<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx</link><description>From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Adding it up: The day after McCain and Obama spoke on the economy, the big papers -- not surprisingly -- have fact-checked their economic plans and budget numbers. And neither is passing the smell</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186515</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186515</guid><dc:creator>Steve NewYork NY</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;We have to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot; 1 or 2 combat brigades a month, and this may take up to 16 months - emphasis on &amp;quot;or&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;upto&amp;quot;......&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So members of the press .. including the political director Chuck Todd ... How the heck is that different from what Obama said last week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is the press really doing their job.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No wonder they were duped into war by George Bush.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anybody who has been following Obama since this thing started will know that he was always a centrist.&lt;br&gt;Just because the WSJ falsely labelled him the most liberal senator, with many conservatives actually believing it without actually finding out if it's true does not make it so.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The shock being displayed by the condensending Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough is amazing to me.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some news anchors like Monica Novotny and Contessa Brewer are too ditzy to discuss politics.. they should just let others do it. It's pathetic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So Chuck Todd and Co. ... please be fair and objective. Yesterday morning you sounded like Pat Buchanan .. very condensending towards Obama ...&lt;br&gt;Remember, we do not mind some critisism of Obama, just do not talk about him like he's less of a man.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You are quickly falling into that Pat Buchanan territory .. and it's not you &amp;nbsp;Chuck !</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186518</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186518</guid><dc:creator>Toad Master</dc:creator><description>If a story is in the New York Slimes, and it's about McCain, it's more then likely a lie.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186519</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186519</guid><dc:creator>Mo Iowa</dc:creator><description>Obama/Biden 08!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPev5sEdTjg"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPev5sEdTjg&lt;/a&gt; (20,000 views!!!)</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186524</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:28:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186524</guid><dc:creator>Where are the Journalists?</dc:creator><description>How is it that McCain can blatantly lie on the campaign trail yesterday about Obama's tax plan (&amp;quot;his plan will raise your taxes, mine won't&amp;quot;) and NOBODY in the MSM calls him on it? &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Shouldn't candidates have to at least PRETEND to tell the truth?</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186531</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186531</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>T. Boone Pickens -- the billionaire oilman ... is running an ad campaign to end America’s dependence on oil.&lt;br&gt;********************************************************&lt;br&gt;That IS interesting... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://thepajamapundit.com/"&gt;http://thepajamapundit.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186533</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186533</guid><dc:creator>Jamie Steele, Pittsburg</dc:creator><description>A balanced budget in 4 years is unlikely with either candidate. Most of the spending is mandated, and cannot be changed, especially under a Democratic congress. SS and Medicare payments, plus farm subsidies and school spending, will kill any chance of a balanced budget. Raising taxes won't work, it will kill incentives for people to work harder.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186535</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:32:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186535</guid><dc:creator>camie</dc:creator><description>i wish we could give this FISA issue a rest now, obama's position has been consistent on this issue its just that people werent paying attention. &amp;nbsp;Also it is about the economy and i wish the press would question mccain on these issues and stop giving him these softball questions because when he was asked in several townhall meetings about the economy he just told the people to refer to his economic adviser...i mean this guy doesnt even know most of his own economic plan. &amp;nbsp;he needs to stop reading off the teleprompter and just brush up on the economy&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain camp throws out 61 yr old women from event&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/mccain-camp-throws-a-61-yr-old-lady-out-of-his-event/"&gt;http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/mccain-camp-throws-a-61-yr-old-lady-out-of-his-event/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;or &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://sensico2.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-blogs.html"&gt;http://sensico2.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-blogs.html&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186536</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186536</guid><dc:creator>laughaday</dc:creator><description>Hey Latino voters.....one of my fellow POWS was just like you.......therefore you should vote for me!.....And the economy, according to me, is only Slowing, not wrecking into the nearest ditch! &amp;nbsp;Thank you nearest Republican, and leave your money at the door.......