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		<title>By: entagor</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/19/maverick-finally-polling-over-50-among-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-963706</link>
		<dc:creator>entagor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A friend just read the above and stated:

A RINO is nothing but a democrat with money

He said going along with a bully who just punched you in the face never stopped bullying

He is a strong conservative who will not vote mcCain period</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend just read the above and stated:</p>
<p>A RINO is nothing but a democrat with money</p>
<p>He said going along with a bully who just punched you in the face never stopped bullying</p>
<p>He is a strong conservative who will not vote mcCain period</p>
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		<title>By: entagor</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/19/maverick-finally-polling-over-50-among-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-963687</link>
		<dc:creator>entagor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Leadership is not predicated solely on ideology….unless you will accept nothing less than the ideologically pure. Then you marginalize yourself. That’s not an attack, that just the way things work.

Priscilla on February 20, 2008 at &lt;/blockquote&gt;

W.W.J.D?

or for atheists and deists, 

W.W.F.D?

(&#039;F&#039; to all conservatives, stands for &#039;Founders&#039;, a pure and simple ideology that conservatives believe should never be watered down for the sake of expediency or RINOs)

That of course is the definition of conservatism, which is why RINO&#039;s do not need them, not one of them, or their stinking holier than thou votes. 

It is a good thing RINO&#039;s do not need conservatives because they made the fatal error of butt-kicking conservatives before the election and then crowing loudly

It like the B=slapping going on now, for the good of the poor conservatives who will become marginalized, unless they give up their principles and vote RINO. 

As McCain&#039;s Mom said (paraphrased)- Eat it

Eating it is a lot better than being marginalized, If conservatives eat it, they will not be marginalized because they will have a leader who does not represent their interests

Heh

Man I feel powerful</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Leadership is not predicated solely on ideology….unless you will accept nothing less than the ideologically pure. Then you marginalize yourself. That’s not an attack, that just the way things work.</p>
<p>Priscilla on February 20, 2008 at </p></blockquote>
<p>W.W.J.D?</p>
<p>or for atheists and deists, </p>
<p>W.W.F.D?</p>
<p>(&#8216;F&#8217; to all conservatives, stands for &#8216;Founders&#8217;, a pure and simple ideology that conservatives believe should never be watered down for the sake of expediency or RINOs)</p>
<p>That of course is the definition of conservatism, which is why RINO&#8217;s do not need them, not one of them, or their stinking holier than thou votes. </p>
<p>It is a good thing RINO&#8217;s do not need conservatives because they made the fatal error of butt-kicking conservatives before the election and then crowing loudly</p>
<p>It like the B=slapping going on now, for the good of the poor conservatives who will become marginalized, unless they give up their principles and vote RINO. </p>
<p>As McCain&#8217;s Mom said (paraphrased)- Eat it</p>
<p>Eating it is a lot better than being marginalized, If conservatives eat it, they will not be marginalized because they will have a leader who does not represent their interests</p>
<p>Heh</p>
<p>Man I feel powerful</p>
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		<title>By: entagor</title>
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		<dc:creator>entagor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me throw in one more dog biscuit to the dogs

&lt;blockquote&gt;the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house
A lot of patent, feelgood nonsense. 

While I’m not denying this as a remote possibility, a far more likely one is the long-term, possibly permanent marginalization of conservatives.

Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Heh

Heh heh

Heh heh Heh

Ever give a party and nobody came? Ever wonder why?

RINO&#039;s will possibly one day marginalize the conservatives?

Heh

Heh Heh

Since conservatives are already not invited to the Party, why would RINO&#039;s have to marginalize them? 

RINO&#039;s have proven conservatives are not useful to the party or they would have offered more than lies in the primaries.

