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		<title>By: ddrintn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>^ I prefer a commentator who just tells the plain truth as they see it, without having to resort to the camouflage of academicese. And how &quot;intellectual&quot; is friggin&#039; NPR? You&#039;ve just bought into the image the libs want to project of their pets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>^ I prefer a commentator who just tells the plain truth as they see it, without having to resort to the camouflage of academicese. And how &#8220;intellectual&#8221; is friggin&#8217; NPR? You&#8217;ve just bought into the image the libs want to project of their pets.</p>
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		<title>By: ddrintn</title>
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		<dc:creator>ddrintn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;If thats the case, where are the conservative “intellectual pursuits”? Forgive my example, for every hannity…wheres the conservative NPR? Somewhere where news and analysis of it isnt done in such an coulteresque juvenile fashion. because im sorry, but hannity/coulter/rush/oreilly can be right but use very juvenile emotional arguments to get their point across…where is there a place devoid of that? without a visible wing of the party on that side of things its easy to marginalize republicans as all JTP’s running around with slogans as their only ammunition for use against the real problems we face.

ernesto on February 27, 2009 at 12:17 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;So, &quot;conservative intellectuals&quot; are only &quot;intellectuals&quot; insofar as they resemble squishies like David Brooks. There&#039;s your answer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If thats the case, where are the conservative “intellectual pursuits”? Forgive my example, for every hannity…wheres the conservative NPR? Somewhere where news and analysis of it isnt done in such an coulteresque juvenile fashion. because im sorry, but hannity/coulter/rush/oreilly can be right but use very juvenile emotional arguments to get their point across…where is there a place devoid of that? without a visible wing of the party on that side of things its easy to marginalize republicans as all JTP’s running around with slogans as their only ammunition for use against the real problems we face.</p>
<p>ernesto on February 27, 2009 at 12:17 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>So, &#8220;conservative intellectuals&#8221; are only &#8220;intellectuals&#8221; insofar as they resemble squishies like David Brooks. There&#8217;s your answer.</p>
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		<title>By: Dr. ZhivBlago</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. ZhivBlago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How dare an average citizen have any say in politics!

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		<title>By: nancyw2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Paul_in_NJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul_in_NJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So now Joe&#039;s question is conceded to be a &quot;legitimate policy beef&quot;?  Well, that&#039;s something, then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So now Joe&#8217;s question is conceded to be a &#8220;legitimate policy beef&#8221;?  Well, that&#8217;s something, then.</p>
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		<title>By: apacalyps</title>
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		<dc:creator>apacalyps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we had a government full of folks like Joe this country would not be in the mess it&#039;s in. I like him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we had a government full of folks like Joe this country would not be in the mess it&#8217;s in. I like him.</p>
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		<title>By: eh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ExTex on February 27, 2009 at 12:33 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;i&#039;m paid by the bilderbergs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ExTex on February 27, 2009 at 12:33 PM</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: ExTex</title>
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		<dc:creator>ExTex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

Heh, Allah is dead right. There are plenty of people who voted for Obama who aren’t enamored with him. The problem is that the alternative is a bunch of nutball zealots with bibles and nascar hats. One party rule - regardless of party isn’t good. Healthy opposition is. Even if you lose and aren’t in power you can shape the debate. As it stands, that isn’t happening.

Time to clean up the image. Think Eisenhower and Buckley - fools like Sarah Palin and Joe/Sam the ‘Plumber’ don’t cut it.

capitulus on February 26, 2009 at 10:51 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;THIS &lt;/strong&gt;is where Allah is leading HotAir ( and where he hopes to lead the party) Allah, who are your clients??</description>
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<p>Heh, Allah is dead right. There are plenty of people who voted for Obama who aren’t enamored with him. The problem is that the alternative is a bunch of nutball zealots with bibles and nascar hats. One party rule &#8211; regardless of party isn’t good. Healthy opposition is. Even if you lose and aren’t in power you can shape the debate. As it stands, that isn’t happening.</p>
<p>Time to clean up the image. Think Eisenhower and Buckley &#8211; fools like Sarah Palin and Joe/Sam the ‘Plumber’ don’t cut it.</p>
<p>capitulus on February 26, 2009 at 10:51 PM</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>THIS </strong>is where Allah is leading HotAir ( and where he hopes to lead the party) Allah, who are your clients??</p>
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		<title>By: Jenfidel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jenfidel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As long as the Left/Democrats/Liberals were happy to have Cindy Sheehan do their talking and allowed Code Pink to make a circus of our Congress on C-SPAN, I will make no apologies for Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, Rick Santelli, Bobby Jindal or Michael Steele, who are all fine, upstanding, clean and polite Americans and patriots.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As long as the Left/Democrats/Liberals were happy to have Cindy Sheehan do their talking and allowed Code Pink to make a circus of our Congress on C-SPAN, I will make no apologies for Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, Rick Santelli, Bobby Jindal or Michael Steele, who are all fine, upstanding, clean and polite Americans and patriots.</p>
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		<title>By: Badger40</title>
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		<dc:creator>Badger40</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

