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	<title>Comments on: A Response to Salon&#8217;s Story on PUMA: The Most Important Reason Clinton Voters Will Not Support Senator Obama</title>
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		<title>By: truthisgold</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/23/a-response-to-salons-story-on-puma-the-most-important-reason-clinton-voters-will-not-support-senator-obama/#comment-873085</link>
		<dc:creator>truthisgold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER.</description>
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		<title>By: truthisgold</title>
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		<dc:creator>truthisgold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Me too! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me too! <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: truthisgold</title>
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		<dc:creator>truthisgold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mawn,  What a great idea! Oh, wait...what you suggest is simply the reinstatement of our checks and balances as our forefathers intended. Well, you&#039;re still brilliant--it&#039;s a concept long forgotten by too many!

P.S. LOVED the Constitution they wrote, didn&#039;t you?  I highly recommend it to all Americans as a great and informative read.  Heck, I even recommend it to politicians! ;))</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mawn,  What a great idea! Oh, wait&#8230;what you suggest is simply the reinstatement of our checks and balances as our forefathers intended. Well, you&#8217;re still brilliant&#8211;it&#8217;s a concept long forgotten by too many!</p>
<p>P.S. LOVED the Constitution they wrote, didn&#8217;t you?  I highly recommend it to all Americans as a great and informative read.  Heck, I even recommend it to politicians! <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: USpace</title>
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		<dc:creator>USpace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL, I finally see!  Party Unity My Ass!  That&#039;s good, that&#039;s rich!

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL, I finally see!  Party Unity My Ass!  That&#8217;s good, that&#8217;s rich!</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: USpace</title>
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		<dc:creator>USpace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.
Please, someone call me stupid, but then just tell me what PUMA stands for.  What is PUMA!  It&#039;s good to see Hillary people against Obama.  McCain might actually have a chance in States where Democrats are a large majority. 

People are hypnotized with Obamamania and his Obammunism.  Good fodder for Obama posters here.  Posters about him reflect this puppy dogs, doves and rainbows feeling.  The Obama Utopia.

If Obama can stay pretty clean, do some good things as Senator, and then become Governor of IL, he could be unstoppable in 2012 or 2016.  Scary stuff.

I would dearly love to see a Jewish, African-American woman as POTUS.  It&#039;s not race or gender that makes it for me though.  It&#039;s political beliefs that matter, and socialism is bad for everybody, (accept those high in government or high-level academia) especially poor people, of all races.  Obama is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, no thanks.

His &#039;Change&#039;, &#039;Hope&#039; and &#039;Progress&#039; mantras are actually somewhat self-mocking.   Making your own Obama posters is totally addicting.   
I laughed so hard I almost had a breakdown.  LOL! 

