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	<title>Comments on: Health-care Reform is Making a Comeback</title>
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		<title>By: Tom Degan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Degan</dc:creator>
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		<description>The CPAC conference was a laugh riot!

There was Michele Bachmann, waxing moronic as only Michele Bachmann can do. Almost four weeks ago on my blog, I asked the musical question, &quot;Can Michele Bachman possibly get any stupider?&quot; The answer, apparently, is yes. She showed a giant slide of a billboard in her home state of Minnesota which displayed a huge photograph of George W. Bush. Underneath moronically smiling Bush was the caption, &quot;Miss Me Yet?&quot; Not surprisingly, this ocean of assholes misses him dreadfully. So, too, does Michele Bachmann. It was quite touching really.

There was John Boehner giving a speech demonstrating the complete gullibility of his audience given the fact that he wasn&#039;t laughed off the podium:

Ladies and gentlemen, if you help elect a Republican Congress this November, and I&#039;m fortunate enough to be elected Speaker of the House, I pledge to you right here and now: we&#039;re going to run the House differently.&quot;

I wish I could have set up a concession stand outside that hall selling my new line of gas heaters made out of balsa wood. I&#039;d have made a fortune.

There was former Congressman Dick Armey demonstrating yet again that he has spent the last ten years in a vacuum. I am not kidding you, he actually had this to say about the president: &quot;You&#039;re intellectually shallow; you&#039;re a romantic; you&#039;re self-indulgent.&quot; He then went on to call Obama, &quot;the most incompetent president perhaps in our lifetime.&quot;

QUESTION: What was this knucklehead doing between the years 2001 and 2009? Any ideas?

There was Marco Rubio, the new GOP poster boy and candidate for senate. The guy also fancies himself something of a comedian. It was a good thing that Washington was shut down last week by the worst snow storm in its history. Why? Because &quot;the president couldn&#039;t find anywhere to set up a teleprompter to announce new taxes.&quot; GUFFAW! WHAT A COMEDIAN! Here&#039;s what made the remark so funny: he was reading off of a teleprompter when he made it. That&#039;s what I love about these people - totally void of any sense irony.

FOR THE HISTORICAL RECORD:

Every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has made use of the teleprompter. Isn&#039;t it interesting that only the black guy got criticized for actually using it. Coincidence? I wonder.

And then there was Glenn Beck with his tired old robo-message: Liberalism equals Communism. The fact that this nitwit was welcomed with open arm to this event should give you a fairly good idea where their heads are at.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com 

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The CPAC conference was a laugh riot!</p>
<p>There was Michele Bachmann, waxing moronic as only Michele Bachmann can do. Almost four weeks ago on my blog, I asked the musical question, &#8220;Can Michele Bachman possibly get any stupider?&#8221; The answer, apparently, is yes. She showed a giant slide of a billboard in her home state of Minnesota which displayed a huge photograph of George W. Bush. Underneath moronically smiling Bush was the caption, &#8220;Miss Me Yet?&#8221; Not surprisingly, this ocean of assholes misses him dreadfully. So, too, does Michele Bachmann. It was quite touching really.</p>
<p>There was John Boehner giving a speech demonstrating the complete gullibility of his audience given the fact that he wasn&#8217;t laughed off the podium:</p>
<p>Ladies and gentlemen, if you help elect a Republican Congress this November, and I&#8217;m fortunate enough to be elected Speaker of the House, I pledge to you right here and now: we&#8217;re going to run the House differently.&#8221;</p>
<p>I wish I could have set up a concession stand outside that hall selling my new line of gas heaters made out of balsa wood. I&#8217;d have made a fortune.</p>
<p>There was former Congressman Dick Armey demonstrating yet again that he has spent the last ten years in a vacuum. I am not kidding you, he actually had this to say about the president: &#8220;You&#8217;re intellectually shallow; you&#8217;re a romantic; you&#8217;re self-indulgent.&#8221; He then went on to call Obama, &#8220;the most incompetent president perhaps in our lifetime.&#8221;</p>
<p>QUESTION: What was this knucklehead doing between the years 2001 and 2009? Any ideas?</p>
<p>There was Marco Rubio, the new GOP poster boy and candidate for senate. The guy also fancies himself something of a comedian. It was a good thing that Washington was shut down last week by the worst snow storm in its history. Why? Because &#8220;the president couldn&#8217;t find anywhere to set up a teleprompter to announce new taxes.&#8221; GUFFAW! WHAT A COMEDIAN! Here&#8217;s what made the remark so funny: he was reading off of a teleprompter when he made it. That&#8217;s what I love about these people &#8211; totally void of any sense irony.</p>
<p>FOR THE HISTORICAL RECORD:</p>
<p>Every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has made use of the teleprompter. Isn&#8217;t it interesting that only the black guy got criticized for actually using it. Coincidence? I wonder.</p>
<p>And then there was Glenn Beck with his tired old robo-message: Liberalism equals Communism. The fact that this nitwit was welcomed with open arm to this event should give you a fairly good idea where their heads are at.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com</a> </p>
<p>Tom Degan<br />
Goshen, NY</p>
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		<title>By: janelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i hate how every body makes a huge deal about politics!!!!! its rather annoying</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i hate how every body makes a huge deal about politics!!!!! its rather annoying</p>
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