<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: 68% See Republicans As Leaderless Party</title>
	<atom:link href="http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/</link>
	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:28 -0800</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: SD3</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437645</link>
		<dc:creator>SD3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437645</guid>
		<description>Sweet be-jebus, do you &lt;em&gt;hear&lt;/em&gt; yourselves?  Are you actually &#039;worrying&#039; in pubic about Limbaugh&#039;s influence on the GOP?!?

Rush Limbaugh is a &lt;em&gt;business&lt;/em&gt; man, pure &amp; simple.  What makes cash, sells; what doesn&#039;t ends up in the trash can.  Conservative?  Sure, but &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; a business man first.

He&#039;s no more in charge of the GOP than I am.  God love him, Rush is just posturing for ratings.  As fine an American as ever trod this great land.

The GOP doesn&#039;t need a &#039;talking head&#039; right now.  When political parties are out of power, &lt;strong&gt;that&#039;s&lt;/strong&gt; precisely when they find out who they are.  &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; is when they find a diverse, independent pool of voices borne of true public sentement.  &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; is the time for new voices.  So speak up.  Maybe you&#039;re one of its new leaders?

With all due respect, President Obama is tanking like a Quarter Horse after the Steeple Chase, and 2010 &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;isn&#039;t that far away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sweet be-jebus, do you <em>hear</em> yourselves?  Are you actually &#8216;worrying&#8217; in pubic about Limbaugh&#8217;s influence on the GOP?!?</p>
<p>Rush Limbaugh is a <em>business</em> man, pure &amp; simple.  What makes cash, sells; what doesn&#8217;t ends up in the trash can.  Conservative?  Sure, but <strong>always</strong> a business man first.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s no more in charge of the GOP than I am.  God love him, Rush is just posturing for ratings.  As fine an American as ever trod this great land.</p>
<p>The GOP doesn&#8217;t need a &#8216;talking head&#8217; right now.  When political parties are out of power, <strong>that&#8217;s</strong> precisely when they find out who they are.  <em>This</em> is when they find a diverse, independent pool of voices borne of true public sentement.  <em>This</em> is the time for new voices.  So speak up.  Maybe you&#8217;re one of its new leaders?</p>
<p>With all due respect, President Obama is tanking like a Quarter Horse after the Steeple Chase, and 2010 <em>really</em>isn&#8217;t that far away.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: michael reynolds</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437543</link>
		<dc:creator>michael reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437543</guid>
		<description>Great.  GE up 18%.  So much for my 6.25 order.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great.  GE up 18%.  So much for my 6.25 order.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437494</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437494</guid>
		<description>At first I thought it said &quot;... see republicans as idealess party&quot;.

I agree with that 100%.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At first I thought it said &#8220;&#8230; see republicans as idealess party&#8221;.</p>
<p>I agree with that 100%.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437490</link>
		<dc:creator>Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437490</guid>
		<description>&lt;em&gt;Iâ€™m buying oil stocks...&lt;/em&gt;  Me, too.  They&#039;re certainly out-performing everything else.

And I couldn&#039;t care less what anyone thinks of Rush Limbaugh.  What&#039;s sad is Democrats pathetic attempt to deflect attention from Wall Street to an am radio pundit.

Buh-bye life savings &amp; retirement, American middle class!

Buh-bye!

Oh wait...Rush Limbaugh!  Rush Limbaugh!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Iâ€™m buying oil stocks&#8230;</em>  Me, too.  They&#8217;re certainly out-performing everything else.</p>
<p>And I couldn&#8217;t care less what anyone thinks of Rush Limbaugh.  What&#8217;s sad is Democrats pathetic attempt to deflect attention from Wall Street to an am radio pundit.</p>
<p>Buh-bye life savings &amp; retirement, American middle class!</p>
<p>Buh-bye!</p>
<p>Oh wait&#8230;Rush Limbaugh!  Rush Limbaugh!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Mario Piperni</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437477</link>
		<dc:creator>Mario Piperni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437477</guid>
		<description>If we&#039;d pay heed to most republicans, we&#039;d never be allowed to speak of Limbaugh&#039;s circus act or Bush&#039;s atrocities over the last 8 years.  They&#039;d have us believe that there is no relevance to discussing anything but the failure of Obama to turn the economy around in 6 weeks.  As a long suffering liberal, I&#039;m enjoying watching these clowns chase their tail.  The Republican party not only lacks a leader, it is completely void of ideas.  

