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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Anya</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a disgusting image and an abhorrent tactic. Also too, what @&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279877&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Villago Delenda Est&lt;/a&gt;: said, BUT, when did Hustler become one of us? How is a porn magazine progressive?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a disgusting image and an abhorrent tactic. Also too, what @<a href="#comment-3279877" rel="nofollow">Villago Delenda Est</a>: said, <span class="caps">BUT</span>, when did Hustler become one of us? How is a porn magazine progressive?</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Raven</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280292</link>
		<dc:creator>Raven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3280266&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anne Laurie&lt;/a&gt;: How about a garden thread?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3280266" rel="nofollow">Anne Laurie</a>: How about a garden thread?</p>
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		<title>Comment on BREAKING &#8211; The illusion of FDR&#8217;s War Room leadership by Odie Hugh Manatee</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/breaking-the-illusion-of-fdrs-war-room-leadership/#comment-3280285</link>
		<dc:creator>Odie Hugh Manatee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Villago Delenda Est&lt;/a&gt;: 
&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s really unsporting, though, to shoot fish in a dry barrel out of season.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Fix&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3279152" rel="nofollow">Villago Delenda Est</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s really unsporting, though, to shoot fish in a dry barrel out of season.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fix&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Anne Laurie</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280266</link>
		<dc:creator>Anne Laurie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279877&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Villago Delenda Est&lt;/a&gt;: @&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279877&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Villago Delenda Est&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;blockquote&gt; This entire kerfuffle benefits two attention whores. SE Cupp and Larry Flynt.
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Both are winning. Everyone else loses.&lt;/blockquote&gt; First sensible comment in this thread.  Quite possibly the last, too also.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3279877" rel="nofollow">Villago Delenda Est</a>: @<a href="#comment-3279877" rel="nofollow">Villago Delenda Est</a>:<br />
<blockquote> This entire kerfuffle benefits two attention whores. <span class="caps">SE </span>Cupp and Larry Flynt.<br />
<em></em><br />
Both are winning. Everyone else loses.</p></blockquote>
<p> First sensible comment in this thread.  Quite possibly the last, too also.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Marcellus Shale, Public Dick</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280246</link>
		<dc:creator>Marcellus Shale, Public Dick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so...larry flynt fails to win a purity test?

in other news, you can&#039;t win friends with salad.

what&#039;s next? someone will attack jennifer for not being pure enough of a progressive for making a big thing out of a random on twitter? you know, punching down, afflicting the afflicted instead of the comfortable, and something like that.

oh, wait. its contextual.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so&#8230;larry flynt fails to win a purity test?</p>
<p>in other news, you can&#8217;t win friends with salad.</p>
<p>what&#8217;s next? someone will attack jennifer for not being pure enough of a progressive for making a big thing out of a random on twitter? you know, punching down, afflicting the afflicted instead of the comfortable, and something like that.</p>
<p>oh, wait. its contextual.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Older_Wiser</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280227</link>
		<dc:creator>Older_Wiser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Having raised 2 men myself, I always found that &lt;i&gt;Hustler&lt;/i&gt; (copies of which they would try to hide) was pretty much an adolescent fantasy dream rag about what men wanted sexually from women, whether women wanted it or not.  It presents women only in a sexualized way for male consumption.  If there are women who want to be in it, fine, that is their choice.  

I think S.E. Cupp is a traitor to her sex because of her political positions, but she didn&#039;t ask to be in Hustler, didn&#039;t ask to be presented in a sexualized way which was supposed to humiliate her.  It wasn&#039;t a choice for her, even if she engages in blow jobs in private.

So, as a woman, I reject it, and will continue to disagree with S.E. Cupp without having to denigrate her as a female human being.  I mean, wasn&#039;t that the whole point of Hustler?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having raised 2 men myself, I always found that <i>Hustler</i> (copies of which they would try to hide) was pretty much an adolescent fantasy dream rag about what men wanted sexually from women, whether women wanted it or not.  It presents women only in a sexualized way for male consumption.  If there are women who want to be in it, fine, that is their choice.</p>
<p>I think S.E. Cupp is a traitor to her sex because of her political positions, but she didn&#8217;t ask to be in Hustler, didn&#8217;t ask to be presented in a sexualized way which was supposed to humiliate her.  It wasn&#8217;t a choice for her, even if she engages in blow jobs in private.</p>
<p>So, as a woman, I reject it, and will continue to disagree with S.E. Cupp without having to denigrate her as a female human being.  I mean, wasn&#8217;t that the whole point of Hustler?</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Amir Khalid</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280226</link>
		<dc:creator>Amir Khalid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Hustler&lt;/em&gt;, from what little I saw of it on my trips to the US many years ago, deals in pornography and crude, sexually transgressive, deplorably juvenile &quot;humor&quot;  --  the more so, the better. No surprise there, right? It has hit a home run here, and scored the extra point as well: people outside its regular audience, respectable political commentators, are actually discussing something it published. How often does that happen?

