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	<title>Comments on: Election results have Republicans nationwide asking, &#8220;Who are we?&#8221; And Michigan is no different</title>
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		<title>By: cheneygun</title>
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		<dc:creator>cheneygun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change...he&#039;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more...one perhaps that isn&#039;t questionable?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change&#8230;he&#39;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. </p>
<p>Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.</p>
<p>One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more&#8230;one perhaps that isn&#39;t questionable?</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I don&#039;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&quot;&lt;br&gt;-- Grover Norquist &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:&lt;br&gt;-- Reason magazine &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist&lt;/a&gt; -- and Norquist doesn&#039;t file objection anywhere;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#039;s);&lt;br&gt;-- He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#039;s through the mid-1990&#039;s;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#039;s NFRA affiliate;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The reason why Norquist won&#039;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#039;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#039;re a Republican if you can&#039;t recognize one of your party&#039;s leaders.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#039;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I don&#39;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&#8221;<br />&#8211; Grover Norquist </p>
<p>There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.</p>
<p>As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:<br />&#8211; Reason magazine <a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html" rel="nofollow">characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist</a> &#8212; and Norquist doesn&#39;t file objection anywhere;<br />&#8211; Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#39;s);<br />&#8211; He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#39;s through the mid-1990&#39;s;<br />&#8211; Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#39;s NFRA affiliate;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).</p>
<p>The reason why Norquist won&#39;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#39;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.</p>
<p>Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#39;re a Republican if you can&#39;t recognize one of your party&#39;s leaders.</p>
<p>Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#39;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: cheneygun</title>
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		<dc:creator>cheneygun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change...he&#039;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more...one perhaps that isn&#039;t questionable?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change&#8230;he&#39;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. </p>
<p>Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.</p>
<p>One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more&#8230;one perhaps that isn&#39;t questionable?</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I don&#039;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&quot;&lt;br&gt;-- Grover Norquist &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:&lt;br&gt;-- Reason magazine &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist&lt;/a&gt; -- and Norquist doesn&#039;t file objection anywhere;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#039;s);&lt;br&gt;-- He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#039;s through the mid-1990&#039;s;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#039;s NFRA affiliate;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The reason why Norquist won&#039;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#039;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#039;re a Republican if you can&#039;t recognize one of your party&#039;s leaders.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#039;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I don&#39;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&#8221;<br />&#8211; Grover Norquist </p>
<p>There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.</p>
<p>As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:<br />&#8211; Reason magazine <a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html" rel="nofollow">characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist</a> &#8212; and Norquist doesn&#39;t file objection anywhere;<br />&#8211; Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#39;s);<br />&#8211; He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#39;s through the mid-1990&#39;s;<br />&#8211; Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#39;s NFRA affiliate;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).</p>
<p>The reason why Norquist won&#39;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#39;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.</p>
<p>Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#39;re a Republican if you can&#39;t recognize one of your party&#39;s leaders.</p>
<p>Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#39;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: cheneygun</title>
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		<dc:creator>cheneygun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change...he&#039;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more...one perhaps that isn&#039;t questionable?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess this is a point that is impossible to explain on here.  I agree, his spots are hard to change&#8230;he&#39;s libertarian. Many people use the Republican Parties structure to get to where they want to be. </p>
<p>Since I am tired of explaining that to you (im sure you have never talked to Grover) I will pretend that Grover is a Republican.</p>
<p>One man has been listed out of 45% of the population. Do you suppose if that statement were true you might be able to think of one more&#8230;one perhaps that isn&#39;t questionable?</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I don&#039;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&quot;&lt;br&gt;-- Grover Norquist &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:&lt;br&gt;-- Reason magazine &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html&quot;&gt;characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist&lt;/a&gt; -- and Norquist doesn&#039;t file objection anywhere;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#039;s);&lt;br&gt;-- He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#039;s through the mid-1990&#039;s;&lt;br&gt;-- Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#039;s NFRA affiliate;&lt;br&gt;-- He&#039;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The reason why Norquist won&#039;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#039;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#039;re a Republican if you can&#039;t recognize one of your party&#039;s leaders.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#039;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I don&#39;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.&#8221;<br />&#8211; Grover Norquist </p>
<p>There you go, since you chose to miss it the first time.</p>
<p>As for your claim that Norquist is not a Republican:<br />&#8211; Reason magazine <a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/127420.html">characterizes Norquist as a Republican strategist</a> &#8212; and Norquist doesn&#39;t file objection anywhere;<br />&#8211; Norquist is a former executive director of the College Republicans (early 1980&#39;s);<br />&#8211; He was a Republican campaign staffer for the Republican Platform Committee during the late 1980&#39;s through the mid-1990&#39;s;<br />&#8211; Norquist is on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s been president of the District of Columbia Republican Assembly, D.C.&#39;s NFRA affiliate;<br />&#8211; He&#39;s also been president of the Advisory Board, Ronald Reagan Legacy Project (RRLP).</p>
<p>The reason why Norquist won&#39;t make a case out of his status as a Republican leader is that the tax-exempt status of his political organizations requires him to appear to be acting in a nonpartisan fashion.  But a leopard doesn&#39;t change his spots; Norquist is still a Republican under all the legalese.</p>
<p>Perhaps Norquist might be asking whether you&#39;re a Republican if you can&#39;t recognize one of your party&#39;s leaders.</p>
<p>Maybe this is an informative if annoying exercise: perhaps if the  Republican Party is now disavowing its leaders who&#39;ve shaped their ideology over the last 20-plus years, they are now without ideology at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: cheneygun</title>
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		<dc:creator>cheneygun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As far as picking a fight no one was talking to you. Its none of your damn business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as picking a fight no one was talking to you. Its none of your damn business.</p>
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