</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186540</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:33:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186540</guid><dc:creator>sotiredofignorance</dc:creator><description>I don't think Senator Webb was dissing Senator Obama at all by removing himself from consideration. &amp;nbsp;The vetting team needs to know whom to vet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I like Joe Biden for his willingness to be direct and assertive in his responses to the inane McCain attacks. &amp;nbsp;If he can keep in control and not wander too far.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But I also like Claire McCaskell. &amp;nbsp;Her warmth belies her ability to bring the attack directly to McCain and his VP. &amp;nbsp;She is smart, and can think on her feet.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186542</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186542</guid><dc:creator>Pat, Boston, MA</dc:creator><description>David Axelrod and David Plouffe: Plan carefully. Evidently the folks in West Virginia would prefer it if Senator Obama has tomatoes thrown at him when he speaks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. They may like him more if the Europeans don’t. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Good grief.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phil Griffin, I hope you find it in your heart to send Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd on a free trip to Berlin when Senator Obama goes there. Keith, Rachel and Chuck strike me as people who would absolutely love to walk around this historical city - a city which we all know had a huge, huge impact on the 20th Century, dating all the way back to WWI. It would be an awesome place for them to do their reporting from. They deserve it. They have worked hard this year and are very popular with their viewers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rachel Maddow did not disappoint - she never does. It was a fantastic show last night. But then why wouldn't it be? The right wing continues to provide Rachel and Keith with an awful lot of material. Someone should tell the surrogates we see all over tv for McCain that they need new comedy writers. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Republican Party: &amp;nbsp;Just because John McCain supported the surge that does not let him off the hook for supporting the Iraq invasion. His support of the surge will not bring one innocent dead Iraqi civilian back to life. Bad bad judgment in 2002, Senator McCain. Really bad. The worst possible mistake anyone in a position of power can make.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Supporting The Surge Does Not Earn Anyone Redemption. &lt;br&gt;It Goes Back To Who Had The Right Judgment On Day One. That Is When Leadership Matters. Only Then. &lt;br&gt;Before - Not After.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And now as you right wingers gear up for the fall campaign, you will do everything in your power to ridicule Barack Obama. Well, just remember one thing - this was never his war, it was yours. But it will be up to him to end it as peacefully as humanly possible. Of that you can be sure. &lt;br&gt;_________________________________&lt;br&gt;Keith Olbermann &amp;amp; Dan Patrick together again.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All the sports fans in my office remember those two fondly from their Sportscenter days. The guys are always telling me how funny they both were &amp;amp; that it was Keith and Dan who were responsible for getting Sportscenter off the ground.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What was it Keith was rumored to have said on their very first broadcast - something along the lines of -- &amp;quot;Welcome to the end of our careers.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Priceless.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186560</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:42:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186560</guid><dc:creator>tr</dc:creator><description>Can Contessa carry McSame's water any more? OMG, I can't elieve MSNBC let's her , yes HER clarify why McSame flip flops and that it is changing his view after getting more information but calls Obama a flip flop.........That is not reporting, that is such bias, it's ridiculous........She does not belong reporting news, she is so obviously bias it's disgusting</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186562</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:42:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186562</guid><dc:creator>Fox Watcher</dc:creator><description>I wouldn't watch Olbermann if he has announcing the second coming of Christ. The man defines what the lunatic fringe of this country is.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186565</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:44:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186565</guid><dc:creator>tr</dc:creator><description>Is McSame going to tell the AARP that is is now going to privatize social security? No, he will LIE, all he does is LIE LIE LIE, SMEAR SMEAR SMEAR....He is not fit to run anything</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186567</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:45:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186567</guid><dc:creator>Henretta Lewis-Clark, Murdo SD</dc:creator><description>With all of Obama's recent running to the political Right, his policies don't look that much different then George Bush's.