If you keep looking at the other guy&#8217;s plate&#8230;maybe you should have ordered what he did.</strong></p>
<p>Close</p>
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		<title>By: Guardian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guardian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So THIS is KOS? I always wondered what happened to Ferris Buehler after he got out of school. These people think that they are the center? OMG. I don&#039;t know whether to laugh or cry. How do people gets so disillusioned and still remain otherwise functional?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So THIS is KOS? I always wondered what happened to Ferris Buehler after he got out of school. These people think that they are the center? OMG. I don&#8217;t know whether to laugh or cry. How do people gets so disillusioned and still remain otherwise functional?</p>
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		<title>By: SoulGlo</title>
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		<dc:creator>SoulGlo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The center?  The center of what?  The septic tank?</description>
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		<title>By: JayHaw Phrenzie</title>
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		<dc:creator>JayHaw Phrenzie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;riccangolf on August 7, 2007 at 1:53 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I am glad that at least one person got that it was a joke.

In the future, I will read all of my posts before hitting submit.

Please don&#039;t charge me with a hate crime.

(that too, was a joke, btw)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>riccangolf on August 7, 2007 at 1:53 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I am glad that at least one person got that it was a joke.</p>
<p>In the future, I will read all of my posts before hitting submit.</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t charge me with a hate crime.</p>
<p>(that too, was a joke, btw)</p>
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		<title>By: thuja</title>
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		<dc:creator>thuja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Something about the expression on Kos’s face in that picture makes me want to punch him, hard.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No matter how many times I tell you guys that Michelle is going to be held responsible by the left for comments like this, you persist in making them. You don’t pause even for a moment before doing so either, do you?

Thanks again for making my job a little harder.

Allahpundit on August 7, 2007 at 10:17 AM


Thanks, AP, for saying that.  I don&#039;t wish to seem a whiny homosexual, but Kos strikes me and other people as gay and the fantasy of violence against Kos made me feel distinctly uncomfortable.  I agree with Ann Coulter that gay people should be Republican, but it is hard to make that point when people make statements that suggest anti-gay violence.  

The irony is that Kos is supposedly straight, has a child, and I&#039;m aware of no rumours of him going to gay bars or such.</description>
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<blockquote><p>Something about the expression on Kos’s face in that picture makes me want to punch him, hard.</p></blockquote>
<p>No matter how many times I tell you guys that Michelle is going to be held responsible by the left for comments like this, you persist in making them. You don’t pause even for a moment before doing so either, do you?</p>
<p>Thanks again for making my job a little harder.</p>
<p>Allahpundit on August 7, 2007 at 10:17 AM</p>
<p>Thanks, AP, for saying that.  I don&#8217;t wish to seem a whiny homosexual, but Kos strikes me and other people as gay and the fantasy of violence against Kos made me feel distinctly uncomfortable.  I agree with Ann Coulter that gay people should be Republican, but it is hard to make that point when people make statements that suggest anti-gay violence.  </p>
<p>The irony is that Kos is supposedly straight, has a child, and I&#8217;m aware of no rumours of him going to gay bars or such.</p>
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		<title>By: Zach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To understand these netroots &quot;progressive&quot; people better, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/367672638.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;check out this post by some Australian guy&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To understand these netroots &#8220;progressive&#8221; people better, <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/367672638.html" rel="nofollow">check out this post by some Australian guy</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: SilverStar830</title>
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		<dc:creator>SilverStar830</dc:creator>
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		<description>Everytime I see that guy, and hear that putrid little shart stain speak, I find it hard to believe he&#039;s actually married to a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt; and has kids.

