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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Democrats</title>
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		<title>Have National Politics Urbanized?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/have-national-politics-urbanized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us not living in the concentrated sprawl of the coastal and Midwestern metropoli, it is often extremely perplexing how urban Democratic mayors in places like Chicago and Philadelphia can compile lengthy and embarrassing records of incompetent and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/have-national-politics-urbanized/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Elway for Senate</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/john-elway-for-senate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Obama tapping Ken Salazar for the Interior Department, rumor has it conservative John Elway may step forward to run for his Senate seat in Colorado. This rumor &#8211;similar to one for Mike Ditka in Illinois&#8211; has come and gone &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/john-elway-for-senate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Athens into Persepolis</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/athens-into-persepolis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rasmussen has polled the public on whether they agreed with President Bush&#8217;s characterization of capitalism as the &#8220;highway to the American Dream.&#8221; Only 44% voiced support for capitalism, 33% were undecided and 22% expressed opposition. A grim finding. Only Republicans &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/athens-into-persepolis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>California on the Drina</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/08/california-on-the-drina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed there&#8217;s an ugly and unfortunate current developing in some of the protests against Proposition 8 in California. Namely white gays, blaming blacks for its passage. Even Andrew Sullivan, who has been blaming blacks for a couple &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/08/california-on-the-drina/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cocktail Politics, Rio Rancho Office Space and Truman Republicans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that the sequence of cocktails is the best political indicator I know of on election night. In 2004 I was attending a Democratic election party and early on everyone was drinking wine and martinis in stemware, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Trinity of Republican Decline</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/31/a-trinity-of-republican-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/31/a-trinity-of-republican-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could a liberal lesbian rights activist actually win South Carolina&#8217;s 1st congressional district? Sure looks possible, as Linda Ketner has closed to within 5 in her aggressive challenge to incumbent Rep. Henry Brown. Of interest, Ketner is also a member &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/31/a-trinity-of-republican-decline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Philippines as Red State</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino writer Benjamin Pimentel is surprised to discover that his countrymen were among the very few foreign populations to prefer John McCain to Barack Obama in a Gallup international survey. A happy place for Republicans in a lonely world apparently, as &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtains</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/24/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Reynolds at Cato asks &#8220;How&#8217;s Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?&#8221; Altogether, Mr. Obama is promising at least $4.3 trillion of increased spending and reduced tax revenue from 2009 to 2018 &#8212; roughly an extra $430 billion a year &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/24/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We are led by little men and women</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was not in favor of the Paulson plan if you haven&#8217;t caught that yet. Still, the pitiful display from our congress today set a recent low. First, faced with an unpopular and contentious bill which she feels for the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Need to Relax</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/democrats-need-to-relax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panic grips the Hill, with Democrats planning to distance themselves from Obama and/or abandon criticism of McCain. Geez. Snap out of it guys. You have the most compelling presidential candidate you&#8217;ve had since perhaps John F. Kennedy. Almost every conditional &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/democrats-need-to-relax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Take it Back</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/i-take-it-back/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/i-take-it-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[button]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I thought it was a clever button. But it&#8217;s pretty preposterous on the House floor. Context counts.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Plan: Does This Work?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Associated Press, a sequence of interviews with Democratic leaders has revealed this to be the political plan being recommended to the Obama campaign: 1. Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. 2. Let no charge go &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Outer Dark</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/outer-dark/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/outer-dark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andre Lalonde]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Brian Long) Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is concerned that Sarah Palin&#8217;s decision to have Trig, may lead to a reduction of abortions in Canada through positive example. This is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/outer-dark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Palin Tactical Confusion on the Left</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/palin-tactical-confusion-on-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/palin-tactical-confusion-on-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dick Durbin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Durbin renews the Democratic attack on Palin&#8217;s experience, and calls for a retreat on family slander. It&#8217;s pretty much back and forth between the two attack vectors day-to-day in Democratic circles. They don&#8217;t know how to deal with her &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/palin-tactical-confusion-on-the-left/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Republican Atavism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/a-republican-atavism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/a-republican-atavism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Podhoretz thinks the Palin speech might be among the most dazzling debuts in American political history. I don&#8217;t know about that, but I do know it was the most powerful, important, and effective speech by a vice presidential candidate &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/a-republican-atavism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Unacceptable Acceptance</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here is an embarrassing prospect. It seems the Republican leadership may boycott the Republican convention in Minnesota, for fear of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The top elected Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was already boycotting. But now &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Gutter-al Scream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost as if the Dems can&#8217;t help but to resort to misogynistic antagonism in dealing with Gov. Sarah Palin. This comes courtesy of Alan Colmes, citing Rogers Cadenhead who questions Palin&#8217;s maternal abilities: One bit of weirdness associated with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>54 Page Platform!!! YIKES!