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	<title>Comments on: Dean Barkley Says &#8220;No&#8221; To Possible Christmas Tree</title>
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		<title>By: Recent Polls: What&#8217;s To Be&#160;Believed? &#124; MNpublius.com</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25542</link>
		<dc:creator>Recent Polls: What&#8217;s To Be&#160;Believed? &#124; MNpublius.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] completely screwed up politically: while it was clearly populist to be against the bill, he was for it, then against it, and then for it again. Trying to be an &#8220;anti-Washington&#8221; candidate isn&#8217;t going [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] completely screwed up politically: while it was clearly populist to be against the bill, he was for it, then against it, and then for it again. Trying to be an &#8220;anti-Washington&#8221; candidate isn&#8217;t going&nbsp;[&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25233</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, the &quot;bail out&quot; bill is more and more becoming a necessity in this current environment. Yes, we are bailing out the idiots who created it in the first place but it is needed. Non-partisan after non partisan economists agree that doing nothing would be much worse then this bailout plan so, unfortunately, we DO need this bail out plan to pass. 

So as much as it makes me sick (and Mr. Barkley too) remember that just because you are voting with the mass does not always make you wrong . Also, remember that an independent candidate does not mean that he/she will disagree with everything the GOP/DEMs want. It means that he/she will consider all options no matter who brings the idea to the table and evaluate it regardless of originating party. This is what I want in congress now. No more pro-Bush Coleman or Anti everything GOP Franken. I want a thinker and not a party lackey.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, the &#8220;bail out&#8221; bill is more and more becoming a necessity in this current environment. Yes, we are bailing out the idiots who created it in the first place but it is needed. Non-partisan after non partisan economists agree that doing nothing would be much worse then this bailout plan so, unfortunately, we DO need this bail out plan to&nbsp;pass. </p>
<p>So as much as it makes me sick (and Mr. Barkley too) remember that just because you are voting with the mass does not always make you wrong . Also, remember that an independent candidate does not mean that he/she will disagree with everything the GOP/DEMs want. It means that he/she will consider all options no matter who brings the idea to the table and evaluate it regardless of originating party. This is what I want in congress now. No more pro-Bush Coleman or Anti everything GOP Franken. I want a thinker and not a party&nbsp;lackey.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25078</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What am I talking about (I see Al Franken&#039;s immaturity has rubbed off on you)?

I&#039;m talking about talking about the 700 billion that George Bush Al Franken and Barack Obama want to take from the responsible and give to the irresponsible, and take from the responsible.  Watch the news and if you can&#039;t controll your language refrain from posting comments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What am I talking about (I see Al Franken&#8217;s immaturity has rubbed off on&nbsp;you)?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m talking about talking about the 700 billion that George Bush Al Franken and Barack Obama want to take from the responsible and give to the irresponsible, and take from the responsible.  Watch the news and if you can&#8217;t controll your language refrain from posting&nbsp;comments.</p>
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		<title>By: Kerosene Hat</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25021</link>
		<dc:creator>Kerosene Hat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Aaron, what was the problem with Barkley&#039;s position?  Or is this post simply more partisan arm flailing.  Is your problem that during a fluid situation a person running for office has changed their position?  Or is a post on Barkley just an admission of the fundamental negatives of both candidates.  Given the bipartisan nature of the bailout, not to mention the last couple decades worth of irresponsible policies by both parties that led to this current economic situation, it might be that having a senator not loyal to a party line would be the best option.

We might have reached the point where the smoke and mirror policies of both parties won&#039;t work anymore.  I remember being a kid in the late seventies, early eighties and economists being concerned about debt of all types.  National, business, personal, liabilities on things like Social Security and Medicare.  We have been living on borrowed time for a long while because it benefited both political parties to do so.  Republicans and Democrats have both supported policies that primarily were cost shifting measure.  They failed to act responsibly and we can all now see the result.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Aaron, what was the problem with Barkley&#8217;s position?  Or is this post simply more partisan arm flailing.  Is your problem that during a fluid situation a person running for office has changed their position?  Or is a post on Barkley just an admission of the fundamental negatives of both candidates.  Given the bipartisan nature of the bailout, not to mention the last couple decades worth of irresponsible policies by both parties that led to this current economic situation, it might be that having a senator not loyal to a party line would be the best&nbsp;option.</p>
<p>We might have reached the point where the smoke and mirror policies of both parties won&#8217;t work anymore.  I remember being a kid in the late seventies, early eighties and economists being concerned about debt of all types.  National, business, personal, liabilities on things like Social Security and Medicare.  We have been living on borrowed time for a long while because it benefited both political parties to do so.  Republicans and Democrats have both supported policies that primarily were cost shifting measure.  They failed to act responsibly and we can all now see the&nbsp;result.</p>
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		<title>By: Dean Barkley Says “No” To Possible bChristmas/b Tree</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25017</link>
		<dc:creator>Dean Barkley Says “No” To Possible bChristmas/b Tree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Aaron Landry wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerpt“I just hope it doesn’t become a bChristmas/b tree,” he said. Wow. Before you could start singing O Tannenbaum or come up with a better analogy his decision to vote for something that might become a $700 Gazillion Balsam Fir changed: b&#8230;/b [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Aaron Landry wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerpt“I just hope it doesn’t become a bChristmas/b tree,” he said. Wow. Before you could start singing O Tannenbaum or come up with a better analogy his decision to vote for something that might become a $700 Gazillion Balsam Fir changed: b&#8230;/b&nbsp;[&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: lojasmo</title>
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		<dc:creator>lojasmo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike-

What the FUCK are you yammering about?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike-</p>
<p>What the FUCK are you yammering&nbsp;about?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-25008</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meanwhile Al Franken has had a couple days to relize the sky isn&#039;t falling (of course in his world Gas prices are approaching $5.00 not the $3.37 they actually are) and Al Franken still fully supports bailouts.

To call coming to the conclusion that $2,500 from every man women and child will destroy the economy more then anything else some sort of flip flop shows you still haven&#039;t gotten past the fact that this issue is bigger then politics.  The Obama/Bush bailout policy has eeryone on board simply because Obama/Bush are two very powerful political forces, but mainstreet America relizes that you shouldn&#039;t believe everything Obama/Bush tell you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile Al Franken has had a couple days to relize the sky isn&#8217;t falling (of course in his world Gas prices are approaching $5.00 not the $3.37 they actually are) and Al Franken still fully supports&nbsp;bailouts.</p>
<p>To call coming to the conclusion that $2,500 from every man women and child will destroy the economy more then anything else some sort of flip flop shows you still haven&#8217;t gotten past the fact that this issue is bigger then politics.  The Obama/Bush bailout policy has eeryone on board simply because Obama/Bush are two very powerful political forces, but mainstreet America relizes that you shouldn&#8217;t believe everything Obama/Bush tell&nbsp;you.</p>
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		<title>By: neighborly neighbor</title>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/dean-barkley-says-no-to-possible-christmas-tree/#comment-24990</link>
		<dc:creator>neighborly neighbor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about the war against Christmas now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about the war against Christmas&nbsp;now?</p>
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