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		<title>By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive &#187; Obama Going Someplace He Should Not</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flopping Aces » Blog Archive &#187; Obama Going Someplace He Should Not</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Oh please, please, please keep mentioning that one house you own. The one you brought with the help of convicted felon Rezko. The one that highlights your friendships with criminals, terrorists and corrupt politicians. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive &#187; The Coronation Hasn&#8217;t Taken Place Yet Mr. Obama</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flopping Aces » Blog Archive &#187; The Coronation Hasn&#8217;t Taken Place Yet Mr. Obama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Associates with racists hatemongers - Check [...]</description>
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		<title>By: pagar</title>
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		<dc:creator>pagar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Friend of Obama allegedly steal's another mansion  (Not Obama's) from another &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857172,CST-NWS-rezko23.article&#34;&#62;Friend&#60;/a&#62;

&#34;A son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is suing Rezko and the chief urologist at Cook County's Stroger Hospital, claiming the two of them bilked him out of his South Side mansion. 	&lt;!-- BlogBurst ContentEnd --&gt; 	&lt;!-- start sidebar --&gt; 	 		 			 			 			 			 			 			 				» &lt;a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857202,032308rezko2.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow"&gt;Click to enlarge image&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857202,032308rezko2.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow"&gt;				 				 				&lt;/a&gt; 				 					The Muhammad suit involves only the mansion, in the 1100 block of East 49th Street.  					
 					 					(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times) 					  				
 				
 			 				» &lt;a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857201,032308rezko.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow"&gt;Click to enlarge image&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857201,032308rezko.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow"&gt;				 				 				&lt;/a&gt; 				 A son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is suing Tony Rezko and the chief urologist at Cook County's Stroger Hospital, claiming the two of them bilked him out of his South Side mansion.&#34; 
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 			&lt;!--  Fact box starts here --&gt; 			 			 			 			 			 			 		 	 	 	&lt;!-- BlogBurst ContentStart --&gt; 	&#34;Jabir Muhammad -- a former close friend and business associate of Rezko's -- and Muhammad's wife, Antonia, filed suit Friday in Cook County Circuit Court against Rezko and Dr. Paul S. Ray.&#34;&#34;Rezko's lawyers have produced a real estate contract that shows the Muhammads sold the mansion and three adjacent lots to Rezko in 1993 for $519,000. Under their contract with Rezko, the Muhammads were to leave the house by Dec. 31, 1995, but they still live there. &#34;Ray now has clear title to Muhammad's house&#34;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Friend of Obama allegedly steal&#8217;s another mansion  (Not Obama&#8217;s) from another &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857172,CST-NWS-rezko23.article&quot;&gt;Friend&lt;/a&gt;</p>
<p>&quot;A son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is suing Rezko and the chief urologist at Cook County&#8217;s Stroger Hospital, claiming the two of them bilked him out of his South Side mansion. 	<!-- BlogBurst ContentEnd --> 	<!-- start sidebar --> 	 		 			 			 			 			 			 			 				» <a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857202,032308rezko2.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow">Click to enlarge image</a> <a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857202,032308rezko2.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow">				 				 				</a> 				 					The Muhammad suit involves only the mansion, in the 1100 block of East 49th Street.<br />
 					 					(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times) 					  				</p>
<p> 			 				» <a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857201,032308rezko.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow">Click to enlarge image</a> <a href="dc_popup_win('http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/857201,032308rezko.fullimage', 'fullimage', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=650,height=650')" rel="nofollow">				 				 				</a> 				 A son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is suing Tony Rezko and the chief urologist at Cook County&#8217;s Stroger Hospital, claiming the two of them bilked him out of his South Side mansion.&quot;<br />
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 			<!--  Fact box starts here --> 			 			 			 			 			 			 		 	 	 	<!-- BlogBurst ContentStart --> 	&quot;Jabir Muhammad &#8212; a former close friend and business associate of Rezko&#8217;s &#8212; and Muhammad&#8217;s wife, Antonia, filed suit Friday in Cook County Circuit Court against Rezko and Dr. Paul S. Ray.&quot;&quot;Rezko&#8217;s lawyers have produced a real estate contract that shows the Muhammads sold the mansion and three adjacent lots to Rezko in 1993 for $519,000. Under their contract with Rezko, the Muhammads were to leave the house by Dec. 31, 1995, but they still live there. &quot;Ray now has clear title to Muhammad&#8217;s house&quot;</p>
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		<title>By: Chet</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-28038</link>
		<dc:creator>Chet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hoefling/080321