Other than that, he&#039;s a legend in his own mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everytime I see that guy, and hear that putrid little shart stain speak, I find it hard to believe he&#8217;s actually married to a <em>girl</em> and has kids.</p>
<p>Other than that, he&#8217;s a legend in his own mind.</p>
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		<title>By: T J Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>T J Green</dc:creator>
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		<description>Couple days on Konvention Kool-Aid and Khaos thinks he&#039;s Che weeding out the tepid Communists.</description>
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		<title>By: mjk</title>
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		<dc:creator>mjk</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Miss_Anthrope on August 7, 2007 at 1:41 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Thanks, hon.  I knew I forgot a couple of questions.  I also forgot:
1.  Did they have valid picture ID/passports?
2.  Did they refuse to comply with security requirements? (i.e. the shoe thing, the taking off your belt, carry on and baby carriages through x-ray machines)

Again, just saying some surface statement about airports just opens up more questions that need answers before I believe anything.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Miss_Anthrope on August 7, 2007 at 1:41 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Thanks, hon.  I knew I forgot a couple of questions.  I also forgot:<br />
1.  Did they have valid picture ID/passports?<br />
2.  Did they refuse to comply with security requirements? (i.e. the shoe thing, the taking off your belt, carry on and baby carriages through x-ray machines)</p>
<p>Again, just saying some surface statement about airports just opens up more questions that need answers before I believe anything.</p>
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		<title>By: georgej</title>
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		<dc:creator>georgej</dc:creator>
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		<description>This is very interesting.

I was about to dump on him as being a typical leftist moron with brown material for brains when several of the posters here pointed something out to me.

Kos is NOT the center of anything. And yes, he knows it too and his comments are bravado.  For now.

What he hopes to do is not only get control of the Democratic Party (which he almost has), but the nation itself.  

&lt;strong&gt;We are seeing a man so very much like that man from 80 years ago in Germany who buffaloed his way into first taking over a party, then taking over a government. &lt;/strong&gt;The reason, JiangxiDad, it reminds you of Germany and Russia is because Kos is trying to accomplish the same thing with America.  And he thinks he might just be able to pull it off.

In July of 2000, radio anchor and former Democrat wrote an essay for worldnetdaily.com titled &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16391&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fascism, corruption and my &#039;Democratic&#039; Party&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.

He wrote:

&lt;blockquote&gt;What we are dealing with here has nothing to do with American politics. In fact, I worry that as the Democrats increasingly adopt fascist tactics they will cease being a genuine political party, focused on honest debate and decision by fair ballot. They could become one day something more related to the fascists of 1930s Germany. The SA &quot;brown shirts&quot; were not interested in debate and civil rule; they wanted power in order to force the democratic nation to accept their Nazi agenda. If I am right about the fanatical direction my party is taking, then America has never faced a danger like this, and real Democrats who stand by and watch will be as guilty before history as the actual leaders of this corruption movement. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

We&#039;ve seen the &quot;brownshirts&quot; drive Joe Lieberman out of the Party.  We&#039;ve seen Kos threaten the moderate wing of the Democratic Party with destruction -- successfully, as the &quot;trouping of the candidates&quot; to Chicago proved.

We&#039;ve seen the attack bloggers from the left.  Michelle is absolutely correct to identify DKOS as a hate speech site. Are they any different from the Brownshirts prostelizing hate against the Jews on the sidewalks of Berlin in 1930?  Not as far as I can see.

DKOS, DU, Hamsher, Huffington and some others are ALL hate sites.  They use every trick developed by Lenin and his later disciple, Adolf.  They use the Big Lie.  They viciously attack and smear their opposition.  They threaten and they are not above the use of &quot;persuasion&quot; to attain what they want.

And they want POWER.

Just also writes about the direction of the Democratic Party:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Carried to its extreme, this corruption movement will destroy us all. It is compulsive in its lust for power. It is an anti-establishment lobby that is vast and very powerful. Right now the specific labels don&#039;t matter, and there are too many to name here, from corporate greed to union greed to organized crime to &quot;special interest&quot; causes. It is a long list. However, the core desire of this group, conscious or unconscious, is to tear down everything traditional and decent in this country. Full of personal anger and a desire for radical change at whatever cost, these people wish to &quot;re-imagine&quot; an America they have never understood&lt;/blockquote&gt;. 

