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		<title>By: Len</title>
		<link>http://www.esoterically.net/weblog/2008/04/11/obama-out-of-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-9945</link>
		<dc:creator>Len</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-9943&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fred tam&lt;/a&gt; : Goodness, Fred, had I wanted to read a crazy rant on a right wing blog I&#039;d have gone to a right wing blog.

Thanks for dropping by, though. It&#039;s always good to see what little we are up against. (sorry)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-9943">fred tam</a> : Goodness, Fred, had I wanted to read a crazy rant on a right wing blog I&#8217;d have gone to a right wing blog.</p>
<p>Thanks for dropping by, though. It&#8217;s always good to see what little we are up against. (sorry)</p>
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		<title>By: fred tam</title>
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		<dc:creator>fred tam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yup, the elitist bastard shows his true face.  ivy league educated couple spend their time hating on america when they have received benefits most Americans have not received.  like other privileged elitist prats they spend their time hating on america, making shows of not wearing pins or keeping company with spiritual advisers like reverend wright.  the man is a self righteous ingrate and is about as out of touch as it gets. worst is he is dishonest.  when he thought no one was watching he kept company with reverend wright, a man who gives unrestrained praise and awards to lewis farrakhan, a known antisemitic bigot.  and he did so for 20 years. just imagine if a white candidate had a spiritual adviser who kept such company, say with the grand dragon of the kkk for instance.  you wouldn&#039;t believe a word out of their mouth if they claimed ignorance after 20 years.  obama just doesn&#039;t add up, and his latest gaffs show just how truly unelectable he is.  he&#039;s great with the chattering classes and the activist youth, but when its not some undemocratic caucus and everyone else gets to vote, he is unviable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yup, the elitist bastard shows his true face.  ivy league educated couple spend their time hating on america when they have received benefits most Americans have not received.  like other privileged elitist prats they spend their time hating on america, making shows of not wearing pins or keeping company with spiritual advisers like reverend wright.  the man is a self righteous ingrate and is about as out of touch as it gets. worst is he is dishonest.  when he thought no one was watching he kept company with reverend wright, a man who gives unrestrained praise and awards to lewis farrakhan, a known antisemitic bigot.  and he did so for 20 years. just imagine if a white candidate had a spiritual adviser who kept such company, say with the grand dragon of the kkk for instance.  you wouldn&#8217;t believe a word out of their mouth if they claimed ignorance after 20 years.  obama just doesn&#8217;t add up, and his latest gaffs show just how truly unelectable he is.  he&#8217;s great with the chattering classes and the activist youth, but when its not some undemocratic caucus and everyone else gets to vote, he is unviable.</p>
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		<title>By: Len</title>
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		<dc:creator>Len</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@CH Truth: 
&lt;blockquote&gt;With all due respect to your hero worship here&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Still waiting for the respect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@CH Truth: </p>
<blockquote><p>With all due respect to your hero worship here</p></blockquote>
<p>Still waiting for the respect.</p>
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		<title>By: CH Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.esoterically.net/weblog/2008/04/11/obama-out-of-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-9853</link>
		<dc:creator>CH Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>With all due respect to your hero worship here, I have to take issue with several points you make.

First and foremost, Obama was not indeed correct about what he said (if he was, then why is he backing away and saying he didn&#039;t mean what he said). If you believe he was correct, then you are just as misguided as he his.

Secondly, Obama lumped religion in with guns and problems with people who are different (a backhanded attempt to say racism).  The reality is that you cannot politically demean religion by lumping into less important issues (like guns) or negative qualities (such as racism).

Lastly, Obama will have much bigger problems with this in the general election where a large portion of the electorate are very religious and base their election choices largely on that religion. Certainly there is much more &quot;agreement&quot; that there is something wrong with people who vote religion, vote guns, or vote social issues within the liberal communty that will determine the nomination. But once you get past that process... those who look down on people who see social issues as the more important issues of elections become a minority. 

At the end of the day the candidate who most closely resembles the values of the majority of the electorate will become President. It won&#039;t be the one who makes the most promises or gives the best speeches.  Obama took a huge step backwards with this statement. Couple it with the anti-American stances of his own spiritual advisor and his own wife, and it looks like you have a problem, Houston.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With all due respect to your hero worship here, I have to take issue with several points you make.</p>
<p>First and foremost, Obama was not indeed correct about what he said (if he was, then why is he backing away and saying he didn&#8217;t mean what he said). If you believe he was correct, then you are just as misguided as he his.</p>
<p>Secondly, Obama lumped religion in with guns and problems with people who are different (a backhanded attempt to say racism).  The reality is that you cannot politically demean religion by lumping into less important issues (like guns) or negative qualities (such as racism).</p>
<p>Lastly, Obama will have much bigger problems with this in the general election where a large portion of the electorate are very religious and base their election choices largely on that religion. Certainly there is much more &#8220;agreement&#8221; that there is something wrong with people who vote religion, vote guns, or vote social issues within the liberal communty that will determine the nomination. But once you get past that process&#8230; those who look down on people who see social issues as the more important issues of elections become a minority. </p>
<p>At the end of the day the candidate who most closely resembles the values of the majority of the electorate will become President. It won&#8217;t be the one who makes the most promises or gives the best speeches.  Obama took a huge step backwards with this statement. Couple it with the anti-American stances of his own spiritual advisor and his own wife, and it looks like you have a problem, Houston.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Never underestimate the stupidity of middle america. They will cling to their misconceptions long after being shown that they are wrong. How else did Bush get elected twice? If McCain is elected, its a safe bet we&#039;ll be in Iraq for the length of this term and then some, not to mention taking a poke at Iran. Where do you think we&#039;ll get the troops for that? You can hear the draft talks now....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never underestimate the stupidity of middle america. They will cling to their misconceptions long after being shown that they are wrong. How else did Bush get elected twice? If McCain is elected, its a safe bet we&#8217;ll be in Iraq for the length of this term and then some, not to mention taking a poke at Iran. Where do you think we&#8217;ll get the troops for that? You can hear the draft talks now&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: IludiumPhosdex</title>
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		<dc:creator>IludiumPhosdex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I, for one, &lt;a href=&quot;http://exaggerator.blogdrive.com/archive/341.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;would have to concur&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I, for one, <a href="http://exaggerator.blogdrive.com/archive/341.html" >would have to concur</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Rachel Supinger</title>
		<link>http://www.esoterically.net/weblog/2008/04/11/obama-out-of-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-9828</link>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Supinger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep. The ones who DON&#039;T recognize that small-town America is fed up and doesn&#039;t trust the federal government are the ones who are the elitists. Obama actually gets it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep. The ones who DON&#8217;T recognize that small-town America is fed up and doesn&#8217;t trust the federal government are the ones who are the elitists. Obama actually gets it.</p>
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