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		<title>By: Amber</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/17/the-media-matters-modus-operandi/comment-page-1/#comment-299081</link>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Walmart actually only pays .25-.50 cents above mininum wage, which in most parts of the country is only 5.15 an hour, and you can only make AT MAXIMUM a .50 raise a year.  Wal-mart is the devil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walmart actually only pays .25-.50 cents above mininum wage, which in most parts of the country is only 5.15 an hour, and you can only make AT MAXIMUM a .50 raise a year.  Wal-mart is the devil.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/17/the-media-matters-modus-operandi/comment-page-1/#comment-111066</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of hypocritical leadership, I saw something on Nancy Pelosi last night.  Quite the working-man&#039;s defender and in bed with the unions.  Looking at her record just boggles the mind with twist, turns and contradiction.  Bottomline, she out for hers and the common man be damned.

To wit, her ownership in a union-free upscale hotel, yet not a peep from the union?  

Of course not, now we know why:  What&#039;s a few hundred employees compared to hundreds of thousands potential new members that her San Francisco Values would bring.  Especially if she takes the reins from the GOP after the election.

I just read yesterday&#039;s WSJ about the upcoming crackdown on port security is expected to affect 100K + truck drivers who are illegal immigrants working for $8/hr - I haven&#039;t seen $8 since the mid 1980s.  I would have thot truckers make at least $14/hr.  But anyhoo, if illegals get amnesty, there&#039;s a ready segment ripe for recruitment by the unions.   And Walmart is the boogeyman for paying $10/hr w/o a union?

There&#039;s more, but she&#039;s not in my State (Whew!!), not in my district (Thank God!) and I&#039;ve got better things to do.  I&#039;m just gonna cross my fingers and hope enough people will hold their noses and come out to vote against donks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of hypocritical leadership, I saw something on Nancy Pelosi last night.  Quite the working-man&#8217;s defender and in bed with the unions.  Looking at her record just boggles the mind with twist, turns and contradiction.  Bottomline, she out for hers and the common man be damned.</p>
<p>To wit, her ownership in a union-free upscale hotel, yet not a peep from the union?  </p>
<p>Of course not, now we know why:  What&#8217;s a few hundred employees compared to hundreds of thousands potential new members that her San Francisco Values would bring.  Especially if she takes the reins from the GOP after the election.</p>
<p>I just read yesterday&#8217;s WSJ about the upcoming crackdown on port security is expected to affect 100K + truck drivers who are illegal immigrants working for $8/hr &#8211; I haven&#8217;t seen $8 since the mid 1980s.  I would have thot truckers make at least $14/hr.  But anyhoo, if illegals get amnesty, there&#8217;s a ready segment ripe for recruitment by the unions.   And Walmart is the boogeyman for paying $10/hr w/o a union?</p>
<p>There&#8217;s more, but she&#8217;s not in my State (Whew!!), not in my district (Thank God!) and I&#8217;ve got better things to do.  I&#8217;m just gonna cross my fingers and hope enough people will hold their noses and come out to vote against donks</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/17/the-media-matters-modus-operandi/comment-page-1/#comment-110961</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, and Nixon was hounded by those punks Woodward and Bernstein...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, and Nixon was hounded by those punks Woodward and Bernstein&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous Liberal</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/17/the-media-matters-modus-operandi/comment-page-1/#comment-110422</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Actually, there have been numerous allegations of Reid abusing his power: accepting free ringside seats valued at thousands of dollars to big Vegas boxing matches,tipping the staff at the Ritz-Carlton(!!!) with campaign funds…Ritz-Carlton, million-dollar plus land windfalls, high-dollar Vegas perks - yeah, he’s quite the paragon of virtue. ‘Public servant’, my eye… &lt;/i&gt;

