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		<title>By: LEE</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409742</link>
		<dc:creator>LEE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Black people didn&#039;t vote for Bill Clinton because of his color, but black people will vote for Obama because he is black. This is racist. Fellow Hillary supporters, please don&#039;t vote for Obama. Obama and his supporters totally disrespected (and still do) Senator Clinton and us Clinton supporters. The DNC, only cares about half of the democrats in their party, so why let them con you into putting the DNC above the country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Black people didn&#8217;t vote for Bill Clinton because of his color, but black people will vote for Obama because he is black. This is racist. Fellow Hillary supporters, please don&#8217;t vote for Obama. Obama and his supporters totally disrespected (and still do) Senator Clinton and us Clinton supporters. The DNC, only cares about half of the democrats in their party, so why let them con you into putting the DNC above the country.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob D.</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409095</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob D.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The number of insane clinton supporters who are holed up in their fortresses of insanity (see, e.g., http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/ or the Harriet Christian video, which all of them seem to adore) is astounding.  Everyone is upset if the candidate they were rooting for in a primary gets defeated, but these folks have clearly lost any attachment to sanity that they ever had.  I have never seen a group of people so intensely worked up about being defeated, and so easily manipulated by the Republicans into believing any manner of ridiculous assertions that will justify a hatred of Obama.

I have come to the conclusion that most of these people are closet racists -- how else can you explain the myriad delusions they have about him (e.g., he is a liar, crook, dishonest, &quot;cocky,&quot; &quot;inadequate black male,&quot; etc. -- all pure fantasy) without a shred of evidence whatsoever to support them.  I can&#039;t believe the number of times that Obama himself has been called a sexist without a single iota of evidence to support such a claim.  Clearly, people who believe such things are hiding something, and it is patently obvious what it is.

And so, I believe we will lose a lot of Clinton-supporting Democrats who are racists at heart -- who are the type of people that you think of when you are worrying whether the best candidate is the right one because they&#039;re too &quot;liberal&quot; or &quot;elitist.&quot;  I say good riddance.  The Democratic party has, for too long, been held captive by these people -- they are the reason why Clinton had to pander to the hawks with her war vote, and they are the reason why we can&#039;t even hint at having a sensible policy on defense.  Even if they cost us yet another election, they must be ejected from the party at any cost, and we may have finally found a way to do so.

What will be very funny to watch is all of these crazies try to justify their departure of the DNC and their flocking to McCain AFTER Hillary throws her support to Obama and gives a message of party unity on Saturday.  I guarantee you that they will, like all clinically psychotic people, come up with some rationalization for doing exactly what their insane minds tell them to and avoiding any and all consideration of reality.  I&#039;m placing a bet on &quot;Hillary Clinton has been cloned by the DNC and the real Hillary is in a bunker somewhere in Antarctica!  Don&#039;t trust the clone!!&quot;

