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		<title>Sarah Palin&#8230; NOT qualified. (really?!?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney


Palin was in New York City Thursday.



(CNN) – Prominent conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is &#8220;out of her league&#8221; and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party.
OK.  For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebluevine.wordpress.com&blog=3895470&post=90&subd=thebluevine&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Palin was in New York City Thursday.</media:title>
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		<title>The Photo-Op Flop!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. When you are pandering to become the next president of the U.S. of A. I guess &#8220;anything goes&#8221;.  Mr McCain has lost some more of that all important gray matter this week and appears to have taken on a &#8220;fuck it&#8221; mentality.
Hey guys, since the timing of this financial fiasco is going to plague [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebluevine.wordpress.com&blog=3895470&post=87&subd=thebluevine&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Supporter of White Supremists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hold Them To Their Words]]></category>
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McCain&#8230;Says the worst educational problems often in schools in black communities&#8230;

CINCINNATI &#8211; John McCain is telling the NAACP he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools&#8230;
&#8220;If I am elected president, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of opportunity scholarships and alternative certification for teachers will all be part of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebluevine.wordpress.com&blog=3895470&post=62&subd=thebluevine&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Racist, John McCain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is John McCain a blatant racist?  You do some research, ask some hard questions, and then you come up with your own answer.  As for me, my opinion is that John McCain is an absolute closet racist.  I tell ya what.  Do a simple Google search to the tune of  &#8220;.. racist remarks from John [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebluevine.wordpress.com&blog=3895470&post=46&subd=thebluevine&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Attempted Start of Bush&#8217;s 3rd Term</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many non-republicans in this country have had a sneaky suspicion that McCain&#8217;s bid for the presidency really equates to bush&#8217;s &#8220;third term&#8221;.  McCain, being the politician that he is, feverishly denies that point at every turn.  Really?  Funny, because this is what is going on right now&#8230;
(The New York Times)&#8230;

By Adam Nagourney

updated 11:00 p.m. CT, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebluevine.wordpress.com&blog=3895470&post=20&subd=thebluevine&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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