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	<title>Comments on: My heavens!  Massachusetts Senator takes political donation from Yankees president</title>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nworca my phonecdied pardon my prior message. Gas prices are averaging 4 dollars a gallon. In new York its more like 4.50..this administration has done nothing to eleviate the situation. And they could of done plenty. Like releasing our strategic reserve or voting for the keystone pipeline or lifting the morotorum on drilling in the gulf. What is the unemployment rate for the last 3 years..8.3..that us much higher than what Bush averaged.  And your comment that Bush caused the financial mektsown is moronic. Did you ever gear of the community reinvestment act? Well it guarantees loans to borrowers who gad no credit.fannnie an d Freddie passed the loans out. Once banks and investment companies knew the govty was guaranting risky loans then guess what they jumped in. Finally who authorized the reinvestment act? It was bill Clinton..now make fun of my misspelled words from my Froissart because you have ni real comeback]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nworca my phonecdied pardon my prior message. Gas prices are averaging 4 dollars a gallon. In new York its more like 4.50..this administration has done nothing to eleviate the situation. And they could of done plenty. Like releasing our strategic reserve or voting for the keystone pipeline or lifting the morotorum on drilling in the gulf. What is the unemployment rate for the last 3 years..8.3..that us much higher than what Bush averaged.  And your comment that Bush caused the financial mektsown is moronic. Did you ever gear of the community reinvestment act? Well it guarantees loans to borrowers who gad no credit.fannnie an d Freddie passed the loans out. Once banks and investment companies knew the govty was guaranting risky loans then guess what they jumped in. Finally who authorized the reinvestment act? It was bill Clinton..now make fun of my misspelled words from my Froissart because you have ni real comeback</p>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nworca what planet are you on? 2008 highest gas prices? We]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nworca what planet are you on? 2008 highest gas prices? We</p>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under bush unemployment was under 5%. Gas prices average was  1.96. Those are facts. And if you think the president  cant help by releasing our strategic reserve. Its supply and demand. obama the moron voted against the southern half ofthe keystone pipeline. Wow supply and demand.. maybe msnbc don&#039;t wanna tell you that information.. can&#039;t wait to hear you jackass remark]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Under bush unemployment was under 5%. Gas prices average was  1.96. Those are facts. And if you think the president  cant help by releasing our strategic reserve. Its supply and demand. obama the moron voted against the southern half ofthe keystone pipeline. Wow supply and demand.. maybe msnbc don&#8217;t wanna tell you that information.. can&#8217;t wait to hear you jackass remark</p>
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		<title>By: 4Q</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[4Q]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[..
Scott Brown will do anything and jump in bed with anyone for a buck.
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www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/scott-brown-nude-in-cosmo
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>..<br />
Scott Brown will do anything and jump in bed with anyone for a buck.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/scott-brown-nude-in-cosmo" rel="nofollow">http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/scott-brown-nude-in-cosmo</a><br />
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		<title>By: nworca</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nworca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do believe that if you do a little research, the highest gas prices occured in 2008, during the Bush administration. The highest rate of job loss was hit just a couple of months into the Obama administration and unarguably due to events in the Bush administration. And that record deficit spending is mostly due to a trashed economy from 2008 that reduced revenues. New government programs that required extra government debt were far more numerous during the Bush years than the Obama administration. So, you see, whererufrom, facts state clearly that it is Bush&#039;s fault. Acceptance is the first step in getting better.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do believe that if you do a little research, the highest gas prices occured in 2008, during the Bush administration. The highest rate of job loss was hit just a couple of months into the Obama administration and unarguably due to events in the Bush administration. And that record deficit spending is mostly due to a trashed economy from 2008 that reduced revenues. New government programs that required extra government debt were far more numerous during the Bush years than the Obama administration. So, you see, whererufrom, facts state clearly that it is Bush&#8217;s fault. Acceptance is the first step in getting better.</p>
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		<title>By: damnyankee13</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[damnyankee13]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the only reason this is news is the ankees connection. Brown&#039;s opponents are using thi to take votes away in a predominately Red Sox area. Who carea who donates money to who? They are all gonna say what we want to hear till they gert in office then do what thery want to do, at least quite a few of them. There are some who stand by their pre-electiver promises, but not many. Maybe Levine lives in his &quot;jurisdiction&quot;[unsure right word] and just likes his politics.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the only reason this is news is the ankees connection. Brown&#8217;s opponents are using thi to take votes away in a predominately Red Sox area. Who carea who donates money to who? They are all gonna say what we want to hear till they gert in office then do what thery want to do, at least quite a few of them. There are some who stand by their pre-electiver promises, but not many. Maybe Levine lives in his &#8220;jurisdiction&#8221;[unsure right word] and just likes his politics.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286373</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He really put me in my place.  I feel so humbled.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He really put me in my place.  I feel so humbled.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286365</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good example there, hasbeen.  After all, Biden was one of the, if not the, &quot;poorest&quot; senators prior to being elected to the vice presidency.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good example there, hasbeen.  After all, Biden was one of the, if not the, &#8220;poorest&#8221; senators prior to being elected to the vice presidency.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286337</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, and hasbeen5, that was hardly a Bush rant.  It was a rant about a moronic comment by one of your right wing nut brethren.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and hasbeen5, that was hardly a Bush rant.  It was a rant about a moronic comment by one of your right wing nut brethren.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[---&quot;When inoubt the dim witted like you blame Bush.&quot;
---&quot;Why was unemployment under Bush?&quot;
---&quot;How about gas prices or our national debt.&quot;

