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	<title>Comments on: The Race For Attention Tightens Online As McCain Gains On Obama</title>
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		<title>By: tinyComb &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Online Popularity Shrinking For Obama?</title>
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		<dc:creator>tinyComb &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Online Popularity Shrinking For Obama?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: are you kidding</title>
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		<dc:creator>are you kidding</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She didn’t say “no thanks” to the “Bridge to Nowhere” until after Congress had already abandoned it but given Alaska a blank check for $223 million in taxpayers’ money anyway.

those are my google facts - unless you wanted to fabricate more, darnell</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She didn’t say “no thanks” to the “Bridge to Nowhere” until after Congress had already abandoned it but given Alaska a blank check for $223 million in taxpayers’ money anyway.</p>
<p>those are my google facts &#8211; unless you wanted to fabricate more, darnell</p>
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		<title>By: Doodler</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doodler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Haha, I came to this page googling &quot;heartbeat away&quot; &quot;annoying phrase&quot;. Can&#039;t they fucking stop saying that really annoying phrase.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha, I came to this page googling &#8220;heartbeat away&#8221; &#8220;annoying phrase&#8221;. Can&#8217;t they fucking stop saying that really annoying phrase.</p>
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		<title>By: surfider.com</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460710</link>
		<dc:creator>surfider.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Race For Attention Tightens Online As McCain Gains On Obama...&lt;/strong&gt;

Now that convention season is over and the candidates have about eight weeks before they find out who will lead the United States for the next four years, it’s time we compare each candidate’s attention online as we head into the final stretch.A...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Race For Attention Tightens Online As McCain Gains On Obama&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Now that convention season is over and the candidates have about eight weeks before they find out who will lead the United States for the next four years, it’s time we compare each candidate’s attention online as we head into the final stretch.</p>
<p>A&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Voice of the Free</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460698</link>
		<dc:creator>Voice of the Free</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>palin is helping him bigtime.  McCain&#039;s selection is making it a close race...google trends or not</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>palin is helping him bigtime.  McCain&#8217;s selection is making it a close race&#8230;google trends or not</p>
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		<title>By: darcy</title>
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		<dc:creator>darcy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;ve been searching for news on palin. she scares the shit out of me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;ve been searching for news on palin. she scares the shit out of me.</p>
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		<title>By: RealityLocator.com</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460314</link>
		<dc:creator>RealityLocator.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>obama is more of a maverick than mccae. 

mccae knows the corruption of the war and contributed to it.  sat along like a duck and said nothing despite all the evidence of corruption.  still he claims hes working for the people.  

a real american war hero knows wars are worthless.  a real war hero would have been fighting to get the troops back ASAP, tooth and nail since the day it started. 

mccain is a hero of nothing.

when mccae said let there be no doubt &quot;I will be President&quot;, he meant it.  the digital voting insiders have told him he will be president and he knows it.  just another stolen election, nothing new. 

the election process is rigged.  we can blame it on technology. the digits made me do it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>obama is more of a maverick than mccae. </p>
<p>mccae knows the corruption of the war and contributed to it.  sat along like a duck and said nothing despite all the evidence of corruption.  still he claims hes working for the people.  </p>
<p>a real american war hero knows wars are worthless.  a real war hero would have been fighting to get the troops back ASAP, tooth and nail since the day it started. </p>
<p>mccain is a hero of nothing.</p>
<p>when mccae said let there be no doubt &#8220;I will be President&#8221;, he meant it.  the digital voting insiders have told him he will be president and he knows it.  just another stolen election, nothing new. </p>
<p>the election process is rigged.  we can blame it on technology. the digits made me do it!</p>
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		<title>By: moedawg</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460311</link>
		<dc:creator>moedawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know, it might have been the digg/fark community looking for dirt on Sarah Palin before making it the core of those homepages.  Actually that explains so much, and I am no exception.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, it might have been the digg/fark community looking for dirt on Sarah Palin before making it the core of those homepages.  Actually that explains so much, and I am no exception.</p>
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		<title>By: Roy Mustang</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460283</link>
		<dc:creator>Roy Mustang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Bush killed millions of women and children.&quot;    

