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		<title>By: The Race Card</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Race Card</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;What part of McCain can beat Obama do you people not get? I keep hearing idiots being so afraid of him when they do not realize that the Racist vote will be much larger then the Black vote.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Thanks for the inside scoop.


&lt;blockquote&gt;Obama: he’ll CHANGE your HOPE!

It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.

profitsbeard on February 12, 2008 at 1:53 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just curious, do you amuse yourself? Really. Reread the one liners you wrote on behalf of John McCain. Are you laughing now? 

I love humor. Please stop killing it.



&lt;blockquote&gt;Actually he is half White, but for some reson is called Black - not my rules.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
The reason is that one drop of blood was enough for whites to deny individual blacks their equal rights. But blacks did not write that rule. We conformed to it.

You feign surprise. Save the act.

***
RE: John McCain
He will continue the pseudo-conservative reign and further damage the party. As noted by many, we have no farm team, nobody on deck. Mitt 2012 is the best for which we can hope. 

Also, if you think the attacks on Bush&#039;s intelligence were overwrought, wait until the McCain&#039;s background comes into play. He was a war hero, but he was also a self-proclaimed dunce.

We need Newt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What part of McCain can beat Obama do you people not get? I keep hearing idiots being so afraid of him when they do not realize that the Racist vote will be much larger then the Black vote.</p></blockquote>
<p>Thanks for the inside scoop.</p>
<blockquote><p>Obama: he’ll CHANGE your HOPE!</p>
<p>It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.</p>
<p>profitsbeard on February 12, 2008 at 1:53 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Just curious, do you amuse yourself? Really. Reread the one liners you wrote on behalf of John McCain. Are you laughing now? </p>
<p>I love humor. Please stop killing it.</p>
<blockquote><p>Actually he is half White, but for some reson is called Black &#8211; not my rules.</p></blockquote>
<p>The reason is that one drop of blood was enough for whites to deny individual blacks their equal rights. But blacks did not write that rule. We conformed to it.</p>
<p>You feign surprise. Save the act.</p>
<p>***<br />
RE: John McCain<br />
He will continue the pseudo-conservative reign and further damage the party. As noted by many, we have no farm team, nobody on deck. Mitt 2012 is the best for which we can hope. </p>
<p>Also, if you think the attacks on Bush&#8217;s intelligence were overwrought, wait until the McCain&#8217;s background comes into play. He was a war hero, but he was also a self-proclaimed dunce.</p>
<p>We need Newt.</p>
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		<title>By: Pax americana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pax americana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Obama, you disrespectful POS. &gt;:&#124;

Chakra Hammer on February 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It is well known that BHO has multiple loyalties.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_more/obama.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Obama files.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Obama, you disrespectful POS. &gt;:|</p>
<p>Chakra Hammer on February 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>It is well known that BHO has multiple loyalties.<br />
<a href="http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_more/obama.htm" rel="nofollow">The Obama files.</a></p>
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		<title>By: Chakra Hammer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chakra Hammer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Change..

Not a very good Change IMHO.. 

Obama, you disrespectful POS. &gt;:&#124;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1662530_1446035,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1662530_1446035,00.html</a></p>
<p>Change..</p>
<p>Not a very good Change IMHO.. </p>
<p>Obama, you disrespectful POS. &gt;:|</p>
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		<title>By: saiga</title>
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		<dc:creator>saiga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t stand to think about having to see and hear him on TV all the time for 4 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t stand to think about having to see and hear him on TV all the time for 4 years.</p>
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		<title>By: pilamaye</title>
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		<dc:creator>pilamaye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, we were lead to believe that Iraq would be a day at the beach.  Just like Viet Nam was a day at the beach, Korea was a day at the beach, WWI and II were days at the beach, the Civil War, The Revolutionary War, The Hundred Year War, and on and on and on. War is war.  To think of it any other way is naturally going to lead to looney thinking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, we were lead to believe that Iraq would be a day at the beach.  Just like Viet Nam was a day at the beach, Korea was a day at the beach, WWI and II were days at the beach, the Civil War, The Revolutionary War, The Hundred Year War, and on and on and on. War is war.  To think of it any other way is naturally going to lead to looney thinking.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave R.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain is going to get his a** kicked by the MSM. 

