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(excuse me while I use some idiotic right wing anecdotes)  McWalkingCane responded...  Warren Buffet!  A staunch OBAMA support and MAJOR critic of the Bushwack tax cuts!!!  &lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0306-01.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0306-01.htm"&gt;http://www.commondreams.org...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Talk about AMAZINGLY inconsistent!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That answer forever ended any respect I had for McCain....  it makes no sense, it flies in the face of everything he has been saying about taxes!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a flip flop, it's dementia!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:01:25 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2934351</link><description>&lt;p&gt;DID EVERYBODY NOTICE THAT AFTER THE DEBATE LAST NIGHT (A DEBATE OBAMA CLEARLY WON) MCCAIN RAN OUT OF THERE LIKE "LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE" .       ALSO MCCAIN HAD TROUBLE LOOKING INTO THE QUESTIONERS EYES (ESPECIALLY THE BLACK QUESTIONERS) .                    THEN THE MCCAIN CAMP IMEDIATELY STARTED WHINNING THAT THE DEBATE WAS UNFAIR TO THEM. IT WAS UNFAIR BECAUSE OBAMA CAN THINK ON HIS FEET AND MCCAIN CAN'T!  MCCAIN'S STUPIDITY ON THE ISSUES REALLY SHINED LAST NIGHT. HE LOOKED CREEPY HOVERING BEHIND OBAMA AS OBAMA SPOKE. MCCAIN ALSO LOOKED OLD AND FEEBLE. MAYBE FOR THE NEXT DEBATE MCCAIN CAN BRING LIEBERMAN OR HIS PICK (FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PHIL GRAHAM) TO DO THE THINKING FOR HIM OR AT LEAST THEY CAN CORRECT HIM OR WHISPER THE ANSWER IN HIS EAR. LIKE THEY DO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.    &lt;br&gt;ARE MCCAIN AND LIEBERMAN LOVERS?   AGAIN WHEN YOU SAW THE FEEBLE MCCAIN SHUFFLING ACROSS THE STAGE---YOU ARE REMINDED OF A SCARRY THOUGHT---- " THE PIG IN LIPSTICK" WOULD ONLY BE A HEARTBEAT AWAY.    ALSO THE CRIMINAL UNREPENTANT DRUG ADDICT ADULTERESS CINDY MCCAIN WOULD BE THE FIRST LADY OR WOULD THAT BE JOE LIEBERMAN!!!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:37:28 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2924869</link><description>&lt;p&gt;McCAIN IS AS CORRUPT AS HE IS OLD!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCAIN/PALIN= DUMB &amp;amp; DUMBER   &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:38 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2923190</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MCCAIN'S  PROPOSED MEDICAL PROGRAM CALLS FOR ALL THE OPIATE DRUGS CINDY MCCAIN CHOOSES TO SWALLOW AT NO COST TO THEM. THE TAXPAYER WILL PAY FOR IT!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:08 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2923113</link><description>&lt;p&gt;WHER IN THE NAME OF GOD DO YOU GET YOUR IFORMATION?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:16:46 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2923024</link><description>&lt;p&gt;ON FOX NEWS THEY RUN WITH MCCAIN AND PALIN'S REMARK THAT OBAMA PALS AROUND WITH TERRORISTS.AT A MCCAIN RALLY AN AUDIENCE MEMBER SHOUTS TAHT OBAMA IS A TERRORIST AND THE DOLT MCCAIN DOES NOT REPUDIATE IT. AT THE "PIG IN LIPSTICK" RALLY THEY ESPOUSE KILIING EITHER AYERS OR OBAMA. WHAT IS NOT MENTIONED BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN THAT JOHN MCCAIN PALS AROUND WITH A KNOWN PRESCIPTION DRUG ADDICT NAMELY CINDY MCCAIN. SHE RAPED AND PILAGED HER OWN FOUNDATION FOR ALL THE OPIATE PRESCRIPTION SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON. AND THE DOCTOR IN CHARGE OF THE FOUNDATION WAS AN ACCOMPLICE. HE PRESCRIBED OPIATE PILLS IN THE NAME OF FOUNDATION WORKER AND GAVE THEM TO CINDY "THE ADDICT MCCAIN" SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE SHE IS  ABUSING PRESCRITON  OPIATE DRUGS.  OR SHE MAY BE DRINKING A LOT OF BUDWISER. THOSE EYES ARE ALL SCREWED UP! FUNNY YOU REALLY DON'T HEAR THE DEMOCRATS BRING THAT KIND OF  STUFF UP UNTIL THEY ARE ATTACKED FIRST?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:11:39 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2921928</link><description>&lt;p&gt;STEVIE ARE YOU FOX NEWS?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:54 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2921893</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MICHAEL SAYS OBAMA ROCKS!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:58:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2921864</link><description>&lt;p&gt;STEVIE BOY YOU CAN TELL ALL YOUR FACTS COME FROM FOX NEWS. BILL ORIELY DOES YOUR THINKING FOR YOU AND HANITY FEEDS YOUR VENOM. YOUR STUPIDITY SHOWS! CAN YOU COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT OF YOUR OWN? WHAT JIBBERISH IS FOX PUSHING TODAY? AND IN YOUR WORLD I'LL BET PRISONER OF WAR MCCAIN IS LEADIND IN THE POLLS AND "THE PIG IN LIPSTICK IS SMART".