Who killed those women and children?     Do you hate Bush so much that you don&#039;t even blame the group that actually detonated the bombs?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Bush killed millions of women and children.&#8221;    </p>
<p>Who killed those women and children?     Do you hate Bush so much that you don&#8217;t even blame the group that actually detonated the bombs?</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Milden</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/05/the-race-for-attention-tightens-online-as-mccain-gains-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2460175</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Milden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So the Mccain camp got a little bump, it isn&#039;t going to be enough in the long run. Let&#039;s put it in a Tech perspective — Cuil was pressed as the &quot;Google Killer&quot; by just about everyone in a single day, within a few days they were reduced to one of the worst search engines out there. I think the press is picking up on the VP hype, then it will become painfully clear that Palin was selected as a publicly stunt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So the Mccain camp got a little bump, it isn&#8217;t going to be enough in the long run. Let&#8217;s put it in a Tech perspective — Cuil was pressed as the &#8220;Google Killer&#8221; by just about everyone in a single day, within a few days they were reduced to one of the worst search engines out there. I think the press is picking up on the VP hype, then it will become painfully clear that Palin was selected as a publicly stunt.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Deneen,

I love the nit-picking on grammar. Good way to distract from the actual discussion. 

Obama has actually shown a great deal of class. First, he publicly denounces bringing Palin&#039;s family in the picture. I disagree here, because I think 90% of people in this country vote with their emotions. 

The interesting thing is, the democrats did not leak the pregnancy news. McCain and team did. What better way to rally the &quot;troops&quot; (and I use this term loosely here to describe the religious zealots, gun totting logic-less rednecks and extremely wealthy 1% who make up the republican party) than to show someone dumb enough to bully her child into marriage so she can win an election. Someone naive enough to believe, honestly, that giving birth to a child with down syndrome is somehow doing god&#039;s work. Down syndrome = not something you want to live with (not that you&#039;d know the difference.) We put dogs down when they are sick, yet we birth humans who are never going to be able to live normal lives, feed themselves, or otherwise be happy. It makes no sense to my simple-minded democratic mind. I must be an idiot. 

As for going to Vegas, sorry, I&#039;m not a good gambler. I&#039;ve lost enough in Vegas to know that you don&#039;t bet your country on a man with a pace-maker (NOTE: before you take this literally, don&#039;t, mmmkay?) I wouldn&#039;t have a problem with an old president if the VP was qualified to take over at a moments notice, and that simply isn&#039;t Palin.

This has nothing to do with her being female. It has everything to do with her not knowing what she is doing. Running a small town in Alaska is hardly running a 300-million+ person country that has lots of nukes ready to launch. No, that type of job requires someone with common sense and real world experience. She has none of that... 

Go figure. 
Dan


Out,

Dan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deneen,</p>
<p>I love the nit-picking on grammar. Good way to distract from the actual discussion. </p>
<p>Obama has actually shown a great deal of class. First, he publicly denounces bringing Palin&#8217;s family in the picture. I disagree here, because I think 90% of people in this country vote with their emotions. </p>
<p>The interesting thing is, the democrats did not leak the pregnancy news. McCain and team did. What better way to rally the &#8220;troops&#8221; (and I use this term loosely here to describe the religious zealots, gun totting logic-less rednecks and extremely wealthy 1% who make up the republican party) than to show someone dumb enough to bully her child into marriage so she can win an election. Someone naive enough to believe, honestly, that giving birth to a child with down syndrome is somehow doing god&#8217;s work. Down syndrome = not something you want to live with (not that you&#8217;d know the difference.) We put dogs down when they are sick, yet we birth humans who are never going to be able to live normal lives, feed themselves, or otherwise be happy. It makes no sense to my simple-minded democratic mind. I must be an idiot. </p>
<p>As for going to Vegas, sorry, I&#8217;m not a good gambler. I&#8217;ve lost enough in Vegas to know that you don&#8217;t bet your country on a man with a pace-maker (NOTE: before you take this literally, don&#8217;t, mmmkay?) I wouldn&#8217;t have a problem with an old president if the VP was qualified to take over at a moments notice, and that simply isn&#8217;t Palin.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with her being female. It has everything to do with her not knowing what she is doing. Running a small town in Alaska is hardly running a 300-million+ person country that has lots of nukes ready to launch. No, that type of job requires someone with common sense and real world experience. She has none of that&#8230; </p>
<p>Go figure.<br />
Dan</p>
<p>Out,</p>
<p>Dan</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you serious? I live in Chicago, too and, well, you clearly didn&#039;t hang out with the smart people. If you want to talk about smart people from Chicago who like Obama, you should maybe ask Penny Pritzker, you know, the multi-billionaire from Chicago who happens to chair Obama&#039;s finance team. Google it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you serious? I live in Chicago, too and, well, you clearly didn&#8217;t hang out with the smart people. If you want to talk about smart people from Chicago who like Obama, you should maybe ask Penny Pritzker, you know, the multi-billionaire from Chicago who happens to chair Obama&#8217;s finance team. Google it</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cory:

Please, pass whatever it is that you&#039;re smoking my way. I, too, want to move into your magic Republican wonderland. 

Seriously...