Hey, barry, calm the hell down and try to formulate responses into something remotely close to English, complete with correct grammar and punctuation, &#039;cause, ya know, you referred to poor education before, okay?  

---&quot;When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.&quot;

How can I refute your facts when you supply none?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8212;&#8221;When inoubt the dim witted like you blame Bush.&#8221;<br />
&#8212;&#8221;Why was unemployment under Bush?&#8221;<br />
&#8212;&#8221;How about gas prices or our national debt.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hey, barry, calm the hell down and try to formulate responses into something remotely close to English, complete with correct grammar and punctuation, &#8217;cause, ya know, you referred to poor education before, okay?  </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8221;When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.&#8221;</p>
<p>How can I refute your facts when you supply none?</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Um...you were saying?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um&#8230;you were saying?</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286325</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s a reply to leftywildcat directly above - another &quot;don&#039;t talk politics on a sports blog&quot; comment by someone who clearly doesn&#039;t spend much time around here.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a reply to leftywildcat directly above &#8211; another &#8220;don&#8217;t talk politics on a sports blog&#8221; comment by someone who clearly doesn&#8217;t spend much time around here.</p>
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		<title>By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Why was unemployment under Bush? How about gas prices&lt;/blockquote&gt;
You think gas prices are based on something the President has control over*?
&lt;blockquote&gt;When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh never mind, you&#039;re just an idiot.  Here&#039;s the paragon of the Left controlled media, Fox News, talking about how much control the president has over gas prices:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ta40vadRs


