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	<title>Comments on: Ted Kennedy lands $8 million to fudge the death of Mary Jo Kopechne Update: A sneak peak at the dust jacket?</title>
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		<title>By: Meryl Yourish</title>
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		<dc:creator>Meryl Yourish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>KelliD: Thanks. That one&#039;s all right, but there are better ones, not safe for work, that would scare off all the guys here. A friend of mine found what she thought was a site with hot guys, and what turned out to be a Dutch gay pr0n site. Oops.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KelliD: Thanks. That one&#8217;s all right, but there are better ones, not safe for work, that would scare off all the guys here. A friend of mine found what she thought was a site with hot guys, and what turned out to be a Dutch gay pr0n site. Oops.</p>
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		<title>By: awake</title>
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		<dc:creator>awake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks from the bottom of my heart for replacing the original photo of the &quot;good&quot; Senator.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks from the bottom of my heart for replacing the original photo of the &#8220;good&#8221; Senator.</p>
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		<title>By: ToddonCapeCod</title>
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		<dc:creator>ToddonCapeCod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice how Newt Gingrich was widely criticized for a $4 million deal for writing with Rupert Murdoch, while nary a peep is made over Teddy... and let&#039;s face it: this is going to be a ghost written project, because half of Teddy&#039;s life is a blackout to him!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice how Newt Gingrich was widely criticized for a $4 million deal for writing with Rupert Murdoch, while nary a peep is made over Teddy&#8230; and let&#8217;s face it: this is going to be a ghost written project, because half of Teddy&#8217;s life is a blackout to him!</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m thinking &quot;Mr. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tvland.com/shows/greenacres/character5.jhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ziffel&lt;/a&gt; Goes To Washington.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;Mr. <a href="http://www.tvland.com/shows/greenacres/character5.jhtml" rel="nofollow">Ziffel</a> Goes To Washington.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: ToddonCapeCod</title>
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		<dc:creator>ToddonCapeCod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;A Bridge Too Far
Driving Miss Kopechne
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Ted Kennedy&#039;s Guide to the Bars of New England and DC&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A Bridge Too Far<br />
Driving Miss Kopechne<br />
Bridge Over Troubled Water<br />
Ted Kennedy&#8217;s Guide to the Bars of New England and DC</em></p>
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		<title>By: inviolet</title>
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		<dc:creator>inviolet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Does naming his dog Splash count?

Quisp on November 27, 2007 at 1:13 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Wow.  Can&#039;t bleeve he really named his dog &quot;Splash.&quot;  If I were Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo would be in the front of my mind every day.  So IMO it&#039;s either a sick joke and he&#039;s utterly conscienceless or he never thinks about Mary Jo and...he&#039;s utterly conscienceless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Does naming his dog Splash count?</p>
<p>Quisp on November 27, 2007 at 1:13 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow.  Can&#8217;t bleeve he really named his dog &#8220;Splash.&#8221;  If I were Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo would be in the front of my mind every day.  So IMO it&#8217;s either a sick joke and he&#8217;s utterly conscienceless or he never thinks about Mary Jo and&#8230;he&#8217;s utterly conscienceless.</p>
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		<title>By: Entelechy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Entelechy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bryan, please post the walrus picture, even if inside now; otherwise my comment of 4:09pm makes no sense.

Plus, the nation, and the world should see the footprints this whale of a man leaves, while preaching to us, and opposing alternate energy which obstructs his beautiful view.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bryan, please post the walrus picture, even if inside now; otherwise my comment of 4:09pm makes no sense.</p>
<p>Plus, the nation, and the world should see the footprints this whale of a man leaves, while preaching to us, and opposing alternate energy which obstructs his beautiful view.</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Rainmaker &#187; Vodka In My Veins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Texas Rainmaker &#187; Vodka In My Veins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] wonders how many chapters will be devoted to his opposition to alternative energy solutions or his advocacy [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] wonders how many chapters will be devoted to his opposition to alternative energy solutions or his advocacy [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Entelechy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Entelechy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Title - Thanks for the memories, suckers

Subtitle - A good life, suckers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Title &#8211; Thanks for the memories, suckers</p>
<p>Subtitle &#8211; A good life, suckers</p>
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		<title>By: Entelechy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Entelechy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw that picture and my first thought was that a walrus had escaped from our San Diego Seaworld, and is now &quot;beached&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw that picture and my first thought was that a walrus had escaped from our San Diego Seaworld, and is now &#8220;beached&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: saiga</title>
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		<dc:creator>saiga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about he call it &quot;Splash&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about he call it &#8220;Splash&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: William2006</title>
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		<dc:creator>William2006</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is the success of people like Ted &quot;The Whale&quot; Kennedy, or is it Ted &quot;Let me go find a lifeguard, Mary Jo&quot; Kennedy?, or is it Ted &quot;I stopped to get help and got a drink.  Sorry I forgot&quot; Kennedy?