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
pretend to be moderate

move towards the center fast
enrage your Left wing early

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
befriend a bomber

pushing for change at all costs
sacrifices must be made

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
only feel and hope

please force people to change
change can only be good

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All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech, then there can be no real freedom.
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://absurdthoughtsaboutgod.blogspot.com/2008/05/velvet-hammer-helping-spread-make-obama.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Make Some Obama Posters NOW!&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://absurdthoughtsaboutgod.blogspot.com/2007/08/ignorance-makes-money-for-capitalists.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Che Makes Money for Capitalists&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://haltterrorism.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Help Halt Terrorism Now!&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/content/2457373&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USpace&lt;/a&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>.<br />
Please, someone call me stupid, but then just tell me what PUMA stands for.  What is PUMA!  It&#8217;s good to see Hillary people against Obama.  McCain might actually have a chance in States where Democrats are a large majority. </p>
<p>People are hypnotized with Obamamania and his Obammunism.  Good fodder for Obama posters here.  Posters about him reflect this puppy dogs, doves and rainbows feeling.  The Obama Utopia.</p>
<p>If Obama can stay pretty clean, do some good things as Senator, and then become Governor of IL, he could be unstoppable in 2012 or 2016.  Scary stuff.</p>
<p>I would dearly love to see a Jewish, African-American woman as POTUS.  It&#8217;s not race or gender that makes it for me though.  It&#8217;s political beliefs that matter, and socialism is bad for everybody, (accept those high in government or high-level academia) especially poor people, of all races.  Obama is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, no thanks.</p>
<p>His &#8216;Change&#8217;, &#8216;Hope&#8217; and &#8216;Progress&#8217; mantras are actually somewhat self-mocking.   Making your own Obama posters is totally addicting.<br />
I laughed so hard I almost had a breakdown.  LOL! </p>
<p> <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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absurd thought -<br />
God of the Universe says<br />
pretend to be moderate</p>
<p>move towards the center fast<br />
enrage your Left wing early</p>
<p>.<br />
absurd thought -<br />
God of the Universe says<br />
befriend a bomber</p>
<p>pushing for change at all costs<br />
sacrifices must be made</p>
<p>.<br />
absurd thought -<br />
God of the Universe says<br />
only feel and hope</p>
<p>please force people to change<br />
change can only be good</p>
<p>.<br />
All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech, then there can be no real freedom.<br />
.<br />
<a href="http://absurdthoughtsaboutgod.blogspot.com/2008/05/velvet-hammer-helping-spread-make-obama.html" rel="nofollow">Make Some Obama Posters NOW!</a><br />
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<a href="http://absurdthoughtsaboutgod.blogspot.com/2007/08/ignorance-makes-money-for-capitalists.html" rel="nofollow">Che Makes Money for Capitalists</a><br />
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<a href="http://haltterrorism.com" rel="nofollow">Help Halt Terrorism Now!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/2457373" rel="nofollow">USpace</a></p>
<p> <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>By: mary</title>
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		<dc:creator>mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BILL CLINTON SAYS KISS MY ASS --
Dear Bloggers how would you act if someone called you a racist? Get a clue man. Clinton saved this country in the 1990&#039;s. Our country is in the pits and you want to belittle this guy? He still is the BEST president we ever had. Stop drinking the OBAMA cool-aid. The Obama campaign called this great and former president a racist. That is unbelievable!!!

Hillary supporter, woman voting NO to Obama cult club.
  
GO PUMA Supporters (party unity my ass)!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BILL CLINTON SAYS KISS MY ASS &#8211;<br />
Dear Bloggers how would you act if someone called you a racist? Get a clue man. Clinton saved this country in the 1990&#8217;s. Our country is in the pits and you want to belittle this guy? He still is the BEST president we ever had. Stop drinking the OBAMA cool-aid. The Obama campaign called this great and former president a racist. That is unbelievable!!!</p>
<p>Hillary supporter, woman voting NO to Obama cult club.</p>
<p>GO PUMA Supporters (party unity my ass)!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Tristan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tristan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very good article and well organized and has just the right tone.  Yes, he is unqualified for the highest office in the land.

I would also mention that the Democratic party used a very undemocratic process to elect him, and that he is a product of insider endorsements, superdelegate picks, un-democratic caucuses, and a rules committee that gave delegates to him and took them away from Hilary.  If you believe in the democratic process, then you won&#039;t be able to vote for the current Democratic nominee on principle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very good article and well organized and has just the right tone.  Yes, he is unqualified for the highest office in the land.</p>
<p>I would also mention that the Democratic party used a very undemocratic process to elect him, and that he is a product of insider endorsements, superdelegate picks, un-democratic caucuses, and a rules committee that gave delegates to him and took them away from Hilary.  If you believe in the democratic process, then you won&#8217;t be able to vote for the current Democratic nominee on principle.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Precious is without integrity or even the most basic of principals.

If this pandering, corrupt politician manages to &quot;fool&quot; the people into electing him, I truly fear that any real advances on progressive issues and reform are going to get thrown under the bus in Mr Obama&#039;s pursuit of the next election cycle.

WHY, after example after example that this man is devoid of integrity or a backbone on any issue do people still follow him?  

Hope is that Democratic leadership will wake up before the convention but it appears to be unlikely because the people connecting the very apparent dots about this candidate are not being heard on a broad scale.  No instead, we have the MSM telling people WHY we are resisting and STILL telling them wrong.

