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		<title>By: chris</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-811771</link>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha Ha that&#039;s funny since the Senate hasn&#039;t voted yet. Maybe it&#039;s a slip since OB voted present so many times before.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha Ha that&#8217;s funny since the Senate hasn&#8217;t voted yet. Maybe it&#8217;s a slip since OB voted present so many times before.</p>
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		<title>By: MikeG</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-809891</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Secret Boener 12, castrated on the floor of the US Congress by a few words from Nancy Pelosi --- will they form a glee club?  (No, cuz that would out them.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Secret Boener 12, castrated on the floor of the US Congress by a few words from Nancy Pelosi &#8212; will they form a glee club?  (No, cuz that would out them.)</p>
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		<title>By: MikeG</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-809454</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Voters should know who are the guys who changed their vote because Pelosi said mean things about their party.  But no ones naming names.   I suppose there is some satisfaction and little surprise in knowing that Pelosi can turn Republicans into geldings with spoken words alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Voters should know who are the guys who changed their vote because Pelosi said mean things about their party.  But no ones naming names.   I suppose there is some satisfaction and little surprise in knowing that Pelosi can turn Republicans into geldings with spoken words alone.</p>
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		<title>By: MikeG</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-809418</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You couldn&#039;t be more wrong!  McCain did one of his premature ejaculations by taking credit for passage before the vote was done!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You couldn&#8217;t be more wrong!  McCain did one of his premature ejaculations by taking credit for passage before the vote was done!</p>
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		<title>By: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808984</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Barky has a bracelet, too! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Barky has a bracelet, 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: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808975</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They&#039;re nutjobs married to the romance of &lt;em&gt;&#039;revolution&lt;/em&gt;.&#039; Amy&#039;s lost in a 60&#039;s time warp. She&#039;s still brokenhearted over Allende.

Please!

When you see 0bama&#039;s arrogance, his upturned nose, this is what it&#039;s about. He thinks Americans are stupid.

And sadly, we prove him right everyday. At least some of us, anyway.

The giveaway for all of you Botheads willfully stubborn in your ignorance:

&lt;strong&gt;JESSE JACKSON JR. VOTED NO!&lt;/strong&gt;

And he&#039;s not only an 0bama friend, but has a role on the campaign.

Wake up and see the bullshit!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;re nutjobs married to the romance of <em>&#8216;revolution</em>.&#8217; Amy&#8217;s lost in a 60&#8242;s time warp. She&#8217;s still brokenhearted over Allende.</p>
<p>Please!</p>
<p>When you see 0bama&#8217;s arrogance, his upturned nose, this is what it&#8217;s about. He thinks Americans are stupid.</p>
<p>And sadly, we prove him right everyday. At least some of us, anyway.</p>
<p>The giveaway for all of you Botheads willfully stubborn in your ignorance:</p>
<p><strong>JESSE JACKSON JR. VOTED NO!</strong></p>
<p>And he&#8217;s not only an 0bama friend, but has a role on the campaign.</p>
<p>Wake up and see the bullshit!</p>
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		<title>By: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808918</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought Jesse Jackson Jr., has a position on the campaign, beside being a friend.

If his &#039;no&#039; vote doesn&#039;t tell people something, then we are really living among the brain dead.

Wake up!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought Jesse Jackson Jr., has a position on the campaign, beside being a friend.</p>
<p>If his &#8216;no&#8217; vote doesn&#8217;t tell people something, then we are really living among the brain dead.</p>
<p>Wake up!</p>
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		<title>By: acorn hater</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808906</link>
		<dc:creator>acorn hater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A great summary:

&lt;strong&gt;An ACORN Falls from the Tree&lt;/strong&gt;
A congressional outrage.  [excerpts below]

By Ken Blackwell 
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2Y5MTc0ZTAyMmE1Mjk3NGE3OWRiY2FkMjZlN2YxYzc=&amp;w=MQ==

But here, the Democrats are squarely to blame. They have resisted all attempts at reforming Fannie and Freddie, and pushed those organizations to become ever more reckless in their policies. This made the investments on Wall Street carrying those tainted mortgages go from bad to worse, and now we’re in a crisis and on the verge of a meltdown. 

This is inexcusable. And if independent voters figure this out, their outrage over this situation will suddenly be directed against the party that pushed these disastrous policies. So Democrats want ACORN to get as much funding as possible, because they might need some new votes in their column on Election Day. 