&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:56:24 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2921605</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MCCAIN IS AN ANGRY VENGEFUL MAN PALIN IS ALSO VENGEFUL. HE IS CORRUPT PALIN SHOWS ALL SIGNS OF BEING AT LEAST CORRUPTABLE. MCCAIN IS STUPID PALIN IS OVERLY STUPID. MCCAIN WAS A PRISONER PALIN IS KEEPING HER PREGNANT DAUGHTER'S SPERM DONER A POLITICAL PRISONER. MCCAIN WAS INVESTIGATED PALIN IS GETTING INVESTIGATED. MCCAIN IS MARRIED TO AN IDIOT PALIN IS MARRIED TO AN IDIOT. MCCAIN IS FEEBLE PALIN IS MORE THAN FEEBLE. MCCAIN NEEDS LEIBERMAN TO THINK FOR HIM PALIN NEEDS HELP THINKING. MCCAIN WAS A PRISONER OF WAR THAT QUALIFIES HIM TO BE PRESIDENT PALIN CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM HER HOUSE THAT QUALIFIES HER TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES. THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE SOUND CHOICES!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:38:35 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2919580</link><description>&lt;p&gt;you are totally ignorant... it's sad&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rose</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:48 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2919138</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Superb comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe that usually anyhting that funny is way exagerated.  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Where is the plan for real economic change in our country, where is the plan for real education reform, health care, and is there anything more substantial then drill baby drill in an energy plan.  What about his pick for VP you may like her you may think she’s pretty you may even think its cute that she says stuff like “you betcha, Joe six pack, soccer mom, etc” and some may say that proves she can relate she is one of us.   I didn’t finish college sad to say and I wouldn’t ever claim to be that smart but even I don’t talk like that and I sure don’t want someone nicknamed Joe six pack running  the country I live in.  People say oh we don’t want that guy he’s to educated.  Wake up people and be serious with your self for a minute.  If we are really truthful with our selves we should not only want but demand someone that could be president of our country to be smarter then the average guy!!  Does drinking a six pack of beer with your buddies or even being a soccer mom qualify anyone to say run a company, let alone run our country???  &lt;br&gt;You can’t completely judge a person by their associations but it they choose then agree with and support those they have around them regardless of what that person does or says you must wonder about that person’s competency to choose good leaders and advisers.   Its time we base our decisions more on education and knowledge, and how a person reacts under fire, how they handle criticism and crisis, things of that nature tend to show the true character of a person rather then if they are Rep. or Dem.  What I think one really has to be majorly concerned about this time is not only does the Rep. ticket not seem to have any tangible plans that will better us as a nations from what we have been doing the last 5-6 years, but instead of trying to figure something out they have tried to throw out any hail Mary they can to distract us from our real issues.  Why would someone who is suppose to be our best choice for the Presidency do anything and everything to take away from the real issues that we face instead of trying to find solutions.  On top of all that now it is to be a smear Campaign.  There is nothing wrong with questioning legitimate issues, if you feel your ideas are better then the next guy then go after him on that show us why your plans are better, but to just smear your opposite because you have nothing else is despicable, down right pathetic, and unfortunately nothing more then politics as usual.  So much for the change we need.  All of us as republicans regardless of our views should find this unacceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve been a republican way of thinking individual my whole life but I have to admit this time that is not what is going to be best for our country.  We have to look at both sides and  get over ourselves and say what does the other guy offer because what is being offered by McCain/Palin just isn’t anything substantial and it is just simply not enough that they are the republican choice!  Obama, what a name, and yes he is part black, he went to Harvard, and graduated top of his class, to intellectual some would say, just been in the senate a few years, so we have someone to smart but not enough experience besides he’s a democrat and way to liberal they say!  If you stop there as to many with closed mines or bigotry will do then of course you wouldn’t want to give this guy a change.  Besides he has had questionable associations too!  And that is true, but we need to have a full comparison of apple to apples, has Obama supported or continued to agree with his questionable associations after they were proven to be so, no.  He denounced then.    What about his character traits, not those wild accusations on the internet but ones we can see.  He shows calmness and rational thinking.  