Since when is Obama inexperienced? I don&#039;t remember this coming up in any of his previous campaigns for the state legislature or the senate...  (And, btw, I am from Illinois. The S is silent. And we don&#039;t like hand guns in our big cities. Go figure.) 

Oh wait, he&#039;s inexperienced because John McCain said he was. I guess comparing Obama to McCain would make Obama look inexperienced. Psh. 

Obama has 12 years of public service under his belt. He is older than Bill Clinton was when he was first elected. And, he has sensible policies based on sensible logic. Go figure, sounds like someone who has no idea what he is doing... especially compared to a glorified soccer mom from Alaska who&#039;s public service experience, is, well being the mayor of a town that has less people in it than my apartment building in Chicago does. 

Seriously, pick your battles here. You sound like a fool.

Dan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cory:</p>
<p>Please, pass whatever it is that you&#8217;re smoking my way. I, too, want to move into your magic Republican wonderland. </p>
<p>Seriously&#8230;</p>
<p>Since when is Obama inexperienced? I don&#8217;t remember this coming up in any of his previous campaigns for the state legislature or the senate&#8230;  (And, btw, I am from Illinois. The S is silent. And we don&#8217;t like hand guns in our big cities. Go figure.) </p>
<p>Oh wait, he&#8217;s inexperienced because John McCain said he was. I guess comparing Obama to McCain would make Obama look inexperienced. Psh. </p>
<p>Obama has 12 years of public service under his belt. He is older than Bill Clinton was when he was first elected. And, he has sensible policies based on sensible logic. Go figure, sounds like someone who has no idea what he is doing&#8230; especially compared to a glorified soccer mom from Alaska who&#8217;s public service experience, is, well being the mayor of a town that has less people in it than my apartment building in Chicago does. </p>
<p>Seriously, pick your battles here. You sound like a fool.</p>
<p>Dan</p>
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		<title>By: Brent</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s funny these Obama supporters always say &quot;If you think the country is headed in the right direction, vote Obama&quot;  Well, if you vote Obama in, I guarantee you after 8 years, everyone will be fatigued of him and not think the country is headed in the right direction.  No one is ever happy with performance.

McCain brings about change as well, so don&#039;t listen to the little trap that its part of a Bush 3rd term.  McCain vehemently fought Bush on many issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s funny these Obama supporters always say &#8220;If you think the country is headed in the right direction, vote Obama&#8221;  Well, if you vote Obama in, I guarantee you after 8 years, everyone will be fatigued of him and not think the country is headed in the right direction.  No one is ever happy with performance.</p>
<p>McCain brings about change as well, so don&#8217;t listen to the little trap that its part of a Bush 3rd term.  McCain vehemently fought Bush on many issues.</p>
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		<title>By: Baldrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Baldrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you call a nation googling for &quot;sarah palin nude tits&quot; an informed democracy? I&#039;d call it an uninformed pornocracy ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you call a nation googling for &#8220;sarah palin nude tits&#8221; an informed democracy? I&#8217;d call it an uninformed pornocracy <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Baldrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Baldrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I second this. Let&#039;s keep focused on Tech here.

Politics is everybody&#039;s private own business. No need to influence me on TechCrunch. If I can&#039;t stand those bloody rednecks that call themselves republicans, I always will, no matter of how many times you try to make me vote for McPain, McPale or McInsane.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I second this. Let&#8217;s keep focused on Tech here.</p>
<p>Politics is everybody&#8217;s private own business. No need to influence me on TechCrunch. If I can&#8217;t stand those bloody rednecks that call themselves republicans, I always will, no matter of how many times you try to make me vote for McPain, McPale or McInsane.</p>
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		<title>By: Rasmussen and CBS Polls: John McCain Convention Bounce Begins, Ties Up Presidential Race Again : Stop The ACLU</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rasmussen and CBS Polls: John McCain Convention Bounce Begins, Ties Up Presidential Race Again : Stop The ACLU</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] TechCrunch is reporting that according to Google tending data, McCain &#8220;quickly gaining ground&#8221; in online hits [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] TechCrunch is reporting that according to Google tending data, McCain &#8220;quickly gaining ground&#8221; in online hits [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Dog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the best way to track the race is at 
intrade.com

very accurate</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the best way to track the race is at<br />
intrade.com</p>
<p>very accurate</p>
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		<title>By: not impressed</title>
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		<dc:creator>not impressed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I read 22 reasons not to vote for Obama, and now I have 1 great reason not to go to Wharton. 

I highly recomend crossreferencing that tirade with factcheck.org, the Library of Congress, and common sense. 

Both political parties are guilty of hyperbole, but to that kind of nonsense from someone who purports to be an educator is down right depressing. 

