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    <author><![CDATA[Neondragon]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[All political parties and their candidates serve merely as a distraction from the fact that business as usual will not change no matter who is in front of the curtain.
        
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      <![CDATA[I'm just going to add that back in 2000, one of my friends, a self-described anarchist, voted for George W. Bush *because* he believed that he would destroy the country. He is now planning to vote for Michele Bachmann in the GOP primary.
        
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      <![CDATA[Mouthful.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[That about sums it up, unfortunately.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[wvfii]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[i, too, have been disappointed in BHO. but it think it's paramount to understand that for now it's basically this... or WAY worse.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Or maybe a law that says you can't discuss in a classroom another enacted piece of legislation won't stand.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Davis]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I was only referring to the elections of 2000 and 2004 where the guy who was supposed to destroybtheir credibility was selected then elected. Just to say that if that's the Ninja move he's counting on, it's not a safe bet.
        
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      <![CDATA[Bruce,  thanks for adding a little more cement to my leaning toward the Libertarian Party.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[JB]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Well said, but here's another quibble on top of Davis': " In Tennessee, junior high school social studies teachers will soon be unable to teach that fact, because they will be forbidden to use the word 'gay.'" Lord willing, that won't happen. Remember, Stacey never even got his furshlugginer bill looked at in the House.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Well, it killed their credibility for two election cycles -- 2006 and 2008. Now they're baaaa-a-ack and BO can't decide whether to beat 'em or join 'em.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Davis]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Only one quibble. Some of us also thought nominating W would destroy GOP credibility, look where that got us.
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:06 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I just received this email from the president. Obviously, my column touched his heart, though I'm not sure exactly what he's thanking me for ...<br>
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Bruce --<br>
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I wanted to say thank you before the midnight deadline passes.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[autoegocrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[President Obama has been the single greatest disappointment of my lifetime. The worst part about it, however, is not just what he's done or not done, but the fact that his election essentially gave liberals permission to go back to sleep.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jeff]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Of course, you can ask what's the point of a second term? So he can be a ninja and assure the election of his chosen successor?<br>
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Personally, I think he's doing exactly what he was elected to do by those who elected him.
        
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