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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-470</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now that we have seen a Democratic party member, with some sense of shame, take the mantle of responsibility (what there was left after being caught after a criminal act), the question remains for my friends on the other side, how about the Republican Senators who continue in the employ of the US Taxpayer?  Have they no character?

Of course to this, I would like to add a request for Rep. Jefferson&#039;s resignation, which will probably come right after Sens. Vitter and Craig resign...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that we have seen a Democratic party member, with some sense of shame, take the mantle of responsibility (what there was left after being caught after a criminal act), the question remains for my friends on the other side, how about the Republican Senators who continue in the employ of the US Taxpayer?  Have they no character?</p>
<p>Of course to this, I would like to add a request for Rep. Jefferson&#8217;s resignation, which will probably come right after Sens. Vitter and Craig resign&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-457</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing in that comment is personal about you, unless you&#039;re a bad Massachusetts driver.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing in that comment is personal about you, unless you&#8217;re a bad Massachusetts driver.</p>
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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-456</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BK -

I like your idea of &quot;talking issues&quot; and &quot;not getting personal&quot;

&quot;Rag, funny you’d bring up Vitter, who got his office when a Republican resigned due to scandal. Instead you point fingers exclusively Republicans and, as usual, you totally ignore the Democrats record of ignoring dead women in Massachusetts lakes.&quot;

You should join the Clinton campaign staff</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BK -</p>
<p>I like your idea of &#8220;talking issues&#8221; and &#8220;not getting personal&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Rag, funny you’d bring up Vitter, who got his office when a Republican resigned due to scandal. Instead you point fingers exclusively Republicans and, as usual, you totally ignore the Democrats record of ignoring dead women in Massachusetts lakes.&#8221;</p>
<p>You should join the Clinton campaign staff</p>
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		<title>By: Dan Geroe</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-453</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Geroe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It doesn&#039;t excuse them.  But it gives them something else to focus the media on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#8217;t excuse them.  But it gives them something else to focus the media on.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-452</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As usual, I talk issues and Ragnar gets personal.

Talk about droning.  What ghetto?  Are you friends with Geraldine Ferraro or something?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual, I talk issues and Ragnar gets personal.</p>
<p>Talk about droning.  What ghetto?  Are you friends with Geraldine Ferraro or something?</p>
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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-451</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BK -

As predicted, the usual partisan droning from your Republican ghetto. Thank you for not disappointing; you are admirably upholding your role as a minor member of the regional Virginia Beach GOP establishment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BK -</p>
<p>As predicted, the usual partisan droning from your Republican ghetto. Thank you for not disappointing; you are admirably upholding your role as a minor member of the regional Virginia Beach GOP establishment.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-450</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, I&#039;m surprised!  You think having a Primary battle excuses Democrats complete silence to a governor&#039;s breaking the law?

Rag, funny you&#039;d bring up Vitter, who got his office when a Republican resigned due to scandal.  Instead you point fingers exclusively Republicans and, as usual, you totally ignore the Democrats record of ignoring dead women in Massachusetts lakes.

I think Vitter should&#039;ve resigned, even though the statute of limitations had long past on his prostitution involvement.  And there are many Republicans who called on him to do so, despite your lies that none did.  Just because it&#039;s not in your MoveOn.org daily update doesn&#039;t mean it didn&#039;t happen.

I think Spitzer will resign - as soon as he cuts a deal with prosecutors that let him continue to practics law and avoid jail time in trade.  WHOOOO , morality of the Democrats!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, I&#8217;m surprised!  You think having a Primary battle excuses Democrats complete silence to a governor&#8217;s breaking the law?</p>
<p>Rag, funny you&#8217;d bring up Vitter, who got his office when a Republican resigned due to scandal.  Instead you point fingers exclusively Republicans and, as usual, you totally ignore the Democrats record of ignoring dead women in Massachusetts lakes.</p>
<p>I think Vitter should&#8217;ve resigned, even though the statute of limitations had long past on his prostitution involvement.  And there are many Republicans who called on him to do so, despite your lies that none did.  Just because it&#8217;s not in your MoveOn.org daily update doesn&#8217;t mean it didn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>I think Spitzer will resign &#8211; as soon as he cuts a deal with prosecutors that let him continue to practics law and avoid jail time in trade.  WHOOOO , morality of the Democrats!</p>
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		<title>By: Dan Geroe</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-449</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Geroe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dsbaf:
I don&#039;t remember anybody calling for Vitter&#039;s resignation.  And I was in Washington DC when the scandal broke.  Working in the Senate, no less.  Yes, Republicans condemned his actions.  But did Mitch McConnell call for his resignation?  No. 

Larry Craig?  Oh yeah, they tried to kick his ass out.  But that&#039;s because he was caught with a dude.  Had he been caught with a chick, as Vitter was, it wouldn&#039;t be that big of a deal.  The GOP leadership would&#039;ve said &quot;bad dog&quot;, and let the controversy slide into obscurity (just like they&#039;ve done with Vitter).