We have a dearth of leadership because no one wants their lives torn apart by the liberal attack machine. We need to do it anyway. Become martyrs for the cause.

dogsoldier on February 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Is has always been thus.
Leaders, good ones, often become martyrs bcs no one appreciates them til they&#039;re gone &amp; everything sucks &amp; then we want them back.
This happens in school administrations all the time.
Have a good principal, parents &amp; community &amp; schoolboard get rid of them bcs they are enforcing the rules.
Then you get a clown in the position who doesn&#039;t do jack &amp; then everyone muses &quot;Hmmmm that Mr so &amp; so was such a great guy!&quot;
Fickle public, we have become.</description>
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<p>We have a dearth of leadership because no one wants their lives torn apart by the liberal attack machine. We need to do it anyway. Become martyrs for the cause.</p>
<p>dogsoldier on February 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM
</p></blockquote>
<p>Is has always been thus.<br />
Leaders, good ones, often become martyrs bcs no one appreciates them til they&#8217;re gone &amp; everything sucks &amp; then we want them back.<br />
This happens in school administrations all the time.<br />
Have a good principal, parents &amp; community &amp; schoolboard get rid of them bcs they are enforcing the rules.<br />
Then you get a clown in the position who doesn&#8217;t do jack &amp; then everyone muses &#8220;Hmmmm that Mr so &amp; so was such a great guy!&#8221;<br />
Fickle public, we have become.</p>
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		<title>By: onlineanalyst</title>
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		<dc:creator>onlineanalyst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Bush never hid “war spending”. It was out there for the world to see.Instead of trying to bribe and hide spending like the democrats are doing,war spending was put forth to be voted on and was completely transparent&lt;/blockquote&gt;

To which I would add, Baxter Green, that the Dems felt compelled to include budget-busting pork in each of these war allocation expenses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Bush never hid “war spending”. It was out there for the world to see.Instead of trying to bribe and hide spending like the democrats are doing,war spending was put forth to be voted on and was completely transparent</p></blockquote>
<p>To which I would add, Baxter Green, that the Dems felt compelled to include budget-busting pork in each of these war allocation expenses.</p>
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		<title>By: eh</title>
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		<dc:creator>eh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;These people write for themselves.

Vince on February 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

the presumed preferred model:

&lt;blockquote&gt;You&#039;re a Great American!

by, Lance Panderer, nationally syndicated radio host and author of NYT best-seller, &lt;em&gt;You&#039;re the Stuff America is Made Of&lt;/em&gt;

Every once in a while, I get an email from one of those other people out there. You know the type - they&#039;re geographically and culturally different from you and I. Often these insane screeds take shots at me and the values I express on my nationally syndicated radio program. I take offense of course, but not solely for my own sake. Because my values are your values. Your values are my values. And our values are the values that have made America great....&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>These people write for themselves.</p>
<p>Vince on February 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>the presumed preferred model:</p>
<blockquote><p>You&#8217;re a Great American!</p>
<p>by, Lance Panderer, nationally syndicated radio host and author of NYT best-seller, <em>You&#8217;re the Stuff America is Made Of</em></p>
<p>Every once in a while, I get an email from one of those other people out there. You know the type &#8211; they&#8217;re geographically and culturally different from you and I. Often these insane screeds take shots at me and the values I express on my nationally syndicated radio program. I take offense of course, but not solely for my own sake. Because my values are your values. Your values are my values. And our values are the values that have made America great&#8230;.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: onlineanalyst</title>
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		<dc:creator>onlineanalyst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s sad how the &lt;strike&gt;GOP&lt;/strike&gt; Donks have devolved into a sad rabble who elevate ignorance and stupidity. When did the underclass hijack things??

