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	<title>Donkephant &#187; Partisan Politics</title>
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		<title>Thank You, Rep. Barton</title>
		<link>http://www.donkephant.net/2010/06/18/thank-you-rep-barton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Rep. Barton for saying what many of us are feeling and want to say, but don&#8217;t have the platform.  You apology was deserved and I (and others) think you were right when you characterized what happened as a shakedown.  That&#8217;s exactly what it was.  Chicago-style gangster politics at it&#8217;s worst. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Rep. Barton for saying what many of us are feeling and want to say, but don&#8217;t have the platform.  You apology was deserved and I (and others) think you were right when you characterized what happened as a shakedown.  That&#8217;s exactly what it was.  Chicago-style gangster politics at it&#8217;s worst.  Completely un-constitutional and certainly illegal.  </p>
<p>Perhaps the fund should have been created (I have no good reason why it shouldn&#8217;t have been.), but the way it was gone about was wrong.  Just a bit more of the mob styling of the Presidents political bent.  Sad that we have to endure another 2 years of this.  Let&#8217;s hope that by November they become a little bit more bearable.</p>
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		<title>Party Merge?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned twice President Lincoln.  And mentioned also, the Republican party.  It brought the following question to mind:
Based on the current party situation wherein the Republican party is becoming more liberal, is the mention of Lincoln and the Republican party the beginning of an eminent merging of the Democrat and Republican [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned twice President Lincoln.  And mentioned also, the Republican party.  It brought the following question to mind:</p>
<p>Based on the current party situation wherein the Republican party is becoming more liberal, is the mention of Lincoln and the Republican party the beginning of an eminent merging of the Democrat and Republican parties?  A unilateral, nonpartisan power grab?</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that a scary thought?  Makes me think twice about my political affiliations.  Perhaps I&#8217;ll go the <a title="Why Libertarian" href="http://olorinpc.com/2008/10/why-libertarian-why-more-vocal/" target="_blank">same way as Jake after all</a>.</p>
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		<title>Who is Chuck Baldwin?</title>
		<link>http://www.donkephant.net/2008/09/26/who-is-chuck-baldwin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my absentee ballot in the mail today.  There are more than just the two candidates that everyone seems to be focused on.  I knew that of course, but I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of other people who don&#8217;t.  Some of the candidates I had heard of, but Chuck Baldwin was a new name.
Turns [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got my absentee ballot in the mail today.  There are more than just the two candidates that everyone seems to be focused on.  I knew that of course, but I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of other people who don&#8217;t.  Some of the candidates I had heard of, but <a href="http://baldwin08.com/" title="Chuck Baldwin for President" target="_blank">Chuck Baldwin</a> was a new name.</p>
<p>Turns out he&#8217;s the candidate for the Constitution party.  And then I noticed something else.  Ron Paul <a href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=582" title="Ron Paul supports Chuck Baldwin" target="_blank">announced his support of Baldwin</a> for President on Monday.  Where was that in the news?  Maybe Obama better move his people back into North Dakota.  If Ron Paul is pushing this guy, he could make a close campaign even closer by pulling votes from McCain.  He&#8217;s entirely too conservative to pull from Obama, so the extra mix could cause some issues.</p>
<p>After looking at the issues, I can&#8217;t say that I will be voting for him.  Some of his issues are a little too drastic.  And while I don&#8217;t believe that what a candidate says are his stances on the issues reflect anything of what he/she will do, or be able to do, once in office, that doesn&#8217;t mean I can support them either.</p>
<p>What I would like to see is more non-republican and non-democrat candidates for congress and senate seats. A little something to break up the parties and make it a little more of a challenge for any one party to disrupt things.  Why must they always shoot for the top?  Haven&#8217;t they ever heard of starting from the bottom and building a base first?</p>
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		<title>House Republicans Walk Out</title>
		<link>http://www.donkephant.net/2008/02/14/house-republicans-walk-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is quite interesting.
What I find most interesting about it is that Rep. Boehner initially says that &#8220;in other words, we have time on the calendar for political grandstanding&#8221; &#8230;  But, isn&#8217;t a walkout essentially political grandstanding?
And while we&#8217;re on the subject, I never asked the representatives of the House to protect me.  I have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is <a href="http://www.cantorforcongress.com/blog/?p=84" title="House republicans walk out" target="_blank">quite interesting</a>.</p>
<p><object height="355" width="425"></object><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EHf9gK1Tyyo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EHf9gK1Tyyo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed>What I find most interesting about it is that Rep. Boehner initially says that &#8220;in other words, we have time on the calendar for political grandstanding&#8221; &#8230;  But, isn&#8217;t a walkout essentially political grandstanding?</p>
<p>And while we&#8217;re on the subject, I never asked the representatives of the House to protect me.  I have the 2nd amendment protected gun to do that.  Don&#8217;t use me as an excuse to make your opponent look silly.  Just do your job, or we&#8217;ll find someone who will.</p>
<p>And I do not want you listening to my phone calls either.   Oh, and if you&#8217;re thinking that I&#8217;m saying all of this because I&#8217;m a Dem or something, take a real close look at the upper right hand corner of this site.  Yep, that&#8217;s Huckabee.</p>
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