Good times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The number of insane clinton supporters who are holed up in their fortresses of insanity (see, e.g., <a href="http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/</a> or the Harriet Christian video, which all of them seem to adore) is astounding.  Everyone is upset if the candidate they were rooting for in a primary gets defeated, but these folks have clearly lost any attachment to sanity that they ever had.  I have never seen a group of people so intensely worked up about being defeated, and so easily manipulated by the Republicans into believing any manner of ridiculous assertions that will justify a hatred of Obama.</p>
<p>I have come to the conclusion that most of these people are closet racists &#8212; how else can you explain the myriad delusions they have about him (e.g., he is a liar, crook, dishonest, &#8220;cocky,&#8221; &#8220;inadequate black male,&#8221; etc. &#8212; all pure fantasy) without a shred of evidence whatsoever to support them.  I can&#8217;t believe the number of times that Obama himself has been called a sexist without a single iota of evidence to support such a claim.  Clearly, people who believe such things are hiding something, and it is patently obvious what it is.</p>
<p>And so, I believe we will lose a lot of Clinton-supporting Democrats who are racists at heart &#8212; who are the type of people that you think of when you are worrying whether the best candidate is the right one because they&#8217;re too &#8220;liberal&#8221; or &#8220;elitist.&#8221;  I say good riddance.  The Democratic party has, for too long, been held captive by these people &#8212; they are the reason why Clinton had to pander to the hawks with her war vote, and they are the reason why we can&#8217;t even hint at having a sensible policy on defense.  Even if they cost us yet another election, they must be ejected from the party at any cost, and we may have finally found a way to do so.</p>
<p>What will be very funny to watch is all of these crazies try to justify their departure of the DNC and their flocking to McCain AFTER Hillary throws her support to Obama and gives a message of party unity on Saturday.  I guarantee you that they will, like all clinically psychotic people, come up with some rationalization for doing exactly what their insane minds tell them to and avoiding any and all consideration of reality.  I&#8217;m placing a bet on &#8220;Hillary Clinton has been cloned by the DNC and the real Hillary is in a bunker somewhere in Antarctica!  Don&#8217;t trust the clone!!&#8221;</p>
<p>Good times.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409084</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d hate to say it but many voters who were pulling for Sen Clinton will vote for McCain. It won&#039;t be because of political belief it will be because of race. Ever since 9-11 we&#039;ve isolated ourselves more and more from the world. Other economies are sky rocketing while ours spirals down. We need to have better foreign relations if we want to stay afloat, Obama will make this happen. McCains records are rough, I encourage everyone to research him further. He is not a man to be trusted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d hate to say it but many voters who were pulling for Sen Clinton will vote for McCain. It won&#8217;t be because of political belief it will be because of race. Ever since 9-11 we&#8217;ve isolated ourselves more and more from the world. Other economies are sky rocketing while ours spirals down. We need to have better foreign relations if we want to stay afloat, Obama will make this happen. McCains records are rough, I encourage everyone to research him further. He is not a man to be trusted.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Harden</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409078</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Harden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Certainly the majority of Hillary supporters are going to go for Obama, but the political &amp; demographic dynamic of the Dem primary has left him uniquely vulnerable.  Again, identity-politics leave nasty, infected wounds.  Obviously, it is for this very reason that Obama is contemplating Sebelius (although I don&#039;t think he&#039;s going to pick her.)

It would be a catrastrophic mistake for Obama to start running a &quot;Roe v. Wade&quot;/&quot;Lawerence v. Texas&quot; campaign against McCain.  Obama needs to take a hard right turn to the center.  If this young man gets further to the Left, he&#039;ll drive off the road completely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Certainly the majority of Hillary supporters are going to go for Obama, but the political &amp; demographic dynamic of the Dem primary has left him uniquely vulnerable.  Again, identity-politics leave nasty, infected wounds.  Obviously, it is for this very reason that Obama is contemplating Sebelius (although I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to pick her.)</p>
<p>It would be a catrastrophic mistake for Obama to start running a &#8220;Roe v. Wade&#8221;/&#8221;Lawerence v. Texas&#8221; campaign against McCain.  Obama needs to take a hard right turn to the center.  If this young man gets further to the Left, he&#8217;ll drive off the road completely.</p>
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		<title>By: Grant Gould</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409064</link>
		<dc:creator>Grant Gould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, any McCain judge picks would still have to get through Congress.  Given how effectively the Democrats have stymied Bush&#039;s appointments this year, some folks may consider the threat less serious.