The Democratic Party of my youth is gone.  It started to disappear in 1968 when the left assaulted it&#039;s convention in Chicago.  It&#039;s demise was aided and abetted by the media who called &#039;68 TET a victory for the Viet Cong, and the leftwing assault on the Chicago Police a &quot;police riot.&quot; It completed the destruction when the left wrested control of the party away from the practical politicians (like Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago) and gave control of delegate selection to bloviating morons like George McGovern, who promptly made rules that established &quot;racial and gender quotas&quot; for delegates to the convention. 

It was in 1972 that the old party of FDR, Wilson, Truman, and JFK died.  The Party today would be unrecognizable to Democrats living 40 or more years ago.

JiangxiDad, your comments of &quot;These are dangerously twisted people who want to rule you. And we better come out swinging,&quot; and &quot;They’re getting too close for comfort&quot; are right on the money.  We had best NOT underestimate this man.

And we had all better be working overtime to insure that the Democrats are destroyed in the next election. 

My 2 cents.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is very interesting.</p>
<p>I was about to dump on him as being a typical leftist moron with brown material for brains when several of the posters here pointed something out to me.</p>
<p>Kos is NOT the center of anything. And yes, he knows it too and his comments are bravado.  For now.</p>
<p>What he hopes to do is not only get control of the Democratic Party (which he almost has), but the nation itself.  </p>
<p><strong>We are seeing a man so very much like that man from 80 years ago in Germany who buffaloed his way into first taking over a party, then taking over a government. </strong>The reason, JiangxiDad, it reminds you of Germany and Russia is because Kos is trying to accomplish the same thing with America.  And he thinks he might just be able to pull it off.</p>
<p>In July of 2000, radio anchor and former Democrat wrote an essay for worldnetdaily.com titled <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16391" rel="nofollow"><em>Fascism, corruption and my &#8216;Democratic&#8217; Party</em></a>.</p>
<p>He wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>What we are dealing with here has nothing to do with American politics. In fact, I worry that as the Democrats increasingly adopt fascist tactics they will cease being a genuine political party, focused on honest debate and decision by fair ballot. They could become one day something more related to the fascists of 1930s Germany. The SA &#8220;brown shirts&#8221; were not interested in debate and civil rule; they wanted power in order to force the democratic nation to accept their Nazi agenda. If I am right about the fanatical direction my party is taking, then America has never faced a danger like this, and real Democrats who stand by and watch will be as guilty before history as the actual leaders of this corruption movement. </p></blockquote>
<p>We&#8217;ve seen the &#8220;brownshirts&#8221; drive Joe Lieberman out of the Party.  We&#8217;ve seen Kos threaten the moderate wing of the Democratic Party with destruction &#8212; successfully, as the &#8220;trouping of the candidates&#8221; to Chicago proved.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve seen the attack bloggers from the left.  Michelle is absolutely correct to identify DKOS as a hate speech site. Are they any different from the Brownshirts prostelizing hate against the Jews on the sidewalks of Berlin in 1930?  Not as far as I can see.</p>
<p>DKOS, DU, Hamsher, Huffington and some others are ALL hate sites.  They use every trick developed by Lenin and his later disciple, Adolf.  They use the Big Lie.  They viciously attack and smear their opposition.  They threaten and they are not above the use of &#8220;persuasion&#8221; to attain what they want.</p>
<p>And they want POWER.</p>
<p>Just also writes about the direction of the Democratic Party:</p>
<blockquote><p>Carried to its extreme, this corruption movement will destroy us all. It is compulsive in its lust for power. It is an anti-establishment lobby that is vast and very powerful. Right now the specific labels don&#8217;t matter, and there are too many to name here, from corporate greed to union greed to organized crime to &#8220;special interest&#8221; causes. It is a long list. However, the core desire of this group, conscious or unconscious, is to tear down everything traditional and decent in this country. Full of personal anger and a desire for radical change at whatever cost, these people wish to &#8220;re-imagine&#8221; an America they have never understood</p></blockquote>
<p>. </p>
<p>The Democratic Party of my youth is gone.  It started to disappear in 1968 when the left assaulted it&#8217;s convention in Chicago.  It&#8217;s demise was aided and abetted by the media who called &#8217;68 TET a victory for the Viet Cong, and the leftwing assault on the Chicago Police a &#8220;police riot.&#8221; It completed the destruction when the left wrested control of the party away from the practical politicians (like Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago) and gave control of delegate selection to bloviating morons like George McGovern, who promptly made rules that established &#8220;racial and gender quotas&#8221; for delegates to the convention. </p>
<p>It was in 1972 that the old party of FDR, Wilson, Truman, and JFK died.  The Party today would be unrecognizable to Democrats living 40 or more years ago.</p>
<p>JiangxiDad, your comments of &#8220;These are dangerously twisted people who want to rule you. And we better come out swinging,&#8221; and &#8220;They’re getting too close for comfort&#8221; are right on the money.  We had best NOT underestimate this man.</p>
<p>And we had all better be working overtime to insure that the Democrats are destroyed in the next election. </p>
<p>My 2 cents.</p>
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		<title>By: Connie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Connie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