And what is worse, Obama will be the one wearing the boot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain is going to get his a** kicked by the MSM. </p>
<p>And what is worse, Obama will be the one wearing the boot.</p>
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		<title>By: MB4</title>
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		<dc:creator>MB4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.

profitsbeard on February 12, 2008 at 1:53 AM

&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Obama may be paper, but remember, paper covers rock.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.</p>
<p>profitsbeard on February 12, 2008 at 1:53 AM</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Obama may be paper, but remember, paper covers rock.</p>
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		<title>By: labrat</title>
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		<dc:creator>labrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;If your vote is gone and you wanna ride on; McCain.

Dont forget this fact, you can&#039;t get it back; McCain.

He dont lie, He dont lie, He dont lie; McCain.

He dont lie, He dont lie, He dont lie; McCain.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>If your vote is gone and you wanna ride on; McCain.</p>
<p>Dont forget this fact, you can&#8217;t get it back; McCain.</p>
<p>He dont lie, He dont lie, He dont lie; McCain.</p>
<p>He dont lie, He dont lie, He dont lie; McCain.</em></p>
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		<title>By: Pax americana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pax americana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Poptech on February 12, 2008 at 1:11 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You may be right. America will soon find out that B. Hussein Obama is a Kenyan tribal stooge who is hoping to use US troops &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=215763&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;to sort out the conflict there in favour of his family.&lt;/a&gt; This is why he wants a quick exit from Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Poptech on February 12, 2008 at 1:11 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>You may be right. America will soon find out that B. Hussein Obama is a Kenyan tribal stooge who is hoping to use US troops <a href="http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=215763" rel="nofollow">to sort out the conflict there in favour of his family.</a> This is why he wants a quick exit from Iraq.</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>profitsbeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MB4-

I dislike McCain, but Obama is a flyweight.

Criticizing Barack&#039;s lack of substance, should &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; be called &quot;racist&quot; by his delusional defenders, would just be par for their lib-kneejerk course.

But for those who don&#039;t swallow the race card so easily, the necessary chipping away at this &lt;em&gt;styrofoam Idol  &lt;/em&gt;would slowly penetrate to the survival level of the instincts:

&quot;&lt;em&gt;Do I want to risk the Republic on a kid with a snappy patter but no muscle&lt;/em&gt;?&quot;

McCain, who I would support only as a desperate last resort (&lt;em&gt;hoping he bows out before the Convention and Romney is drafted&lt;/em&gt;), has to contrast his own earned grit with Obama, the paper cut-out twit.

Barack is like a geeky cousin guest-star on &quot;&lt;em&gt;Fresh Prince of Bel-Air&lt;/em&gt;&quot; ...who only lasted one episode.

Like the wrong man lifted onto the shoulders of a confused crowd and mistaken for an actual hero.

As meaningful as a slogan like:

&lt;strong&gt;Obama: he&#039;ll CHANGE your HOPE!&lt;/strong&gt;

It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MB4-</p>
<p>I dislike McCain, but Obama is a flyweight.</p>
<p>Criticizing Barack&#8217;s lack of substance, should <em>that</em> be called &#8220;racist&#8221; by his delusional defenders, would just be par for their lib-kneejerk course.</p>
<p>But for those who don&#8217;t swallow the race card so easily, the necessary chipping away at this <em>styrofoam Idol  </em>would slowly penetrate to the survival level of the instincts:</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>Do I want to risk the Republic on a kid with a snappy patter but no muscle</em>?&#8221;</p>
<p>McCain, who I would support only as a desperate last resort (<em>hoping he bows out before the Convention and Romney is drafted</em>), has to contrast his own earned grit with Obama, the paper cut-out twit.</p>
<p>Barack is like a geeky cousin guest-star on &#8220;<em>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em>&#8221; &#8230;who only lasted one episode.</p>
<p>Like the wrong man lifted onto the shoulders of a confused crowd and mistaken for an actual hero.</p>
<p>As meaningful as a slogan like:</p>
<p><strong>Obama: he&#8217;ll CHANGE your HOPE!</strong></p>
<p>It sounds stirring, until you think about it for a second.</p>
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		<title>By: Poptech</title>
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		<dc:creator>Poptech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What part of McCain can beat Obama do you people not get? I keep hearing idiots being so afraid of him when they do not realize that the Racist vote will be much larger then the Black vote.