capitulus on February 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh pretty much around the time that Henrietta and all of the crew that populate Obama rallies became the face of Democrat extortion in the guise of social justice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It’s sad how the <strike>GOP</strike> Donks have devolved into a sad rabble who elevate ignorance and stupidity. When did the underclass hijack things??</p>
<p>capitulus on February 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh pretty much around the time that Henrietta and all of the crew that populate Obama rallies became the face of Democrat extortion in the guise of social justice.</p>
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		<title>By: Ris4victory</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ris4victory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Henrietta Hughes =  beggar, victim, epitome of Dem base, perfecto!!
Joe the plumber  =   questioned THE ONE with a straight forward query - total POS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Henrietta Hughes =  beggar, victim, epitome of Dem base, perfecto!!<br />
Joe the plumber  =   questioned THE ONE with a straight forward query &#8211; total POS</p>
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		<title>By: MadisonConservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>MadisonConservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;JiangxiDad on February 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s been discussed, and Allah doesn&#039;t think it would work out too well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>JiangxiDad on February 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s been discussed, and Allah doesn&#8217;t think it would work out too well.</p>
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		<title>By: Eirenic Rebel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eirenic Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think both Ruffini and Derbyshire write what&#039;s manifestly true.

IIRC, Derbyshire voted for McCain because of Palin.  Contrary to MSM blatherings, Palin is no ideologue.  In my opinion she really needs to expand her dialogue.  She needs to never mention media bias again, no matter how true or accurate her statement.  She needs to look at nothing as a &quot;gotcha&quot; question.  She should and could have supplanted Couric by just being honest.  She didn&#039;t have to know the answer to her questions, and while the dance she did around Couric&#039;s questions is a dance that Obama can pull off, she really can&#039;t because that&#039;s not who she is.  She&#039;s not fake.  Even Mayor Koch said he might not have been able to give Couric -based on the specifics of her question- the name of a SC Decision right of the top of his head.  And Koch has acted as a Judge, I think.  So, the point is, don&#039;t be insecure because it&#039;s bound to boomerang.

That said, the real reason Joe The Plumber has become a joke is because his own life didn&#039;t measure up to Conservative standards.  He owed the Feds money, he&#039;s divorced, he turns on McCain, etc.  Though I voted for McCain I turned on him too, but McCain never introduced me to the world.  Palin and McCain are probably and truly friends.  They&#039;re the same.  At present, I&#039;m looking for leadership elsewhere.

While I realize that Joe didn&#039;t hold himself up as some sort of paragon of virtue, if Conservatives are going to bring it, they need to bring it via competence -as Huck said- and proof of a conservative life lived.  If we can&#039;t do this -and I&#039;m not sure we can- the social issues that we champion, especially life and family, lose all salience.  Joe&#039;s elevation has nothing to do with conservatism and everything to do with the shallow and plastic culture that surrounds us.  

Ruffini writes:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Conservatives should not need Joe the Plumber to prove their middle class bona fides. We are naturally the party of the middle, and we don&#039;t need gimmicks to prove it. Demographically, Democrats rely on being the party of the upper sixth and the lower third, while Republicans tend to do better with everyone in between. When we start losing the middle class and the suburbs, we lose big like we did in 2008.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

All well and good, but these are not normal times and as Huck pointed out last night Republicans of late have been foxes guarding the hen house.  So Ruffini&#039;s point here suffers because he allows his offended taste(s) to restrict a more expansive and truly intellectual point of view.

Disraeli won by uniting the top and the bottom during a time begging for reform.  The middle has been changing along with the Country.  It&#039;s become tired and less sure of itself, and isn&#039;t keeping pace with progress due to the explosion of the info age and how that&#039;s impacted industry and the jobs it produces. 

Sorry to drone on, I try to condense.  I also say to myself &lt;em&gt;too long, won&#039;t read&lt;/em&gt;, but am not all that successful at being able to layer one thought inside another.