My message to them; go off to a corner and try really, really hard to redefine yourself in a manner that would have relevance to most people.  Until then, allow us the pleasure of mocking you as you so deserve.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we&#8217;d pay heed to most republicans, we&#8217;d never be allowed to speak of Limbaugh&#8217;s circus act or Bush&#8217;s atrocities over the last 8 years.  They&#8217;d have us believe that there is no relevance to discussing anything but the failure of Obama to turn the economy around in 6 weeks.  As a long suffering liberal, I&#8217;m enjoying watching these clowns chase their tail.  The Republican party not only lacks a leader, it is completely void of ideas.  </p>
<p>My message to them; go off to a corner and try really, really hard to redefine yourself in a manner that would have relevance to most people.  Until then, allow us the pleasure of mocking you as you so deserve.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: kranky kritter</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437474</link>
		<dc:creator>kranky kritter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437474</guid>
		<description>Yeah, Snoop, good thing that there are many different posts, for those of us capable of paying attention to more than one thing.

What kind of a bogus clown do you have to be to suggest that somehow this site is not paying enough attention either to the economy or to the actions of the Obama admin. Such a contention is absurd on its face.

Maybe it&#039;s difficult for you to notice this what with all that sand in your va...never mind.

But even though we might be sympathetic, we&#039;re still getting tired of your one-not symphony. Your gadfly skills need work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, Snoop, good thing that there are many different posts, for those of us capable of paying attention to more than one thing.</p>
<p>What kind of a bogus clown do you have to be to suggest that somehow this site is not paying enough attention either to the economy or to the actions of the Obama admin. Such a contention is absurd on its face.</p>
<p>Maybe it&#8217;s difficult for you to notice this what with all that sand in your va&#8230;never mind.</p>
<p>But even though we might be sympathetic, we&#8217;re still getting tired of your one-not symphony. Your gadfly skills need work.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: michael reynolds</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437473</link>
		<dc:creator>michael reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437473</guid>
		<description>Snoop:

Panic much?

Am I the only actual capitalist here?  Falling home prices, falling stock market, that&#039;s an opportunity. I&#039;m buying oil stocks, consumer staples SPDR, and I&#039;m going to get to buy GE for 6 bucks with a bit of luck.   

As for Limbaugh, when Republicans stop toadying him, we&#039;ll stop laughing at you for toadying him.  Don&#039;t make a spectacle of yourselves and then deny us the chance for a good laugh.  You want to commit party suicide and we don&#039;t get to giggle a little bit?  Puh-leeze.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snoop:</p>
<p>Panic much?</p>
<p>Am I the only actual capitalist here?  Falling home prices, falling stock market, that&#8217;s an opportunity. I&#8217;m buying oil stocks, consumer staples SPDR, and I&#8217;m going to get to buy GE for 6 bucks with a bit of luck.   </p>
<p>As for Limbaugh, when Republicans stop toadying him, we&#8217;ll stop laughing at you for toadying him.  Don&#8217;t make a spectacle of yourselves and then deny us the chance for a good laugh.  You want to commit party suicide and we don&#8217;t get to giggle a little bit?  Puh-leeze.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437464</link>
		<dc:creator>Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437464</guid>
		<description>Excuse me, but &lt;em&gt;I&#039;m&lt;/em&gt; becoming a bore?

&lt;em&gt;The sum total of the GOPâ€™s position seems to be â€œdonâ€™t look at us, look at them, because theyâ€™re wrong.â€ &lt;/em&gt;

You people are absolutely &lt;strong&gt;delusional&lt;/strong&gt;.  This very posting is the &lt;strong&gt;definition&lt;/strong&gt; of &quot;donâ€™t look at us, look at them&quot;.  You endlessly run in circles pretending that Rush Limbaugh is somehow relevant to anything, while totally ignoring the blood-letting in our economy as though it&#039;s not happening.

