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	<title>Comments on: The Republicans Don&#8217;t Get It</title>
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	<description>Like Kryptonite To Stupid</description>
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		<title>By: Molly, NYC</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69636</link>
		<dc:creator>Molly, NYC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; . . . Allen very clearly called someone a thinly coded synonym for the N-word. . . .&lt;/i&gt;

. . . then pretended that this particular interpretation was all news to him. If you knew nothing else about Allen, couldn't you have guessed he was Republican, just from the cowardice and mendacity of this response?

At this point, what's objectionable about the GOP isn't so much the bits and bobs of what they claim is their platform--whether you disagree about taxation policy or gun rights or whatever.

It's that, although they've striven to be--with great success--in charge of absolutely everything, absolutely &lt;i&gt;no one&lt;/i&gt; in a position of leadership in the Republican Party has the slightest, meagerest clue of what it means to be responsible, even for something as basic as their own words.

(And of course, forget their taking responsibility for the &lt;i&gt;big&lt;/i&gt; things--Iraq isn't their fault, losing New Orleans isn't their fault, massive foreign debt isn't their fault--they're just victims of some college student with a video camera, Bill Clinton, or just massive, unforeseeable bad luck. It's never, &lt;i&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt; about them, except as victims)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> . . . Allen very clearly called someone a thinly coded synonym for the N-word. . . .</i></p>
<p>. . . then pretended that this particular interpretation was all news to him. If you knew nothing else about Allen, couldn&#8217;t you have guessed he was Republican, just from the cowardice and mendacity of this response?</p>
<p>At this point, what&#8217;s objectionable about the GOP isn&#8217;t so much the bits and bobs of what they claim is their platform&#8211;whether you disagree about taxation policy or gun rights or whatever.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s that, although they&#8217;ve striven to be&#8211;with great success&#8211;in charge of absolutely everything, absolutely <i>no one</i> in a position of leadership in the Republican Party has the slightest, meagerest clue of what it means to be responsible, even for something as basic as their own words.</p>
<p>(And of course, forget their taking responsibility for the <i>big</i> things&#8211;Iraq isn&#8217;t their fault, losing New Orleans isn&#8217;t their fault, massive foreign debt isn&#8217;t their fault&#8211;they&#8217;re just victims of some college student with a video camera, Bill Clinton, or just massive, unforeseeable bad luck. It&#8217;s never, <i>ever</i> about them, except as victims)</p>
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		<title>By: Wellstone</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69635</link>
		<dc:creator>Wellstone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Macaca is the caca.

Senator Allen is living teh caca every day, and it is a fitting punishment.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Macaca is the caca.</p>
<p>Senator Allen is living teh caca every day, and it is a fitting punishment.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69634</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can I get a large Macaca fries and a MacacaFlurry? Chocolate?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can I get a large Macaca fries and a MacacaFlurry? Chocolate?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69633</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THEY'RE LIVING THE

VIDA MACACA!

THEY CAN NOT AVOID "MACACA MOMENTS" WHEN THEY ARE LIVING "MACACA LIFES" 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR (366 IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION 2008) AND LIVING IT 60 MACACA MINUTES AN HOUR, 60 MACACA SECONDS A MINUTE.

THEY ARE A LIFE-TIME OF MACACA MOMENTS SINCE....


THEY'RE LIVING

THE VIDA MACACA!

testy testy
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THEY&#8217;RE LIVING THE</p>
<p>VIDA MACACA!</p>
<p>THEY CAN NOT AVOID &#8220;MACACA MOMENTS&#8221; WHEN THEY ARE LIVING &#8220;MACACA LIFES&#8221; 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR (366 IN NEXT YEAR&#8217;S ELECTION 2008) AND LIVING IT 60 MACACA MINUTES AN HOUR, 60 MACACA SECONDS A MINUTE.</p>
<p>THEY ARE A LIFE-TIME OF MACACA MOMENTS SINCE&#8230;.</p>
<p>THEY&#8217;RE LIVING</p>
<p>THE VIDA MACACA!</p>
<p>testy testy</p>
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		<title>By: GOP HQ</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69632</link>
		<dc:creator>GOP HQ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Memorandum to all Repub Party members:

Do not reveal your true selves at any time. Always use the carefully crafted phony veneer created for you by Frank Luntz' focus groups.
Libruls have video cameras now and they might catch you acting like an @sshole, then post your true self on the Internet for all to see.
We all know Americans will not vote for us Repubs if they see us for how we really are, as evidenced in the 2006 elections.
Make sure you delete this email so it doesn't fall into enemy hands.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Memorandum to all Repub Party members:</p>
<p>Do not reveal your true selves at any time. Always use the carefully crafted phony veneer created for you by Frank Luntz&#8217; focus groups.<br />
Libruls have video cameras now and they might catch you acting like an @sshole, then post your true self on the Internet for all to see.<br />
We all know Americans will not vote for us Repubs if they see us for how we really are, as evidenced in the 2006 elections.<br />
Make sure you delete this email so it doesn&#8217;t fall into enemy hands.</p>
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		<title>By: Duder</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69631</link>
		<dc:creator>Duder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The worst part is that Allen barely, barely lost to a former Marine, longtime Republican who served for Dutch Reagan. After Allen very clearly called someone a thinly coded synonym for the N-word.

Actually, the worst part is how the media lost sight of this. They virtually never acknowledged what was going on in that video, that Allen was cheerfully slurring an Other with woefully hidden racism. It was all "macaca, tee hee hee." Yeah, it's a funny word (all those "K" sounds), but its meaning is truly despicable.

When I'm depressed, I like to think about what George Allen must be thinking at any given moment. He really was one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination. And now his only public moments are at Falwell's funeral. What a wonderful feeling to know how far that asshole has fallen. I like to think that he spends his days puttering around his house, unshaven in his dirty bathrobe, spinning the chamber to a pistol and muttering to himself.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The worst part is that Allen barely, barely lost to a former Marine, longtime Republican who served for Dutch Reagan. After Allen very clearly called someone a thinly coded synonym for the N-word.</p>
<p>Actually, the worst part is how the media lost sight of this. They virtually never acknowledged what was going on in that video, that Allen was cheerfully slurring an Other with woefully hidden racism. It was all &#8220;macaca, tee hee hee.&#8221; Yeah, it&#8217;s a funny word (all those &#8220;K&#8221; sounds), but its meaning is truly despicable.</p>
<p>When I&#8217;m depressed, I like to think about what George Allen must be thinking at any given moment. He really was one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination. And now his only public moments are at Falwell&#8217;s funeral. What a wonderful feeling to know how far that asshole has fallen. I like to think that he spends his days puttering around his house, unshaven in his dirty bathrobe, spinning the chamber to a pistol and muttering to himself.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69630</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of blatant racism, Oliver I figured you'd be all over &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PPBVPO0&#038;show_article=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;this breaking story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; ...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of blatant racism, Oliver I figured you&#8217;d be all over <b><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PPBVPO0&#038;show_article=1" rel="nofollow">this breaking story</a></b> &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Nimrod Gently</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69629</link>
		<dc:creator>Nimrod Gently</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That's not their slogan. They're not that dumb.

I mean, it &lt;i&gt;is &lt;/i&gt;a pervading ideology in the party, but they don't say it out loud like that.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s not their slogan. They&#8217;re not that dumb.</p>
<p>I mean, it <i>is </i>a pervading ideology in the party, but they don&#8217;t say it out loud like that.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69628</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding, "Don't nominate racist idiots like George Allen", when your platform slogan is "We like our guns loaded, our women white, and our gays dead", it's hard to nominate anyone else.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding, &#8220;Don&#8217;t nominate racist idiots like George Allen&#8221;, when your platform slogan is &#8220;We like our guns loaded, our women white, and our gays dead&#8221;, it&#8217;s hard to nominate anyone else.</p>
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		<title>By: Nimrod Gently</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69627</link>
		<dc:creator>Nimrod Gently</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"We lost the Senate in 2006 because of that guy over there. He sucks. Nothing to do with me. It's all his fault. Let's get him."
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We lost the Senate in 2006 because of that guy over there. He sucks. Nothing to do with me. It&#8217;s all his fault. Let&#8217;s get him.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: mdhawk</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/the-republicans-dont-get-it/#comment-69626</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love the opening line - "We lost the Senate in 2006 because of the Internet, so to ignore it this cycle would be political malpractice."

Ummm, no, you lost the Senate in 2006 because you are nominating a bunch of out of touch racists who have done the President's bidding for 6 years without a single shred of accountability.

The internet just recorded it, and played it over and over again.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the opening line - &#8220;We lost the Senate in 2006 because of the Internet, so to ignore it this cycle would be political malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ummm, no, you lost the Senate in 2006 because you are nominating a bunch of out of touch racists who have done the President&#8217;s bidding for 6 years without a single shred of accountability.</p>
<p>The internet just recorded it, and played it over and over again.</p>
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