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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 to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx</link><description>From NBC/NJ's Carrie DannAt last year’s Values Voters Summit - a gathering of almost 2000 Christian political activists - Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were breakout hits.&amp;nbsp; And John McCain? He spoke to a polite crowd that later voted him dead last</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380769</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:35:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380769</guid><dc:creator>DV, CA</dc:creator><description>Cant say I blame him. &amp;nbsp;He isnt going to show his face without Palin there to shore him up.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380771</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:35:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380771</guid><dc:creator>Libratine</dc:creator><description>Clearly, McCain cannot stand up alone without his prop.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380774</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:35:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380774</guid><dc:creator>Sue, Chicago</dc:creator><description>He ought to send Palin. &amp;nbsp;They'd love her. &amp;nbsp;But I guess he needs her at his side so he can draw a crowd.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380775</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:36:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380775</guid><dc:creator>tj</dc:creator><description>Maybe the stripper that his daughter and Foghorn talked about can stand in.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380812</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:41:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380812</guid><dc:creator>Tzalaran</dc:creator><description>i wonder if Romney will continue his hate speech and lies from the convention there?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;look forward to seeing Huckabee speak again though...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.horneddevil.proboards98.com/index.cgi?board=iduspolitics"&gt;http://www.horneddevil.proboards98.com/index.cgi?board=iduspolitics&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380817</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:42:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380817</guid><dc:creator>twocanpete</dc:creator><description>&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/"&gt;http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe McCain could find a 'sleeze bag' voter event. I'm sure he would feel more comfortable there.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380818</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:43:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380818</guid><dc:creator>Former democrat</dc:creator><description>Why is it that Bill Clinton always goes hideing during the 9/11 aniversary? I guess guilt is still in his mind for lettig America down during his 8 years being soft on terror &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1993 WTC bombing- &amp;nbsp;he did nothig &lt;br&gt;Oklahoma city bombing- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Somalia- he retreated &lt;br&gt;US embassy bombing in Kenya- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Us embassy bombing in tanzania- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;USS Cole bombing- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Yassar Arafat- He shook the had of one of the world's most public sponsor of terror &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bill Clinton stay in your hole &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380826</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:45:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380826</guid><dc:creator>value voter</dc:creator><description>Religious groups MUST stay out of American politics; that was the vision of our Founding Fathers when they established the &amp;quot;separation of church and state&amp;quot; clause. Focus on the Family is a religious group, and its legislative arm has no place in politics but in the affairs of the American church leadership.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380828</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:45:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380828</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>Ask tomorrow why is McCain sending snowbirds and others absentee ballots. Could it be to PURGE THE LIST &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;========================================================&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ask Sarah Palin tomorrow why does she have a lawsuit AGAINST FURTHER PROTECTION OF POLAR BEARS so as not to hinder oil drilling in Alaska's ice-filled waters &lt;br&gt;Are they her ardent supporters (the oil companies) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why, why, was she paying &amp;nbsp;Alaskans $150 to shoot wolves (Gods Creatures) and bring the &amp;nbsp;paw of the wolf for the pork money&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why did she cut the scientist grant; which the Wildlife Association gave &amp;nbsp;Sarah her control over. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why &amp;nbsp;does she lament sexism; if she is a pit-bull&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Health care&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Education&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;National infrastructure, speaking of bridges-- there’s the “bridge to nowhere”, roads, and dams we need to talk about&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why squash trooper- gate; why was husband, Todd a private citizen, seeded this e-mail &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With Mccain/Palin, The Worst Is Yet To Come. &lt;br&gt;Enough&lt;br&gt;Enough glossing over!&lt;br&gt;No way!&lt;br&gt; No how!&lt;br&gt; No McCain/Palin! &lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380860</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:51:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380860</guid><dc:creator>Dand1212, Vancouver, Wa.</dc:creator><description>Has anybody watched how Sarah Palin never holds her own baby, even when she has been gone for two weeks she goes to the podium with her daughter carrying the baby. I know when I was parentig if I was even gone overnight there is no way that I wouldn't be holding &amp;nbsp;my youngest.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380864</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:52:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380864</guid><dc:creator>LoOK</dc:creator><description>Is anyone really suprised that John McCain skipped this event, the event that voted him last in the straw poll? He has Sarah Palin now, he doesn't need to talk to any of the Republican core voters. He simply needs to show them a poster of Palin and they all become converts to McCain.