You may not agree with his thinking all of the time and his calmness has even been criticized for lack of connection to everyday people or elitism but do we really want to go their in comparison to the rep. Ticket, rational thinking, calmness under pressure, in touch, elitism… I don’t think so. What about  his choices for VP and those around him.  As Rep. we may thing Joe Bidden has different views from our way of thinking but when you put the two VP up against each other and you really look at both of them being  President well views or no views Palin might be nicer to look at but the competency to run the country falls to Joe Bidden not Joe six pack.  So many aren’t willing to look at Obama enough to know what his plans are for our country and if you do you may not agree with all off his views, I don’t, but the point is he has plans and is working on creating more plans.  He has plans to lower taxes for most of us, he has plans and is working on plans for energy renewal that isn’t just more oil.  He wants to end the war in Iraq as soon as it can safely be ended, education reform, he seems to really care about healthcare especially for children.  One can look on the Obama website for more, but the real point issue is regardless if you agree with him on most of his views or not he is a man who has shown that he has the desire and character to make our country better through his actions.  Have we seen Obama strike out or back at McCain of course but when you put these 2 candidates, or 4 of them however you want to look at it, the Obama/Bidden ticket has substance, capability, knowledge, ideas and there just isn’t enough from the McCain/Palin ticket to compare to.  With what our country is facing today in the economic disaster we have to deal with in weighing the 2 tickets just being Republican doesn't tip the scales enough to make the difference!  If we are really truthful with ourselves we know that the President of the United States doesn’t have to be a know it all.  He doesn’t have to have experience in all things  but probably what should be the deciding factor that tips the scales one way or the other would be,  first the candidates desire for bettering our nation and secondly rational calm thinking that is willing to work with and listen to those around him who might actually have a better ideas or a solution to the problem that the President himself hadn’t thought of.  If you look just solely at their actions disregard the party label and just evaluate the person and how they have conducted themselves over the course of this election what you find is that Obama shows the character traits of what a good leader could be with the right people to support him, and unfortunately McCain has shown traits of someone who will do anything or try any means to gain what he wants.  &lt;br&gt;THE CHOICE IS OURS!!&lt;br&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Craftsman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:59:16 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2918823</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am French, not American. So, in Europe, we think that Obama is the best candidat. Mc Cain is very dangerous for economy, business, peace...&lt;br&gt;With Mc Cain for president, USA will isolate more and more because it's totaly incompetent! He thinks just to develop his personal  bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So Obama is the best choice to exit of crisis&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">rt</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:49:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2918524</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John McCain is an adulterous liar who graduated almost at the very bottom of his class (bottom 4 I believe) at the Naval Academy which he probably only got into because of his daddy and grandfather being admirals.  Oh wait, isn't that how the current King George II (or as I like to call him, baby bush) got into Yale?  As a Legacy?&lt;br&gt;I am sick of McCain flogging his "oh poor me, I was a  prisoner of war" crap all the time.  He is like that crazy old uncle at thanksgiving who bores everybody with his war experiences for attention.  Yeah, we get it, he suffered, shut up already.&lt;br&gt;He is an admitted adulterer who took bribes from Keating and the u.s. taxpayer bailed him out.  If he didn't have all of his adulterous slut's money (oh wait, he married her after dumping his wife who was badly injured in a car wreck so that makes it okay right?) he would be OUT of the senate like the other four of the Keating 5.&lt;br&gt;He was corrupt them and he is corrupt now.  It is an insult to American womanhood that he picked that brainless bimbo Palin for his running mate.  It just shows that republicans only pick women that they would want to have sex with, not who can do the job.  Also, wrongful termination is wrongful termination and "Troopergate" is a legitimate investigation over her firing someone not because he did a bad job, but because he wouldn't fire a state trooper who was divorcing her sister.  That is just the kind of corruption republicans are known for.&lt;br&gt;I agree that if McSame/Paleo-intelligence bimbo get elected it will be our own darn faults, but then I don't actually believe that Baby bush won the last two elections.  