Those people are scary. It is hard to imagine Americans thinking the way they seem to think. It appears that they do not tolerate any thinking different than their own. The ability to lie seems to have a firm hold on the left. Markos is a nightmare on elmstreet.

Zelsdorf Ragshaft on August 7, 2007 at 12:34 PM
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Was it Juan Williams who accused the right of starting the nastiness last night? While it is true that the right came down heavily on Clinton, what the left never understood is that Bill Clinton denigrated the Oval Office. He removed in one fell swoop the moral highground of America. The right had every reason to detest him for that.

While Markos may be the nightmare on Elm St., Bill Clinton was the nightmare on K Street. Bill Clinton not only started the current vile, revenge-filled partisan atmosphere, the Clintonistas, Soros, the Euro-wannabees, the Sore/Losermans (without Lieberman) have fed the hate demon daily.</description>
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<p>Those people are scary. It is hard to imagine Americans thinking the way they seem to think. It appears that they do not tolerate any thinking different than their own. The ability to lie seems to have a firm hold on the left. Markos is a nightmare on elmstreet.</p>
<p>Zelsdorf Ragshaft on August 7, 2007 at 12:34 PM
</p></blockquote>
<p>Was it Juan Williams who accused the right of starting the nastiness last night? While it is true that the right came down heavily on Clinton, what the left never understood is that Bill Clinton denigrated the Oval Office. He removed in one fell swoop the moral highground of America. The right had every reason to detest him for that.</p>
<p>While Markos may be the nightmare on Elm St., Bill Clinton was the nightmare on K Street. Bill Clinton not only started the current vile, revenge-filled partisan atmosphere, the Clintonistas, Soros, the Euro-wannabees, the Sore/Losermans (without Lieberman) have fed the hate demon daily.</p>
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		<title>By: Harpoon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Harpoon</dc:creator>
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		<description>Is it me or does he look like Duckie (Jon Cryer)?</description>
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		<title>By: Texyank</title>
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		<dc:creator>Texyank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So you fear the twirp and his whine click. Grow up ! ! ! 

Texyank on August 7, 2007 at 12:16 PM
&lt;blockquote&gt;Neville Chamberlain said something along those lines (well maybe not verbatum) about Adolph Hitler. 

Pulchritudinous Patriot on August 7, 2007 at 12:55 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

 Your giving the twirp too much credit. Chamberland Ha !!
 You already have kos elected to Commander in Chief ? ?
 Grow up  ! !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you fear the twirp and his whine click. Grow up ! ! ! </p>
<p>Texyank on August 7, 2007 at 12:16 PM</p>
<blockquote><p>Neville Chamberlain said something along those lines (well maybe not verbatum) about Adolph Hitler. </p>
<p>Pulchritudinous Patriot on August 7, 2007 at 12:55 PM</p></blockquote>
<p> Your giving the twirp too much credit. Chamberland Ha !!<br />
 You already have kos elected to Commander in Chief ? ?<br />
 Grow up  ! !</p>
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		<title>By: asc85</title>
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		<dc:creator>asc85</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>24 minutes?!?!?!