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://lastofourkind.blogspot.com"&gt;http://lastofourkind.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380871</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:53:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380871</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>Why is McCain sending snowbirds and others absentee ballots. Could it be to PURGE THE LIST &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With Mccain/Palin, The Worst Is Yet To Come. &lt;br&gt;Enough&lt;br&gt;Enough glossing over!&lt;br&gt;No way!&lt;br&gt; No how!&lt;br&gt; No McCain/Palin! &lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380878</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:54:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380878</guid><dc:creator>Linda, Allen, TX</dc:creator><description>With all the lies his campaign has been telling lately, he's probably afraid to face &amp;quot;values voters&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;Isn't truthfulness a value anymore?</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380882</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:55:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380882</guid><dc:creator>Ed, San Antonio</dc:creator><description>McBush has no values! &amp;nbsp;So why be put on the spot? &amp;nbsp;He'll just keep on pandering for their votes, and answer no real questions to that fringe. Just stay away, and claim scheduling conflicts or whatever! &amp;nbsp; </description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380884</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:56:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380884</guid><dc:creator>Larry Groeder, Charleston, SC</dc:creator><description>Is this really relevant?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Larry Groeder</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380886</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:56:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380886</guid><dc:creator>Ed, San Antonio</dc:creator><description>McBush has no values! &amp;nbsp;So why be put on the spot? &amp;nbsp;He'll just keep on pandering for their votes, and answer no real questions to that fringe. Just stay away, and claim scheduling conflicts or whatever! &amp;nbsp; </description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380909</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:03:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380909</guid><dc:creator>Michigan Lives</dc:creator><description>The Focus on the Family group needs to focus more on what's going on in the world: &amp;nbsp;a corrupt war, corrupt oil businesses, corrupt health care system, on and on.&lt;br&gt;And they need to be a whole lot less hypocritical; ie. Bristol Palin. &amp;nbsp;Eight is enough! </description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380946</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:15:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380946</guid><dc:creator>CJH, LB, CA</dc:creator><description>Wow McBush is something else. He doesn't care about and has no respect for &amp;quot;values voters&amp;quot;. Is it because McBush has no values or does he only respect the soldiers that wear the US Armed Forces Uniform. Word to McCain there's more to our country than just soldiers and POWs. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wow heartbreaking, the religious right must feel, that their War Hero, The POW, doesn't want nothing to do with the base that's supporting him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There is an option though, VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McBush = COUNTRY FIRST...to reinstate the draft and start WWIII.</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380948</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:15:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380948</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>From an earlier post...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-----------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why is it that Bill Clinton always goes hideing during the 9/11 aniversary? I guess guilt is still in his mind for lettig America down during his 8 years being soft on terror &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1993 WTC bombing- &amp;nbsp;he did nothig &lt;br&gt;Oklahoma city bombing- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Somalia- he retreated &lt;br&gt;US embassy bombing in Kenya- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Us embassy bombing in tanzania- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;USS Cole bombing- he did nothing &lt;br&gt;Yassar Arafat- He shook the had of one of the world's most public sponsor of terror &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bill Clinton stay in your hole &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Former democrat (Sent Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:19 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-----------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dude, you suck!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is the wrong day to be politicizing any act of terrorism!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Grow up!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PS - The Oklahoma City bombing was committed by our own citizens, dumbass!!!!</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380970</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:23:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380970</guid><dc:creator>Kristin Herbeck, Palmetto, FL</dc:creator><description>Was Obama invited to appear? I think he has values also!</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380977</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:27:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380977</guid><dc:creator>Robert H Williams, Mooers N.Y.</dc:creator><description>McCain is afraid of his &amp;quot;War Hero&amp;quot; shield being called into question:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ-kUS6E7PU"&gt;http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ-kUS6E7PU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=9MUY9S6iCvk"&gt;http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=9MUY9S6iCvk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;following from a DOD POW Document Specialist&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTemj7fmUY&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTemj7fmUY&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Mainstream media SHOULD be outing these BRUTAL TRUTHS from Past Senators, Vets and DOD personel.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain to skip 'Values Voters' event</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1380749.aspx#1380984</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:30:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1380984</guid><dc:creator>John Alexander,PA</dc:creator><description>Aren't they sending Palin to kiss up to the base?&lt;br&gt;It will be interesting to see how this move plays out.</description></item></channel></rss>