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		<title>By: joe from Chi</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21481</link>
		<dc:creator>joe from Chi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In his yearlong quest to win the White House, the Democratic senator from Illinois has changed the rules of political engagement, forcing his rivals to step delicately in a normally no-holds-barred arena.
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Cmon guys like you did not see this comming form a mile away.  HE&#039;S FROM CHICAGO!  Race baiting is an artform here.  Just ask Jesse, Farakhan, Stroger etc etc etc</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>In his yearlong quest to win the White House, the Democratic senator from Illinois has changed the rules of political engagement, forcing his rivals to step delicately in a normally no-holds-barred arena.<br />
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<p>Cmon guys like you did not see this comming form a mile away.  HE&#8217;S FROM CHICAGO!  Race baiting is an artform here.  Just ask Jesse, Farakhan, Stroger etc etc etc</p>
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		<title>By: jpm100</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21200</link>
		<dc:creator>jpm100</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too many Conservatives/Republicans eager to show how &#039;not-racist they are&#039; reinforce the notion that criticism of Obama must be free of even the appearance of impropriety.  They are agreeing to setting the bar impossibly high.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Too many Conservatives/Republicans eager to show how &#8216;not-racist they are&#8217; reinforce the notion that criticism of Obama must be free of even the appearance of impropriety.  They are agreeing to setting the bar impossibly high.</p>
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		<title>By: crosspatch</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21170</link>
		<dc:creator>crosspatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hoping for change is what a panhandler does, not a presidential candidate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Hoping for change is what a panhandler does, not a presidential candidate.</p>
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		<title>By: Igor R.</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21149</link>
		<dc:creator>Igor R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Devastating satire showing how Obama operates:

http://www.imao.us/archives/009710.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Devastating satire showing how Obama operates:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imao.us/archives/009710.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.imao.us/archives/009710.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Igor R.</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21133</link>
		<dc:creator>Igor R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Obama wins it will be because he is a charismatic cult-like leader and is able to deflect all real questions, that&#039;s the way things stand today.  McCain is pulling no punches in attacking him on SOME  issues.  He is trying to protect himself from being labeled a bigot of one sort or the other, that&#039;s why all the concern with the middle name, etc.  Time will tell if this is a silly or workable strategy.  Certainly when Bill Clinton attacked Obama before the SC primary this was portrayed as a lot more racist than it really was, whatever Clinton&#039;s intent and was cleverly used to shift much of the black vote to Obama.  I don&#039;t think it&#039;s completely clear whether the McCain or Cunningham formula of dealing with the &quot;Hussein&quot; issue is the right one.  I can guarantee you that there will be multiple attempts to label McCain a racist and islamophobe no matter what he does, the question is how much resonance these attempts will find and of what kind. Certainly hammering Obama on specific, terrible errors of judgment like Iraq, Pakistan, NAFTA, the UN spending, make-work projects, taxes, etc. is a winner.   Calling him an empty suit or a closet muslim are much riskier for McCain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>If Obama wins it will be because he is a charismatic cult-like leader and is able to deflect all real questions, that&#8217;s the way things stand today.  McCain is pulling no punches in attacking him on SOME  issues.  He is trying to protect himself from being labeled a bigot of one sort or the other, that&#8217;s why all the concern with the middle name, etc.  Time will tell if this is a silly or workable strategy.  Certainly when Bill Clinton attacked Obama before the SC primary this was portrayed as a lot more racist than it really was, whatever Clinton&#8217;s intent and was cleverly used to shift much of the black vote to Obama.  I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s completely clear whether the McCain or Cunningham formula of dealing with the &#8220;Hussein&#8221; issue is the right one.  I can guarantee you that there will be multiple attempts to label McCain a racist and islamophobe no matter what he does, the question is how much resonance these attempts will find and of what kind. Certainly hammering Obama on specific, terrible errors of judgment like Iraq, Pakistan, NAFTA, the UN spending, make-work projects, taxes, etc. is a winner.   Calling him an empty suit or a closet muslim are much riskier for McCain.</p>
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		<title>By: stix1972</title>
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		<dc:creator>stix1972</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really &quot;hope&quot; that we do not have the &quot;change&quot; that Obamarama is wanting.  It will be devastating to the UNited States economy and Foreign Policy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>I really &#8220;hope&#8221; that we do not have the &#8220;change&#8221; that Obamarama is wanting.  It will be devastating to the UNited States economy and Foreign Policy.</p>
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		<title>By: IndependentReason</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/02/29/is-it-because-hes-black/#comment-21081</link>
		<dc:creator>IndependentReason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hillary&#039;s getting schooled because she&#039;s pushing the empty speech line. It&#039;s better to argue the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_revenge_of_rhetoric.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;issues&lt;/a&gt;.  (responding to cartoon, not the post.  I think McCain may be taking the smarter route there.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Hillary&#8217;s getting schooled because she&#8217;s pushing the empty speech line. It&#8217;s better to argue the <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_revenge_of_rhetoric.html" rel="nofollow">issues</a>.  (responding to cartoon, not the post.  I think McCain may be taking the smarter route there.)</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Random noun
random verb
&quot;change&quot;
&quot;hope&quot;

Man, I&#039;d love to see a program like the People&#039;s Cube protest group creator take this and run with it!</description>
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&#8220;change&#8221;<br />
&#8220;hope&#8221;</p>
<p>Man, I&#8217;d love to see a program like the People&#8217;s Cube protest group creator take this and run with it!</p>
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