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		<title>By: Swami</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546990</link>
		<dc:creator>Swami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; If only they were a little better at &quot;the google&quot;, they might have recognized their mistake.&lt;/i&gt;

LMAO!  A bunch of creationist luddites.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> If only they were a little better at &#8220;the google&#8221;, they might have recognized their mistake.</i></p>
<p>LMAO!  A bunch of creationist luddites.</p>
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		<title>By: joanr16</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546988</link>
		<dc:creator>joanr16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;somewhere in N. Carolina as I recall&lt;/i&gt;

Fact-check on myself: the Walter Reed Middle School is in N. Hollywood, CA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>somewhere in N. Carolina as I recall</i></p>
<p>Fact-check on myself: the Walter Reed Middle School is in N. Hollywood, CA.</p>
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		<title>By: joanr16</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546987</link>
		<dc:creator>joanr16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is amusing:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/5/111829/9917/18/587802

Synopsis: it wasn&#039;t a &quot;green screen&quot; behind McCain&#039;s head last night; it was the expansive lawn of a mysterious building that resembled, to my eyes, &quot;Sunnydale High&quot; from &lt;i&gt;Buffy the Vampire Slayer.&lt;/i&gt;

Turns out the building wasn&#039;t the one the Repugs wanted to show-- Walter Reed military hospital (&lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; well administered during the last eight years!).  In fact, it was Walter Reed Middle School, somewhere in N. Carolina as I recall.

In illustrating the endless POW story... the Repugs showed the wrong building!  &lt;i&gt;Nothing&lt;/i&gt; from last night stands up to fact checking!

Losers losers losers losers losers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is amusing:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/5/111829/9917/18/587802" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/5/111829/9917/18/587802</a></p>
<p>Synopsis: it wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;green screen&#8221; behind McCain&#8217;s head last night; it was the expansive lawn of a mysterious building that resembled, to my eyes, &#8220;Sunnydale High&#8221; from <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer.</i></p>
<p>Turns out the building wasn&#8217;t the one the Repugs wanted to show&#8211; Walter Reed military hospital (<i>so</i> well administered during the last eight years!).  In fact, it was Walter Reed Middle School, somewhere in N. Carolina as I recall.</p>
<p>In illustrating the endless POW story&#8230; the Repugs showed the wrong building!  <i>Nothing</i> from last night stands up to fact checking!</p>
<p>Losers losers losers losers losers.</p>
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		<title>By: Swami</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546984</link>
		<dc:creator>Swami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, in the biography they even linked McCain to Mother Teresa.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, in the biography they even linked McCain to Mother Teresa.</p>
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		<title>By: biggerbox</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546983</link>
		<dc:creator>biggerbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My take-away from McCain&#039;s speech:

There is a clear difference between George W. Bush and John McCain. It&#039;s this:
McCain was (is still?) a POW. 

Plus, there was something at the end talking about all the things you can do to server your country... I think he wants people to become community organizers? Something like that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My take-away from McCain&#8217;s speech:</p>
<p>There is a clear difference between George W. Bush and John McCain. It&#8217;s this:<br />
McCain was (is still?) a POW. </p>
<p>Plus, there was something at the end talking about all the things you can do to server your country&#8230; I think he wants people to become community organizers? Something like that.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandra from Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546982</link>
		<dc:creator>Sandra from Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with everyone. Omit the personal bio and you have a George Bush speech.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with everyone. Omit the personal bio and you have a George Bush speech.</p>
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		<title>By: Betty Cracker</title>
		<link>http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/05/initial-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-546979</link>
		<dc:creator>Betty Cracker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As they do every 4 years, the GOP made it all about biography. They lose on the issues. They know it. They also know they can get away with telling outrageous lies because most voters don&#039;t see the fact checking that comes after the speech, so when an issue comes up, it&#039;s framed in lies. 

The only way this is different from the GWB coronation is that McCain&#039;s biography isn&#039;t 100% phony. They didn&#039;t have to make an male prep school cheerleader into an ersatz cowboy.  True, they had to cast a man who wears $500 loafers as a regular guy. They had to gloss over the callous treatment of his starter family and turn him into the Ideal Father and Husband. They had to skip merrily past the corruption and lobbyists and cast a man who has been in DC for decades as a mavericky outsider. But they&#039;ve got the POW story going for them, and they milked every drop out of it.

But the real story is the narrative they&#039;re weaving about Obama -- that he&#039;s not quite American, an elitist, terrorist-coddling snob, etc. Will it work? Could be. There&#039;s a whole lot of stupid out there, as the fact that George W. Bush was almost elected twice demonstrates. It&#039;s gonna be a nail-biter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As they do every 4 years, the GOP made it all about biography. They lose on the issues. They know it. They also know they can get away with telling outrageous lies because most voters don&#8217;t see the fact checking that comes after the speech, so when an issue comes up, it&#8217;s framed in lies. </p>
<p>The only way this is different from the GWB coronation is that McCain&#8217;s biography isn&#8217;t 100% phony. They didn&#8217;t have to make an male prep school cheerleader into an ersatz cowboy.  True, they had to cast a man who wears $500 loafers as a regular guy. They had to gloss over the callous treatment of his starter family and turn him into the Ideal Father and Husband. They had to skip merrily past the corruption and lobbyists and cast a man who has been in DC for decades as a mavericky outsider. But they&#8217;ve got the POW story going for them, and they milked every drop out of it.</p>
<p>But the real story is the narrative they&#8217;re weaving about Obama &#8212; that he&#8217;s not quite American, an elitist, terrorist-coddling snob, etc. Will it work? Could be. There&#8217;s a whole lot of stupid out there, as the fact that George W. Bush was almost elected twice demonstrates. It&#8217;s gonna be a nail-biter.</p>
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		<title>By: s</title>
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		<dc:creator>s</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Moonbat, take heart!  CNN did a fact check on Palin&#039;s speech
first thing this morning and corrected all of the er.. mis-informations.

ie.. did NOT take on the lobbyists.  She hired some and got plenty of pork for her state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moonbat, take heart!  CNN did a fact check on Palin&#8217;s speech<br />
first thing this morning and corrected all of the er.. mis-informations.</p>
<p>ie.. did NOT take on the lobbyists.  She hired some and got plenty of pork for her state.</p>
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		<title>By: erinyes</title>
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		<dc:creator>erinyes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: erinyes</title>
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		<dc:creator>erinyes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
Perhaps this is the Republican mode of thinking?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult</a><br />
Perhaps this is the Republican mode of thinking?</p>
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