At bottom if Ruffini is offended by Joe and if Joe is offended by erudition and similar labors then our party is dead because at bottom, we detest one another and there&#039;s nowhere to go from there except down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think both Ruffini and Derbyshire write what&#8217;s manifestly true.</p>
<p>IIRC, Derbyshire voted for McCain because of Palin.  Contrary to MSM blatherings, Palin is no ideologue.  In my opinion she really needs to expand her dialogue.  She needs to never mention media bias again, no matter how true or accurate her statement.  She needs to look at nothing as a &#8220;gotcha&#8221; question.  She should and could have supplanted Couric by just being honest.  She didn&#8217;t have to know the answer to her questions, and while the dance she did around Couric&#8217;s questions is a dance that Obama can pull off, she really can&#8217;t because that&#8217;s not who she is.  She&#8217;s not fake.  Even Mayor Koch said he might not have been able to give Couric -based on the specifics of her question- the name of a SC Decision right of the top of his head.  And Koch has acted as a Judge, I think.  So, the point is, don&#8217;t be insecure because it&#8217;s bound to boomerang.</p>
<p>That said, the real reason Joe The Plumber has become a joke is because his own life didn&#8217;t measure up to Conservative standards.  He owed the Feds money, he&#8217;s divorced, he turns on McCain, etc.  Though I voted for McCain I turned on him too, but McCain never introduced me to the world.  Palin and McCain are probably and truly friends.  They&#8217;re the same.  At present, I&#8217;m looking for leadership elsewhere.</p>
<p>While I realize that Joe didn&#8217;t hold himself up as some sort of paragon of virtue, if Conservatives are going to bring it, they need to bring it via competence -as Huck said- and proof of a conservative life lived.  If we can&#8217;t do this -and I&#8217;m not sure we can- the social issues that we champion, especially life and family, lose all salience.  Joe&#8217;s elevation has nothing to do with conservatism and everything to do with the shallow and plastic culture that surrounds us.  </p>
<p>Ruffini writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>Conservatives should not need Joe the Plumber to prove their middle class bona fides. We are naturally the party of the middle, and we don&#8217;t need gimmicks to prove it. Demographically, Democrats rely on being the party of the upper sixth and the lower third, while Republicans tend to do better with everyone in between. When we start losing the middle class and the suburbs, we lose big like we did in 2008.</p></blockquote>
<p>All well and good, but these are not normal times and as Huck pointed out last night Republicans of late have been foxes guarding the hen house.  So Ruffini&#8217;s point here suffers because he allows his offended taste(s) to restrict a more expansive and truly intellectual point of view.</p>
<p>Disraeli won by uniting the top and the bottom during a time begging for reform.  The middle has been changing along with the Country.  It&#8217;s become tired and less sure of itself, and isn&#8217;t keeping pace with progress due to the explosion of the info age and how that&#8217;s impacted industry and the jobs it produces. </p>
<p>Sorry to drone on, I try to condense.  I also say to myself <em>too long, won&#8217;t read</em>, but am not all that successful at being able to layer one thought inside another.</p>
<p>At bottom if Ruffini is offended by Joe and if Joe is offended by erudition and similar labors then our party is dead because at bottom, we detest one another and there&#8217;s nowhere to go from there except down.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These people write for themselves.</description>
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		<title>By: dogsoldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We have a dearth of leadership because no one wants their lives torn apart by the liberal attack machine. We need to do it anyway. Become martyrs for the cause. 

Bill Clinton has no trouble showing his face in public and the list of evil acts perpetrated by both he and the harridan are mind boggling.

Michael Steele is a clown. We need someone to kick ass and take names. A serious leader. It ain&#039;t him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a dearth of leadership because no one wants their lives torn apart by the liberal attack machine. We need to do it anyway. Become martyrs for the cause. </p>
<p>Bill Clinton has no trouble showing his face in public and the list of evil acts perpetrated by both he and the harridan are mind boggling.</p>
<p>Michael Steele is a clown. We need someone to kick ass and take names. A serious leader. It ain&#8217;t him.</p>
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		<title>By: JiangxiDad</title>
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		<dc:creator>JiangxiDad</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

    how about this: if you hate ap, get off his blog.

    eh on February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM

What a concept.

The problem is, trolls don’t follow logic.

MadisonConservative on February 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I think this site is good enough, and has enough fans, to charge. I don&#039;t think people who truly hate it would pay to say so. Most of us probably don&#039;t pay for a newspaper subscription anymore.  That&#039;s prob. $150-200/yr. that could go to HA. On the other hand, it would be difficult to &quot;ban&quot; a paying subscriber.</description>
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<p>    how about this: if you hate ap, get off his blog.</p>
<p>    eh on February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM</p>
<p>What a concept.</p>
<p>The problem is, trolls don’t follow logic.</p>
<p>MadisonConservative on February 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>I think this site is good enough, and has enough fans, to charge. I don&#8217;t think people who truly hate it would pay to say so. Most of us probably don&#8217;t pay for a newspaper subscription anymore.  That&#8217;s prob. $150-200/yr. that could go to HA. On the other hand, it would be difficult to &#8220;ban&#8221; a paying subscriber.</p>
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		<title>By: MadisonConservative</title>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;how about this: if you hate ap, get off his blog.

eh on February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

What a concept.

The problem is, trolls don&#039;t follow logic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>how about this: if you hate ap, get off his blog.</p>
<p>eh on February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>What a concept.</p>
<p>The problem is, trolls don&#8217;t follow logic.</p>
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