ACORN is a discredited organization, and far too many of its leaders and workers have been prosecuted for felonies against democracy. The idea that a single dime of taxpayer money would ever go to such a group is an outrage.  And Mr. Obama needs to explain his involvement with them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A great summary:</p>
<p><strong>An ACORN Falls from the Tree</strong><br />
A congressional outrage.  [excerpts below]</p>
<p>By Ken Blackwell<br />
<a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2Y5MTc0ZTAyMmE1Mjk3NGE3OWRiY2FkMjZlN2YxYzc=&#038;w=MQ==" rel="nofollow">http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2Y5MTc0ZTAyMmE1Mjk3NGE3OWRiY2FkMjZlN2YxYzc=&#038;w=MQ==</a></p>
<p>But here, the Democrats are squarely to blame. They have resisted all attempts at reforming Fannie and Freddie, and pushed those organizations to become ever more reckless in their policies. This made the investments on Wall Street carrying those tainted mortgages go from bad to worse, and now we’re in a crisis and on the verge of a meltdown. </p>
<p>This is inexcusable. And if independent voters figure this out, their outrage over this situation will suddenly be directed against the party that pushed these disastrous policies. So Democrats want ACORN to get as much funding as possible, because they might need some new votes in their column on Election Day. </p>
<p>ACORN is a discredited organization, and far too many of its leaders and workers have been prosecuted for felonies against democracy. The idea that a single dime of taxpayer money would ever go to such a group is an outrage.  And Mr. Obama needs to explain his involvement with them.</p>
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		<title>By: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808872</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>VMorris,

I gotta think that they want this chaos because it benefits 0bama.

It&#039;s a &lt;em&gt;dog and pony&lt;/em&gt; show all around. And more of 0bama and the people pulling his strings fooling around behind the scenes with the economy.

You know, people always rave about how FDR saved the country after the Great Depression. And I certainly don&#039;t disagree. But we often fail to recognize that Americans were on the ropes when FDR was elected and as a result, he had a lot of leeway act on his vision.

Maybe somebody is trying to recreate this situation on some level. We all agree that 0bama stands for some pretty radical ideas. Would these ideas be more acceptable if Americans were suffering or on the verge of it and scared shitless, wouldn&#039;t it be easier to accept radical change?

Pelosi&#039;s partisan&#039;s attack resurrected exactly the climate the Dems want at this point 35 days before the Election: one where Bush and his administration&#039;s failed policy are once again front and center making voters so fed up they&#039;d vote for the devil next month simply because he has a &#039;D&#039; in his name. 

I&#039;m listening to Charlie Rose and Al Hunt is talking about maybe not fixing this thing until January. If that&#039;s what happens, sorry but I can&#039;t see where people will vote for McCain. Those angry Democrats teetering on the fence, nervous about voting Republican, those &#039;undecideds&#039; will flip for 0bama or do as Donna Brazile ordered: &lt;em&gt;Stay home&lt;/em&gt;.

The American people are being played.

It&#039;s no deeper than that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VMorris,</p>
<p>I gotta think that they want this chaos because it benefits 0bama.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a <em>dog and pony</em> show all around. And more of 0bama and the people pulling his strings fooling around behind the scenes with the economy.</p>
<p>You know, people always rave about how FDR saved the country after the Great Depression. And I certainly don&#8217;t disagree. But we often fail to recognize that Americans were on the ropes when FDR was elected and as a result, he had a lot of leeway act on his vision.</p>
<p>Maybe somebody is trying to recreate this situation on some level. We all agree that 0bama stands for some pretty radical ideas. Would these ideas be more acceptable if Americans were suffering or on the verge of it and scared shitless, wouldn&#8217;t it be easier to accept radical change?</p>
<p>Pelosi&#8217;s partisan&#8217;s attack resurrected exactly the climate the Dems want at this point 35 days before the Election: one where Bush and his administration&#8217;s failed policy are once again front and center making voters so fed up they&#8217;d vote for the devil next month simply because he has a &#8216;D&#8217; in his name. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m listening to Charlie Rose and Al Hunt is talking about maybe not fixing this thing until January. If that&#8217;s what happens, sorry but I can&#8217;t see where people will vote for McCain. Those angry Democrats teetering on the fence, nervous about voting Republican, those &#8216;undecideds&#8217; will flip for 0bama or do as Donna Brazile ordered: <em>Stay home</em>.</p>
<p>The American people are being played.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s no deeper than that.</p>
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		<title>By: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808749</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What did she say?</description>
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		<title>By: mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808742</link>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I gotta believe that. And the key for me was just learning that Jesse Jackson Jr. voted &lt;em&gt;Nay&lt;/em&gt;.

0bama and his gang thinks we&#039;re idiots.

Pelosi gets up and pretty much tells Bush and the Republicans to &lt;em&gt;fuck off&lt;/em&gt;... In public no less. Can&#039;t believe she expected these people to take such a partisan &lt;em&gt;&#039;dressing down.&#039;&lt;/em&gt; Even though I agreed with her I was like WTF? These people are up for re-election. Fuck 0bama and McCain, it&#039;s every man for themselves.

Plus, a lot of voters are calling their reps complaining like hell about this Bill. Remember, it&#039;s the vocal voters that elected officials listen to. If you want them to vote for this, you better call and be counted. If you don&#039;t call, you can&#039;t complain.

But let&#039;s face it, the economic chaos benefits 0bama. I still say Soros has manipulated the market somehow. It was predicted months ago that if in September the economy was the issue, it would benefit 0bama.

Well, here it is.