Here's an interesting read/link about BHO. . .</description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting read/link about BHO. . .</p>
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		<title>By: Igor R.</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-27871</link>
		<dc:creator>Igor R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Luckily we have Hillary still in the race so she can feed more good stuff to her allies in the MSM.  The Dems are being defeated by the Alinsky method of turning the enemy's strength into a weakness.  Ah, the irony!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Luckily we have Hillary still in the race so she can feed more good stuff to her allies in the MSM.  The Dems are being defeated by the Alinsky method of turning the enemy&#8217;s strength into a weakness.  Ah, the irony!</p>
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		<title>By: Elroy Jetson</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-27822</link>
		<dc:creator>Elroy Jetson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm with you FactChecker. Jim deserves to be called out on that. It's grotesque speech.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m with you FactChecker. Jim deserves to be called out on that. It&#8217;s grotesque speech.</p>
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		<title>By: MariesTwoCents</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-27802</link>
		<dc:creator>MariesTwoCents</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought Obama was never there?</description>
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		<title>By: desertdweller</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-27780</link>
		<dc:creator>desertdweller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where can I find my OBAMA / IMUS bumper sticker?</description>
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		<title>By: FactChecker</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/19/obamas-friends-the-weather-underground-rezko-wright-farrakhan/#comment-27761</link>
		<dc:creator>FactChecker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jim, do you fail to see any irony in complianing about hate speech in the same post you ask the Obamas about aborting their babies?  Is everyone else here OK with that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim, do you fail to see any irony in complianing about hate speech in the same post you ask the Obamas about aborting their babies?  Is everyone else here OK with that?</p>
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		<title>By: stix1972</title>
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		<dc:creator>stix1972</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama a grown up.  He is acting like a kid that got caught lieing. After the initial lie,he has to lie more to make the first lie  seem correct.
And I didn't know that respecting our country was pandering. Ithought that was called Patriotism.

Obama is anb easytarget and is playing with thebig boys. he is going to get eaten up.   the General Election is not going to be like an election in the Democratic Republic of Chicago.  Heis going to actually ewxplain himself and get votes outside of the Chicago area of corruption.  Hehas had no competition in anyof his electiosn thus far. He first stole his mentors position.  Next he was given sweet deals in the Illinois Legislature tpad his resume and pissing off many of his fellow Democrats in Illinois. Andthen he ran against Allen Keyes. Do getme wrong Ilike Keyes, but in Illinois hewas toastfrom the beginning.  Hehadto come in after the Republican nominee hadto back outfrom a sexscandal coming out during a dvorce. It was easy pickings for Obama. 

Now people are going to look moreintohis background and find many skeletons coing out of Chicago,themost corrupt city in America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama a grown up.  He is acting like a kid that got caught lieing. After the initial lie,he has to lie more to make the first lie  seem correct.<br />
And I didn&#8217;t know that respecting our country was pandering. Ithought that was called Patriotism.</p>
<p>Obama is anb easytarget and is playing with thebig boys. he is going to get eaten up.   the General Election is not going to be like an election in the Democratic Republic of Chicago.  Heis going to actually ewxplain himself and get votes outside of the Chicago area of corruption.  Hehas had no competition in anyof his electiosn thus far. He first stole his mentors position.  Next he was given sweet deals in the Illinois Legislature tpad his resume and pissing off many of his fellow Democrats in Illinois. Andthen he ran against Allen Keyes. Do getme wrong Ilike Keyes, but in Illinois hewas toastfrom the beginning.  Hehadto come in after the Republican nominee hadto back outfrom a sexscandal coming out during a dvorce. It was easy pickings for Obama. </p>
<p>Now people are going to look moreintohis background and find many skeletons coing out of Chicago,themost corrupt city in America.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They hated Clinton so much--Matthews, Olberman, Russert, Daschle, Kerry, Kennedy, Dowd, Frank Rich, Bill Bradley, McCaskill etc  that they created this Chumpion to defeat her and now they reckon they will look stupid if they back off of him. 


Was it jealousyof the fact  that the Clinton's know how to get into power and wield it, that lead them into backing Obama so stupidly?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They hated Clinton so much&#8211;Matthews, Olberman, Russert, Daschle, Kerry, Kennedy, Dowd, Frank Rich, Bill Bradley, McCaskill etc  that they created this Chumpion to defeat her and now they reckon they will look stupid if they back off of him. </p>
<p>Was it jealousyof the fact  that the Clinton&#8217;s know how to get into power and wield it, that lead them into backing Obama so stupidly?</p>
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		<title>By: grumpy old fart</title>
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		<dc:creator>grumpy old fart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Then you have Hussien Obama who refuse to put his hand over his heart during the pledge and
refusing to pin on th US flag lapel…..are you starting to see the picture?"