Anyway, it is the success of people like Teddy the Whale and his family and friends (Dems in Congress included) that make me think, hey maybe the Devil, or Satan, and his demons, really DO exist, and Teddy is a walking, talking example.

What other explanation could there be for the success of people like this?

Beats me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is the success of people like Ted &#8220;The Whale&#8221; Kennedy, or is it Ted &#8220;Let me go find a lifeguard, Mary Jo&#8221; Kennedy?, or is it Ted &#8220;I stopped to get help and got a drink.  Sorry I forgot&#8221; Kennedy?</p>
<p>Anyway, it is the success of people like Teddy the Whale and his family and friends (Dems in Congress included) that make me think, hey maybe the Devil, or Satan, and his demons, really DO exist, and Teddy is a walking, talking example.</p>
<p>What other explanation could there be for the success of people like this?</p>
<p>Beats me.</p>
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		<title>By: Dr. Charles G. Waugh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. Charles G. Waugh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Possible titles:

     1) &lt;em&gt;If I did it&lt;/em&gt; (JayHaw Phrenzie)
     2) &lt;em&gt;Patron of the Tarts&lt;/em&gt;
     3) &lt;em&gt;Water Under the Bridge&lt;/em&gt;
     4) &lt;em&gt;A Manatee Among Men&lt;/em&gt;
     5) &lt;em&gt;Good Senator--Bad Date&lt;/em&gt; (Denis Leary)
     6) &lt;em&gt;Father of the Drive-by Drowning&lt;/em&gt;
     7) &lt;em&gt;Roued Awakening&lt;/em&gt;
     8) &lt;em&gt;Working Stiff&lt;/em&gt;
     9) &lt;em&gt;Tryst and Shout&lt;/em&gt;
    10) &lt;em&gt;The Heartbreak of Satyriasis&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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<p>     1) <em>If I did it</em> (JayHaw Phrenzie)<br />
     2) <em>Patron of the Tarts</em><br />
     3) <em>Water Under the Bridge</em><br />
     4) <em>A Manatee Among Men</em><br />
     5) <em>Good Senator&#8211;Bad Date</em> (Denis Leary)<br />
     6) <em>Father of the Drive-by Drowning</em><br />
     7) <em>Roued Awakening</em><br />
     8) <em>Working Stiff</em><br />
     9) <em>Tryst and Shout</em><br />
    10) <em>The Heartbreak of Satyriasis</em></p>
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		<title>By: 91Veteran</title>
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		<dc:creator>91Veteran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;You can bet that Teddy’s “autobiography” will either ignore or gloss over his extramarital affairs, Mary Jo’s murder, his drunkenness, his cheating in college, and how Mary Jo’s death led to his father’s death. 

georgej on November 27, 2007 at 2:28 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Waitress sandwiches with colleagues, treatment of women at his Palm Beach compound.

Another title:

&quot;Fat Bastard: What &lt;strike&gt;Baby Back Ribs&lt;/strike&gt; Chivas Did to Me.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>You can bet that Teddy’s “autobiography” will either ignore or gloss over his extramarital affairs, Mary Jo’s murder, his drunkenness, his cheating in college, and how Mary Jo’s death led to his father’s death. </p>
<p>georgej on November 27, 2007 at 2:28 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Waitress sandwiches with colleagues, treatment of women at his Palm Beach compound.</p>
<p>Another title:</p>
<p>&#8220;Fat Bastard: What <strike>Baby Back Ribs</strike> Chivas Did to Me.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Dr.Cwac.Cwac</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr.Cwac.Cwac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From that picture, it looks like Ol&#039; Teddy has a 6-pack going.  6-pack of Bud, 6-pack of Miller (living the High Life!), 6-pack of Corona, 6-pack of Chivas Regal and an 8-pack of hot dogs on the back of his neck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From that picture, it looks like Ol&#8217; Teddy has a 6-pack going.  6-pack of Bud, 6-pack of Miller (living the High Life!), 6-pack of Corona, 6-pack of Chivas Regal and an 8-pack of hot dogs on the back of his neck.</p>
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		<title>By: Pilgrim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pilgrim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strike&gt;First time&lt;/strike&gt;Second time the ‘memoirs’ of anybody will be found in the FICTION section of your local library.
.
Sorry, but this frickin fool KENNEDY OUTRAGES ME!!!!!