Terrorism? The Iraq War? On a back burner. And that was McCain&#039;s strong suit.

I don&#039;t think the average voter is going to be on top of what is really going on here.

This benefits 0bama.

Unfortunately.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I gotta believe that. And the key for me was just learning that Jesse Jackson Jr. voted <em>Nay</em>.</p>
<p>0bama and his gang thinks we&#8217;re idiots.</p>
<p>Pelosi gets up and pretty much tells Bush and the Republicans to <em>fuck off</em>&#8230; In public no less. Can&#8217;t believe she expected these people to take such a partisan <em>&#8216;dressing down.&#8217;</em> Even though I agreed with her I was like WTF? These people are up for re-election. Fuck 0bama and McCain, it&#8217;s every man for themselves.</p>
<p>Plus, a lot of voters are calling their reps complaining like hell about this Bill. Remember, it&#8217;s the vocal voters that elected officials listen to. If you want them to vote for this, you better call and be counted. If you don&#8217;t call, you can&#8217;t complain.</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s face it, the economic chaos benefits 0bama. I still say Soros has manipulated the market somehow. It was predicted months ago that if in September the economy was the issue, it would benefit 0bama.</p>
<p>Well, here it is.</p>
<p>Terrorism? The Iraq War? On a back burner. And that was McCain&#8217;s strong suit.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think the average voter is going to be on top of what is really going on here.</p>
<p>This benefits 0bama.</p>
<p>Unfortunately.</p>
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		<title>By: JozefAL</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808605</link>
		<dc:creator>JozefAL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And what is Biden&#039;s plan to help fix the economy he&#039;s spent &lt;strong&gt;35&lt;/strong&gt; years &quot;helping break&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what is Biden&#8217;s plan to help fix the economy he&#8217;s spent <strong>35</strong> years &#8220;helping break&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: moi61537</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808533</link>
		<dc:creator>moi61537</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From powerline:

As of yesterday, the Democrats&#039; House whip, Jim Clyburn said that he hadn&#039;t even begun &quot;whipping&quot; Democratic representatives, and wouldn&#039;t do so unless and until he got orders from Nancy Pelosi. Today, Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio told NPR that he never was &quot;whipped&quot; on the bill. So Pelosi evidently left Democrats to vote their consciences--which is to say, vote against the bill if they thought it was politically necessary--while counting on Republicans to put the bill over the top.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From powerline:</p>
<p>As of yesterday, the Democrats&#8217; House whip, Jim Clyburn said that he hadn&#8217;t even begun &#8220;whipping&#8221; Democratic representatives, and wouldn&#8217;t do so unless and until he got orders from Nancy Pelosi. Today, Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio told NPR that he never was &#8220;whipped&#8221; on the bill. So Pelosi evidently left Democrats to vote their consciences&#8211;which is to say, vote against the bill if they thought it was politically necessary&#8211;while counting on Republicans to put the bill over the top.</p>
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		<title>By: JozefAL</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808528</link>
		<dc:creator>JozefAL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter, you really need to change your meds and quickly.
Take a breath and look at REALITY.  
The House has 435 members.  There are 235 Dems, 199 GOPs and 1 vacant seat.  To pass a bill (other than a Presidential veto), the bill needs a SIMPLE MAJORITY--in this case, 218 votes.  Now a simple math class can prove that 235 is a LARGER number than 218.  The Dems HAVE 235 members in the House.  They don&#039;t need ANY GOP support to get a bill passed.
The fact that Pelosi could only get 140 of HER PARTY&#039;S majority to support the bill indicates that something went awry with the Democrats.  The fact that the media and other Obama supporters are blaming the GOP for the bill&#039;s failure shows a definite lack of reality is in evidence in Washington.  (If Pelosi had ALL her Dems on board the bill would have passed by 300-133.  The numbers do suggest that SOMEONE didn&#039;t vote since there&#039;s only 1 vacant House seat.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter, you really need to change your meds and quickly.<br />
Take a breath and look at REALITY.<br />
The House has 435 members.  There are 235 Dems, 199 GOPs and 1 vacant seat.  To pass a bill (other than a Presidential veto), the bill needs a SIMPLE MAJORITY&#8211;in this case, 218 votes.  Now a simple math class can prove that 235 is a LARGER number than 218.  The Dems HAVE 235 members in the House.  They don&#8217;t need ANY GOP support to get a bill passed.<br />
The fact that Pelosi could only get 140 of HER PARTY&#8217;S majority to support the bill indicates that something went awry with the Democrats.  The fact that the media and other Obama supporters are blaming the GOP for the bill&#8217;s failure shows a definite lack of reality is in evidence in Washington.  (If Pelosi had ALL her Dems on board the bill would have passed by 300-133.  The numbers do suggest that SOMEONE didn&#8217;t vote since there&#8217;s only 1 vacant House seat.)</p>
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		<title>By: Newly Independent</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5131/exhale-open-thread/#comment-808475</link>
		<dc:creator>Newly Independent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL!!!!!</description>
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