Yep.  A man refusing to play the games most politicians feel they must.  He's acting like a grown-up who can talk to grown-ups, while others just pander.  McCain is suddenly a Baptist?  Give me a break.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Then you have Hussien Obama who refuse to put his hand over his heart during the pledge and<br />
refusing to pin on th US flag lapel…..are you starting to see the picture?&#8221;</p>
<p>Yep.  A man refusing to play the games most politicians feel they must.  He&#8217;s acting like a grown-up who can talk to grown-ups, while others just pander.  McCain is suddenly a Baptist?  Give me a break.</p>
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		<title>By: Christine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First there was the "Muslim" connection and ties to Farrakhan. Quickly put down. Then you have Wright, with his racist anti-american rants. Quickly put down. The ties to Ayers and Co? ditto

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the race and islamophobe cards. And just for good messure, a cry of fear-mongering.

Put all three together and you have Obama.

Shuts the MSM up faster than good news from Iraq.

How can someone lose when they hold the 3 best cards in the house?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First there was the &#8220;Muslim&#8221; connection and ties to Farrakhan. Quickly put down. Then you have Wright, with his racist anti-american rants. Quickly put down. The ties to Ayers and Co? ditto</p>
<p>Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the race and islamophobe cards. And just for good messure, a cry of fear-mongering.</p>
<p>Put all three together and you have Obama.</p>
<p>Shuts the MSM up faster than good news from Iraq.</p>
<p>How can someone lose when they hold the 3 best cards in the house?</p>
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		<title>By: Machiavelli</title>
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		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let's just take a moment to marvel at the perverse efficiency with which the MSM has moved on this... The whole "Wright Affair" wasn't even making the rounds Friday evening when most people more or less end their "news week" per se, and then by the time most people tuned back in Tuesday morning post St. Patrick's Day, it was already being wrapped up with: "Mr. Obama’s eloquent speech should end the debate over his ties to Mr. Wright since there is nothing to suggest that he would carry religion into government."

The error in logic here is that this isn't a matter of religion. This is a matter of his fundamental beliefs; one does not spend 20+ years in the pews of a church when you "abhor" the rhetoric of the preacher. Also, it's not hard to see through the whole: "I could no sooner walk away from Rev. Wright, than I could walk away from the black community," that simply doesn't equate. I hardly think the likes of Colin Powell, Shelby Steele, or Condoleezza Rice would object. So, we can come to one of two conclusions. Either Obama has lied, and all his speech making is just so much spin to try and fool the American public into voting for him. If that's the case, he's not any "new breed" of politician. Or, he is gullible and a rotten judge of character; unable to see that his mentor and spiritual guide is from the same boat as the likes of Al Sharpton or Louis Farrakhan. In which case I certainly don't want him to be the guy determining whether the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea have been shut down, or if Hugo Chavez is or isn't supporting the FARC narco-terrorists who are trying to destabilize Columbia's democracy. Either way, he's certainly not anybody I want anywhere near the highest office in the land.

Granted, the MSM was warned long ago that the black community would "not tolerate" any "rough treatment" of this, the first viable black Presidential candidate. Honestly, we're talking about the Presidency here, the most powerful office in the world (no, not the U.N. Secretary General)! If we are not allowed to put those who would pursue this office under the finest of microscopes, no matter who they are, how are we to make an informed decision in the polling booth? Not to mention that we can hardly expect the world at large to treat him with such kid gloves. If Obama is a policy naïf, then he's going to get ripped apart by the Russians, Chinese, and Saudis when it comes to making tough negotiations.

We probably should have seen this coming the day that Howard Dean became chairman of the DNC; the radicals are in charge, and they're even sweeping out their own moderates (a.k.a. Clinton) to the point that she can't get any good press outside of SNL. We can expect that the MSM will continue to diligently draw in a halo over Obama’s head whenever he shows up on TV, to start offering him ways out of problems even as they report on them, and all the while they will likely continue to publish negative stories about McCain without the least bit of vetting (witness McCain’s supposed affair with a lobbyist, which under “it is the policy of this newspaper to publish stories when they are ready” was published more in keeping with a deadline than with journalistic integrity). Granted it was the same story in 2004, but Barrack Obama scares me a lot more than John Kerry ever did.