If you think Hillary will be easier to run against McCain you people are beyond delusional. You want to ask women given their first real chance ever to vote for a woman to vote for McCain? Keep dreaming. The female vote is slightly larger than the Black vote.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What part of McCain can beat Obama do you people not get? I keep hearing idiots being so afraid of him when they do not realize that the Racist vote will be much larger then the Black vote.</p>
<p>If you think Hillary will be easier to run against McCain you people are beyond delusional. You want to ask women given their first real chance ever to vote for a woman to vote for McCain? Keep dreaming. The female vote is slightly larger than the Black vote.</p>
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		<title>By: ITookTheRedPill</title>
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		<dc:creator>ITookTheRedPill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allah, I agree that running against Hillary would be easier than running against &lt;strike&gt;the Messiah&lt;/strike&gt; Obama.  But, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;does this look like presidential material to you&lt;/a&gt;?

Huckabee/Thompson defeats Obama/Edwards this November. I said it &lt;a href=&quot;http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/07/down-with-the-ship-dobson-to-endorse-huckabee-at-last/#comment-942659&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;4 days ago&lt;/a&gt; when none of you believed me. Tomorrow at this time, many of you will believe me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allah, I agree that running against Hillary would be easier than running against <strike>the Messiah</strike> Obama.  But, <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp" rel="nofollow">does this look like presidential material to you</a>?</p>
<p>Huckabee/Thompson defeats Obama/Edwards this November. I said it <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/07/down-with-the-ship-dobson-to-endorse-huckabee-at-last/#comment-942659" rel="nofollow">4 days ago</a> when none of you believed me. Tomorrow at this time, many of you will believe me.</p>
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		<title>By: Indy Conservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>Indy Conservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain, Hussein, Clinton, what&#039;s the difference?

&lt;blockquote&gt;Monday, February 11, 2008

ELECTION 2008

WorldNetDaily Exclusive

John McCain funded by Soros since 2001

Candidate&#039;s Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry

Posted: February 11, 2008
11:44 pm Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi

As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.

In 2001, McCain founded the Alexandria, Va.-based Reform Institute as a vehicle to receive funding from George Soros&#039; Open Society Institute and Teresa Heinz Kerry&#039;s Tides Foundation and several other prominent non-profit organizations.

McCain used the institute to promote his political agenda and provide compensation to key campaign operatives between elections.

In 2006, the Arizona senator was forced to sever his formal ties with the Reform Institute after a controversial $200,000 contribution from Cablevision came to light. McCain solicited the donation for the Reform Institute using his membership on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, he supported Cablevision&#039;s push to introduce the more profitable al la carte pricing, rather than packages of TV programming.

Yet, the Reform Institute still employs the McCain campaign&#039;s Hispanic outreach director, Juan Hernandez, as a senior fellow of its Comprehensive Immigration Reform Initiative.

As WND reported, Hernandez serves as a non-paid volunteer for the McCain campaign. A dual Mexican-U.S. citizen, he was a member of former President Vicente Fox&#039;s cabinet, representing an estimate 24 million Mexicans living abroad. Hernandez, with a &quot;Mexico first&quot; message, has argued aggressively against building a fence on the Mexican border, insisting the frontier needed to remain wide open so illegal immigrants could easily enter the U.S.

The July 6, 2001, homepage of the Reform Institute archived on the Internet lists founder McCain as chairman of the group&#039;s advisory committee.

Prominent senior officials on the McCain 2008 presidential campaign staff found generously paid positions at the Reform Institute following the senator&#039;s unsuccessful run for the White House in 2000.

Rick Davis, McCain&#039;s current campaign manager, was paid $110,000 a year by the Reform Institute for a consulting position, according to the group&#039;s 2003 Form 990 filing with the IRS.

In 2004, Davis advanced to the position of Reform Institute president, with an annual salary of $120,000, according to the group&#039;s 2004 Form 990.

In 2005, Davis remained president, but his salary dropped back to $45,000 a year, with a time commitment of five hours per week, according the 2005 Form 990.

Carla Eudy, a senior advisor on McCain&#039;s 2008 presidential campaign who until recently headed fundraising, was paid $177,885 in 2005 to serve as the Reform Institute&#039;s secretary-treasurer.

