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		<title>By: cableguy615</title>
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		<dc:creator>cableguy615</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;What is L. I. B.? Live in Burma? Look in Books? Leave in Batmobiles? &lt;strong&gt;Leave Idiots Behind?&lt;/strong&gt;

vegconservative on November 30, 2012 at 8:29 PM 
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LOL veg ! That one I like ! :D]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What is L. I. B.? Live in Burma? Look in Books? Leave in Batmobiles? <strong>Leave Idiots Behind?</strong></p>
<p>vegconservative on November 30, 2012 at 8:29 PM
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<p>LOL veg ! That one I like ! <img src='http://media.hotair.com/headlines/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: PersonFromPorlock</title>
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		<dc:creator>PersonFromPorlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to push on a lever to make it work. &#039;Pubbies believe that pushing is uncouth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have to push on a lever to make it work. &#8216;Pubbies believe that pushing is uncouth.</p>
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		<title>By: IceCold</title>
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		<dc:creator>IceCold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;voters in the end blame those in power for wielding power ineffectively&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This guy isn&#039;t a complete idiot - as seems the norm any more for pundits of most stripes - but, uh .... dude.

2012 was, in fact, the pre-eminent historical example of exactly the opposite of what he asserts here.

Of course I don&#039;t know the full explanation.  Obviously a seriously cretinized electorate (I refer mostly to &quot;high information&quot; &quot;educated&quot; voters here, not herded droogs - but prefer &quot;high disinformation voters&quot; for the NPR/edumucated crowd) is key.  As is a completely collapsed information system (the press).  And I&#039;m kinda starting to think that another key factor is how insulated so many are from most parts of reality (horrible economy, lawlessness from above on many issues, of course diastrous and dishonorable foreign policy).  The explosion in guvamint assistance, and employment, makes the isolation from economic reality possible - perhaps in numbers that, for the first time, are material to national elections.

I believe 219 of 234 elected GOP House members exceeded the worst president in history&#039;s victory margin - that is, essentially all of them.  This despicable idiot is the first re-elected incumbent to lose states and lose margin in his &quot;victory&quot;.  There are the mysterious missing 5-7 million voters.  

But there&#039;s still no chance this guy or his &quot;ideas&quot; will ever be widely seen as to be as ludicrous and disastrous as they clearly are to any sensible and informed person.  There&#039;s not a bit of leverage to be found in that corner, my friend.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>voters in the end blame those in power for wielding power ineffectively</p></blockquote>
<p>This guy isn&#8217;t a complete idiot &#8211; as seems the norm any more for pundits of most stripes &#8211; but, uh &#8230;. dude.</p>
<p>2012 was, in fact, the pre-eminent historical example of exactly the opposite of what he asserts here.</p>
<p>Of course I don&#8217;t know the full explanation.  Obviously a seriously cretinized electorate (I refer mostly to &#8220;high information&#8221; &#8220;educated&#8221; voters here, not herded droogs &#8211; but prefer &#8220;high disinformation voters&#8221; for the NPR/edumucated crowd) is key.  As is a completely collapsed information system (the press).  And I&#8217;m kinda starting to think that another key factor is how insulated so many are from most parts of reality (horrible economy, lawlessness from above on many issues, of course diastrous and dishonorable foreign policy).  The explosion in guvamint assistance, and employment, makes the isolation from economic reality possible &#8211; perhaps in numbers that, for the first time, are material to national elections.</p>
<p>I believe 219 of 234 elected GOP House members exceeded the worst president in history&#8217;s victory margin &#8211; that is, essentially all of them.  This despicable idiot is the first re-elected incumbent to lose states and lose margin in his &#8220;victory&#8221;.  There are the mysterious missing 5-7 million voters.  </p>
<p>But there&#8217;s still no chance this guy or his &#8220;ideas&#8221; will ever be widely seen as to be as ludicrous and disastrous as they clearly are to any sensible and informed person.  There&#8217;s not a bit of leverage to be found in that corner, my friend.</p>
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		<title>By: OTTO</title>
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		<dc:creator>OTTO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L.I.B?

Live In Bullsh...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L.I.B?</p>
<p>Live In Bullsh&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: davidk</title>
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		<dc:creator>davidk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s like this: http://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-obama-economy-meets-reality/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s like this: <a href="http://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-obama-economy-meets-reality/" rel="nofollow">http://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-obama-economy-meets-reality/</a></p>
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		<title>By: GWB</title>
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		<dc:creator>GWB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I don’t think President Obama wants to go down as the worst president in history, do you?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Like he cares? His sycophants will &lt;em&gt;write&lt;/em&gt; history.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I still believe, despite the results of the 2012 election, that voters in the end blame those in power for wielding power ineffectively. Get out the vote operations and a charismatic candidate can only buy you so much time against reality.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
As long as it&#039;s enough time to consolidate power, it won&#039;t matter who they blame. Reality won&#039;t matter after that Winston.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I don’t think President Obama wants to go down as the worst president in history, do you?</p></blockquote>
<p>Like he cares? His sycophants will <em>write</em> history.</p>
<blockquote><p>I still believe, despite the results of the 2012 election, that voters in the end blame those in power for wielding power ineffectively. Get out the vote operations and a charismatic candidate can only buy you so much time against reality.</p></blockquote>
<p>As long as it&#8217;s enough time to consolidate power, it won&#8217;t matter who they blame. Reality won&#8217;t matter after that Winston.</p>
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		<title>By: astonerii</title>
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		<dc:creator>astonerii</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I couldn’t resist ;)

WeekendAtBernankes on November 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
At least you did not say &quot;We&quot; couldn&#039;t resist. LOL]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I couldn’t resist <img src='http://media.hotair.com/headlines/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>WeekendAtBernankes on November 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>At least you did not say &#8220;We&#8221; couldn&#8217;t resist. LOL</p>
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		<title>By: WeekendAtBernankes</title>
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		<dc:creator>WeekendAtBernankes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Ouch, that looks like MAKE It Burn.

astonerii on November 30, 2012 at 8:50 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I couldn&#039;t resist ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Ouch, that looks like MAKE It Burn.</p>
<p>astonerii on November 30, 2012 at 8:50 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist <img src='http://media.hotair.com/headlines/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Sekhmet</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sekhmet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0bama only just won re-election, and won it by turning out mindless droogs, who are a useless threat to a House GOP dominated by districts freshly gerrymandered into being droog-free.

Would he lose political capital in a recession--and does he have it to lose?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>0bama only just won re-election, and won it by turning out mindless droogs, who are a useless threat to a House GOP dominated by districts freshly gerrymandered into being droog-free.</p>
<p>Would he lose political capital in a recession&#8211;and does he have it to lose?</p>
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		<title>By: astonerii</title>
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		<dc:creator>astonerii</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;WeekendAtBernankes on November 30, 2012 at 8:49 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ouch, that looks like MAKE It Burn.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>WeekendAtBernankes on November 30, 2012 at 8:49 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Ouch, that looks like MAKE It Burn.</p>
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