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<?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>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx</link><description>The “racially charged Democratic primary [in Memphis, TN] ended with an incumbent congressman trouncing the opponent who ran an ad linking him to the Ku Klux Klan. Unofficial results showed Democrat Steve Cohen with 79 percent of the vote to 19 percent</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255093</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:11:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255093</guid><dc:creator>Joe - STL</dc:creator><description>Good! &amp;nbsp;Tinker got exactly what she deserved - a big kick in the a## from the voters.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255095</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:11:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255095</guid><dc:creator>Paul, Miami, Fl</dc:creator><description>I think the Republicans are in for a big hurt this November, everyone knows that they are all tied to big corporate fascists and the failed policies of the soon to be War-Criminal-in Chief &amp;quot;W&amp;quot; Bush &amp;amp; CO. Stay tuned for more Republicans loses!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255101</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:15:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255101</guid><dc:creator>sotiredofignorance</dc:creator><description>Good. &amp;nbsp;The only way for ugly ads like the ones Tinker ran to disappear is for those candidates to lose. &amp;nbsp;Big.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255111</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:19:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255111</guid><dc:creator>BL, Cincinnati OH</dc:creator><description>I wouldn't want that witch representing me either. &amp;nbsp;Just looking at her and listening to her for a few seconds I got the impression she cared more about herself than someone who actually cared about others. &amp;nbsp;I guess others felt that way too... that they'd rather have a jewish white guy who cared about them representing them than a black woman who seemed to only care about herself. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just proves that being the same race/religion isn't as important as being someone who will put the best interests of their constituants ahead of their own interests.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255115</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:19:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255115</guid><dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator><description>I am glad this woman lost. She is a stinker.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255128</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:24:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255128</guid><dc:creator>John, High Ridge</dc:creator><description>Wow only 2 white congressmen that represent black majority districts? Wonder how many black congressmen represent White majority districts? &amp;nbsp;Gee, and us white folks are called the racist ones?</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255136</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:25:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255136</guid><dc:creator>Chris, Dorr, MI</dc:creator><description>donna&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My thoughts and prayers are with you, your father and your family. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I so enjoy reading your responses and posts and look forward to your return with good news about your father.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255160</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:30:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255160</guid><dc:creator>John Alexander,PA</dc:creator><description>I hope this shows that these kinds of ads will blow up in the faces of those who would use them.&lt;br&gt;Tinker is a stinker and so are the repubs.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255227</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:43:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255227</guid><dc:creator>Ron, Phila. Pa.</dc:creator><description>I think it's great that Tinker lost. I am a blackman and I think that her actions in that campaign was classless and unfair. She is exactly what Barrack is trying to change, the politics of division !!!!!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255230</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:43:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255230</guid><dc:creator>KYJurisDoctor</dc:creator><description>Yes, she is a STINKER, and I'm glad she lost!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255246</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:49:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255246</guid><dc:creator>John Krush</dc:creator><description>One indication that we, blacks, as a race have assimilated and come up in this country is when black politicians start running negative ads that play on hate, fear and racism. &amp;nbsp;Good job Tinker! </description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255273</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255273</guid><dc:creator>Cheryl Wilson</dc:creator><description>Amen! &amp;nbsp;Congratulations to Messrs. Cohen and Roe on their decisive victories. &amp;nbsp;And, a big THANK YOU to Barack Obama for denouncing Tinker's ad against Cohen. &amp;nbsp;Tinker's ad was very negative, mean-spirited and divisive. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;OBAMA '08</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255275</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:57:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255275</guid><dc:creator>SONYA MCLAREY SACRAMENTO CA</dc:creator><description>GO JOHN MCCAIN!! HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN SPECIAL PRIVLEGES BY WAY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION....</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Cohen beats Tinker</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1255082.aspx#1255322</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:10:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1255322</guid><dc:creator>Sean, Cleveland, OH</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Wow only 2 white congressmen that represent black majority districts? Wonder how many black congressmen represent White majority districts? &amp;nbsp;Gee, and us white folks are called the racist ones?&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Zero</description></item></channel></rss>