Giuliani - sanctuary city advocate/closed border pro anti abortion moves with the speed of light to hand over his hard won delegates

Fred - I am not McCain but I chose not to win so I can hand my votes to my best friend who I do not support politically

Huck - Free college for illegals, no man ever lost a job to illegals/I hunt ducks worship God and embrace my brother McCain in the name of all that is taxed

Romney - open/closed borders keep jobs in America, give my votes to the guy who states the opposite before the convention to avoid asking for concessions for my side all in the name of (what the heck, I missed the reasoning in giving up the right to ask concessions)

I agree on one thing, it is your party, RINOs, enjoy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me throw in one more dog biscuit to the dogs</p>
<blockquote><p>the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house<br />
A lot of patent, feelgood nonsense. </p>
<p>While I’m not denying this as a remote possibility, a far more likely one is the long-term, possibly permanent marginalization of conservatives.</p>
<p>Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Heh</p>
<p>Heh heh</p>
<p>Heh heh Heh</p>
<p>Ever give a party and nobody came? Ever wonder why?</p>
<p>RINO&#8217;s will possibly one day marginalize the conservatives?</p>
<p>Heh</p>
<p>Heh Heh</p>
<p>Since conservatives are already not invited to the Party, why would RINO&#8217;s have to marginalize them? </p>
<p>RINO&#8217;s have proven conservatives are not useful to the party or they would have offered more than lies in the primaries.</p>
<p>Giuliani &#8211; sanctuary city advocate/closed border pro anti abortion moves with the speed of light to hand over his hard won delegates</p>
<p>Fred &#8211; I am not McCain but I chose not to win so I can hand my votes to my best friend who I do not support politically</p>
<p>Huck &#8211; Free college for illegals, no man ever lost a job to illegals/I hunt ducks worship God and embrace my brother McCain in the name of all that is taxed</p>
<p>Romney &#8211; open/closed borders keep jobs in America, give my votes to the guy who states the opposite before the convention to avoid asking for concessions for my side all in the name of (what the heck, I missed the reasoning in giving up the right to ask concessions)</p>
<p>I agree on one thing, it is your party, RINOs, enjoy</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha, didn&#039;t realize that my super hyphenating would take me over the edge....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha, didn&#8217;t realize that my super hyphenating would take me over the edge&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Why would I attack conservatives?  I AM a conservative.  I&#039;m just not a holier-than-thou-pure-as-the-driven-snow-won&#039;t-hold-my-nose-and-vote-for-the-less-than-perfect-GOP-candidate.  

Leadership is not predicated solely on ideology....unless you will accept nothing less than the ideologically pure. Then you marginalize yourself.  That&#039;s not an attack, that just the way things work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly.</p></blockquote>
<p>Why would I attack conservatives?  I AM a conservative.  I&#8217;m just not a holier-than-thou-pure-as-the-driven-snow-won&#8217;t-hold-my-nose-and-vote-for-the-less-than-perfect-GOP-candidate.  </p>
<p>Leadership is not predicated solely on ideology&#8230;.unless you will accept nothing less than the ideologically pure. Then you marginalize yourself.  That&#8217;s not an attack, that just the way things work.</p>
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		<title>By: entagor</title>
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		<dc:creator>entagor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;They’ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO’s.

Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM

There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly. Surely it couldn’t polarize attitudes further. Right… right? Not.

fabrexe on February 20, 2008 at 1:47 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Who knew that to RINOS&#039;s &#039;conservative&#039; meant &#039;subservient?

I have also changed the word &#039;conservative&#039; in my lexicon to &#039;the disobedient&#039;, with the understanding that, RINO&#039;s without conservatives can also be titled &#039;losers&#039;

It is not a truism that if RINO&#039;s lose, consevatives also lose

In many cases, when RINO&#039;s lose, conservatives have a better deck to play

The arguments RINO&#039;s use to convince conservatives to &lt;em&gt;obey&lt;/em&gt; are specious

for instance, the idea that John McCain will install Supreme Court justices who will strike down McCain Feingold, find for upholding border and immigration law,  and prevent non citizens from voting in federal elections by overturning laws that prevent identity and citizenship checks of voters 

Such justices are called &#039;strict constructionist&#039;

By definition, strict constructionists would oppose John McCain on his most important issues

Such justices might even declare that the United States is a nation, not a region

RINO&#039;s are a minority but they represent globalist business interests and leftist progressives who do not fit in the democratic party despite their shared globalist agendas because RINO&#039;s want to tax only the middle class while democrats want to tax both the upper and middle class

Because RINO&#039;s are a minority they need the votes of conservatives. They cannot win the votes of conservatives with shared ideology, because conservatives do not share the prime globalist agenda which is open borders and the end of statism

Therefore, RINO&#039;s can only attempt to blackmail conservatives to vote for them. However, this will not improve the supreme court, or the open borders situation. 