Other McCain presidential campaign staffers who have found employment at the Reform Institute include Trevor Potter, McCain&#039;s 2000 legal counsel, and Crystal Benton, the senator&#039;s former press secretary, who served as institute&#039;s communications director in 2005 for an annual salary of $52,083.

The Reform Institute regularly has supported McCain in various legislative efforts, including on campaign finance reform, global warming and &quot;comprehensive immigration reform,&quot; all efforts widely opposed by many in the party&#039;s conservative base.

Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist and creator of the HuffingtonPost.com, has served on the Reform Institute&#039;s advisory committee since the group&#039;s inception.

According to FrontPage Magazine, Teresa Heinz Kerry has provided more than $4 million to the Tides Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by anti-war activist Drummond Pike in 1976 with a history of funding causes such as abortion, homosexual-rights activism and open borders.

Financial contributors while McCain was chairman of the Reform Institute also have included the Educational Foundation of America, a group that supports abortion and opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.

The Soros-Kerry funding connection with McCain was first exposed by Ed Morrissey at the Captains Quarters blog in 2005.

Subsequently, David Horowitz&#039;s DiscoverTheNetworks.org website and Michelle Malkin&#039;s blog gave renewed attention to the Reform Institute&#039;s funding ties.

&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&amp;pageId=56177&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain, Hussein, Clinton, what&#8217;s the difference?</p>
<blockquote><p>Monday, February 11, 2008</p>
<p>ELECTION 2008</p>
<p>WorldNetDaily Exclusive</p>
<p>John McCain funded by Soros since 2001</p>
<p>Candidate&#8217;s Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry</p>
<p>Posted: February 11, 2008<br />
11:44 pm Eastern</p>
<p>By Jerome R. Corsi</p>
<p>As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.</p>
<p>In 2001, McCain founded the Alexandria, Va.-based Reform Institute as a vehicle to receive funding from George Soros&#8217; Open Society Institute and Teresa Heinz Kerry&#8217;s Tides Foundation and several other prominent non-profit organizations.</p>
<p>McCain used the institute to promote his political agenda and provide compensation to key campaign operatives between elections.</p>
<p>In 2006, the Arizona senator was forced to sever his formal ties with the Reform Institute after a controversial $200,000 contribution from Cablevision came to light. McCain solicited the donation for the Reform Institute using his membership on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, he supported Cablevision&#8217;s push to introduce the more profitable al la carte pricing, rather than packages of TV programming.</p>
<p>Yet, the Reform Institute still employs the McCain campaign&#8217;s Hispanic outreach director, Juan Hernandez, as a senior fellow of its Comprehensive Immigration Reform Initiative.</p>
<p>As WND reported, Hernandez serves as a non-paid volunteer for the McCain campaign. A dual Mexican-U.S. citizen, he was a member of former President Vicente Fox&#8217;s cabinet, representing an estimate 24 million Mexicans living abroad. Hernandez, with a &#8220;Mexico first&#8221; message, has argued aggressively against building a fence on the Mexican border, insisting the frontier needed to remain wide open so illegal immigrants could easily enter the U.S.</p>
<p>The July 6, 2001, homepage of the Reform Institute archived on the Internet lists founder McCain as chairman of the group&#8217;s advisory committee.</p>
<p>Prominent senior officials on the McCain 2008 presidential campaign staff found generously paid positions at the Reform Institute following the senator&#8217;s unsuccessful run for the White House in 2000.</p>
<p>Rick Davis, McCain&#8217;s current campaign manager, was paid $110,000 a year by the Reform Institute for a consulting position, according to the group&#8217;s 2003 Form 990 filing with the IRS.</p>
<p>In 2004, Davis advanced to the position of Reform Institute president, with an annual salary of $120,000, according to the group&#8217;s 2004 Form 990.</p>
<p>In 2005, Davis remained president, but his salary dropped back to $45,000 a year, with a time commitment of five hours per week, according the 2005 Form 990.</p>
<p>Carla Eudy, a senior advisor on McCain&#8217;s 2008 presidential campaign who until recently headed fundraising, was paid $177,885 in 2005 to serve as the Reform Institute&#8217;s secretary-treasurer.</p>
<p>Other McCain presidential campaign staffers who have found employment at the Reform Institute include Trevor Potter, McCain&#8217;s 2000 legal counsel, and Crystal Benton, the senator&#8217;s former press secretary, who served as institute&#8217;s communications director in 2005 for an annual salary of $52,083.</p>
<p>The Reform Institute regularly has supported McCain in various legislative efforts, including on campaign finance reform, global warming and &#8220;comprehensive immigration reform,&#8221; all efforts widely opposed by many in the party&#8217;s conservative base.</p>
<p>Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist and creator of the HuffingtonPost.com, has served on the Reform Institute&#8217;s advisory committee since the group&#8217;s inception.</p>
<p>According to FrontPage Magazine, Teresa Heinz Kerry has provided more than $4 million to the Tides Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by anti-war activist Drummond Pike in 1976 with a history of funding causes such as abortion, homosexual-rights activism and open borders.</p>
<p>Financial contributors while McCain was chairman of the Reform Institute also have included the Educational Foundation of America, a group that supports abortion and opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.</p>
<p>The Soros-Kerry funding connection with McCain was first exposed by Ed Morrissey at the Captains Quarters blog in 2005.</p>
<p>Subsequently, David Horowitz&#8217;s DiscoverTheNetworks.org website and Michelle Malkin&#8217;s blog gave renewed attention to the Reform Institute&#8217;s funding ties.</p>
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		<title>By: billy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;MB4 on February 12, 2008 at 12:18 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
But MB4
What about all those polls?
They all say he can&#039;t be beat.
We were supposed to ignore his record, and we did, because the polls said HE WAS THE ONE.
What.
about.
the.
Polls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>MB4 on February 12, 2008 at 12:18 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>But MB4<br />
What about all those polls?<br />
They all say he can&#8217;t be beat.<br />
We were supposed to ignore his record, and we did, because the polls said HE WAS THE ONE.<br />
What.<br />
about.<br />
the.<br />
Polls.</p>
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		<title>By: MB4</title>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;He needs to start mocking Obama’s weightlessness.

