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		<title>By: Neocon News » Daily Quick Hits 3/10/08</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-263940</link>
		<dc:creator>Neocon News » Daily Quick Hits 3/10/08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The Dark Citadel &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hastert’s longtime GOP district turns blue</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Dark Citadel &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hastert’s longtime GOP district turns blue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: RedRepub</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-263017</link>
		<dc:creator>RedRepub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a trend. Oh well.

I’m just curious when the Dems take power of all branches of government how they will manage to blame those evil Republicans for everything (even the weather) to maintain power?
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

They won&#039;t have any complaints.  Everything will be sunshine and rainbows. (Remember MSM in 1993 on the Clintons?  Time magazine put them on the cover saying &quot;Get ready for the most glamorous administration since Camelot&quot;.)</description>
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<p>I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a trend. Oh well.</p>
<p>I’m just curious when the Dems take power of all branches of government how they will manage to blame those evil Republicans for everything (even the weather) to maintain power?
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<p>They won&#8217;t have any complaints.  Everything will be sunshine and rainbows. (Remember MSM in 1993 on the Clintons?  Time magazine put them on the cover saying &#8220;Get ready for the most glamorous administration since Camelot&#8221;.)</p>
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		<title>By: Divided We Stand United We Fall</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262892</link>
		<dc:creator>Divided We Stand United We Fall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Oh Denny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling....&lt;/strong&gt;

Interestingly, the GOP talking points have departed too far from reality for even Michelle Malkin to parrot. She devotes a blog post to pondering whether the communication from the NRCC is &quot;wishful thinking or hopeless spin?&quot;....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oh Denny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p>Interestingly, the GOP talking points have departed too far from reality for even Michelle Malkin to parrot. She devotes a blog post to pondering whether the communication from the NRCC is &#8220;wishful thinking or hopeless spin?&#8221;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Alphonse</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262888</link>
		<dc:creator>Alphonse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oberweis is known primarily for a strong anti-illegal alien position, and hasn&#039;t fared well running in Mexinois for obvious reasons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oberweis is known primarily for a strong anti-illegal alien position, and hasn&#8217;t fared well running in Mexinois for obvious reasons.</p>
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		<title>By: derel3433</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262879</link>
		<dc:creator>derel3433</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Tarpon: When you consider most of these “young voters” don’t even remember 1989 when the Soviets fell, who can blame them for answering the jive talking call for a room full of freebies, get drunk and hookup. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Watch who you accuse of faulty memories or intellectual laziness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Tarpon: When you consider most of these “young voters” don’t even remember 1989 when the Soviets fell, who can blame them for answering the jive talking call for a room full of freebies, get drunk and hookup. </p></blockquote>
<p>Watch who you accuse of faulty memories or intellectual laziness.</p>
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		<title>By: SpeakEasy</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262778</link>
		<dc:creator>SpeakEasy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The one thing 2008 has shown is that one election in one state does not prove a trend. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

This is typical. Around the time the GOP was first ignoring the open borders problem, I was sending all the contribution request mailers back with reasons why I would not support the party until they started acting like the conservative party of the past. Two things happened; They were ignored and I started throwing them away unread.

I think this is why some republicans would rather vote for a donkey instead of John McCain- They are tired of being ignored.

Eventually the will see a trend- when the money dries up and they lose elections. (Apparently the democratically controlled congress was not enough).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The one thing 2008 has shown is that one election in one state does not prove a trend. </p></blockquote>
<p>This is typical. Around the time the GOP was first ignoring the open borders problem, I was sending all the contribution request mailers back with reasons why I would not support the party until they started acting like the conservative party of the past. Two things happened; They were ignored and I started throwing them away unread.</p>
<p>I think this is why some republicans would rather vote for a donkey instead of John McCain- They are tired of being ignored.</p>
<p>Eventually the will see a trend- when the money dries up and they lose elections. (Apparently the democratically controlled congress was not enough).</p>
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		<title>By: Ragspierre</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262751</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragspierre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geez, guys...

How &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; you get up in the morning?

MM is a KID compared to most of those here.

She isn&#039;t unique in her generation (well, uniquely talented, perhaps)!!!  A lot of younger people get this.  Our military is filled with them, and so are our campuses.  