RINO&#039;s all put on duck hunting gear at election time to show their conservatism, but so did Kerry.  

Now the RINO&#039;s point the gun right at conservatives, instead of the ducks. 

That bird doesn&#039;t fly anymore.

It ain&#039;t being petulant. Petulant is the master with unruly slaves. It is pragmatism. 

It is the simple fact that there is nothing real in the RINO&#039;s crumbs for the conservative.

I will enjoy this election watching the RINO&#039;s crash and burn. The country would not be better handing it over to their solutions</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>They’ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO’s.</p>
<p>Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM</p>
<p>There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly. Surely it couldn’t polarize attitudes further. Right… right? Not.</p>
<p>fabrexe on February 20, 2008 at 1:47 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Who knew that to RINOS&#8217;s &#8216;conservative&#8217; meant &#8216;subservient?</p>
<p>I have also changed the word &#8216;conservative&#8217; in my lexicon to &#8216;the disobedient&#8217;, with the understanding that, RINO&#8217;s without conservatives can also be titled &#8216;losers&#8217;</p>
<p>It is not a truism that if RINO&#8217;s lose, consevatives also lose</p>
<p>In many cases, when RINO&#8217;s lose, conservatives have a better deck to play</p>
<p>The arguments RINO&#8217;s use to convince conservatives to <em>obey</em> are specious</p>
<p>for instance, the idea that John McCain will install Supreme Court justices who will strike down McCain Feingold, find for upholding border and immigration law,  and prevent non citizens from voting in federal elections by overturning laws that prevent identity and citizenship checks of voters </p>
<p>Such justices are called &#8216;strict constructionist&#8217;</p>
<p>By definition, strict constructionists would oppose John McCain on his most important issues</p>
<p>Such justices might even declare that the United States is a nation, not a region</p>
<p>RINO&#8217;s are a minority but they represent globalist business interests and leftist progressives who do not fit in the democratic party despite their shared globalist agendas because RINO&#8217;s want to tax only the middle class while democrats want to tax both the upper and middle class</p>
<p>Because RINO&#8217;s are a minority they need the votes of conservatives. They cannot win the votes of conservatives with shared ideology, because conservatives do not share the prime globalist agenda which is open borders and the end of statism</p>
<p>Therefore, RINO&#8217;s can only attempt to blackmail conservatives to vote for them. However, this will not improve the supreme court, or the open borders situation. </p>
<p>RINO&#8217;s all put on duck hunting gear at election time to show their conservatism, but so did Kerry.  </p>
<p>Now the RINO&#8217;s point the gun right at conservatives, instead of the ducks. </p>
<p>That bird doesn&#8217;t fly anymore.</p>
<p>It ain&#8217;t being petulant. Petulant is the master with unruly slaves. It is pragmatism. </p>
<p>It is the simple fact that there is nothing real in the RINO&#8217;s crumbs for the conservative.</p>
<p>I will enjoy this election watching the RINO&#8217;s crash and burn. The country would not be better handing it over to their solutions</p>
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		<title>By: gekkobear</title>
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		<dc:creator>gekkobear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, if Fred Barnes wants, he can check back with me in early November.

Maybe by then I&#039;ll decide to vote for a candidate who has spent the past 8 years attacking free speech, and violating his oath of office.

It&#039;s not likely, but 8.5 months is a long time, more than long enough for me to suffer from blunt-force trauma to the head.

Aside from that unlikely chance, I don&#039;t see my opinion changing much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if Fred Barnes wants, he can check back with me in early November.</p>
<p>Maybe by then I&#8217;ll decide to vote for a candidate who has spent the past 8 years attacking free speech, and violating his oath of office.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not likely, but 8.5 months is a long time, more than long enough for me to suffer from blunt-force trauma to the head.</p>
<p>Aside from that unlikely chance, I don&#8217;t see my opinion changing much.</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently the 2006 midterm lesson didn&#039;t sink in.</description>
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		<title>By: fabrexe</title>
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		<dc:creator>fabrexe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They’ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO’s.

Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM

There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly. Surely it couldn&#039;t polarize attitudes further. Right... right?  Not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They’ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO’s.</p>
<p>Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM</p>
<p>There ya go, attacking them oughta convince conservatives of their folly. Surely it couldn&#8217;t polarize attitudes further. Right&#8230; right?  Not.</p>
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		<title>By: jeffNWV</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeffNWV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
We&#039;ll see in November.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>We&#8217;ll see in November.</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Haven’t “true conservatives” ( for you, The Chosen One) been marginalized already by the Mccain crowd?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

They&#039;ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Haven’t “true conservatives” ( for you, The Chosen One) been marginalized already by the Mccain crowd?</p></blockquote>
<p>They&#8217;ve marginalized themselves. And continue to do so, by playing the petulant victims of the big meanie RINO&#8217;s.</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have never sat out my vote but faced with the prospect of McCain and his close Gitmo, amnesty for anyone who walks across the borders agenda I will do so in November.  Doesn&#039;t matter how many RINOs he gets to say that he is conservative or who he picks as a running mate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never sat out my vote but faced with the prospect of McCain and his close Gitmo, amnesty for anyone who walks across the borders agenda I will do so in November.  Doesn&#8217;t matter how many RINOs he gets to say that he is conservative or who he picks as a running mate.</p>
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		<title>By: stenwin77</title>
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		<dc:creator>stenwin77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did anyone hear Fred Barnes tonight?  During his orgasm for McCain, he said, &quot;it&#039;s early for the conservatives to COME ON BOARD for McCain.  They&#039;ll vote for McCain, what else are they going to do?&quot;

He really believes it.  Wow. Is he ever gonna be surprised on Nov 3rd cause I ain&#039;t voting for him until:

1- He gets rid of -really rid of- Juan Hernandez

2- He comes out against the Mirida Initiative and the brand new &quot;secret&quot; amnesty  plan that&#039;s being constructed in Congress

3- Says he&#039;ll pardon Ramos and Compeon

4 -Puts a true CONSERVATIVE on the ticket.

I swear, I will write in someone.  They&#039;d better start listening in the RNC.  I will almost enjoy hearing &quot;those conservatives&quot; put Obama in office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone hear Fred Barnes tonight?  During his orgasm for McCain, he said, &#8220;it&#8217;s early for the conservatives to COME ON BOARD for McCain.  They&#8217;ll vote for McCain, what else are they going to do?&#8221;</p>
<p>He really believes it.  Wow. Is he ever gonna be surprised on Nov 3rd cause I ain&#8217;t voting for him until:</p>
<p>1- He gets rid of -really rid of- Juan Hernandez</p>
<p>2- He comes out against the Mirida Initiative and the brand new &#8220;secret&#8221; amnesty  plan that&#8217;s being constructed in Congress</p>
<p>3- Says he&#8217;ll pardon Ramos and Compeon</p>
<p>4 -Puts a true CONSERVATIVE on the ticket.</p>
<p>I swear, I will write in someone.  They&#8217;d better start listening in the RNC.  I will almost enjoy hearing &#8220;those conservatives&#8221; put Obama in office.</p>
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		<title>By: jeffNWV</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeffNWV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Haven&#039;t &quot;true conservatives&quot; ( for you, The Chosen One) been marginalized already by the Mccain crowd? This could be a watershed moment for the conservative movement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Priscilla on February 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Haven&#8217;t &#8220;true conservatives&#8221; ( for you, The Chosen One) been marginalized already by the Mccain crowd? This could be a watershed moment for the conservative movement.</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house&lt;/blockquote&gt;

A lot of patent, feelgood nonsense. 

While I&#039;m not denying this as a remote possibility, a far more likely one is the long-term, possibly permanent marginalization of conservatives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house</p></blockquote>
<p>A lot of patent, feelgood nonsense. </p>
<p>While I&#8217;m not denying this as a remote possibility, a far more likely one is the long-term, possibly permanent marginalization of conservatives.</p>
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		<title>By: DfDeportation</title>
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		<dc:creator>DfDeportation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can check the usual suspects and the McCain Soros agenda at their website, Reform Institute.