Sweet Jesus, woman.  Have you seen your 401K lately?  Do you even care?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excuse me, but <em>I&#8217;m</em> becoming a bore?</p>
<p><em>The sum total of the GOPâ€™s position seems to be â€œdonâ€™t look at us, look at them, because theyâ€™re wrong.â€ </em></p>
<p>You people are absolutely <strong>delusional</strong>.  This very posting is the <strong>definition</strong> of &#8220;donâ€™t look at us, look at them&#8221;.  You endlessly run in circles pretending that Rush Limbaugh is somehow relevant to anything, while totally ignoring the blood-letting in our economy as though it&#8217;s not happening.</p>
<p>Sweet Jesus, woman.  Have you seen your 401K lately?  Do you even care?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: kranky kritter</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437461</link>
		<dc:creator>kranky kritter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437461</guid>
		<description>If the GOP lacks a leader, that gives folks such as Limbaugh power by proxy. Angry conservatives have to listen to someone.

Snoop, you&#039;re really becoming a bore in addition to already being a boor. How is it that you of all people can&#039;t figure out why this matters? You have made clear your opposition to Obama&#039;s policies. If these policies are wrong, you must feel that they deserve to be fought. If the only organized opposition group is aimless and adrift, that&#039;s very bad for all the folks with your PoV.

For some reason, you seem to think that we all need to focus exclusively on the actions of the admin to the exclusion of everything else, and then blame the current admin for all our problems. The sum total of the GOP&#039;s position seems to be &quot;don&#039;t look at us, look at them, because they&#039;re wrong.&quot; That&#039;s hacky, idiotarian, partisan, and gutless.

If you really want the policies of the current admin to change towards your PoV, you need to be interested and to encourage responsible opposition to these policies by the GOP. Please try to absorb the simple and astonishingly obvious fact that for others to supplant the current majority, the opposition will need to do more than to recycle last decade&#039;s taking points as evidence that everything the democrats are doing is wrong.

To insist otherwise and to keep doing this is to guarantee the lengthy dominance of folks whose philosophy is apparently anathema to the very core of your being. This is a good time for you, the leaders of the GOP, and all the rest of the angry fiscal conservatives to stop repeating themselves and try to find a message that both the right AND the middle will respond to. That message must be more than &quot;we have always been right and the democrats are wrong again.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the GOP lacks a leader, that gives folks such as Limbaugh power by proxy. Angry conservatives have to listen to someone.</p>
<p>Snoop, you&#8217;re really becoming a bore in addition to already being a boor. How is it that you of all people can&#8217;t figure out why this matters? You have made clear your opposition to Obama&#8217;s policies. If these policies are wrong, you must feel that they deserve to be fought. If the only organized opposition group is aimless and adrift, that&#8217;s very bad for all the folks with your PoV.</p>
<p>For some reason, you seem to think that we all need to focus exclusively on the actions of the admin to the exclusion of everything else, and then blame the current admin for all our problems. The sum total of the GOP&#8217;s position seems to be &#8220;don&#8217;t look at us, look at them, because they&#8217;re wrong.&#8221; That&#8217;s hacky, idiotarian, partisan, and gutless.</p>
<p>If you really want the policies of the current admin to change towards your PoV, you need to be interested and to encourage responsible opposition to these policies by the GOP. Please try to absorb the simple and astonishingly obvious fact that for others to supplant the current majority, the opposition will need to do more than to recycle last decade&#8217;s taking points as evidence that everything the democrats are doing is wrong.</p>
<p>To insist otherwise and to keep doing this is to guarantee the lengthy dominance of folks whose philosophy is apparently anathema to the very core of your being. This is a good time for you, the leaders of the GOP, and all the rest of the angry fiscal conservatives to stop repeating themselves and try to find a message that both the right AND the middle will respond to. That message must be more than &#8220;we have always been right and the democrats are wrong again.&#8221;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ExiledIndependent</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437459</link>
		<dc:creator>ExiledIndependent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437459</guid>
		<description>Justin, you are correct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin, you are correct.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2009/03/09/68-see-republicans-as-leaderless-party/comment-page-1/#comment-437454</link>
		<dc:creator>Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donklephant.com/?p=13909#comment-437454</guid>
		<description>Who cares?  Why do you waste time on irrelevant reporting like this?

Dems have the white house and both houses of congress.  Does anything else matter?

When Bush was in the white house &amp; controlled congress the dems were pretty rudder-less, too.  But who cares?  It didn&#039;t matter then &amp; it doesn&#039;t matter now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who cares?  Why do you waste time on irrelevant reporting like this?</p>
<p>Dems have the white house and both houses of congress.  Does anything else matter?</p>
<p>When Bush was in the white house &amp; controlled congress the dems were pretty rudder-less, too.  But who cares?  It didn&#8217;t matter then &amp; it doesn&#8217;t matter now.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