And emptiness.

And say things like:

“One of Barack’s suits was spotted standing without him the other day… and nobody much noticed the difference.”

Mock Barack’s glaring deficiences lightly. 

And often.

Don’t argue back, just dismiss him as a slightly silly pretender. 

A puffed poseur. 

“What’s the difference between a hundred and fifty pounds of feathers and a hundred fifty pounds of Obama? The feathers don’t ask you to vote for them.”

Undo Obama’s pretense.

Unmask his blankness.

Lightly.

profitsbeard on February 11, 2008 at 10:45 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

If Juan McVain does that he will bury himself six feet under. All of that could easily be spun into an attack on Obama&#039;s being Black. Actually he is half White, but for some reson is called Black - not my rules.

He can only attack Obama on his positions, like how Obama is for shamnesty and he, McCain, is not.

Oh wait, that won&#039;t work. Juan will have to find something else, but it will have to be on the issues, not on anything that smacks of attacking the man himself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>He needs to start mocking Obama’s weightlessness.</p>
<p>And emptiness.</p>
<p>And say things like:</p>
<p>“One of Barack’s suits was spotted standing without him the other day… and nobody much noticed the difference.”</p>
<p>Mock Barack’s glaring deficiences lightly. </p>
<p>And often.</p>
<p>Don’t argue back, just dismiss him as a slightly silly pretender. </p>
<p>A puffed poseur. </p>
<p>“What’s the difference between a hundred and fifty pounds of feathers and a hundred fifty pounds of Obama? The feathers don’t ask you to vote for them.”</p>
<p>Undo Obama’s pretense.</p>
<p>Unmask his blankness.</p>
<p>Lightly.</p>
<p>profitsbeard on February 11, 2008 at 10:45 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>If Juan McVain does that he will bury himself six feet under. All of that could easily be spun into an attack on Obama&#8217;s being Black. Actually he is half White, but for some reson is called Black &#8211; not my rules.</p>
<p>He can only attack Obama on his positions, like how Obama is for shamnesty and he, McCain, is not.</p>
<p>Oh wait, that won&#8217;t work. Juan will have to find something else, but it will have to be on the issues, not on anything that smacks of attacking the man himself.</p>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Goodbye Maverick.

Hello War Monger.