Among the issues supported by the Reform Institute are:

Integration of Canada, USA and Mexican economies, including borderless cheap labor movement

1. McCain-Feingold Fundraising Reform with 1 stAmendment Muzzle

2. McCain-Lieberman Global Warming Carbon Regulating Bureaucracy and 50 cent per gallon tax

3. McCain-Lieberman Gun Restrictions Endorsed by Michael Barnes , president of Handgun Control

4. McCain-Soros-Bush Open-Borders, Massive Global Trading Blocks vs. National sovereignty

5. McCain-Kennedy Amnesty to 20+ million illegal aliens eager for citizenship and voting Democrat

6. McCain-Teresa Heinz opposition to marriage exclusive to man and woman

7. McCain-Democratic Party opposition to tax-cuts. Quote: Tax-cut for the Rich, McCain

8. McCain-Liberal establishment assortment of positions and contributions from the usual suspects 

The Reform Institute has served John McCain as a source of stealth salaries for McCain staffers and supporters some of which then worked pro-bono for his election campaign.

Tell me again why Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is worse than Juan &quot;Z-Visa&quot; McCain?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can check the usual suspects and the McCain Soros agenda at their website, Reform Institute.</p>
<p>Among the issues supported by the Reform Institute are:</p>
<p>Integration of Canada, USA and Mexican economies, including borderless cheap labor movement</p>
<p>1. McCain-Feingold Fundraising Reform with 1 stAmendment Muzzle</p>
<p>2. McCain-Lieberman Global Warming Carbon Regulating Bureaucracy and 50 cent per gallon tax</p>
<p>3. McCain-Lieberman Gun Restrictions Endorsed by Michael Barnes , president of Handgun Control</p>
<p>4. McCain-Soros-Bush Open-Borders, Massive Global Trading Blocks vs. National sovereignty</p>
<p>5. McCain-Kennedy Amnesty to 20+ million illegal aliens eager for citizenship and voting Democrat</p>
<p>6. McCain-Teresa Heinz opposition to marriage exclusive to man and woman</p>
<p>7. McCain-Democratic Party opposition to tax-cuts. Quote: Tax-cut for the Rich, McCain</p>
<p>8. McCain-Liberal establishment assortment of positions and contributions from the usual suspects </p>
<p>The Reform Institute has served John McCain as a source of stealth salaries for McCain staffers and supporters some of which then worked pro-bono for his election campaign.</p>
<p>Tell me again why Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is worse than Juan &#8220;Z-Visa&#8221; McCain?</p>
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		<title>By: DfDeportation</title>
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		<dc:creator>DfDeportation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just think if Obama wins EVERYTHING he does will come down to race if you dont agree with him. He will be the FIRST black president, they will never let you forget this.

TroubledMonkey on February 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM

You guys just don&#039;t get it....do you?

STAY HOME &#039;08</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just think if Obama wins EVERYTHING he does will come down to race if you dont agree with him. He will be the FIRST black president, they will never let you forget this.</p>
<p>TroubledMonkey on February 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM</p>
<p>You guys just don&#8217;t get it&#8230;.do you?</p>
<p>STAY HOME &#8217;08</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Die Clinton Die!

Zetterson on February 19, 2008 at 5:33 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Umm...dude?  Are you just a little over the top, here?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Die Clinton Die!</p>
<p>Zetterson on February 19, 2008 at 5:33 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Umm&#8230;dude?  Are you just a little over the top, here?</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>profitsbeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Obamas Effect.&lt;/strong&gt;

Michelle the Mouth and Barack the Lifter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Obamas Effect.</strong></p>
<p>Michelle the Mouth and Barack the Lifter.</p>
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		<title>By: linlithgow</title>
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		<dc:creator>linlithgow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Still not voting for McCain.

No one has given me enough of a reason to. &quot;Hillary is worse!&quot; is just admitting you&#039;re picking one pile of poo over another, to paraphrase another poster. My vote is far too precious for it to come down to the lesser of two poos.

A friend I haven&#039;t spoken with in a decade tracked me down and  we&#039;re exchanging email. He said the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house.