*Note:  99% of cases this is true.  However, if you are an imbecile of the first order like some of the Republican nominees (cough Gingrich cough) and think you can have $2/gal gas &lt;b&gt;AND&lt;/b&gt; want to invade Iran, and don&#039;t realize how those two things aren&#039;t mutually exclusive well....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Why was unemployment under Bush? How about gas prices</p></blockquote>
<p>You think gas prices are based on something the President has control over*?</p>
<blockquote><p>When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh never mind, you&#8217;re just an idiot.  Here&#8217;s the paragon of the Left controlled media, Fox News, talking about how much control the president has over gas prices:<br />
<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='635' height='388' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/R_Ta40vadRs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></p>
<p>*Note:  99% of cases this is true.  However, if you are an imbecile of the first order like some of the Republican nominees (cough Gingrich cough) and think you can have $2/gal gas <b>AND</b> want to invade Iran, and don&#8217;t realize how those two things aren&#8217;t mutually exclusive well&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: jimmymarlinsfan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmymarlinsfan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Brown is a huge sellout that lucked into the seat as gator said. He is somewhat moderate which is why he got elected up here but the guy is a huge tool]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott Brown is a huge sellout that lucked into the seat as gator said. He is somewhat moderate which is why he got elected up here but the guy is a huge tool</p>
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		<title>By: Gobias Industries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gobias Industries]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah!  Take that, Utley&#039;s Hair!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah!  Take that, Utley&#8217;s Hair!</p>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a clue! Obama spent more money in office then any president in the history of our republic. When inoubt the dim witted like yourself blame Bush. Why was unemployment under Bush? How about gas prices or our national debt. No wonder you show comedians to make a point..because your points are a JOKE! When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get a clue! Obama spent more money in office then any president in the history of our republic. When inoubt the dim witted like yourself blame Bush. Why was unemployment under Bush? How about gas prices or our national debt. No wonder you show comedians to make a point..because your points are a JOKE! When you come in the big boy room bring facts with you.</p>
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		<title>By: bigharold</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigharold]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheeeeeit!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sheeeeeit!</p>
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		<title>By: bigharold</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigharold]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gotta love those &quot;The Wire&quot; references.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gotta love those &#8220;The Wire&#8221; references.</p>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Utley&#039;s hair get]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Utley&#8217;s hair get</p>
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		<title>By: bigharold</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigharold]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not sure what you&#039;re getting at OG.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure what you&#8217;re getting at OG.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should just type the following statement into a word doc and paste it here every time some clueless rookie comes along who thinks he or she is entitled to dictate the contents of this blog: Craig has repeatedly said that the discussion on this blog is wide open, subject to a pretty expansive interpretation of civility and courtesy and barring only overtly bigoted statements about race, nationality or sexual orientation (you can say nasty things about other species, however - especially sports journalists). If you want blinkers, feel free to bring your own, but trying to impose them on the rest of us - left wing, right wing, carnivores and herbivores alike - is a complete waste of time. The yard is littered with the desiccated pixels of those who have tried. Deal with it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I should just type the following statement into a word doc and paste it here every time some clueless rookie comes along who thinks he or she is entitled to dictate the contents of this blog: Craig has repeatedly said that the discussion on this blog is wide open, subject to a pretty expansive interpretation of civility and courtesy and barring only overtly bigoted statements about race, nationality or sexual orientation (you can say nasty things about other species, however &#8211; especially sports journalists). If you want blinkers, feel free to bring your own, but trying to impose them on the rest of us &#8211; left wing, right wing, carnivores and herbivores alike &#8211; is a complete waste of time. The yard is littered with the desiccated pixels of those who have tried. Deal with it.</p>
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		<title>By: hasbeen5</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286215</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like that you posted this directly after your Bush rant, because it fits so well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like that you posted this directly after your Bush rant, because it fits so well.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286214</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brown is acutely aware that he lucked into Teddy Kennedy&#039;s seat because his opponent was the Democratic answer to Michelle Bachmann, Christine O&#039;Donnell and Lucretia Borgia rolled up together - and who also apparently didn&#039;t give a rat&#039;s ass about campaigning very much. His constituency is Ted Kennedy&#039;s constituency. He stays moderate with liberal swings because he&#039;s going to be out on his ass next time he runs if he doesn&#039;t.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brown is acutely aware that he lucked into Teddy Kennedy&#8217;s seat because his opponent was the Democratic answer to Michelle Bachmann, Christine O&#8217;Donnell and Lucretia Borgia rolled up together &#8211; and who also apparently didn&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s ass about campaigning very much. His constituency is Ted Kennedy&#8217;s constituency. He stays moderate with liberal swings because he&#8217;s going to be out on his ass next time he runs if he doesn&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: rooney24</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286212</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rooney24]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice try. Typical Republican comeback, to assume anyone that disagrees must be a welfare leech living off of their parents.  Sorry, clown boy bruno, I have never lived in my parents&#039; basement.  Although, if I had to, my parents do love me enough that they would let me until I got on my feet.  Sorry, if your upbringing wasn&#039;t as loving.  I&#039;m sure the maids and nannies took good care of you while your parents ignored you and turned you into what you are today.  Best of luck to you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice try. Typical Republican comeback, to assume anyone that disagrees must be a welfare leech living off of their parents.  Sorry, clown boy bruno, I have never lived in my parents&#8217; basement.  Although, if I had to, my parents do love me enough that they would let me until I got on my feet.  Sorry, if your upbringing wasn&#8217;t as loving.  I&#8217;m sure the maids and nannies took good care of you while your parents ignored you and turned you into what you are today.  Best of luck to you.</p>
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		<title>By: hasbeen5</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/18/my-heavens-massachusetts-senator-takes-political-donation-from-yankees-president/comment-page-1/#comment-286211</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hasbeen5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, only elected rich Republicans are greedy asses, surely no rich Democrats are greedy asses. 

That Joe Biden writes a huge check to charity every year right?

