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	<title>Comments on: An Eye-Witness Report on Texas Voting</title>
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	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
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		<title>By: Elisabetta</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/29/an-eye-witness-report-on-texas-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-392542</link>
		<dc:creator>Elisabetta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael,

aside from verbal expression what did she compromise? Hillary is not conservative-friendly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael,</p>
<p>aside from verbal expression what did she compromise? Hillary is not conservative-friendly.</p>
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		<title>By: TerenceC</title>
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		<dc:creator>TerenceC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elisabetta

Can you name me one piece of legislation in the last 7.3 years that was built on compromise? Both the Dem&#039;s and the Rep&#039;s are the same party - their only level of differentiation is how far they need to take the show so it looks believalble to the rest of us. The two parties should just merge and call the new party &quot;The Ins&quot; - all the rest of us can form another party called &quot;The out&#039;s&quot; - that&#039;s the reality of the situation Lizzy. 

There are no compromises because they don&#039;t need to compromise, it&#039;s in all their best interests to provide  political cover for eachother....... that&#039;s what they do. If someone get&#039;s elected who actually wants to do something the &quot;system&quot; either grinds those edges off,  or the person is riled against and the &quot;machine&quot; ensures they are out of office the next election.

It&#039;s a process that combines big money, big business, big lobbyists, large campaign contributions, and your elected officials. They are all on the same team and the electorate (you and I) are the opposition. So please wake up and don&#039;t play partisan politics - you play right into &quot;their&quot; hands and it&#039;s right where &quot;they&quot; want you. God forbid you start to ask questions, think for yourself, and vote because that&#039;s the real threat to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elisabetta</p>
<p>Can you name me one piece of legislation in the last 7.3 years that was built on compromise? Both the Dem&#8217;s and the Rep&#8217;s are the same party &#8211; their only level of differentiation is how far they need to take the show so it looks believalble to the rest of us. The two parties should just merge and call the new party &#8220;The Ins&#8221; &#8211; all the rest of us can form another party called &#8220;The out&#8217;s&#8221; &#8211; that&#8217;s the reality of the situation Lizzy. </p>
<p>There are no compromises because they don&#8217;t need to compromise, it&#8217;s in all their best interests to provide  political cover for eachother&#8230;&#8230;. that&#8217;s what they do. If someone get&#8217;s elected who actually wants to do something the &#8220;system&#8221; either grinds those edges off,  or the person is riled against and the &#8220;machine&#8221; ensures they are out of office the next election.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a process that combines big money, big business, big lobbyists, large campaign contributions, and your elected officials. They are all on the same team and the electorate (you and I) are the opposition. So please wake up and don&#8217;t play partisan politics &#8211; you play right into &#8220;their&#8221; hands and it&#8217;s right where &#8220;they&#8221; want you. God forbid you start to ask questions, think for yourself, and vote because that&#8217;s the real threat to them.</p>
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		<title>By: michael reynolds</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/29/an-eye-witness-report-on-texas-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-392393</link>
		<dc:creator>michael reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elisabetta:
Actually, GOP Senators have praised Hillary for doing exactly that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elisabetta:<br />
Actually, GOP Senators have praised Hillary for doing exactly that.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope that President Obama will be answering the White House phone next year!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope that President Obama will be answering the White House phone next year!</p>
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		<title>By: Elisabetta</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elisabetta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why wouldn&#039;t the dems be excited? Clinton and Obama may differ in their approaches but they support the SAME identical ideologies.

On the contrary many conservatives are disillusioned with McCain because he&#039;s more interested in pleasing liberals, in what he calls, &quot;reaching across the aisle.&quot;

Point me to a liberal that would extend the same courtesy to conservatives. There is none. When democrats talk of &quot;compromise&quot; they expect conservatives to do it all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why wouldn&#8217;t the dems be excited? Clinton and Obama may differ in their approaches but they support the SAME identical ideologies.</p>
<p>On the contrary many conservatives are disillusioned with McCain because he&#8217;s more interested in pleasing liberals, in what he calls, &#8220;reaching across the aisle.&#8221;</p>
<p>Point me to a liberal that would extend the same courtesy to conservatives. There is none. When democrats talk of &#8220;compromise&#8221; they expect conservatives to do it all.</p>
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		<title>By: michael reynolds</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/29/an-eye-witness-report-on-texas-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-392360</link>
		<dc:creator>michael reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two other interesting indicators:  the Dems are ass-deep in money.  (Did you ever think you&#039;d see the day when Democrats had not just more campaign money, but a lot more?)  And everywhere you go online you see Republicans attacking Obama, but never, it seems, supporting McCain.  Elections aren&#039;t won on negatives alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two other interesting indicators:  the Dems are ass-deep in money.  (Did you ever think you&#8217;d see the day when Democrats had not just more campaign money, but a lot more?)  And everywhere you go online you see Republicans attacking Obama, but never, it seems, supporting McCain.  Elections aren&#8217;t won on negatives alone.</p>
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