P.S.: Mike, as a fellow feline lover my condolences on the loss of your cat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s just take a moment to marvel at the perverse efficiency with which the MSM has moved on this&#8230; The whole &#8220;Wright Affair&#8221; wasn&#8217;t even making the rounds Friday evening when most people more or less end their &#8220;news week&#8221; per se, and then by the time most people tuned back in Tuesday morning post St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, it was already being wrapped up with: &#8220;Mr. Obama’s eloquent speech should end the debate over his ties to Mr. Wright since there is nothing to suggest that he would carry religion into government.&#8221;</p>
<p>The error in logic here is that this isn&#8217;t a matter of religion. This is a matter of his fundamental beliefs; one does not spend 20+ years in the pews of a church when you &#8220;abhor&#8221; the rhetoric of the preacher. Also, it&#8217;s not hard to see through the whole: &#8220;I could no sooner walk away from Rev. Wright, than I could walk away from the black community,&#8221; that simply doesn&#8217;t equate. I hardly think the likes of Colin Powell, Shelby Steele, or Condoleezza Rice would object. So, we can come to one of two conclusions. Either Obama has lied, and all his speech making is just so much spin to try and fool the American public into voting for him. If that&#8217;s the case, he&#8217;s not any &#8220;new breed&#8221; of politician. Or, he is gullible and a rotten judge of character; unable to see that his mentor and spiritual guide is from the same boat as the likes of Al Sharpton or Louis Farrakhan. In which case I certainly don&#8217;t want him to be the guy determining whether the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea have been shut down, or if Hugo Chavez is or isn&#8217;t supporting the FARC narco-terrorists who are trying to destabilize Columbia&#8217;s democracy. Either way, he&#8217;s certainly not anybody I want anywhere near the highest office in the land.</p>
<p>Granted, the MSM was warned long ago that the black community would &#8220;not tolerate&#8221; any &#8220;rough treatment&#8221; of this, the first viable black Presidential candidate. Honestly, we&#8217;re talking about the Presidency here, the most powerful office in the world (no, not the U.N. Secretary General)! If we are not allowed to put those who would pursue this office under the finest of microscopes, no matter who they are, how are we to make an informed decision in the polling booth? Not to mention that we can hardly expect the world at large to treat him with such kid gloves. If Obama is a policy naïf, then he&#8217;s going to get ripped apart by the Russians, Chinese, and Saudis when it comes to making tough negotiations.</p>
<p>We probably should have seen this coming the day that Howard Dean became chairman of the DNC; the radicals are in charge, and they&#8217;re even sweeping out their own moderates (a.k.a. Clinton) to the point that she can&#8217;t get any good press outside of SNL. We can expect that the MSM will continue to diligently draw in a halo over Obama’s head whenever he shows up on TV, to start offering him ways out of problems even as they report on them, and all the while they will likely continue to publish negative stories about McCain without the least bit of vetting (witness McCain’s supposed affair with a lobbyist, which under “it is the policy of this newspaper to publish stories when they are ready” was published more in keeping with a deadline than with journalistic integrity). Granted it was the same story in 2004, but Barrack Obama scares me a lot more than John Kerry ever did.</p>
<p>P.S.: Mike, as a fellow feline lover my condolences on the loss of your cat.</p>
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		<title>By: Elroy Jetson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elroy Jetson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is a true test of your own sanity.  
If Chris Matthews says something to the effect that a speech like Obama's was the most moving thing he's ever heard and you were annoyed because Obama lied about knowing the content of Wright's sermons, it means you have both feet firmly planted on the ground without any need for chemicals to relieve your depression or anxiety.  
If Andrew Sullivan says the speech was the most eloquent in the last 40 years and you were pissed because he threw his grandmother under the bus and equated her with Rev. Wright, consider yourself possessing compassion for mankind exponentially higher than Sullivan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a true test of your own sanity.<br />
If Chris Matthews says something to the effect that a speech like Obama&#8217;s was the most moving thing he&#8217;s ever heard and you were annoyed because Obama lied about knowing the content of Wright&#8217;s sermons, it means you have both feet firmly planted on the ground without any need for chemicals to relieve your depression or anxiety.<br />
If Andrew Sullivan says the speech was the most eloquent in the last 40 years and you were pissed because he threw his grandmother under the bus and equated her with Rev. Wright, consider yourself possessing compassion for mankind exponentially higher than Sullivan.</p>
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