Does the MSM want their engagement ring back?

fogw on February 11, 2008 at 9:44 PM

&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I think that the engagement ring was &lt;b&gt;designed&lt;/b&gt; to turn to dust at the appointed time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Goodbye Maverick.</p>
<p>Hello War Monger.</p>
<p>Does the MSM want their engagement ring back?</p>
<p>fogw on February 11, 2008 at 9:44 PM</p>
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<p>I think that the engagement ring was <b>designed</b> to turn to dust at the appointed time.</p>
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		<title>By: MB4</title>
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		<dc:creator>MB4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Explaining that Maverick’s promises of an “easy” victory extended to the initial invasion and not necessarily to an occupation won’t cut much ice,&lt;/blockquote&gt;

If Juan McSurgo didn&#039;t specify that &quot;easy victory&quot; just meant at first and did not say that later would be a &quot;hard slog&quot;, then a resonable person would take it that he meant the whole nine yards.


&lt;blockquote&gt;especially paired with clips of Obama’s pre-war warnings of Sunni/Shiite discord, but that’s how the debate will shape up so we might as well prepare for it. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

That will be of at least some effect for Obama. It is also what others like Hugh Fitzgerld, Robert Spenser&#039;s &quot;cohort&quot;, said.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Besides, we have some ammo too: Every new sign of AQI in distress is an occasion to revisit the left’s leading lights calling months ago for Bush to abandon Iraq to its fate.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That will be easy for Obama to conter as AQI (which is not the real AQ) basical did not exists before some time after the invasion, only staring up during the attempt at &quot;naton building&quot; long part.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Explaining that Maverick’s promises of an “easy” victory extended to the initial invasion and not necessarily to an occupation won’t cut much ice,</p></blockquote>
<p>If Juan McSurgo didn&#8217;t specify that &#8220;easy victory&#8221; just meant at first and did not say that later would be a &#8220;hard slog&#8221;, then a resonable person would take it that he meant the whole nine yards.</p>
<blockquote><p>especially paired with clips of Obama’s pre-war warnings of Sunni/Shiite discord, but that’s how the debate will shape up so we might as well prepare for it. </p></blockquote>
<p>That will be of at least some effect for Obama. It is also what others like Hugh Fitzgerld, Robert Spenser&#8217;s &#8220;cohort&#8221;, said.</p>
<blockquote><p>Besides, we have some ammo too: Every new sign of AQI in distress is an occasion to revisit the left’s leading lights calling months ago for Bush to abandon Iraq to its fate.</p></blockquote>
<p>That will be easy for Obama to conter as AQI (which is not the real AQ) basical did not exists before some time after the invasion, only staring up during the attempt at &#8220;naton building&#8221; long part.</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;William Amos on February 11, 2008 at 9:21 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

McFlipFlop. Round 1 goes to the dems.

Thanks WA. You must be so proud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>William Amos on February 11, 2008 at 9:21 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>McFlipFlop. Round 1 goes to the dems.</p>
<p>Thanks WA. You must be so proud.</p>
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		<title>By: JayHaw Phrenzie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;therightwinger on February 11, 2008 at 11:24 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

But, but McCain is a RINO, he will erase the borders, he has his NAME ON THE SAME BILLS AS DEMOCRATS, he doesn&#039;t kowtow to talk radio and he&#039;s such a Maverick.   *Gasp*

How will the Union survive?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>therightwinger on February 11, 2008 at 11:24 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>But, but McCain is a RINO, he will erase the borders, he has his NAME ON THE SAME BILLS AS DEMOCRATS, he doesn&#8217;t kowtow to talk radio and he&#8217;s such a Maverick.   *Gasp*</p>
<p>How will the Union survive?</p>
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		<title>By: Cowardly political musings...</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cowardly political musings...</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;From one flip-flopper to&#160;another&#8230;...&lt;/strong&gt;

It looks like it&#8217;s McCain&#8217;s turn to be called a flip-flopper&#8230;
The problem I have isn&#8217;t the flip flop. What bugs me is the &#8216;I am 100% convinced&#8217; line of arguing that isn&#8217;t 100% correct, words like &#8216;no doub...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>From one flip-flopper to&nbsp;another&#8230;&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>It looks like it&#8217;s McCain&#8217;s turn to be called a flip-flopper&#8230;<br />
The problem I have isn&#8217;t the flip flop. What bugs me is the &#8216;I am 100% convinced&#8217; line of arguing that isn&#8217;t 100% correct, words like &#8216;no doub&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: therightwinger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>obama is weak. he&#039;d be easier to beat than billary.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>obama is weak. he&#8217;d be easier to beat than billary.</p>
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		<title>By: JayHaw Phrenzie</title>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;whiskey_199 on February 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Agree with just about everything you said, except for Kennedy beating Nixon.  I have some real serious issues with the dead person vote in Chicago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>whiskey_199 on February 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Agree with just about everything you said, except for Kennedy beating Nixon.  I have some real serious issues with the dead person vote in Chicago.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re joking right? Obama the tougher opponent?