It&#039;s not about supporting Hillary anymore, it&#039;s about opposing a man without moral fiber who presents a clear and present danger to our country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Precious is without integrity or even the most basic of principals.</p>
<p>If this pandering, corrupt politician manages to &#8220;fool&#8221; the people into electing him, I truly fear that any real advances on progressive issues and reform are going to get thrown under the bus in Mr Obama&#8217;s pursuit of the next election cycle.</p>
<p>WHY, after example after example that this man is devoid of integrity or a backbone on any issue do people still follow him?  </p>
<p>Hope is that Democratic leadership will wake up before the convention but it appears to be unlikely because the people connecting the very apparent dots about this candidate are not being heard on a broad scale.  No instead, we have the MSM telling people WHY we are resisting and STILL telling them wrong.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not about supporting Hillary anymore, it&#8217;s about opposing a man without moral fiber who presents a clear and present danger to our country.</p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It really hurts to see Sen. Clinton supporting this nominee he is so unfit to be President.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It really hurts to see Sen. Clinton supporting this nominee he is so unfit to be President.</p>
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		<title>By: bmc</title>
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		<dc:creator>bmc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;AND ANOTHER THING! &lt;/strong&gt;

Mary Curtis, guest columnist in WaPo, says she&#039;s getting &quot;peeved&quot; at women voters who won&#039;t support Barack Obama. Curtis is black. She&#039;s &lt;strong&gt;peeved&lt;/strong&gt; because &quot;feminists&quot; who supported Clinton are now responding to Barack Obama with a deafening &quot;silence.&quot; 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002209.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Everyone&#039;s getting a little &lt;strong&gt;&quot;peeved&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; in this country these days, aren&#039;t we? Now, who could have created all of this &lt;strong&gt;peevishness among voters?! &lt;/strong&gt;

Yep. You got it: &lt;strong&gt;THE UNITY CANDIDATE. THE POST-PARTISAN CANDIDATE. THE POST-RACIAL CANDIDATE. BARACK OBAMA.&lt;/strong&gt; 

&lt;strong&gt;He&#039;s divided voters, divided the Democratic Party, along religious lines, along gender lines, along racial lines--divided everyone. What a guy. &lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;Still not voting for Obama, Mary. He&#039;s not qualified, by either character or experience to lead this country. &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>AND ANOTHER THING! </strong></p>
<p>Mary Curtis, guest columnist in WaPo, says she&#8217;s getting &#8220;peeved&#8221; at women voters who won&#8217;t support Barack Obama. Curtis is black. She&#8217;s <strong>peeved</strong> because &#8220;feminists&#8221; who supported Clinton are now responding to Barack Obama with a deafening &#8220;silence.&#8221; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002209.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002209.html?hpid=opinionsbox1</a></p>
<p>Everyone&#8217;s getting a little <strong>&#8220;peeved&#8221;</strong> in this country these days, aren&#8217;t we? Now, who could have created all of this <strong>peevishness among voters?! </strong></p>
<p>Yep. You got it: <strong>THE UNITY CANDIDATE. THE POST-PARTISAN CANDIDATE. THE POST-RACIAL CANDIDATE. BARACK OBAMA.</strong> </p>
<p><strong>He&#8217;s divided voters, divided the Democratic Party, along religious lines, along gender lines, along racial lines&#8211;divided everyone. What a guy. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Still not voting for Obama, Mary. He&#8217;s not qualified, by either character or experience to lead this country. </strong></p>
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		<title>By: DancingOpossum</title>
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		<dc:creator>DancingOpossum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>derridog, NARAL also endorsed Joe Lieberman, who is disastrous on choice, over the staunchly pro-choice Ned Lamont. I remember the netroots were in an uproar over this. Nancy Keenan, the current head of NARAL, has made other wacky decisions in the past. She claims that her Catholicism doesn&#039;t affect her views but I think it clearly does. Why she is the head of NARAL I will never know.

The decision to endorse BO this time also infuriated NARAL&#039;s local and state chapters, who strongly disavowed the endorsement.

In short, a NARAL endorsement isn&#039;t worth spit as a pro-choice bona fide. 

There is also BO&#039;s insulting and outrageous statement that a woman should make her decision about abortion in consultation with her &quot;family&quot; (blecch!) and her CLERGY!! (BIG FAT DOUBLE BLECCH!)