I was simply saying that to put a label like that on only one party is stupid.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, only elected rich Republicans are greedy asses, surely no rich Democrats are greedy asses. </p>
<p>That Joe Biden writes a huge check to charity every year right?</p>
<p>I was simply saying that to put a label like that on only one party is stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: rooney24</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rooney24]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My point wasn&#039;t about what a Democrat wouldn&#039;t do, but that Republicans (at least Republican politicians) put money above all else, and don&#039;t give crap one about the little people.  My point was less about the guy receiving the money than it was about the guy giving the money.  His foremost interest is in helping elect a person that is most interested in helping make rich people richer.

Personally, I think 80% of all politicians at the national level put their own interests above those of the people that they are supposed to represent.  If politicians put the interests of the people first (actual people, not corporations that are somehow now classified as &quot;people&quot;), and not the rich lobbyists&#039; interests, we would have a lot less hunger, crime, homelessness, etc. in this country.  I love the USA, but politicians make my skin crawl.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My point wasn&#8217;t about what a Democrat wouldn&#8217;t do, but that Republicans (at least Republican politicians) put money above all else, and don&#8217;t give crap one about the little people.  My point was less about the guy receiving the money than it was about the guy giving the money.  His foremost interest is in helping elect a person that is most interested in helping make rich people richer.</p>
<p>Personally, I think 80% of all politicians at the national level put their own interests above those of the people that they are supposed to represent.  If politicians put the interests of the people first (actual people, not corporations that are somehow now classified as &#8220;people&#8221;), and not the rich lobbyists&#8217; interests, we would have a lot less hunger, crime, homelessness, etc. in this country.  I love the USA, but politicians make my skin crawl.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Of course educating them is another thing. Why would levine give money to walker..well if walker loses his race to the spend and spend democrats could gain power back..his seat is that important.&quot;

I do believe that reading comprehension is a part of education.  So I ask you this:  Who is Walker?  He donated to Scott BROWN---though I guess that could be chalked up to being a typo, but that would be one hell of a typo.  Oh and there&#039;s the whole capitalization stuff, and yada yada yada.

I commend you for not using the tired cliche of &quot;tax and spend Democrats.&quot;  But you do realize that the moron who lost the 2000 election, and yet occupied the Oval Office (2001-09) did more to bankrupt this country---both financially and morally---than anybody else in history, right?  Yeah...spending and spending and spending, while cutting off the source of said money generally leads to bathing in red ink, not to mention the red blood of thousands of Americans.

So close.  But nice try, anyway.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Of course educating them is another thing. Why would levine give money to walker..well if walker loses his race to the spend and spend democrats could gain power back..his seat is that important.&#8221;</p>
<p>I do believe that reading comprehension is a part of education.  So I ask you this:  Who is Walker?  He donated to Scott BROWN&#8212;though I guess that could be chalked up to being a typo, but that would be one hell of a typo.  Oh and there&#8217;s the whole capitalization stuff, and yada yada yada.</p>
<p>I commend you for not using the tired cliche of &#8220;tax and spend Democrats.&#8221;  But you do realize that the moron who lost the 2000 election, and yet occupied the Oval Office (2001-09) did more to bankrupt this country&#8212;both financially and morally&#8212;than anybody else in history, right?  Yeah&#8230;spending and spending and spending, while cutting off the source of said money generally leads to bathing in red ink, not to mention the red blood of thousands of Americans.</p>
<p>So close.  But nice try, anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: jamessmyth621</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the words of State Senator R. Clayton Davis: I&#039;ll take any mothaf&amp;!%#$ money if he GIVIN&#039; it away!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the words of State Senator R. Clayton Davis: I&#8217;ll take any mothaf&amp;!%#$ money if he GIVIN&#8217; it away!</p>
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		<title>By: barrywhererufrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barrywhererufrom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read some posts and like always I come away with the feeling that our American educational system did a great job indoctrinating students. Of course educating them is another thing. Why would levine give money to walker..well if walker loses his race to the spend and spend democrats could gain power back..his seat is that important. At least when I read that Republicans only support rich people I realized that msnbc and the liberal media did its job on the clueless. Its very scary that these jackasses will be voting in Nov..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read some posts and like always I come away with the feeling that our American educational system did a great job indoctrinating students. Of course educating them is another thing. Why would levine give money to walker..well if walker loses his race to the spend and spend democrats could gain power back..his seat is that important. At least when I read that Republicans only support rich people I realized that msnbc and the liberal media did its job on the clueless. Its very scary that these jackasses will be voting in Nov..</p>
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