shooter on November 27, 2007 at 1:44 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There...fixed that.  Remember Clinton already has his memoirs out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strike>First time</strike>Second time the ‘memoirs’ of anybody will be found in the FICTION section of your local library.<br />
.<br />
Sorry, but this frickin fool KENNEDY OUTRAGES ME!!!!!</p>
<p>shooter on November 27, 2007 at 1:44 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>There&#8230;fixed that.  Remember Clinton already has his memoirs out.</p>
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		<title>By: dingbat</title>
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		<dc:creator>dingbat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Living large dude! Double that mans insurance premium Mrs. Clinton! His hearts gonna pop! No, really, jack up his rates! Now! Why should the collective have to pay for that future heart attack?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Living large dude! Double that mans insurance premium Mrs. Clinton! His hearts gonna pop! No, really, jack up his rates! Now! Why should the collective have to pay for that future heart attack?</p>
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		<title>By: swami</title>
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		<dc:creator>swami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey somebody has to pay for all the Kennedy clans visits and extended stays at the rehab clinic.

Uncle Theodore only got 8 mil, it won&#039;t be enough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey somebody has to pay for all the Kennedy clans visits and extended stays at the rehab clinic.</p>
<p>Uncle Theodore only got 8 mil, it won&#8217;t be enough.</p>
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		<title>By: georgej</title>
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		<dc:creator>georgej</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We all know that papa Joe Kennedy had dreams of his sons of becoming President, something that would be denied to him as an aftermath of his clashes with FDR, another scion of American &quot;royalty.&quot; Joe was killed in WWII. John did become President, but was assassinated. Bobby was assassinated during the campaign, leaving Teddy as his sole surviving son, and his last chance of founding a presidential dynasty.

What we have forgotten is that Joe died himself within a few months of Mary Jo. More than one autobiographer and historian has linked the death of papa Joe (who was in poor health following a stroke in 1961) at 81 to Kopechne&#039;s death as being the event that shattered his will to continue living. 

Given the cheating scandal when in college, his heavy drinking after Bobby&#039;s murder, and then Chappaquiddick, it must have been obvious to Joe that his last surviving son would never be President. 

It must have been the final insult.

The fact that so many of Joe Kennedy&#039;s descendents died violently and prematurely, and that the weakest and most corrupt of them all survived, lends credence to the existence of Karma. 

You can bet that Teddy&#039;s &quot;autobiography&quot; will either ignore or gloss over his extramarital affairs, Mary Jo&#039;s murder, his drunkenness, his cheating in college, and how Mary Jo&#039;s death led to his father&#039;s death. To do so would require a level of honesty and character forever out of his reach.

In any other man, we would be celebrating his luck as a survivor. But any other man would not be the piece of sh*t that Teddy is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that papa Joe Kennedy had dreams of his sons of becoming President, something that would be denied to him as an aftermath of his clashes with FDR, another scion of American &#8220;royalty.&#8221; Joe was killed in WWII. John did become President, but was assassinated. Bobby was assassinated during the campaign, leaving Teddy as his sole surviving son, and his last chance of founding a presidential dynasty.</p>
<p>What we have forgotten is that Joe died himself within a few months of Mary Jo. More than one autobiographer and historian has linked the death of papa Joe (who was in poor health following a stroke in 1961) at 81 to Kopechne&#8217;s death as being the event that shattered his will to continue living. </p>
<p>Given the cheating scandal when in college, his heavy drinking after Bobby&#8217;s murder, and then Chappaquiddick, it must have been obvious to Joe that his last surviving son would never be President. </p>
<p>It must have been the final insult.</p>
<p>The fact that so many of Joe Kennedy&#8217;s descendents died violently and prematurely, and that the weakest and most corrupt of them all survived, lends credence to the existence of Karma. </p>
<p>You can bet that Teddy&#8217;s &#8220;autobiography&#8221; will either ignore or gloss over his extramarital affairs, Mary Jo&#8217;s murder, his drunkenness, his cheating in college, and how Mary Jo&#8217;s death led to his father&#8217;s death. To do so would require a level of honesty and character forever out of his reach.</p>
<p>In any other man, we would be celebrating his luck as a survivor. But any other man would not be the piece of sh*t that Teddy is.</p>
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		<title>By: Speakup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Speakup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

Is it called: “If I did it”?