As a lifelong Republican, (who voted Mccain in the 2000 primaries, and never for the current monkey) let me say that one of the biggest problems with our party membership is that they often get so wrapped up in &quot;putting America first&quot; that they often forget about the actual Americans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read 22 reasons not to vote for Obama, and now I have 1 great reason not to go to Wharton. </p>
<p>I highly recomend crossreferencing that tirade with factcheck.org, the Library of Congress, and common sense. </p>
<p>Both political parties are guilty of hyperbole, but to that kind of nonsense from someone who purports to be an educator is down right depressing. </p>
<p>As a lifelong Republican, (who voted Mccain in the 2000 primaries, and never for the current monkey) let me say that one of the biggest problems with our party membership is that they often get so wrapped up in &#8220;putting America first&#8221; that they often forget about the actual Americans.</p>
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		<title>By: monty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The republicans (and the media) would like to make everyone believe this is a close election - both groups have something to gain!  The Facts will most likely prove the opposite with Obama winning with a considerable margin.

The media does not understand nor give credit to the increasing levels of collective intelligence and wisdom in this country (and the world).  This is not the same America as 8 or even 4 years ago.  The teenagers of Bush&#039;s last term are all of voting age now.

People are reading beyond the headlines and are actually questioning every word spoken by the candidates.  Some groups will believe the same thing no matter what evidence is presented on the opposite side.  Other will only vote for their own self interests.  

Is this how America was borne?  Is looking at your own self interest the foundation on which this country was built on?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The republicans (and the media) would like to make everyone believe this is a close election &#8211; both groups have something to gain!  The Facts will most likely prove the opposite with Obama winning with a considerable margin.</p>
<p>The media does not understand nor give credit to the increasing levels of collective intelligence and wisdom in this country (and the world).  This is not the same America as 8 or even 4 years ago.  The teenagers of Bush&#8217;s last term are all of voting age now.</p>
<p>People are reading beyond the headlines and are actually questioning every word spoken by the candidates.  Some groups will believe the same thing no matter what evidence is presented on the opposite side.  Other will only vote for their own self interests.  </p>
<p>Is this how America was borne?  Is looking at your own self interest the foundation on which this country was built on?</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Kris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin Kris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes! And What if Sarah has to be president? Can she handle it?
McWar is oldest candidate to be president and 8 of the presidents died in office.. this is the most reckless decision he has taken..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes! And What if Sarah has to be president? Can she handle it?<br />
McWar is oldest candidate to be president and 8 of the presidents died in office.. this is the most reckless decision he has taken..</p>
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		<title>By: gilltots</title>
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		<dc:creator>gilltots</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey joe try this thought experiment:  an average adult male gets kidnapped and put into a small cell, where he is beaten and held for 5 years and has no control over his environment.

when he gets out of this situation, what qualities does he possess that make him qualified to be president?

i am curious to see what your answer is, because if being locked up and beaten makes you qualified to be president, there&#039;s a couple hundred folks down at gitmo that are probably even BETTER qualified.

don&#039;t get me wrong i think there&#039;s honor in serving in the military, but mccain has overplayed the POW card and it happened over 30 years ago, and since &quot;it happened over 30 years ago&quot; seems to be a valid excuse for his adultery, let&#039;s stop talking about his POW time, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey joe try this thought experiment:  an average adult male gets kidnapped and put into a small cell, where he is beaten and held for 5 years and has no control over his environment.</p>
<p>when he gets out of this situation, what qualities does he possess that make him qualified to be president?</p>
<p>i am curious to see what your answer is, because if being locked up and beaten makes you qualified to be president, there&#8217;s a couple hundred folks down at gitmo that are probably even BETTER qualified.</p>
<p>don&#8217;t get me wrong i think there&#8217;s honor in serving in the military, but mccain has overplayed the POW card and it happened over 30 years ago, and since &#8220;it happened over 30 years ago&#8221; seems to be a valid excuse for his adultery, let&#8217;s stop talking about his POW time, too.</p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Palin got more votes running for governor of alaska than Biden got running for president. LOL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palin got more votes running for governor of alaska than Biden got running for president. LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah he&#039;s a coward, got beaten almost to death as a POW for years and when given the option to leave he stayed to support his comrades in the cell yet he&#039;s a coward. Good observation</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah he&#8217;s a coward, got beaten almost to death as a POW for years and when given the option to leave he stayed to support his comrades in the cell yet he&#8217;s a coward. Good observation</p>
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		<title>By: Online Popularity Shrinking For Obama? &#124; tinyCrunch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Online Popularity Shrinking For Obama? &#124; tinyCrunch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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