The radical Left has failed to totally indoctrinate them, and remember...

the majority of people in this country have always HAD TO BE LED.  It was that way in the Revolutionary War...

its that way today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geez, guys&#8230;</p>
<p>How <em>do</em> you get up in the morning?</p>
<p>MM is a KID compared to most of those here.</p>
<p>She isn&#8217;t unique in her generation (well, uniquely talented, perhaps)!!!  A lot of younger people get this.  Our military is filled with them, and so are our campuses.  </p>
<p>The radical Left has failed to totally indoctrinate them, and remember&#8230;</p>
<p>the majority of people in this country have always HAD TO BE LED.  It was that way in the Revolutionary War&#8230;</p>
<p>its that way today.</p>
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		<title>By: Dianeces</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dianeces</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The revolution already happened my friends. Seventy years ago. That is when we got screwed and socialism took over. 
Give us your vote and you will never want for anything. The more freedom you give up for security, the more freedom we have/take to control your life. 
The final nail in our coffin will be universal healthcare.
Out liberty handed over to corrupt drugged up politicians with no more brains than a mosquito. Yeah, they have all of the answers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The revolution already happened my friends. Seventy years ago. That is when we got screwed and socialism took over.<br />
Give us your vote and you will never want for anything. The more freedom you give up for security, the more freedom we have/take to control your life.<br />
The final nail in our coffin will be universal healthcare.<br />
Out liberty handed over to corrupt drugged up politicians with no more brains than a mosquito. Yeah, they have all of the answers.</p>
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		<title>By: rightisright</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262717</link>
		<dc:creator>rightisright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This democrapic socialism will be the end of this country as we know it...it will be much worse than the Carter yrs...in a much shorter period of time. The left(public schools, media, unions, government) doesn&#039;t play politics to win any longer, they play to control, dominate and eliminate. The left has been consumed by whole hearted deep hatred for conservatism and it&#039;s people. 
The youth of America have had their minds warped by the NEA, MTV etc. the have no idea of the hardship in store for them...it&#039;s like it&#039;s all a fantasy. That is the future...sad but true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This democrapic socialism will be the end of this country as we know it&#8230;it will be much worse than the Carter yrs&#8230;in a much shorter period of time. The left(public schools, media, unions, government) doesn&#8217;t play politics to win any longer, they play to control, dominate and eliminate. The left has been consumed by whole hearted deep hatred for conservatism and it&#8217;s people.<br />
The youth of America have had their minds warped by the NEA, MTV etc. the have no idea of the hardship in store for them&#8230;it&#8217;s like it&#8217;s all a fantasy. That is the future&#8230;sad but true.</p>
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		<title>By: Ragspierre</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262691</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragspierre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;There are now way too many people who will only accept what they are given, they have little or no desire to be given an opportunity to succeed, they want the results of success handed to them without the effort.

What is going to change that?
BOB&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I think reality always works, every time it&#039;s tried.

Just now, things are so good in this country that we can afford delusion and illusion.

That can change rather quickly, as history has taught us...

repeatedly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There are now way too many people who will only accept what they are given, they have little or no desire to be given an opportunity to succeed, they want the results of success handed to them without the effort.</p>
<p>What is going to change that?<br />
BOB</p></blockquote>
<p>I think reality always works, every time it&#8217;s tried.</p>
<p>Just now, things are so good in this country that we can afford delusion and illusion.</p>
<p>That can change rather quickly, as history has taught us&#8230;</p>
<p>repeatedly.</p>
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		<title>By: DirkBelig</title>
		<link>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/08/hasterts-longtime-gop-district-turns-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-262685</link>
		<dc:creator>DirkBelig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The people who think that giving the Dems control of everything because when the roof caves in and it all goes to hell, they&#039;ll be tossed out faster than you can say &quot;Jimmy Carter&quot; need to stop dreaming and get back into the real world.

As I mentioned above, who do you think is going to tell the Truth about Dem failings? The Treason Media? They&#039;re the de facto propaganda arm of the Dems, so when the bad times start, they&#039;ll all be hung around Dubya and the Stupid Party&#039;s (there&#039;s a good band name) necks. In 2012, after they&#039;ve really screwed the pooch, they&#039;ll come back and say, &lt;em&gt;&quot;George W. Bush had eight years to wreak havoc on our formerly great nation and the damage he caused as the Worst. President. Ever. may take 50 years to repair, if we&#039;re lucky. How can you want to return to the failed policies of only four years ago? Reelect us and allow us to fix everything that he did wrong.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; And they WILL win again and again and again.

