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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; John McCain</title>
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		<title>Sarah Palin in 2012</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/sarah-palin-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rasmussen reports today that Sarah Palin is the choice of 64% of Republicans for the 2012 Republican nomination, and that a staggering 91% of Republicans have a favorable impression of her (equally remarkable, 65% rate their view as &#8216;highly favorable&#8217;). &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/sarah-palin-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming the Social Conservatives</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/blaming-the-social-conservatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As readers will know, I&#8217;m certainly no apologist for the social conservative movement in either its style or purposes. But it seems to me to be an awful injustice to lay at their feet the defeat of John McCain, in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/blaming-the-social-conservatives/">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>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/#comments</comments>
		<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>Socialism, Polls, Matt Drudge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/19/socialism-polls-matt-drudge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard that John McCain has denounced Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8216;spread the wealth&#8217; formulation for tax policy as socialism. It&#8217;s an inflammatory but not unjustified charge, as a good definition for socialism is the equitable distribution of wealth to the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/19/socialism-polls-matt-drudge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Folly of Heroes</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/13/the-folly-of-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a day for indignity. Just when I&#8217;d stopped shaking my head at the image of Paul Krugman accepting the Nobel Prize, I read two of my most cherished heroes offering rather embarrassing endorsements for bad things. Christopher Hitchens, always &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/13/the-folly-of-heroes/">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>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/democrats-need-to-relax/#comments</comments>
		<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>John McCain and Sarah Palin: Fairfax Gallery</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/john-mccain-and-sarah-palin-fairfax-gallery/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/john-mccain-and-sarah-palin-fairfax-gallery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Hilton caught some great shots at the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia. He was gracious enough to let us post them here for you:]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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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>Sarah Palin&#8217;s Google Bounce, Part II</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/sarah-palins-google-bounce-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/sarah-palins-google-bounce-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I noticed that Sarah Palin had exceeded Joe Biden slightly in Google returns. Understandably, that has now become an avalanche (Biden: 5.6 million &#124; Palin: 22.4 million). Although it plainly doesn&#8217;t exceed John McCain or Barack Obama&#8217;s returns &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/sarah-palins-google-bounce-part-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Outside View of the State of Our Presidential Race</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/an-outside-view-of-the-state-of-our-presidential-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Glick via Ace of Spades Caroline Glick is an astute observer of our political situation. She is based in Jerusalem. &#8220;McCain&#8217;s strategic grasp of the requirements for a successful presidential race provide an important lesson for policy-makers and political &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/an-outside-view-of-the-state-of-our-presidential-race/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reconsidertions of McCain&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/reconsidertions-of-mccains-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Rubin becomes the latest to reconsider the merits of McCain&#8217;s convention acceptance speech. It&#8217;s interesting how many people on the political right are reevaluating it really. Like Jennifer, my own reaction was that it was unremarkable. I told friends &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/reconsidertions-of-mccains-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do The Opposite</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/do-the-opposite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jihad Watch I have seen a few articles that say something like &#8211; if the left dislikes McCan-Palin so much they must be doing something right. Here is a similar argument about views from the Muslim world. &#8220;whenever your taqiyya-practicing &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/do-the-opposite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Encounter With Political Sexism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/an-encounter-with-political-sexism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/an-encounter-with-political-sexism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Keenan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many children does John McCain have? It&#8217;s seven including adoptions, but very few seem to know that. Easier question: how many children does Sarah Palin have? Five and I bet you knew that instantly. Welcome to sexism says liberal &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/an-encounter-with-political-sexism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Color Problem</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Week Ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The atrocious background colors displayed on the silly jumbotron during John McCain&#8217;s convention speech shouldn&#8217;t have been difficult to avoid. As BestWeekEver sadly illustrates, almost anything would have been an improvement. The solid pastel blue and green backgrounds made their &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The New Rove</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/the-new-rove/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/the-new-rove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger&#8217;s former top strategist Steve Schmidt turned John McCain&#8217;s campaign from a dithering defensive wreck, into the aggressive machine that&#8217;s been taking the fight to Obama all summer. Most of all, he&#8217;s the man who finally got John McCain to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/the-new-rove/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change the Debates</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/change-the-debates/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/change-the-debates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be honest, wouldn&#8217;t you rather see Barack Obama vs Sarah Palin and John McCain vs Joe Biden in the debates?]]></description>
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		<title>What on Earth is Obama Thinking?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/what-on-earth-is-obama-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/what-on-earth-is-obama-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s actually starting to run against Sarah Palin: “My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We&#8217;ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/what-on-earth-is-obama-thinking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Nouveau Riche</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/sarah-nouveau-riche/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/sarah-nouveau-riche/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[She raised less than $500k for the Alaska governor&#8217;s race in 2006. But as McCain&#8217;s running mate, Palin&#8217;s inaugurated a seven million dollar surge in donations to the McCain campaign. Given the excitement (near ecstasy, really) on the political right &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/sarah-nouveau-riche/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Graphics Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was searching for an image on my backup drive today and came across a cache of header graphics I&#8217;d thrown together for posts over the years. The diversity of subjects was kind of interesting as a gallery. Here&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Biden Blues</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/biden-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A majority of voters approve of Obama&#8217;s selection of Joe Biden in CNN&#8217;s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary&#8217;s sad little village. Thus, Obama &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/biden-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How The West Will Win</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/how-the-west-will-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/how-the-west-will-win/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smarty Pants</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson reprints a Letter to the Editor from the New York Times.  This offering left me gape-jawed. The Professor&#8217;s first point is well-taken. Where is the evidence that Barack Obama is more intelligent than John McCain? &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the Obama campaigns response to McCains surprisingly (in their mind) strong performance in last nights Saddleback Civil Forum on Presidency McQ finds the charge another in a long line of examples of misunderestimation by Democrats. I like this &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Age Old Problem</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time at the Nebraska Regional was super.  Our team won three of the four Knockout Events, was second in a shorter &#8220;Compact&#8221; Knockout &#8211; then struggled to 13th place in the last day&#8217;s Swiss Team, although we were in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Politics Part II</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/paris-politics-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uh-oh, Paris doesn&#8217;t like John McCain. But wasn&#8217;t that sorta the point? It&#8217;s amazing how McCain has cheapened the process through involving her though. However&#8230;perhaps not entirely for the bad. The 10% of the world that wasn&#8217;t paying attention to this election just &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/paris-politics-part-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Trying too Hard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Celeb&#8221; ad on the grounds that &#8220;anyone knows&#8221; Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren&#8217;t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Talk Radio</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/blog-talk-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at QandO, Bruce, Dale,and I discuss Sen. Obama&#8217;s hubris, his fawning press coverage, and his inability to admit his error in opposing the surge.]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Maliki&#8217;s Timetable</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not the same thing as a Harry Reid Timetable (HT: McQ): A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elect Phil Gramm!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: &#8220;When you help a company raise capital, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures In Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leftosphere is up in arms over John McCain &#8220;lying&#8221; about Barack Obama&#8217;s stated intentions vis-a-vis Iran. The latest source of righteous outrage comes courtesy of a Joel Klein interview with McCain: At a press conference here, I just asked &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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