Really the President is constrained by Congress on domestic issues, so people who like McCain&#039;s foreign policy but prefer the Democrats domestically may figure that McCain is the safer choice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, any McCain judge picks would still have to get through Congress.  Given how effectively the Democrats have stymied Bush&#8217;s appointments this year, some folks may consider the threat less serious.</p>
<p>Really the President is constrained by Congress on domestic issues, so people who like McCain&#8217;s foreign policy but prefer the Democrats domestically may figure that McCain is the safer choice.</p>
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		<title>By: michael reynolds</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409052</link>
		<dc:creator>michael reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The numbers of Hillary supporters vowing not to support Obama are perfectly in line with similar declarations made in other contests.  They&#039;ll come around.  Just like like Rush Limbaugh and the right wing who swore they&#039;d never support McCain.  It&#039;s all a lot of nonsense. The only question is one of intensity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The numbers of Hillary supporters vowing not to support Obama are perfectly in line with similar declarations made in other contests.  They&#8217;ll come around.  Just like like Rush Limbaugh and the right wing who swore they&#8217;d never support McCain.  It&#8217;s all a lot of nonsense. The only question is one of intensity.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409048</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The women probably do, but the white working class voters probably don&#039;t. Working class voters tend to be conservative anyways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The women probably do, but the white working class voters probably don&#8217;t. Working class voters tend to be conservative anyways.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409042</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fern, you think that strong Hillary supporters don&#039;t care who gets on the Supreme Court given that McCain has explicitly stated that he will appoint judges like Bush did?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fern, you think that strong Hillary supporters don&#8217;t care who gets on the Supreme Court given that McCain has explicitly stated that he will appoint judges like Bush did?</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409039</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For all Hillary supporters planning on voting for McCain, remember this: nobody trusts a traitor, not even people on the side to which she defects. If you vote Republican in the fall, you can stay in their camp &#039;till you die for all I care. Goodbye and good riddance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For all Hillary supporters planning on voting for McCain, remember this: nobody trusts a traitor, not even people on the side to which she defects. If you vote Republican in the fall, you can stay in their camp &#8217;till you die for all I care. Goodbye and good riddance.</p>
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		<title>By: Fern R</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409038</link>
		<dc:creator>Fern R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem as I see it, is pretty much what Jim said. Anybody moderate Hillary supporters that otherwise wouldn&#039;t have a problem with McCain probably don&#039;t like his stance on the war in Iraq. Though my sense of things (which could very well be wrong) is that health care is not going to be a major issue in this campaign and McCain can easily solve voter economic concerns by choosing a VP with a good economic record. I think McCain could definitely pick up Clinton voters whose opinion on Iraq is not set in stone. Other than Iraq I think he has a lot of appeal to moderates who either think Obama is too far to the left or who think he is too inexperienced.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem as I see it, is pretty much what Jim said. Anybody moderate Hillary supporters that otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have a problem with McCain probably don&#8217;t like his stance on the war in Iraq. Though my sense of things (which could very well be wrong) is that health care is not going to be a major issue in this campaign and McCain can easily solve voter economic concerns by choosing a VP with a good economic record. I think McCain could definitely pick up Clinton voters whose opinion on Iraq is not set in stone. Other than Iraq I think he has a lot of appeal to moderates who either think Obama is too far to the left or who think he is too inexperienced.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Harden</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409036</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Harden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Undoubtedly, Jim S. has articulated the &quot;Bush&#039;s 3rd term&quot; Obama slogan for the general.  It is a good slogan for the base, but it&#039;s not going to get him very far with swing voters.  

McCain is providing shelter for Hillary voters to jump ship and they will.  18 million people voted for the woman and a sizable percentage of them voted for her primarily (not solely) because she is woman. Oh, the fickle winds of identity-politics.  

Bush may be bad, but hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and it was the slow snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Undoubtedly, Jim S. has articulated the &#8220;Bush&#8217;s 3rd term&#8221; Obama slogan for the general.  It is a good slogan for the base, but it&#8217;s not going to get him very far with swing voters.  </p>
<p>McCain is providing shelter for Hillary voters to jump ship and they will.  18 million people voted for the woman and a sizable percentage of them voted for her primarily (not solely) because she is woman. Oh, the fickle winds of identity-politics.  </p>
<p>Bush may be bad, but hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and it was the slow snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409035</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And did I forget to mention his cloned from Bush economic policy and non-existent health care policy?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And did I forget to mention his cloned from Bush economic policy and non-existent health care policy?</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/06/04/mccain-reaches-out-to-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-409034</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Will Clinton supporters really flock to him after being reminded about his taste in Supreme Court nominees, his unquestioning support for a lengthy stay in Iraq, his support of constitutional amendments (even if only at the state level) opposing gay marriages or even civil unions and his equally strong support of banning abortion at all levels of government? Really?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will Clinton supporters really flock to him after being reminded about his taste in Supreme Court nominees, his unquestioning support for a lengthy stay in Iraq, his support of constitutional amendments (even if only at the state level) opposing gay marriages or even civil unions and his equally strong support of banning abortion at all levels of government? Really?</p>
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		<title>By: redhorse</title>
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		<dc:creator>redhorse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we can answer this, we might know how many he can woo: how many Clinton voters were with her b/c of the &quot;experience&quot; argument she made?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we can answer this, we might know how many he can woo: how many Clinton voters were with her b/c of the &#8220;experience&#8221; argument she made?</p>
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