This is why that as loathsome and unacceptable McCain may seem, it will be far better to have a President who only feels compelled to thumb his nose at us half of the time than someone who will be against us 110% of the time.

Never forget Dirk&#039;s First Rule of Politics: &lt;em&gt;&quot;A well-told lie will always beat a badly-told truth.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; We&#039;ve got a deck stacked heavily against us, but that means we&#039;ll just have to fight harder and smarter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The people who think that giving the Dems control of everything because when the roof caves in and it all goes to hell, they&#8217;ll be tossed out faster than you can say &#8220;Jimmy Carter&#8221; need to stop dreaming and get back into the real world.</p>
<p>As I mentioned above, who do you think is going to tell the Truth about Dem failings? The Treason Media? They&#8217;re the de facto propaganda arm of the Dems, so when the bad times start, they&#8217;ll all be hung around Dubya and the Stupid Party&#8217;s (there&#8217;s a good band name) necks. In 2012, after they&#8217;ve really screwed the pooch, they&#8217;ll come back and say, <em>&#8220;George W. Bush had eight years to wreak havoc on our formerly great nation and the damage he caused as the Worst. President. Ever. may take 50 years to repair, if we&#8217;re lucky. How can you want to return to the failed policies of only four years ago? Reelect us and allow us to fix everything that he did wrong.&#8221;</em> And they WILL win again and again and again.</p>
<p>This is why that as loathsome and unacceptable McCain may seem, it will be far better to have a President who only feels compelled to thumb his nose at us half of the time than someone who will be against us 110% of the time.</p>
<p>Never forget Dirk&#8217;s First Rule of Politics: <em>&#8220;A well-told lie will always beat a badly-told truth.&#8221;</em> We&#8217;ve got a deck stacked heavily against us, but that means we&#8217;ll just have to fight harder and smarter.</p>
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		<title>By: tarpon</title>
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		<dc:creator>tarpon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RINO loses election, go for the real deal liberal. No news there. 

Bye RINO John, we hardly knew you. I do hope he keeps it to only a 48 state loss.

When you consider most of these &quot;young voters&quot; don&#039;t even remember 1989 when the Soviets fell, who can blame them for answering the jive talking call for a room full of freebies, get drunk and hookup. I predict it won&#039;t take the current global warming Democrats the two years it took Jimmy Carter to wreck the economy again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RINO loses election, go for the real deal liberal. No news there. </p>
<p>Bye RINO John, we hardly knew you. I do hope he keeps it to only a 48 state loss.</p>
<p>When you consider most of these &#8220;young voters&#8221; don&#8217;t even remember 1989 when the Soviets fell, who can blame them for answering the jive talking call for a room full of freebies, get drunk and hookup. I predict it won&#8217;t take the current global warming Democrats the two years it took Jimmy Carter to wreck the economy again.</p>
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		<title>By: BOB</title>
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		<dc:creator>BOB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;On March 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am, Ragspierre said:  

But the ideas and the ideals are true, and will assert themselves again. You know…the ones the nation was found upon and which drove its development…&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Sounds good, but I don&#039;t believe it will ever happen. There are now way too many people who will only accept what they are given, they have little or no desire to be given an opportunity to succeed, they want the results of success handed to them without the effort.

What is going to change that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>On March 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am, Ragspierre said:  </p>
<p>But the ideas and the ideals are true, and will assert themselves again. You know…the ones the nation was found upon and which drove its development…</p></blockquote>
<p>Sounds good, but I don&#8217;t believe it will ever happen. There are now way too many people who will only accept what they are given, they have little or no desire to be given an opportunity to succeed, they want the results of success handed to them without the effort.</p>
<p>What is going to change that?</p>
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		<title>By: DBNinKY</title>
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		<dc:creator>DBNinKY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think this portends much of anything except that the Obama folks are going to work hard to extend his coattails to fellow Democrats, as a sign of good faith that he can carry them forward in the fall.

Besides, there will be plenty of time to turn this around by the fall - once the Clintons have finished annihilating the Dems!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think this portends much of anything except that the Obama folks are going to work hard to extend his coattails to fellow Democrats, as a sign of good faith that he can carry them forward in the fall.</p>
<p>Besides, there will be plenty of time to turn this around by the fall &#8211; once the Clintons have finished annihilating the Dems!</p>
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