there was enough voter fraud in his brother's state in 2000 and in Ohio in 2004 to make that an open question still.&lt;br&gt;Maybe the republicans can get their pal bin Ladin to blow up a building so he can win?  I wouldn't put it past them.  they can't seem to find and kill the guy but then the Saudis own the Bush family and wouldn't want one of their favorite sons to actually be held accountable for 911.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mel</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:30:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2918358</link><description>&lt;p&gt;WHAT ARE MCCAIN'S QUALIFICATIONS TO BE PRESIDENT? THAT HE WAS PRISONER OF WAR? HE GOT CAUGHT BECAUSE HE WAS HOTSHOTING. JUST ANOTHER CASE OF BAD JUDGEMENT! HE IS A HOTHEAD! HE HAS ALWAYS SHOWED POOR JUDGEMENT! PALIN "THE PIG IN LIPSTICK" IS ONE OF HIS POOREST JUDGEMENTS TO DATE. HE IS DEVIOUS AND EVIL. HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO BE THE STEWARD OF OUR ECONOMY! HE IS CORRUPT!   SOME FACTS ABOUT THE KEATING MCCAIN &amp;amp; GLENN WERE LET OFF EASY BECAUSE THEY HAD THE" MANTLE OF HERO". MCCAIN WAS IN BED WITH KEATING MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OF THE OTHER FOUR. THE ONLY OTHER CHARACTER IN THAT SCANDAL THAT PROSTITUTED HIMSELF MORE WAS NEAL BUSH, SON OF GEORGE H.W. AND BROTHER OF GEORGE W. THIS SEEMS TO BE FORGOTEN! IT WAS EVEN SPECULATED THAT THE FIRST GULF WAR WAS IMPLEMENTED TO TAKE FOCUS OFF THE KEATING SCANDAL THUS NEAL BUSH! "CLASSIC WAG THE DOG". THESE LATEST EXECUTIVE BRANCH REPUBLICANS ARE VERY ARROGANT. THEY ARE WILLING TO WALK ALL OVER THE CONSTITUTION FOR A CHANCE AT MORE POWER. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">itsaboy6</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:18:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2916898</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I think that there was a much bigger reason why John McCain cancelled his campaign to go back to Washington.  I think that he had some very private meetings and knew very well what caused the Wall Street crises.  I think that he came back to make sure that the beans were not spilled.  Someone should look into what his current dealings are in regards to Wall Street and these failed banks.  I bet you could find something that relates to his past dealings.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rochelle</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:33:30 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did McCain Learn From the S&amp;#038;L Crisis?</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis#comment-2916423</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Great article, and yet another example of the hypocrisy rampant in the republican party.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When Bill Clinton was targeting Osama Bin Laden, Republicans were targeting a little white stain.  (as if that had ANYTHING to do with the economy, security, or common sense!)  The Clinton/Lewinsky issue was a persecution, NOT a prosecution, designed for republicans, by republicans to gain power.  It was a national travesty....  a waste of time, tax dollars, and focus on real issues.... hmm, kinda like the McCain campaign!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When Bush was giving tax cuts to the the stinking rich, AND companies like Exxon, struggling Americans were losing their homes. (and you people on the right, PLEASE show me ONE thread of REAL evidence that giving tax breaks to the wealthiest 1% created jobs.... go ahead, find it!  MUCH of that saved money went into investments that are now going belly up - as well as luxury yachts, massive estates, and lear jets.  Hardly a good thing for the working middle class!)  This idea that giving tax breaks to the wealthiest creates jobs is pure fantasy...  and one of the last myths the right stands on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The republican party USED to stand for smaller, simpler government and lower taxes.  Today, it is simply the party of hypocrites.  For the most part, they claim to be good Christians, but their actions - including I would say - their ardent support for the largest killers, and drug pushers, the tobacco companies,  and their trickle down, voodoo economics, which are now taking their toll an MILLIONS of working class Americans, it would seem the Anti-Christ HAS arrived.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Palin CAN lead by example - she was once exorcised....  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmp_S9YSKJ8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmp_S9YSKJ8"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watc...&lt;/a&gt;  Maybe after the resounding defeat this Fall, ALL republicans can follow her lead -  it seems the entire party needs it!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The entire Republican Party DESERVES to be ousted...  they have lost ALL credibility....  and&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:03 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>