He&#039;s got no political experience running against Republicans and it shows. Che flags on his wall. Won&#039;t wear the flag lapel pin or say the Pledge of Allegiance because he has &quot;issues&quot; with the Flag. Wants to ban all handguns. Nation of Islam people all over his campaign.

Wants to surrender in IRAQ. Doesn&#039;t matter if people don&#039;t like the war, wish it never happened, and don&#039;t approve of the conduct. People STILL don&#039;t want a defeat.

Ask President Hubert Humphrey. Or President George McGovern.

If NIXON who had the personality of rancid grease could win because people did not want to surrender in Vietnam, which was MASSIVELY unpopular, what makes you think that Obambi and his plan for surrender to AQ will be a winner in November?

McCain&#039;s counter-ad would be: Obambi wants to surrender to AQ. They&#039;ll follow us home. Show carnage after carnage, Down&#039;s syndrome bombers and say if we get defeated in Iraq they&#039;ll do the same stuff here. Cut to: planes hitting WTC building.

Defeat is not a winner in American politics. Remember in 1968 Nixon was the ugly, sweaty loser to JFK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re joking right? Obama the tougher opponent?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s got no political experience running against Republicans and it shows. Che flags on his wall. Won&#8217;t wear the flag lapel pin or say the Pledge of Allegiance because he has &#8220;issues&#8221; with the Flag. Wants to ban all handguns. Nation of Islam people all over his campaign.</p>
<p>Wants to surrender in IRAQ. Doesn&#8217;t matter if people don&#8217;t like the war, wish it never happened, and don&#8217;t approve of the conduct. People STILL don&#8217;t want a defeat.</p>
<p>Ask President Hubert Humphrey. Or President George McGovern.</p>
<p>If NIXON who had the personality of rancid grease could win because people did not want to surrender in Vietnam, which was MASSIVELY unpopular, what makes you think that Obambi and his plan for surrender to AQ will be a winner in November?</p>
<p>McCain&#8217;s counter-ad would be: Obambi wants to surrender to AQ. They&#8217;ll follow us home. Show carnage after carnage, Down&#8217;s syndrome bombers and say if we get defeated in Iraq they&#8217;ll do the same stuff here. Cut to: planes hitting WTC building.</p>
<p>Defeat is not a winner in American politics. Remember in 1968 Nixon was the ugly, sweaty loser to JFK.</p>
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		<description>&quot;especially paired with clips of Obama’s pre-war warnings of Sunni/Shiite discord,&quot;
Obama was an unknown state Senator in Illinois pre war. When did he film these clips?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;especially paired with clips of Obama’s pre-war warnings of Sunni/Shiite discord,&#8221;<br />
Obama was an unknown state Senator in Illinois pre war. When did he film these clips?</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Explaining that Maverick’s promises of an “easy” victory extended to the initial invasion and not necessarily to an occupation won’t cut much ice ...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Indeed, that explanation won&#039;t cut it. McCain can hardly claim that the American people were inadequately prepared for the cost of invading Iraq, only to turn around and say that his remarks &quot;did not necessarily&quot; extend to, you know, the war.

That kind of Clintonian evasiveness would not fair well against the clarity, and consistency, of Obama&#039;s claim that we should have never invaded in the first place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Explaining that Maverick’s promises of an “easy” victory extended to the initial invasion and not necessarily to an occupation won’t cut much ice &#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Indeed, that explanation won&#8217;t cut it. McCain can hardly claim that the American people were inadequately prepared for the cost of invading Iraq, only to turn around and say that his remarks &#8220;did not necessarily&#8221; extend to, you know, the war.</p>
<p>That kind of Clintonian evasiveness would not fair well against the clarity, and consistency, of Obama&#8217;s claim that we should have never invaded in the first place.</p>
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