I don&#039;t know if Reid is squeekly clean, but everything you list here has been badly distorted and over-hyped.  And virtually all of these &quot;allegations&quot; are the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=solomon&amp;SearchCutoff=90&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;handiwork&lt;/a&gt; of John Solomon of the AP who has some sort of weird obsession with Reid and is apparently willing to go to press with any stupid charge RNC oppo researchers can dredge up, no matter how trivial and distorted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Actually, there have been numerous allegations of Reid abusing his power: accepting free ringside seats valued at thousands of dollars to big Vegas boxing matches,tipping the staff at the Ritz-Carlton(!!!) with campaign funds…Ritz-Carlton, million-dollar plus land windfalls, high-dollar Vegas perks &#8211; yeah, he’s quite the paragon of virtue. ‘Public servant’, my eye… </i></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if Reid is squeekly clean, but everything you list here has been badly distorted and over-hyped.  And virtually all of these &#8220;allegations&#8221; are the <a href="http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=solomon&amp;SearchCutoff=90" rel="nofollow">handiwork</a> of John Solomon of the AP who has some sort of weird obsession with Reid and is apparently willing to go to press with any stupid charge RNC oppo researchers can dredge up, no matter how trivial and distorted.</p>
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		<title>By: peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And for more light on the subject:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180011</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And for more light on the subject:</p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180011" rel="nofollow">http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180011</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One more point about this Reid vs. Weldon thing: Weldon is a member of the House, Reid is the Senate Minority Leader; &lt;em&gt;of course &lt;/em&gt;stories about Reid are going to get more play...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more point about this Reid vs. Weldon thing: Weldon is a member of the House, Reid is the Senate Minority Leader; <em>of course </em>stories about Reid are going to get more play&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or to put it another way: how come all this smoke always surrounds Reid, but his defenders claim there&#039;s never been a fire?...of course, it&#039;s probably next to impossible to be an honest politician, least of all in Nevada...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or to put it another way: how come all this smoke always surrounds Reid, but his defenders claim there&#8217;s never been a fire?&#8230;of course, it&#8217;s probably next to impossible to be an honest politician, least of all in Nevada&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, there have been numerous allegations of Reid abusing his power: accepting free ringside seats valued at thousands of dollars to big Vegas boxing matches,tipping the staff at the Ritz-Carlton(!!!) with campaign funds...Ritz-Carlton, million-dollar plus land windfalls, high-dollar Vegas perks - yeah, he&#039;s quite the paragon of virtue. &#039;Public servant&#039;, my eye...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, there have been numerous allegations of Reid abusing his power: accepting free ringside seats valued at thousands of dollars to big Vegas boxing matches,tipping the staff at the Ritz-Carlton(!!!) with campaign funds&#8230;Ritz-Carlton, million-dollar plus land windfalls, high-dollar Vegas perks &#8211; yeah, he&#8217;s quite the paragon of virtue. &#8216;Public servant&#8217;, my eye&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous Liberal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Naturally, George Soros (sorry, Media Matters) would like to have corruption charges against a Republican played up and charges against a Democrat played down. Let him buy the network, drop all pretense of objectivity, and write his own copy.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yeah, except there is such a thing as objective truth.  In the case of Weldon, there is an actual federal investigation going on.  And the charges are serious.  Corruption, bribery, abuse of power, etc.  In the case of Reid, there is nothing but an allegation of improper reporting of ownership.  That is, at worst, an minor ethics violation, not a crime.  That&#039;s just a fact.  That&#039;s not me playing anything down.  There&#039;s not even an allegation that Reid improperly used his power.  

I realize there is spin on both sides, as always, but at the end of the day, not all allegations of impropriety are created equal and deserve equal billing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Naturally, George Soros (sorry, Media Matters) would like to have corruption charges against a Republican played up and charges against a Democrat played down. Let him buy the network, drop all pretense of objectivity, and write his own copy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yeah, except there is such a thing as objective truth.  In the case of Weldon, there is an actual federal investigation going on.  And the charges are serious.  Corruption, bribery, abuse of power, etc.  In the case of Reid, there is nothing but an allegation of improper reporting of ownership.  That is, at worst, an minor ethics violation, not a crime.  That&#8217;s just a fact.  That&#8217;s not me playing anything down.  There&#8217;s not even an allegation that Reid improperly used his power.  </p>
<p>I realize there is spin on both sides, as always, but at the end of the day, not all allegations of impropriety are created equal and deserve equal billing.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I expect MediaMatters will be making a public apology for getting the &quot;10 Most Vulnerable...&quot; wrong.

To wit:
1) Historically, incumbents trending less than 50% in polls lose.  Mendez, Stabenaw &amp; Bean, altho they are leading, they are trending below 50%.  Looking at those numbers humbly submitted by MM, having between 14% &amp; 17% undecideds is not a good sign for an incumbent, especially if the mood is to throw the bums out.  This qualifies as being vulnerable.
2) Gizi also showed that historically, appointed incumbents lose.  MM is too lazy to show why this is disputeable.  Wait a minute, Mark already said &#039;lazy&#039;.
3) Come to think of it, Gizi gave all the reasons to support his assessment, yet all MM can do is point to disparate polls and talk about the fact their guy &#039;leads&#039;. And to date, Soros has won how many elections with an upset?  Talk about a lazy &amp; lame counterpoint.  

Attention to all nutroots, call me when you really have won something significant and I&#039;ll re-evaluate. bwhahaha</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I expect MediaMatters will be making a public apology for getting the &#8220;10 Most Vulnerable&#8230;&#8221; wrong.</p>
<p>To wit:<br />
1) Historically, incumbents trending less than 50% in polls lose.  Mendez, Stabenaw &amp; Bean, altho they are leading, they are trending below 50%.  Looking at those numbers humbly submitted by MM, having between 14% &amp; 17% undecideds is not a good sign for an incumbent, especially if the mood is to throw the bums out.  This qualifies as being vulnerable.<br />
2) Gizi also showed that historically, appointed incumbents lose.  MM is too lazy to show why this is disputeable.  Wait a minute, Mark already said &#8216;lazy&#8217;.<br />
3) Come to think of it, Gizi gave all the reasons to support his assessment, yet all MM can do is point to disparate polls and talk about the fact their guy &#8216;leads&#8217;. And to date, Soros has won how many elections with an upset?  Talk about a lazy &amp; lame counterpoint.  </p>
<p>Attention to all nutroots, call me when you really have won something significant and I&#8217;ll re-evaluate. bwhahaha</p>
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