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186579</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:51:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186579</guid><dc:creator>Is that arugula? </dc:creator><description>How is it that McCain can blatantly lie on the campaign trail yesterday about Obama's tax plan (&amp;quot;his plan will raise your taxes, mine won't&amp;quot;) and NOBODY in the MSM calls him on it? &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;Where are the journalists, just how is it we're going to fund Obama's initiatives? &amp;nbsp;Like that 500 million for faith-based initiatives? &amp;nbsp;Guess what-your taxes. &amp;nbsp;McCain isn't lying. &amp;nbsp;I'm not defending McCain, but wake up and realize that the only way to fund some of Obama's proposals are with your tax dollars. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186583</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186583</guid><dc:creator>Marihelen TX</dc:creator><description>The Concord Coalition assessment is not good for McCain; they are a good bipartisan and trustworthy source on deficit spending. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186588</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:54:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186588</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>Lumping Obama's speech in with McCain's under your fact check smell test is overstated bias.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is a fact that McCain cannot balance his budget while he has pledged to keep us in Iraq, while he claims he will cut everybody's, (and their mother's), taxes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then you put forth non facts which amount to nothing more than skepticism, as well as, analyst's opinions as to whether or not Obama will achieve his vision economically. You have no idea how the American people may very well rally around President Obama, in order to help him achieve his programs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fact checking is a sacred domain. We will hold you accountable when it is your's that does not pass the sniff test First Read.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Get it together, or face a long hot summer.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186598</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:58:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186598</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>'Slowing', and 'misspeak', are the McCain camp contributions to this election year to date. Add them together , and you get liar.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186602</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:01:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186602</guid><dc:creator>C.K. Steele Fort Lauderdale, FL</dc:creator><description>C'mon First Read! &amp;nbsp;Everyone should know that the story of the day and perhaps the rest of the week is the fact that the Iraqi government is open to timetables for American withdrawal. &amp;nbsp;In the meantime, the Bush Administration (and McCain by proxy) is trying their hardest to ignore this. &amp;nbsp;So will the Al-Maliki government be poo-pooed as cut-and-runners or will Mr. Bush and Co. be seen as the greedy imperialists that they are? &amp;nbsp;If a sovereign government states that they don't want us in their country anymore what then would be our justification to stay? &amp;nbsp;Mr. Bush declared &amp;quot;Mission Accomplished&amp;quot; many years ago but we know that was a lie. &amp;nbsp;Iraq was supposed to be the most dangerous country in the world. &amp;nbsp;We know that to be false. &amp;nbsp;Now the drumbeats for an Iran conflict continue because they have been declared the new biggest threat to America. &amp;nbsp;A real journalist needs to question Sen. McCain about this new development and then present strong follow up questions.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186603</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:02:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186603</guid><dc:creator>GA GUY</dc:creator><description>Steve NewYork NY, Pat, Boston, MA,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for your posts, they have negated any necessity for me to make one other than to cite yours and say KUDO's for staying on top of everything!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186604</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:02:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186604</guid><dc:creator>A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM</dc:creator><description>Day by day, it seems to be a difficult task to admit to being a Republican. McCain,is his own biggest challenge. It still has not registered with him that everything he claims is vetted, and more often than not, his statments are either distorted, illogical, or just plain lies. Tough to be a Republican! Someone needs to sit him down and explain how modern technology is far ahead of the days of the typewriter. He just is not savy about what is important to Americans.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186607</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:03:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186607</guid><dc:creator>Phyllis Marotta, Inverness, Florida</dc:creator><description>Just finished hearing a live speech by Obama regarding bankcruptsy and how he is opposed to the changes made recently. &amp;nbsp; Well Barack, if you really want to ease up a bankcruptsy, then why don't you just abolish the law that says that the IRS is IMMUNE to a bankcruptsy. &amp;nbsp;I am a 58 year old widow who lost her home and then had no choice but to file for bankcruptsy in 2005....all my debts were relieved....EXCEPT the IRS, who to this day continues to hold me captive while adding interest and penalties. &amp;nbsp;So what are you going to do for me, Barack??????</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186622</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:10:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186622</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>In criminal trials you have to bring forth a motive, in order to convict. The phone companies had no vested interest in wire tapping their customers, nor did the activity originate with them. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They were pressured to do the bidding of Bush, and his neocons. It is the government operatives who coerced the communications industry, using the war on terror after 9/11 as their 'in', that should be charged with criminal behavior. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama was right to compromise on this issue.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186623</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:10:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186623</guid><dc:creator>BarACK and FORTH</dc:creator><description>Bad bad judgment... Really bad. The worst possible mistake anyone in a position of power can make. &lt;br&gt;---------------------&lt;br&gt;Pat, yep, bad judgement is a mistake. &amp;nbsp;Just ask BO. &amp;nbsp;How did he sit in a hate-filled, racist church for 20 years and profess the likes of Wright as his mentor? &amp;nbsp;How did he profess Frank Marshall Davis, REGISTERED COMMUNIST, as his mentor? The fact he hangs out with domestic terrorist Wm Ayers is certainly a concern and for many a demonstration of bad judgement. Did you maybe think hiding behind closed doors in SF and calling small town midwesterners bigots that cling to guns and religion was bad judgement? &amp;nbsp;Do you think flipflopping all the over place just to get votes might be bad judgement? &amp;nbsp;If not bad judgement, it shows his dishonesty and deceit since he said many times early on &amp;quot;I say what I mean and I mean what I say.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186627</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:11:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186627</guid><dc:creator>Jerry, Ft. Wayne, Indiana</dc:creator><description>I'm pretty much a middle of a roader, but for me too, that's all Barack Obama's economic plan seems to be is to socialize the country and raise everyone's taxes. The federal government already owns the education system and the farms, but Obama now wants to take over the banks, any remaining portion of health care that the government doesn't currently own, raise taxes on all business, and generally have the a central government control everything. On top of this, he's going make the country green, which sounds good on the surface, until we get the bill. A lot of people are going to be unemployed if Obama is in office. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186631</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:13:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186631</guid><dc:creator>just jerry</dc:creator><description>Barack Obama is an Obamanation.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186632</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:13:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186632</guid><dc:creator>Hillary Democrats</dc:creator><description>Both candidates' economic plans are unrealistic, but we would prefer to vote against higher taxes. (Google Obama and high tax) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for experience. &lt;br&gt;Vote for security. &lt;br&gt;Vote for fiscal restraint. (Google Mccain vs Pork)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for bipartisanship. (Google these bipartisan legislations: McCain-Feingold or McCain-Kennedy or McCain-Lieberman or McCain-Edwards-Kennedy) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for John McCain.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186639</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:18:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186639</guid><dc:creator>Jane Simmons, Claremont, KY</dc:creator><description>Phyllis Marotta, Inverness, Florida - &amp;nbsp;So what are you going to do for me, Barack?????? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I feel your pain Phyllis. The nerve of the government to continue to want the tax money you owe them. Victims of mortgage fraud should never have to pay, either for their mortgage, or their taxes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Good luck in court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And, that should be Obama's supporters chant at the convention. &amp;quot;Barack - What are you going to do for me?.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186640</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:19:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186640</guid><dc:creator>Clara Kansas City, MO</dc:creator><description>FISA revisited, without full disclosure; which is that this bill prevents civil prosecution; but not criminal prosecution - a distinction that a reputable news organization SHOULD be making at this late date. &amp;nbsp;Nice that you continue to pan Obama shifts and let McCain have a 'free' pass.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain needs to thank Pickens for funding his little 'contest' for the battery - that already exists. &amp;nbsp;So cute how they continue to scratch each other's backs in the repub camp.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Protect (our wealth) and Serve (ourselves). &amp;nbsp;A more accurate description of McCain's actual slogan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What a country!</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186643</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186643</guid><dc:creator>Brian, NJ</dc:creator><description>Jerry - you need to learn more about Obama's tax plan. &amp;nbsp;It only increases taxes for the top 5% incomes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The federal government does NOT own the education system.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama is NOT proposing a single-payor socialzed health plan.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186648</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:24:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186648</guid><dc:creator>Senator Obama for President</dc:creator><description>So what if the &amp;quot;budget analysts are skeptical&amp;quot; Aren't they always? &amp;nbsp;They didn't say it wouldn't work. &amp;nbsp;I believe that Senator Obama will work to see that his plans are successful. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;I watched McCain this morning and he is just down-right mean in his demeanor. &amp;nbsp;He tries to smile and he looks creepy and weird. &amp;nbsp;I believe him to be an arrogant bigot that is dangerous in his basic political philosopies. &amp;nbsp;I dislike him more and more. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;I am so thrilled to have the option of Senator Obama! &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186649</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:25:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186649</guid><dc:creator>James, TX</dc:creator><description>I wouldn't watch Olbermann if he has announcing the second coming of Christ. The man defines what the lunatic fringe of this country is. &lt;br&gt;Fox Watcher (Sent Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:42 AM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No, no, no, your name defines what the lunatic fringe of this country is...Fox is about as lunatic fringe as you can get!!!</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186650</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:25:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186650</guid><dc:creator>Senator Obama for President</dc:creator><description>So what if the &amp;quot;budget analysts are skeptical&amp;quot; Aren't they always? &amp;nbsp;They didn't say it wouldn't work. &amp;nbsp;I believe that Senator Obama will work to see that his plans are successful. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;I watched McCain this morning and he is just down-right mean in his demeanor. &amp;nbsp;He tries to smile and he looks creepy and weird. &amp;nbsp;I believe him to be an arrogant bigot that is dangerous in his basic political philosopies. &amp;nbsp;I dislike him more and more. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;I am so thrilled to have the option of Senator Obama! &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186656</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186656</guid><dc:creator>Sad Dem  Dallas,TX</dc:creator><description>I too am very disappointed in obama. I was gung ho for him, but now the more he changes his mind and moves toward the center, the less i like him. So much for change ! I can't deal with him raising our taxes. I guess I need to rethink my choices.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186658</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186658</guid><dc:creator>Fox Watcher</dc:creator><description>James, Tx -- No, no, no, your name defines what the lunatic fringe of this country is...Fox is about as lunatic fringe as you can get!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I guess that explains why most everyone watches Fox.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186660</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:29:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186660</guid><dc:creator>sheesh</dc:creator><description>Just finished hearing a live speech by Obama regarding bankcruptsy and how he is opposed to the changes made recently. &amp;nbsp; Well Barack, if you really want to ease up a bankcruptsy, then why don't you just abolish the law that says that the IRS is IMMUNE to a bankcruptsy. &amp;nbsp;I am a 58 year old widow who lost her home and then had no choice but to file for bankcruptsy in 2005....all my debts were relieved....EXCEPT the IRS, who to this day continues to hold me captive while adding interest and penalties. &amp;nbsp;So what are you going to do for me, Barack?????? &lt;br&gt;Phyllis Marotta, Inverness, Florida (Sent Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:03 AM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I got a solution...pay your taxes. When will the American people learn the govt is not there to fix the crap YOU screwed up?</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186663</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:30:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186663</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>T. Boone Pickens is a corporate raider. He waged war on The Gulf Oil Corp., whose headquarters were here in Pittsburgh, Pa. back in the mid eighties, and swallowed it up. My husband lost his job. We had a 10 yr. old, a 9 yr. old, and a 7 yr. old at the time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our family went into a 10 yr. financial sinkhole. We survived because my husband had always worked in a side business using his skill as a refrigeration tech., but money was tight. We had no healthcare.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I had a mail collection phobia. To go to the letterbox was an anxiety ridden affair, for all the bulging backed-up bills roaringly needing attention. I developed scalp psoriasis, from nerves. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But for the kindness of State subsidies, which we eventually paid back, we would have lost our home.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;T. Boone is not someone who I will ever trust. That goes for Matinee Mitt, as well.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186667</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:31:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186667</guid><dc:creator>Latisha Rollins</dc:creator><description>Americans are sick of politicians who pose as celebrities, politicians who pose as reformers, politicians who pose as saviors. &amp;nbsp;We have moved on. &amp;nbsp;When the Obama campaign gets the message is anyone's guess. &amp;nbsp;We cared about Obama's ideas, the very ideas that pulled a disappearing act - they have vanished. Obama has sold out to the interest groups he said he was against.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:31:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186668</guid><dc:creator>We are better than this people</dc:creator><description>In criminal trials you have to bring forth a motive, in order to convict.