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/26/54-page-platform-yikes/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/26/54-page-platform-yikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party platform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have not the Democrats figured out, you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can&#8217;t please all of the people all of the time. Or something like that. With a 54 page platform, I guess &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/26/54-page-platform-yikes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty Language</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re Speaker of the House, I guess that, in addition to all your other powers, you can make language mean whatever you wish it to mean. PELOSI: I’m never certain of anything. Today, I would be certain. I just &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>That Celebrity Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/that-celebrity-party/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/that-celebrity-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canddiates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two separate studies suggest that some Democratic voters are highly influenced by Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey in choosing candidates to support. Kind of embarrassing really.]]></description>
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		<title>Through a Darker Glass</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/through-a-darker-glass/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/through-a-darker-glass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cernig at Larisa Alexandrovna&#8217;s site had me persuaded for two whole paragraphs. Now, having little taste for the fine art of distractions-from-distractions, I tend to roll my eyes at the transparently partisan diversionary tactics one sees all over the web &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/through-a-darker-glass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Targeting the &#8220;Original Maverick&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: WBEZ Chicago Public Radio &#124; site) Obama&#8217;s newish McSame style attack ad mocking McCain&#8217;s &#8220;original maverick&#8221; slogan is fairly good. As Ken Wheaton notes, all the time McCain had to spend trying to convince the GOP he was a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Any Price</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/pay-any-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club for Growth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Club for Growth has a clip of Mitch McConnell&#8217;s struggles to find a price for gasoline which is high enough to persuade congressional Democrats to authorize expanded oil drilling. A bit of a theatrical exercise of course, but there &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/pay-any-price/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Pan America</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/peter-pan-america/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/peter-pan-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions and attempting to make wise decisions as much as possible.  Peter Pan rejected this; he didn&#8217;t want to grow up and lose the carefree, irresponsible days of youth. Too often, it appears &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/peter-pan-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoe Populism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/shoe-populism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adlai Stevenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Salvatore Ferragamo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McCain wears Salvatore Ferragamo? Cindy&#8217;s doing no doubt. The poster adds contemptuously: &#8220;But that&#8217;s what regular guys do right?&#8221; This might be the first time footwear symbolism was injected into a presidential campaign since, you know. Come to think of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/shoe-populism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How big a mess are we in?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/how-big-a-mess-are-we-in/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/how-big-a-mess-are-we-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certainly not one our Congress can&#8217;t make worse. We have a market where housing prices are in free fall, where the last thing we want shaky institutions to have more exposure to is mortgages that are almost guaranteed to be &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/how-big-a-mess-are-we-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Food For Thought</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MichaelW's Page]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nomination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party loyalty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[running mate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After speculating upon Hillary Clinton&#8217;s strategic thinking with respect to the Democratic nomination, James Taranto concludes (emphasis added): To summarize, Mrs. Clinton maximizes her chances of becoming president if she (1) does enough damage to Obama to snatch the nomination &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/food-for-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Impeach Bush in 2009</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/02/impeach-bush-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/02/impeach-bush-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet Shirley Golub, a feisty San Franciscan who is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic nomination in the 8th Congressional District of California, on the grounds that she&#8217;s just not anti-Bush enough. Shirley fears above all that if Bush isn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/02/impeach-bush-in-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thuggery for Obama?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/thuggery-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/thuggery-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. They beat the crap out of this elderly school teacher, because she chanted for Hillary at the Rules &#38; Bylaws Committee meeting: video. (via FDL). I suppose that&#8217;s one way to put down internal insurrection. Not a very good &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/thuggery-for-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Initial Command</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/the-initial-command/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/the-initial-command/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 16:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condescension]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Department of Defense) The Obama campaign has categorically rejected John McCain&#8217;s proposal for a joint trip to Iraq, calling it a &#8220;publicity stunt.&#8221; Publicity stunt it most certainly is, but why is it automatically assumed that the publicity would &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/31/the-initial-command/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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