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	<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/</link>
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		<title>by: Oswego Willy</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233336</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>- Meanderthal - ,

I don't know - wordslinger- from Adam, but I do know from reading, and know from the "Wordslinger Best Commenter Golden Horseshoe" that ... - wordslinger -, he must be pretty good. Rich names his golden Horseshoe for him, I take notice pretty fast.


Class move on the apology, no need to go Potty Mouth.</description>
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<p>I don&#8217;t know - wordslinger- from Adam, but I do know from reading, and know from the &#8220;Wordslinger Best Commenter Golden Horseshoe&#8221; that &#8230; - wordslinger -, he must be pretty good. Rich names his golden Horseshoe for him, I take notice pretty fast.</p>
<p>Class move on the apology, no need to go Potty Mouth.
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		<title>by: Meanderthal</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233333</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233333</guid>
					<description>OW--
Isn't the point of using a fake name so I don't know the other people that post here.  And Emily Booth, I am so old I remember when Rostenkowski changed his name to Rosten.  Ha!
Sorry for the potty mouth, Wordslinger.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OW&#8211;<br />
Isn&#8217;t the point of using a fake name so I don&#8217;t know the other people that post here.  And Emily Booth, I am so old I remember when Rostenkowski changed his name to Rosten.  Ha!<br />
Sorry for the potty mouth, Wordslinger.
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		<title>by: Anonymous</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233327</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233327</guid>
					<description>- Meanderthal -,

You want to take - wrodslinger - on, good luck. On his worst day, he would still have to tie one hand behind his back to even make it sporting for the rest of us to watch.

Just some advice; know your adversary, and then think, "Is this the best way?" I am here to tell you.

NO.

With kindest personal regards, I remain.

Sincerely yours,

Oswego Willy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- Meanderthal -,</p>
<p>You want to take - wrodslinger - on, good luck. On his worst day, he would still have to tie one hand behind his back to even make it sporting for the rest of us to watch.</p>
<p>Just some advice; know your adversary, and then think, &#8220;Is this the best way?&#8221; I am here to tell you.</p>
<p>NO.</p>
<p>With kindest personal regards, I remain.</p>
<p>Sincerely yours,</p>
<p>Oswego Willy
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		<title>by: wordslinger</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233291</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233291</guid>
					<description>Mea, Turdslinger is not bad, but it's also the first one you come up with.

Work it, daddio.

How about Nerdslinger? Or WordCorporalKlinger (stretch). Or WordPullMyFinger?

There are no bad ideas in brainstorming. Go for it, dude.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mea, Turdslinger is not bad, but it&#8217;s also the first one you come up with.</p>
<p>Work it, daddio.</p>
<p>How about Nerdslinger? Or WordCorporalKlinger (stretch). Or WordPullMyFinger?</p>
<p>There are no bad ideas in brainstorming. Go for it, dude.
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		<title>by: wordslinger</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233285</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233285</guid>
					<description>--and wordslinger, you think every post is about you.--

What's that mean?

There are words arranged with punctuation, but what are you trying to communicate?

Dude, take your Ritalin. In 435 Congressional districts, I'm sure we're all going to find some outcomes we find outrageous and wrong. 

I know I will. But you don't disenfranchise voters over it. 

Somehow, we'll muddle through.

Peace, brother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8211;and wordslinger, you think every post is about you.&#8211;</p>
<p>What&#8217;s that mean?</p>
<p>There are words arranged with punctuation, but what are you trying to communicate?</p>
<p>Dude, take your Ritalin. In 435 Congressional districts, I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;re all going to find some outcomes we find outrageous and wrong. </p>
<p>I know I will. But you don&#8217;t disenfranchise voters over it. </p>
<p>Somehow, we&#8217;ll muddle through.</p>
<p>Peace, brother.
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		<title>by: VanillaMan</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233281</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233281</guid>
					<description>LOL!
Skeeter, you dog!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL!<br />
Skeeter, you dog!
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		<title>by: Skeeter</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233280</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233280</guid>
					<description>VMAN,
Who is blaming the GOP?
Who was that comment directed to?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VMAN,<br />
Who is blaming the GOP?<br />
Who was that comment directed to?
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		<title>by: VanillaMan</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233279</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233279</guid>
					<description>and wordslinger, you think every post is about you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and wordslinger, you think every post is about you.
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		<title>by: VanillaMan</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233278</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233278</guid>
					<description>Rove, Fox, Koch Brothers, (add talking point/excuse here), blah, blah, blah.

None of that matters if the Democrats had a shred of integrity and called J3 out onto the carpet and demanded any accountability over the past four years. They have Halvorson to pick up any slack. J3 was a flat tire, all the Democrats had to do was to change it.

Blaming anything other than the key power players here for this disaster is spineless and rotten. If your party wants to gerrymander itself a protected fiefdom it has the obligation to care for those voters, not screw them repeatedly with Savage, Reynolds and Jackson. 

