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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>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx</link><description>So good-bye earmarks, hello Congressman as lobbyists? The Los Angeles Times, via FOIA requests, obtained letters members of Congress wrote specific agencies that essentially asked for earmark-like spending requests. "Federal agencies must fund earmarks</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263840</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:25:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263840</guid><dc:creator>David, Tallahassee FL</dc:creator><description>Remember how the Republicans kept repeating that character matters, back during Clinton's impeachment hearings? &amp;nbsp;It seems the phrase should be suffixed with, &amp;quot;...unless you're a Republican.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;There's an article over on finance.yahoo.com today about how to pick a good business partner. &amp;nbsp;A (paraphrased) quote: &amp;quot;Never have a business partner who's unfaithful to their wife.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263885</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:01:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263885</guid><dc:creator>Jim, Washington, D.C.</dc:creator><description>As far as earmarks go, it's a case of &amp;quot;Same Sh**, different Congress. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;As far as Vitter is concerned, he'll go into rehab, sob in some Soouthern church, and his little wifey won't castrate him, as the voters no doubt will. Isn't how it always goes for Republicans caught with their pants down?</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263916</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:21:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263916</guid><dc:creator>RC in Denver</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;When will the democrats grow some balls and do the job they were elected to do. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Their must be some that aren’t afraid of king george.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So far he has kicked their ass and they have let the voters down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Its time to do what they were voted in to do.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263934</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:28:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263934</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>I hope she was as hot as the gal who was fooling around with the Mayor of Los Angeles. &amp;nbsp;I guess that is the difference in political bedrooms between liberals and conservatives. &amp;nbsp;Conservatives use escort services, liberals just reach out and touch you. For all the times Bill got caught with a woman, you would think that Hillary would have had his manhood stuffed and mounted over her fireplace in her senate office. I wonder if Wendy has the newest set of Rachel ray steak knives? &amp;nbsp;Just remember, the phone number is the only thing linking him to the service, but until a woman steps forward and talks about her night with David Vitter, it will be the &amp;quot;where there is smoke, there is fire&amp;quot;scenario.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263943</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:34:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263943</guid><dc:creator>Still Crazy After All These Years</dc:creator><description>Senator Vitter a song for you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;quot;Your cheatin' heart will tell on you&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;When tears come down like falling rain&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;Your cheatin' heart will pine some day&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;And crave the love you threw away&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;quot;Your Cheatin' Heart&amp;quot;- Hank Williams</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263951</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:39:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263951</guid><dc:creator>Jim, Washington, D.C.</dc:creator><description>...Or, as the racist add in TN against Ford did, let's get a half-dressed hooker on an ad saying &amp;quot;Call me, Vitter!&amp;quot; and then blink.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#263992</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:57:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:263992</guid><dc:creator>OutWest</dc:creator><description>Theater of the Absurd:&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;Family Values&amp;quot; Republican Senator admits to &amp;quot;Running the Whores&amp;quot; in DC.&lt;br&gt;In Texas a Democratic law maker shoots robber with licensed pistol. &lt;br&gt;Much for sterotypes!! </description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264007</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:04:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264007</guid><dc:creator>HMT</dc:creator><description>What the republicans did to Ford was beyond most of our imagination.But it worked.Their smear machines are brilliant and have fooled most of the people,most of the time.Vitter will be praised for his honesty and redemption from God.NOW VOTE FOR ME will be his cry.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264018</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:11:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264018</guid><dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Call Me&amp;quot;--Blondie</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264193</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:43:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264193</guid><dc:creator>Jim, Washington, D.C.</dc:creator><description>I forgot to mention that in the ad about Vitter, the half-dressed hooker should be black. &amp;nbsp;Then it would truly be as low as the Ford ad. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;Call me, Vitter!&amp;quot; Blink&lt;br&gt;As for Mrs. Vitter, she evidently didn't take her own advice, since he doesn't seem to be a soprano (in the physical sense, anyway) yet.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264252</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:08:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264252</guid><dc:creator>Mark Y; Westlake Village, CA</dc:creator><description>Vitter already apologized for his indiscretion; &amp;nbsp;seemed his statement was an admission of guilt. For all the high moral gorund the repugs have taken most of the past 12 years, seems they can talk the talk, but not walk the walk.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264611</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:46:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264611</guid><dc:creator>Robert Catalano, Salem, OR</dc:creator><description>I am no fan of David Vitter but my problkem is not with his behavior but why what he did is such a big deal. &amp;nbsp;So he went to a prostitute; big deal. &amp;nbsp;Prostitution is the oldest preofession in the world and in the nations where it is legal, they don't have nearly the problems with sex crimes and human slavery as we do here. &amp;nbsp;Besides, politicians and prostitutes have a lot in common. &amp;nbsp;Vitter probably just thought he was owed some professional courtesy.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264690</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:46:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264690</guid><dc:creator>bb</dc:creator><description>the problem is the repubs set themselves up as holy roller, holier than thou, can do no wrong Christians. Then when they fall, they fall real far and real fast!I say Ha Ha, just what they get.</description></item><item><title>Congress</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/10/263816.aspx#264730</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:11:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:264730</guid><dc:creator>Still Crazy After All These Years</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Where The Boys Are&amp;quot;-Connie Francis</description></item></channel></rss>