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	<title>PolSynth - Political Synthesis</title>
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	<description>Political Synthesis: Liberal about some things, conservative about other things.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Goodbye, Dear Ted.</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2009/08/30/goodbye-dear-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum,  
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
 



Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead,
 
Scribbling in the sky the message He is Dead. 

 Farewell, Uncle Teddy. You were the best of us; our great hero. 
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		<title>John McCain Lacks Judgement</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/10/06/john-mccain-lacks-judgement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/10/06/john-mccain-lacks-judgement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polsynth.com/blog/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Actions as well as words are a faithful barometer of the judgement that guides a person&#8217;s life. John Mccain&#8217;s words are full of reasons for us to make sure he never sets foot in the White House except as a visitor.
According to John McCain, General Petraeus travels Iraq in an unarmored vehicle(!). According to John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oct. 1st Jazz for Obama - Breathtaking, Once in a Lifetime.</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/10/02/oct-1st-jazz-for-obama-breathtaking-once-in-a-lifetime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/10/02/oct-1st-jazz-for-obama-breathtaking-once-in-a-lifetime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polsynth.com/blog/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hank Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Roy Hargrove, Roy Hanes, Jeff Tain Watts, Aaron Goldberg, Bilal, Edsel Gomez, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Stanley Jordan, Brad Mehldau and so many others whose names I don't have at hand but whose performances were stunning. It's impopssible to capture the of such a signal event for a lover of Jazz. This assemblage of Jazz luminaries will most likely never happen again. I'm still in shock. The standing-ovations still seem too short. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Plan Fails to Pass the House</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/29/bailout-plan-fails-to-pass-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/29/bailout-plan-fails-to-pass-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the core issues facing the Congress in considering the passage of this bill is the need for there to be clear bi-partisan support for any plan. It is insufficient for any one party to comprise the passing majority with a bill of this magnitutue. If that were to be the case it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin on Bailout: It&#8217;s About Healthcare Reform. I Kid You Not!</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/25/palin-on-bailout-its-about-healthcare-reform-i-kid-you-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/25/palin-on-bailout-its-about-healthcare-reform-i-kid-you-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polsynth.com/blog/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, today&#8217;s befuddlingly stupid comment from the possible next VP, who didn&#8217;t know what the Vice President&#8217;s job was and wasn&#8217;t paying attention to Iraq in 2007 and seemed to think that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were government owned is that the economic bailout is about Healthcare reform. I kid you not. Here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s News Conference re Campaign Suspension</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/24/obamas-news-conference-re-campaign-suspension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/24/obamas-news-conference-re-campaign-suspension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So Obama contacted McCain, had a discussion, then McCain jumps in front of the media to say he&#8217;s cancelling his campaign. Seems like it was a surprise to Obama. Guess all&#8217;s fair in love and politics. 
Obama made some good points. First of all: a president needs to be able to do more than one thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Call to Cancel the Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/24/mccains-call-to-cancel-the-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/24/mccains-call-to-cancel-the-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm&#8230;smells fishy to me. I think this is just another McCain stunt. His campaign is so bankrupt of substantive ideas that can stand the light of day that they have to resort to running from the campaign. McCain knows that if they have the debate this Friday they&#8217;ll need to discuss the economy and that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Crisis Power Grab - Historic, But Not Unprecedented.</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/23/financial-crisis-power-grab-historic-but-not-unprecedented/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/23/financial-crisis-power-grab-historic-but-not-unprecedented/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, to recap the last couple of weeks, our economy is in meltdown and the only way out of it is to empower Hank Paulson with $700 billion and unquestioned power for two years. Oh, did you miss that last part in the nightly news coverage of this bailout?]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Sex Education Attack Ad - Deceptive,Perverse. Racist?</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/12/mccain-sex-education-attack-ad-perverse-provocative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/12/mccain-sex-education-attack-ad-perverse-provocative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the McCain attack ad regarding sex education racist? I don't know. Here's what I do know:

My America has a long and bloody history of playing on deeply held myths and fears regarding non-mainstream ethnic groups, as blacks have been viewed for centuries. One fear (among others) pertains to black male sexuality. In the foundation and nurturing of America's particular, and arguably dominant, "race" mythology, black men have been assigned several roles, one being that of sexual predator juxtaposed against the pure, wholesomeness of white womanhood. In short, the black man is cast as the despoiler of virtue, against which white manliness must contend by all means available.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap Campaign Distractions Instead of Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/11/cheap-campaign-distractions-instead-of-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/11/cheap-campaign-distractions-instead-of-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s interesting to note that so many of us, instead of focusing on the many central, defining issues at stake in this election, seem more intent on dwelling on tabloid, sensationalist issues.
Shouldn&#8217;t we be actively steering the discourse to the range of topics that this country needs to address? How does the bitter, media-stoked bickering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Talk About Not Voting</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/11/this-talk-about-not-voting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/11/this-talk-about-not-voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On some blogs where the regular posters claim to be in favor of putting a Democrat in the White House, I&#8217;ve seen lots of chatter slamming Obama for every perceived failure or misstep. While I don&#8217;t believe that anyone should be treated like a sacred cow, all this tearing down only helps the Republican agenda.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Campaign&#8217;s Shameless 9/11 Exploitation</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/04/9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/09/04/9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polsynth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How could you, Senator McCain?! How could you use my friend's last, horrible, desperate, breathless, crushing moments to scare people into voting for you?! Do you want to win so badly?]]></description>
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		<title>We Are All Barney Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/08/29/we-are-all-barney-smith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polsynth.com/blog/2008/08/29/we-are-all-barney-smith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barney Smith's statement at the Democratic National Convention highlighted the fact that we are all in this together and have all been affected by the last eight years of Republican leadership.]]></description>
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