--Donna&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not true Donna...motive, means, and opportunity are not required; they are helpful. &amp;nbsp;No appeals court would overturn a conviction based on a lack of motive...please stop spewing your knowledge of the law based on Law and Order.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186669</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:31:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186669</guid><dc:creator>Terry, Great Plains</dc:creator><description>If you look at the basic proposals on tax's McCain's is for continuing the Bush economic policies. &amp;nbsp;The economy is only &amp;quot;slowing&amp;quot; is a great example of how out of touch he is. &amp;nbsp;The Executive branch proposes legistation and enacts the legistation once passed into law. &amp;nbsp;The &amp;quot;bully pulpit&amp;quot; of the executive branch is what gives it power to motivate and unite the people. &amp;nbsp;Lately we seen it used for purposes against the greater good of the U.S. populace. &amp;nbsp;The signing into law of the Republican passed Bankruptcy Bill is one example. We can not afford to have a third Bush term. &amp;nbsp;Obama is not perfect. His tax policies are not perfect. &amp;nbsp;Yet they at least attempt to balance the tax policies toward benfiting more U.S. citizens. Unlike the Republican surrogates who believe a gas tax holiday will allow me to vacation an extra day and eat marsh mellows. &amp;nbsp;I am more concerned about my house being forclosed my children not having the same ability to earn a good living than taking a vacation I can not afford in the first place. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186671</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:32:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186671</guid><dc:creator>Midwest Mom, Illiana</dc:creator><description>I liked Barack Obama's economic message yesterday. &amp;nbsp;I think he understands that the government is supposed to work for its citizens, not just corporations. &amp;nbsp;I think eliminating income taxes for seniors who make less than $50,000 makes a lot of sense to me. &amp;nbsp;I fail to see how Sen. McCain's Exxon-Mobil tax cut plan is going to help anyone. &amp;nbsp;It certainly doesn't jibe with his supposed support for green energy. &amp;nbsp;The Economist called Exxon-Mobil &amp;quot;conspicuously absent&amp;quot; among large companies devoting significant resources to research in green technology.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Supply side economics only work if corporations are acting in the best interest of their workers. &amp;nbsp;The past decade has shown that today's executives aren't. &amp;nbsp;Even shareholders are feeling the pain as executive pay packages skyrocket. &amp;nbsp;Something is wrong with this picture.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To Jerry in Ft. Wayne, specifically, but to others who say Obama wants &amp;quot;to socialize the country&amp;quot;, step back for a minute think about what you're claiming. &amp;nbsp;He doesn't want to &amp;quot;raise taxes on all businesses.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Read the speech. &amp;nbsp;He is proposing to eliminate some of the taxes that start-ups and small businesses currently pay. &amp;nbsp;He wants to extend some benefits that corporations, until the last 20 years or so, provided as standard business practice. &amp;nbsp;And when you have to go take care of your mother or grandfather or the new baby you just brought home, extended family leave will allow you to do that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There is more in the plan than your oversimplified &amp;quot;talking points&amp;quot; encompass. &amp;nbsp;You say &amp;quot;a lot of people are going to be unemployed if Obama is in office.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Guess what? &amp;nbsp;A lot of people are unemployed now and the number is growing. &amp;nbsp;This country has to right the balance sheet and take action to protect its citizens. &amp;nbsp;I don't see John McCain (who just realized the economy is &amp;quot;slowing&amp;quot;) doing anything to alleviate that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://ilfamilypolitics.blogspot.com"&gt;http://ilfamilypolitics.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186675</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:33:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186675</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Ftreehold, Nj</dc:creator><description>McCains economic plan is laughable. &amp;nbsp;Take a full read.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A balanced budget by 2013. &amp;nbsp;Can be done especially when you don't budget for Social Security, Medicare or two wars. &amp;nbsp;Don't need to budget for the wars, will have them won by then according to McCain. I can balance anything when you leave stuff out and imagine or wish they would not be there.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As I said yesterday, the the Senator said the economy is slowing. It was slowing 8 month ago. Today we are in a full fledged recession. He really needs to read the papers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A gas tax holiday is is answer to the reducing the price of fuel at the pump. &amp;nbsp;Thirty dollars over 3 months. &amp;nbsp;A GOP taliking head said on TV last night thats a movie and a bag of marshmellows. &amp;nbsp;That folks is long range thinking.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Personal savings accounts instead of Social Security. &amp;nbsp;Is anyone ready to invest their future in the Stock Market, particularly THIS market?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;....and my favorite. &amp;nbsp;McCain said that with his plan 'it can't get any worse&amp;quot;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A man with a vision, don't yoiu think?