JayHaw Phrenzie on November 27, 2007 at 12:35 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You were on Rush dude.</description>
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<p>Is it called: “If I did it”?</p>
<p>JayHaw Phrenzie on November 27, 2007 at 12:35 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>You were on Rush dude.</p>
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		<title>By: Speakup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Speakup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rush talked about what makes it OK for Hillary and Teddy to get a fat book deal but when Newt tried back in 95 he caught hell for it and had to cancel.

&lt;blockquote&gt;NYT (of course) February 4, 1995
The Speaker and the Ethics Panel 

 Clearly, there needs to be some inquiry into House Speaker Newt Gingrich&#039;s various financial dealings. Mr. Gingrich recognized that inevitability when he abandoned any idea of abolishing the House Ethics Committee. Instead he opted for a holdover group of five Republicans and five Democrats who had served on the committee before he became Speaker. The move was designed to avoid the conflict of interest that would have resulted if Mr. Gingrich had helped appoint a new committee to rule on the ethics complaint filed against him by his opponent in the last election, Ben Jones.

That complaint raises the accusation that tax-deductible contributions to a foundation linked to Mr. Gingrich were improperly used to finance a politically oriented course he taught at a Georgia college. The complaint asserts that his use of his House employees to help with the course violated House rules. It was recently amended to include aspects of Mr. Gingrich&#039;s book deal with a publishing house owned by Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Gingrich, having rejected the sound advice of some Republicans to cancel a deal that has undermined public confidence in his leadership, plans to submit his contract to the committee. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0D7113BF937A35751C0A963958260&amp;sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=print</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush talked about what makes it OK for Hillary and Teddy to get a fat book deal but when Newt tried back in 95 he caught hell for it and had to cancel.</p>
<blockquote><p>NYT (of course) February 4, 1995<br />
The Speaker and the Ethics Panel </p>
<p> Clearly, there needs to be some inquiry into House Speaker Newt Gingrich&#8217;s various financial dealings. Mr. Gingrich recognized that inevitability when he abandoned any idea of abolishing the House Ethics Committee. Instead he opted for a holdover group of five Republicans and five Democrats who had served on the committee before he became Speaker. The move was designed to avoid the conflict of interest that would have resulted if Mr. Gingrich had helped appoint a new committee to rule on the ethics complaint filed against him by his opponent in the last election, Ben Jones.</p>
<p>That complaint raises the accusation that tax-deductible contributions to a foundation linked to Mr. Gingrich were improperly used to finance a politically oriented course he taught at a Georgia college. The complaint asserts that his use of his House employees to help with the course violated House rules. It was recently amended to include aspects of Mr. Gingrich&#8217;s book deal with a publishing house owned by Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Gingrich, having rejected the sound advice of some Republicans to cancel a deal that has undermined public confidence in his leadership, plans to submit his contract to the committee. </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0D7113BF937A35751C0A963958260&amp;sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=print" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0D7113BF937A35751C0A963958260&amp;sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=print</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bigfoot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bigfoot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;“If I’d have just turned right.”

BacaDog on November 27, 2007 at 12:53 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Turning right is impossible for Ted.  He&#039;s been veering farther and farther left all his life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“If I’d have just turned right.”</p>
<p>BacaDog on November 27, 2007 at 12:53 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Turning right is impossible for Ted.  He&#8217;s been veering farther and farther left all his life.</p>
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		<title>By: Lehuster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lehuster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;“…the most prominent surviving member of the Kennedy family…” That says it all about that family, doesn’t it.&lt;/em&gt;

Weird reverse natural selection - survival of the unfittest...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>“…the most prominent surviving member of the Kennedy family…” That says it all about that family, doesn’t it.</em></p>
<p>Weird reverse natural selection &#8211; survival of the unfittest&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: franksalterego</title>
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		<dc:creator>franksalterego</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;[re-invoking &quot;rabid dog&quot; comment]&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: O-Dub</title>
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		<dc:creator>O-Dub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Waddling, twaddling, herstory is more like it.

Wouldn&#039;t Slick Willie&#039;s oral history be more interesting?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Waddling, twaddling, herstory is more like it.</p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t Slick Willie&#8217;s oral history be more interesting?</p>
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