I&#039;m just pointing out that Republicans have reacted pretty poorly to their own share of scandals.  But Democrats do have one major excuse: we&#039;re in the middle of a very dangerous primary that may split the party in two.  What was going on when Vitter was caught?  Um...nothing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dsbaf:<br />
I don&#8217;t remember anybody calling for Vitter&#8217;s resignation.  And I was in Washington DC when the scandal broke.  Working in the Senate, no less.  Yes, Republicans condemned his actions.  But did Mitch McConnell call for his resignation?  No. </p>
<p>Larry Craig?  Oh yeah, they tried to kick his ass out.  But that&#8217;s because he was caught with a dude.  Had he been caught with a chick, as Vitter was, it wouldn&#8217;t be that big of a deal.  The GOP leadership would&#8217;ve said &#8220;bad dog&#8221;, and let the controversy slide into obscurity (just like they&#8217;ve done with Vitter).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just pointing out that Republicans have reacted pretty poorly to their own share of scandals.  But Democrats do have one major excuse: we&#8217;re in the middle of a very dangerous primary that may split the party in two.  What was going on when Vitter was caught?  Um&#8230;nothing.</p>
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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-446</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After Sptizer does resign, I wonder if I&#039;ll hear any positives about the move or the Democratic party - or as I predict, the only sound will be the constant droning of Republican partisan spin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Sptizer does resign, I wonder if I&#8217;ll hear any positives about the move or the Democratic party &#8211; or as I predict, the only sound will be the constant droning of Republican partisan spin.</p>
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		<title>By: dsbaf</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-445</link>
		<dc:creator>dsbaf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;There are two sitting GOP Senators who should both resign&quot;

Very true.  And it&#039;s also true that many, many Republicans have gone on record calling for resignations.

Please point me to an elected Democrat who has called on Spitzer to resign.  Someone above city council level, if you don&#039;t mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There are two sitting GOP Senators who should both resign&#8221;</p>
<p>Very true.  And it&#8217;s also true that many, many Republicans have gone on record calling for resignations.</p>
<p>Please point me to an elected Democrat who has called on Spitzer to resign.  Someone above city council level, if you don&#8217;t mind.</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Clear Conservative</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-440</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Clear Conservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In response to the question, it would take a miracle for a Democrat to resign.  As for the Spitzer issue, I think that he should resign now.  He has no reputation (it&#039;s good as dirt), because when he served as Attorney General, he fought against prostitution rings (how ironic...client #9).  This was the same point echoed on WMAL&#039;s Grandy and Andy show this morning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to the question, it would take a miracle for a Democrat to resign.  As for the Spitzer issue, I think that he should resign now.  He has no reputation (it&#8217;s good as dirt), because when he served as Attorney General, he fought against prostitution rings (how ironic&#8230;client #9).  This was the same point echoed on WMAL&#8217;s Grandy and Andy show this morning.</p>
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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-437</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JR - wait, read what I wrote intially:

&quot;First, I agree, Governor Spitzer should resign. Now.&quot;

I thought that was clear enough.  Heck, I&#039;d like to see him prosecuted and sent to jail as well.  I&#039;m sick and tired of politicians acting like they are above the law.  - Or being prosecuted and then receiving a Presidential pardon.  If you are a criminal you need to go to jail just like every other member of society.  My primary argument here and elsewhere is with the double-standard.  We are supposed to be an egalitarian society, yet we are creating this political class who believes that they are above the law.  

While I&#039;m at it, I want to see Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resign and be prosecuted as well.  

My irriation is with BK&#039;s irrational attack upon the Dems.  There are two sitting GOP Senators who should both resign - not to mention the whole embarassing Scooter thing.  I simply don&#039;t understand the desire to attack the other party - unless it is simply a diversionary tactic (which is all it appears he is doing).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JR &#8211; wait, read what I wrote intially:</p>
<p>&#8220;First, I agree, Governor Spitzer should resign. Now.&#8221;</p>
<p>I thought that was clear enough.  Heck, I&#8217;d like to see him prosecuted and sent to jail as well.  I&#8217;m sick and tired of politicians acting like they are above the law.  &#8211; Or being prosecuted and then receiving a Presidential pardon.  If you are a criminal you need to go to jail just like every other member of society.  My primary argument here and elsewhere is with the double-standard.  We are supposed to be an egalitarian society, yet we are creating this political class who believes that they are above the law.  </p>
<p>While I&#8217;m at it, I want to see Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resign and be prosecuted as well.  </p>
<p>My irriation is with BK&#8217;s irrational attack upon the Dems.  There are two sitting GOP Senators who should both resign &#8211; not to mention the whole embarassing Scooter thing.  I simply don&#8217;t understand the desire to attack the other party &#8211; unless it is simply a diversionary tactic (which is all it appears he is doing).</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-436</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ragnar, is that a Ferraro quote?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ragnar, is that a Ferraro quote?</p>
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		<title>By: Ragnar</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-a-democrat-to-resign/#comment-435</link>
		<dc:creator>Ragnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really, that&#039;s it?  Really?  

A personal attack shouted from your partisan ghetto is all you have to offer?  You must be more embarassed about your party than I thought.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really, that&#8217;s it?  Really?  </p>
<p>A personal attack shouted from your partisan ghetto is all you have to offer?  You must be more embarassed about your party than I thought.</p>
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		<title>By: J.R.</title>
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		<dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ragnar,
Brian&#039;s got you on this one.  You attacked him without even remotely addressing the issue at hand: Spitzer&#039;s blatant disregard for the law and his apparent motivation to stay governor.

So, in your mind, do two wrongs make a right?  This appears to me to be a re-direct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ragnar,<br />
Brian&#8217;s got you on this one.  You attacked him without even remotely addressing the issue at hand: Spitzer&#8217;s blatant disregard for the law and his apparent motivation to stay governor.</p>
<p>So, in your mind, do two wrongs make a right?  This appears to me to be a re-direct.</p>
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