Please...</description>
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<p>Please&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Professor Blather</title>
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		<dc:creator>Professor Blather</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Myself, and other Moderate Democrats, have already been kicked to the curb by these NEW DIRECTION DEMOCRATS! Sites like KOS and AMERICABLOG spew nothing but hateful, racist, heterophobic hate speech at every turn. They have taken over the Democratic Party and are attempting to purge everyone who disagrees with them.

DfDeportation on August 7, 2007 at 12:34 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I feel for you. I honestly do.

The last actual liberal in the Democratic Party - in a leadership role - was probably JFK. Since then, the party has descended into a mockery of itself, openly embracing the very things it claims to stand against.

Not that we don&#039;t have our own lunatics that who take things too far (insisting that calling a Presidential candidate a &quot;faggot&quot; is the height of conservativism comes to mind) or forget the broader context ... but as a general rule, the parties have now almost completely switched places: if you believe in actual liberal principles like freedom, equality, and liberty - if you oppose racial discrimination, polarization, groupthink, and demagoguery - you cannot vote for the Democrats.

You may not like the Republicans, either (and who could blame you these days?). But there is nothing liberal, in any sense, about modern &quot;liberals.&quot; &quot;Screw them&quot; Kos is a perfect example. They scream for &quot;peace&quot; while embracing active hatred and endorsing dictators; they shriek against racism while routinely attacking their opponents based on race; they demand gay rights yet they are the first to make anti-gay slurs or &quot;out&quot; their opponents; they insist on environmentalism while their leaders despoil the environment.

Like I said, I feel for you. Once upon a time, liberals were liberal. They used to be unabashedly patriotic, too. Go figure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Myself, and other Moderate Democrats, have already been kicked to the curb by these NEW DIRECTION DEMOCRATS! Sites like KOS and AMERICABLOG spew nothing but hateful, racist, heterophobic hate speech at every turn. They have taken over the Democratic Party and are attempting to purge everyone who disagrees with them.</p>
<p>DfDeportation on August 7, 2007 at 12:34 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I feel for you. I honestly do.</p>
<p>The last actual liberal in the Democratic Party &#8211; in a leadership role &#8211; was probably JFK. Since then, the party has descended into a mockery of itself, openly embracing the very things it claims to stand against.</p>
<p>Not that we don&#8217;t have our own lunatics that who take things too far (insisting that calling a Presidential candidate a &#8220;faggot&#8221; is the height of conservativism comes to mind) or forget the broader context &#8230; but as a general rule, the parties have now almost completely switched places: if you believe in actual liberal principles like freedom, equality, and liberty &#8211; if you oppose racial discrimination, polarization, groupthink, and demagoguery &#8211; you cannot vote for the Democrats.</p>
<p>You may not like the Republicans, either (and who could blame you these days?). But there is nothing liberal, in any sense, about modern &#8220;liberals.&#8221; &#8220;Screw them&#8221; Kos is a perfect example. They scream for &#8220;peace&#8221; while embracing active hatred and endorsing dictators; they shriek against racism while routinely attacking their opponents based on race; they demand gay rights yet they are the first to make anti-gay slurs or &#8220;out&#8221; their opponents; they insist on environmentalism while their leaders despoil the environment.</p>
<p>Like I said, I feel for you. Once upon a time, liberals were liberal. They used to be unabashedly patriotic, too. Go figure.</p>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description>To be fair, there&#039;s a substantial difference between wanting to punch someone and actually threatening to do it.

Except in &#039;Hate Crime America,&#039; I suppose.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be fair, there&#8217;s a substantial difference between wanting to punch someone and actually threatening to do it.</p>
<p>Except in &#8216;Hate Crime America,&#8217; I suppose.</p>
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