Blaming the GOP for this preventable disgusting spectacle is asinine. Playing the victim because the GOP didn't drop a dime into a race it couldn't have won is pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rove, Fox, Koch Brothers, (add talking point/excuse here), blah, blah, blah.</p>
<p>None of that matters if the Democrats had a shred of integrity and called J3 out onto the carpet and demanded any accountability over the past four years. They have Halvorson to pick up any slack. J3 was a flat tire, all the Democrats had to do was to change it.</p>
<p>Blaming anything other than the key power players here for this disaster is spineless and rotten. If your party wants to gerrymander itself a protected fiefdom it has the obligation to care for those voters, not screw them repeatedly with Savage, Reynolds and Jackson. </p>
<p>Blaming the GOP for this preventable disgusting spectacle is asinine. Playing the victim because the GOP didn&#8217;t drop a dime into a race it couldn&#8217;t have won is pathetic.
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		<title>by: Oswego Willy</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233264</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233264</guid>
					<description>- Meanderthal -,

We show respect to each other here. Keep that in mind if you want to be taken even remotely serious in your thoughts and posts. MOck all you want the thoughts or ideas, but to each other, changing the names of posters like a 5th grader ain't helping your cause.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- Meanderthal -,</p>
<p>We show respect to each other here. Keep that in mind if you want to be taken even remotely serious in your thoughts and posts. MOck all you want the thoughts or ideas, but to each other, changing the names of posters like a 5th grader ain&#8217;t helping your cause.
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		<title>by: Emily Booth</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233263</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233263</guid>
					<description>@Meanderthal, first of all, you need to be a little more respectful. Secondly, I guess you're too young to remember Rostenkowski.  He didn't abuse campaign funds; he misspent the postage at the Senate and didn't report some gifts he should've. He was responsible for Presidential Towers in Chicago. He brought a lot of pork to Chicago and Illinois.  At one time, he was the head of the Ways and Means Committee.  A very powerful man who ended his career in jail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Meanderthal, first of all, you need to be a little more respectful. Secondly, I guess you&#8217;re too young to remember Rostenkowski.  He didn&#8217;t abuse campaign funds; he misspent the postage at the Senate and didn&#8217;t report some gifts he should&#8217;ve. He was responsible for Presidential Towers in Chicago. He brought a lot of pork to Chicago and Illinois.  At one time, he was the head of the Ways and Means Committee.  A very powerful man who ended his career in jail.
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		<title>by: wordslinger</title>
		<link>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233250</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/15/the-jjj-saga-gets-weirder-by-the-day/#comment-11233250</guid>
					<description>==No - you claim it is the GOP who are to blame?--

I think that's directed at me.

I don't blame anyone for anything. I don't really care. The folks in the district had options and made their choice.

Just as the folks who saw fit to send great statesmen like Michelle Bachman, Steve King, Joe Walsh, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock to Congress.

I'm not down with that, but I didn't live in those districts.

The voters in Illinois 2 made their choice. The district was hardly drawn for Jackson, he lost some of his strongest areas in the map.

What fascinates me is the sanctimonious out-of-district preachers who believe they are on a mission from God to disenfranchise the voters in a free election.

You don't have to like the results. I don't like plenty of election results. It's called democracy.

But, VMan, if you want to do something more than complain and play the victim (doubtful, that would take effort), yes, I'd suggest it was a slam dunk to put some money behind the GOP candidate in the district. (What's his name? Do you know?).

And if I recall correctly, the House was never in doubt. The big Roveian money was telling us on the morning of Nov. 6 that they were grabbing the White House and the Senate, not fighting a rear-guard action to preserve the House majority.

But maybe they're saying something differently on Fox now. I wouldn't know. I'm sure you do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>==No - you claim it is the GOP who are to blame?&#8211;</p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s directed at me.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t blame anyone for anything. I don&#8217;t really care. The folks in the district had options and made their choice.</p>
<p>Just as the folks who saw fit to send great statesmen like Michelle Bachman, Steve King, Joe Walsh, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock to Congress.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not down with that, but I didn&#8217;t live in those districts.</p>
<p>The voters in Illinois 2 made their choice. The district was hardly drawn for Jackson, he lost some of his strongest areas in the map.</p>
<p>What fascinates me is the sanctimonious out-of-district preachers who believe they are on a mission from God to disenfranchise the voters in a free election.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to like the results. I don&#8217;t like plenty of election results. It&#8217;s called democracy.</p>
<p>But, VMan, if you want to do something more than complain and play the victim (doubtful, that would take effort), yes, I&#8217;d suggest it was a slam dunk to put some money behind the GOP candidate in the district. (What&#8217;s his name? Do you know?).</p>
<p>And if I recall correctly, the House was never in doubt. The big Roveian money was telling us on the morning of Nov. 6 that they were grabbing the White House and the Senate, not fighting a rear-guard action to preserve the House majority.</p>
<p>But maybe they&#8217;re saying something differently on Fox now. I wouldn&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m sure you do.
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