FWIW I automatically discount anyone who claims to be pro-choice but still wants to deliver moral lectures about abortion. F--- off already. Hillary used to piss me off when she did it too, but in recent years she backed away from that, and good for her.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>derridog, NARAL also endorsed Joe Lieberman, who is disastrous on choice, over the staunchly pro-choice Ned Lamont. I remember the netroots were in an uproar over this. Nancy Keenan, the current head of NARAL, has made other wacky decisions in the past. She claims that her Catholicism doesn&#8217;t affect her views but I think it clearly does. Why she is the head of NARAL I will never know.</p>
<p>The decision to endorse BO this time also infuriated NARAL&#8217;s local and state chapters, who strongly disavowed the endorsement.</p>
<p>In short, a NARAL endorsement isn&#8217;t worth spit as a pro-choice bona fide. </p>
<p>There is also BO&#8217;s insulting and outrageous statement that a woman should make her decision about abortion in consultation with her &#8220;family&#8221; (blecch!) and her CLERGY!! (BIG FAT DOUBLE BLECCH!)</p>
<p>FWIW I automatically discount anyone who claims to be pro-choice but still wants to deliver moral lectures about abortion. F&#8212; off already. Hillary used to piss me off when she did it too, but in recent years she backed away from that, and good for her.</p>
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		<title>By: Jerry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course there is a way to explain it, for instance his floor statement at the time. He was actually a sponsor of the Senate Bill but when the language was changed he felt it violated the First Amendment and he explained why.

The &quot;present&quot; vote really was an accepted tactical measure in the Illinois senate although Obama did a crummy job explaining that. Usually it was done in a larger group but Obama was the sole several times and either solo or in a group of 6 or less voting present 36 times. There is almost always a floor statement on the record and when he was the lone present vote it was almost always constitutional.

Look whenever there was a claim made for or against one of our candidates I researched it. The Present votes sound bad but they are not, it didn&#039;t mean undecided, Several papers have researched the votes and there was just one they felt might be him being unwilling to take a side for political reasons, just before he rab against Rush for US Rep. (Not this vote) One of the articles I remember was in the NY Times and it was called &quot;It’s Not Just ‘Ayes’ and ‘Nays’&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course there is a way to explain it, for instance his floor statement at the time. He was actually a sponsor of the Senate Bill but when the language was changed he felt it violated the First Amendment and he explained why.</p>
<p>The &#8220;present&#8221; vote really was an accepted tactical measure in the Illinois senate although Obama did a crummy job explaining that. Usually it was done in a larger group but Obama was the sole several times and either solo or in a group of 6 or less voting present 36 times. There is almost always a floor statement on the record and when he was the lone present vote it was almost always constitutional.</p>
<p>Look whenever there was a claim made for or against one of our candidates I researched it. The Present votes sound bad but they are not, it didn&#8217;t mean undecided, Several papers have researched the votes and there was just one they felt might be him being unwilling to take a side for political reasons, just before he rab against Rush for US Rep. (Not this vote) One of the articles I remember was in the NY Times and it was called &#8220;It’s Not Just ‘Ayes’ and ‘Nays’&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: whoframedrudy</title>
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		<dc:creator>whoframedrudy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Wouldn’t the politically expedient thing have been to vote along with everyone else?&quot;

Wouldn’t the politically expedient thing have been to tell the Muslim family he can&#039;t be photographed with Muslims?

Wouldn&#039;t the politically expedient thing have been to duck the Kyl-Lieberman vote so he could play it both ways with MoveOn and AIPAC?

Wouldn&#039;t the politically expedient thing be to take MoveOn&#039;s money and then throw them under the bus on FISA?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Wouldn’t the politically expedient thing have been to vote along with everyone else?&#8221;</p>
<p>Wouldn’t the politically expedient thing have been to tell the Muslim family he can&#8217;t be photographed with Muslims?</p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t the politically expedient thing have been to duck the Kyl-Lieberman vote so he could play it both ways with MoveOn and AIPAC?</p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t the politically expedient thing be to take MoveOn&#8217;s money and then throw them under the bus on FISA?</p>
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		<title>By: BJinChicago</title>
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		<dc:creator>BJinChicago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, he is not qualified, but the fact that he doesn&#039;t realize his inadequacy for the position is what is really frightening. It&#039;s #43 all over again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, he is not qualified, but the fact that he doesn&#8217;t realize his inadequacy for the position is what is really frightening. It&#8217;s #43 all over again.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Why PUMAs Won&#8217;t Vote For Obama Simplified &#171; Heroes for Hillary</dc:creator>
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