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186688</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:40:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186688</guid><dc:creator>Rick, NC</dc:creator><description>Take it to T. Boone Pickens bank, he will, that ol' T boone intends to make a mint off of his newfound religion for alternative fuels...using federal tax credits and tax cuts of course to do it</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186689</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186689</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Freehold, NJ</dc:creator><description>I wouldn't watch Olbermann if he has announcing the second coming of Christ. The man defines what the lunatic fringe of this country is. &lt;br&gt;Fox Watcher (Sent Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:42 AM)&lt;br&gt;....................................................&lt;br&gt;...and you have no problem with Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter, Ingram or the &amp;quot;analysts&amp;quot; like Rove on FOX. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tme for the 10:30am meds now!</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186690</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186690</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>So basically voters can't believe either candidate on the budget and fiscal discipline, but maybe we shouldn't be looking at trust as a yes-no equation, but rather in shades of gray or even a scale system - say a ten-point fairy dust scale (as in how much fairy dust is required to make the numbers work).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama scores a four out of ten, but McCain who pushes voodoo economics to a declarative degree that would make even Reagan blush in his grave, records a perfect ten Tinkerbells. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186692</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:42:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186692</guid><dc:creator>Phyllis Marotta, Inverness, Florida</dc:creator><description>Thank you for your comment, Jane. &amp;nbsp;Funny you should mention mortgage fraud cause that's how I lost my home. &amp;nbsp;Predatory lendor.....took my information and then filled out application full of lies.....overstated income and assets and gave me a loan I could not afford. &amp;nbsp;I have 5 months of recorded telephone conversations depicting the hell they put me through. &amp;nbsp;End result was loss of my home. &amp;nbsp;It was good to get that out. Thanks. </description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186698</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:43:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186698</guid><dc:creator>Fee, Philadelphia</dc:creator><description>C.K. Steele Fort Lauderdale, FL...here, here! &amp;nbsp;I agree...can we talk about how the White House is downplaying the announcement from Iraq asking for a withdrawal timetable. &amp;nbsp;Seems this should be a bigger story. &amp;nbsp;Of course Rachel Maddow while filling in for Keith Olbermann addressed the fact that President Bush said he would pull our troops and leave if the Iraqi government asked and now they are asking for a timetable. &amp;nbsp;This plays into Obama's plan of withdrawal. &amp;nbsp;So I understand why some people wouldn't consider this a hot topic. &amp;nbsp;McBush supporters want this to go away...so what gives MSM?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am sure if they asked us to stay 100 years, MSM would be giving McBush tons of praise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama '08</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186707</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186707</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Freehold, NJ</dc:creator><description>Jerry - you need to learn more about Obama's tax plan. &amp;nbsp;It only increases taxes for the top 5% incomes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The federal government does NOT own the education system. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama is NOT proposing a single-payor socialzed health plan. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;................................................&lt;br&gt;Jerry, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama's plan would let the Bush tax cuts expire, raising taxes for the families making more than $250,000 a year. &amp;nbsp;If you are not making that much, no need to worry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Education systems in this country are state and community based. &amp;nbsp;There are standardized test, mandated by President Bush, not the state.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stop thinking that everything that is reported in the media is correct. &amp;nbsp;Read the web-sites of BOTH &amp;nbsp;candidates and make an informed system for yourself.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186717</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:53:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186717</guid><dc:creator>JP, milltown, nj</dc:creator><description>hey...how does mccain know the economy is &amp;quot;slowing&amp;quot;?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;who told him? not his wife, i'm sure.</description></item><item><title>First thoughts: Adding it up</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186505.aspx#1186720</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:53:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186720</guid><dc:creator>banko</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;Obama vs McCain on Taxes &lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNyNv_UfFUo"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNyNv_UfFUo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain video // John McCain... Is He the war monger? &lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlX9l1g1ZE0&amp;amp;eurl"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlX9l1g1ZE0&amp;amp;eurl&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>