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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>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Kelly O'DonnellIn Mississippi today, McCain said that with Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the GOP convention will change from a party to a call for action, according to the pool report.
“We must redirect our efforts from</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315571</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:33:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315571</guid><dc:creator>David Kolva, MD  Oswego/Syracuse, NY </dc:creator><description>Breaking News!!!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cnyexpat is reporting about a story in the Upstate New York newspapers about Gov. Sarah Palin’s former press secretary:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Syracuse Post-Standard has an interesting article this weekend on Auburn, NY native Meghan Stapleton, Palin's former speechwriter. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Friday, Stapleton, a former TV news anchor in Anchorage, was fielding calls from fellow reporters from all over the U.S., as well as urgent requests from the McCain campaign. &amp;quot;They (the McCain campaign) just called and said, 'Hey, can you write a summary statement on the governor's accomplishments?' &amp;quot; Stapleton said. &amp;quot;They don't' really have anybody up here to do this.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So the McCain folks, as of Friday when they were rolling out the Palin pick, didn't know enough to write a summary of Palin's accomplishments? Perhaps because McCain had only met her once before he picked her?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For more interesting stories, go to: &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://cnyexpat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cnyexpat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315581</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:36:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315581</guid><dc:creator>PHOTO-OP</dc:creator><description>WELL HOPEFULLY SENATOR MCCAIN WON'T DO A PHOTO-OP LIKE HE DID IN IOWA WHEN THE GOVERNOR REQUESTED HE STAY AWAY BUT NOT MCCAIN, HE WANTED THAT PHOTO-OP BAD</description></item><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315586</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:36:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315586</guid><dc:creator>Obama and Biden BFF  Anytown, USA</dc:creator><description>Oh please.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McFossil now knows that his VP pick is going down in flames, and no respectable Republican would attend the convention anyways.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Might as well try to look like to good guy.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315593</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:40:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315593</guid><dc:creator>Concerned Social Worker</dc:creator><description>It is difficult for me to swallow what these Republicans are attempting to feed us. &amp;nbsp;They do not care about the poor residing along the coast. &amp;nbsp;I believe they are only concerned about wealthy business owners and/or fellow Republicans. &amp;nbsp;After Katrina, the governor of Mississippi was allowed to misuse federal money set aside for Katrinia victims. To my understanding, Governor Barbour told the federal government that people did not want to leave their trailers and therefore, he was given approval to give the money to local business owners. I hope that the federal government does not allow Barbour to obtain more money for the wealthy and while the poor will end up in an even worse situation.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315613</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:47:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315613</guid><dc:creator>I could NEVER vote for McCain now</dc:creator><description>His heading to the hurricane area shows MORE bad judgement......the local police, fire fighters, secret service etc are all needed to help the efforts of THE PEOPLE, not be distracted by McCain.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Test #2 and McCain FAILED, once again putting COUNTRY LAST</description></item><item><title>McCain: Convention now a call to action</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/31/1315560.aspx#1315617</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:49:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1315617</guid><dc:creator>UNCLE SAM</dc:creator><description>Mighty Democratic of you!! &amp;nbsp;Thanks, it's the right thing to do! You're still going to lose!!</description></item></channel></rss>