Amen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still not voting for McCain.</p>
<p>No one has given me enough of a reason to. &#8220;Hillary is worse!&#8221; is just admitting you&#8217;re picking one pile of poo over another, to paraphrase another poster. My vote is far too precious for it to come down to the lesser of two poos.</p>
<p>A friend I haven&#8217;t spoken with in a decade tracked me down and  we&#8217;re exchanging email. He said the best thing that can happen to our party is we lose so we will regroup and clean house.</p>
<p>Amen.</p>
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		<title>By: olympian2008</title>
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		<dc:creator>olympian2008</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John McCain is only at 59% vs. Barack Obama in the latest Free Republic poll, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=227;results=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. He&#039;s never going to get the final 10 to 15% of folks at Free Republic. This = landslide for Obama in November. The Republicans only hope is a Hillary nomination for the Democrats.

A clear majority of people don&#039;t like the war in Iraq, a clear majority of people do not like the job President Bush is doing and enough conservatives will never vote for John McCain. If Obama is the candidate all the conservative bloggers, talk show hosts and right leaning TV news hosts will be insignificant. All Barack has to do is say the words the &#039;Bush-McCain&#039; war in Iraq and a third term for &#039;Bush-McCain&#039; over, over and over and it&#039;s a done deal. It&#039;s that simple.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John McCain is only at 59% vs. Barack Obama in the latest Free Republic poll, <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=227;results=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>. He&#8217;s never going to get the final 10 to 15% of folks at Free Republic. This = landslide for Obama in November. The Republicans only hope is a Hillary nomination for the Democrats.</p>
<p>A clear majority of people don&#8217;t like the war in Iraq, a clear majority of people do not like the job President Bush is doing and enough conservatives will never vote for John McCain. If Obama is the candidate all the conservative bloggers, talk show hosts and right leaning TV news hosts will be insignificant. All Barack has to do is say the words the &#8216;Bush-McCain&#8217; war in Iraq and a third term for &#8216;Bush-McCain&#8217; over, over and over and it&#8217;s a done deal. It&#8217;s that simple.</p>
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		<title>By: Mojave Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mojave Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is another place for conservatives to go. It&#039;s called &quot;nowhere.&quot;

Pick your poison. A lib Republican that the congress will cave to, or, a Marxist that the Republicans in congress will fight.

Mediocrity indeed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is another place for conservatives to go. It&#8217;s called &#8220;nowhere.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pick your poison. A lib Republican that the congress will cave to, or, a Marxist that the Republicans in congress will fight.</p>
<p>Mediocrity indeed.</p>
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		<title>By: highhopes</title>
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		<dc:creator>highhopes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It only took him until the first week of February, when everyone but Huckabee had dropped out of the race, to do so.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It is the lack of choice instead of any real excitement.  Thanks to all of you who made this great moment in mediocrity possible by demanding the social conservatives and evangelicals be drummed out of the GOP.  

Fred Barnes sneered tonight and said the conservatives would come around to McBastard because they had nowhere else to go.  I don&#039;t think it is going to be quite that easy although that is clearly the plan from McCain&#039;s people.  Just snarl that McCain is a conservative and tell the naysayers to shut up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It only took him until the first week of February, when everyone but Huckabee had dropped out of the race, to do so.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is the lack of choice instead of any real excitement.  Thanks to all of you who made this great moment in mediocrity possible by demanding the social conservatives and evangelicals be drummed out of the GOP.  </p>
<p>Fred Barnes sneered tonight and said the conservatives would come around to McBastard because they had nowhere else to go.  I don&#8217;t think it is going to be quite that easy although that is clearly the plan from McCain&#8217;s people.  Just snarl that McCain is a conservative and tell the naysayers to shut up.</p>
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		<title>By: jaybird</title>
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		<dc:creator>jaybird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if it was Michelle Obama&#039;s comments were a deciding factor in McCain&#039;s polling with republicians.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if it was Michelle Obama&#8217;s comments were a deciding factor in McCain&#8217;s polling with republicians.</p>
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		<title>By: jeffNWV</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeffNWV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Kowboy on February 19, 2008 at 6:21 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Amen brother.  I&#039;ll be writing in a candidate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Kowboy on February 19, 2008 at 6:21 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Amen brother.  I&#8217;ll be writing in a candidate.</p>
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