That picture (to judge by the blurred-out version at the link) and the no doubt equally revolting copy that ran with it deserve to be denounced by the righteous and the serious. But here&#039;s the kicker. The more you denounce it, the more publicity it gets, and the bigger &lt;em&gt;Hustler&lt;/em&gt;&#039;s reward for this deliberate transgression.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hustler</em>, from what little I saw of it on my trips to the US many years ago, deals in pornography and crude, sexually transgressive, deplorably juvenile &#8220;humor&#8221; &#8212; the more so, the better. No surprise there, right? It has hit a home run here, and scored the extra point as well: people outside its regular audience, respectable political commentators, are actually discussing something it published. How often does that happen?</p>
<p>That picture (to judge by the blurred-out version at the link) and the no doubt equally revolting copy that ran with it deserve to be denounced by the righteous and the serious. But here&#8217;s the kicker. The more you denounce it, the more publicity it gets, and the bigger <em>Hustler</em>&#8217;s reward for this deliberate transgression.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Shalimar</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280225</link>
		<dc:creator>Shalimar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s sexist, misogynistic, in horrible taste, not even remotely humorous, and wrong in every possible way. It&#039;s also Hustler, where I would assume people expect all of those things from everything they do. Hopefully, thousands of conservative bloggers will cancel their subscriptions over this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s sexist, misogynistic, in horrible taste, not even remotely humorous, and wrong in every possible way. It&#8217;s also Hustler, where I would assume people expect all of those things from everything they do. Hopefully, thousands of conservative bloggers will cancel their subscriptions over this.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics by Odie Hugh Manatee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Odie Hugh Manatee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279192&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Conservative Teacher&lt;/a&gt;: 
&lt;blockquote&gt;America will soon collapse under this debt load, resulting in old people eating cat food,&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Where have you been Teach? People are already eating pet food and have been for some time now. The healthier are lucky because they can go dumpster diving for their meals!

&lt;blockquote&gt;... pensions destroyed,&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Again, where have you been Teach? Pensions have been being destroyed for decades now, all to satiate our corporate overlords need for profit. Ask your buddy, Mitt Romney, about that. Bain sucked one company dry and left the government on the hook for the pension fund, to the tune of $44 million dollars.

&lt;blockquote&gt;... people unable to get medical care,&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Again Teach, we&#039;re already there and have been for a long fucking time now.

&lt;blockquote&gt;... and riots in the street&lt;/blockquote&gt;

People are already in the streets, all we need is some rioting and we are there.

I&#039;ll ignore the rest of your post because you are wearing blinders. That and what I have posted above will go in one ear and right out the other because there&#039;s nothing in between them to absorb it.

Conservative Teacher? Yeah, I can believe that...lol! You&#039;re fucking blind, deaf and dumb to the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3279192" rel="nofollow">A Conservative Teacher</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>America will soon collapse under this debt load, resulting in old people eating cat food,</p></blockquote>
<p>Where have you been Teach? People are already eating pet food and have been for some time now. The healthier are lucky because they can go dumpster diving for their meals!</p>
<p>
<blockquote>... pensions destroyed,</p></blockquote>
<p>Again, where have you been Teach? Pensions have been being destroyed for decades now, all to satiate our corporate overlords need for profit. Ask your buddy, Mitt Romney, about that. Bain sucked one company dry and left the government on the hook for the pension fund, to the tune of $44 million dollars.</p>
<p>
<blockquote>... people unable to get medical care,</p></blockquote>
<p>Again Teach, we&#8217;re already there and have been for a long fucking time now.</p>
<p>
<blockquote>... and riots in the street</p></blockquote>
<p>People are already in the streets, all we need is some rioting and we are there.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll ignore the rest of your post because you are wearing blinders. That and what I have posted above will go in one ear and right out the other because there&#8217;s nothing in between them to absorb it.</p>
<p>Conservative Teacher? Yeah, I can believe that&#8230;lol! You&#8217;re fucking blind, deaf and dumb to the world.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by LT</title>
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		<dc:creator>LT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3279927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Clime Acts&lt;/a&gt;: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;Are you telling me you’re denying the emails we exchanged before throwing down with Cole in this thread?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Just back from the bar. John - you&#039;ve got an actual fucking lunatic on your hands here. I have no idea who this fuck is.

EDIT: This is probably obvious. Just noted anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3279927" rel="nofollow">Clime Acts</a>:</p>
<p>
<blockquote>Are you telling me you&#8217;re denying the emails we exchanged before throwing down with Cole in this thread?</p></blockquote>
<p>Just back from the bar. John &#8211; you&#8217;ve got an actual fucking lunatic on your hands here. I have no idea who this fuck is.</p>
<p><span class="caps">EDIT</span>: This is probably obvious. Just noted anyway.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Q. Q. Moar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Q. Q. Moar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No argument there. However, as there are already many people standing up to defend Ms. Cupp against the vile leftists at &lt;em&gt;Hustler&lt;/em&gt;, I feel unburdened by any obligation to join in. I understand that this reflects upon my failings as a good person, to which I can only say &quot;fuck it.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No argument there. However, as there are already many people standing up to defend Ms. Cupp against the vile leftists at <em>Hustler</em>, I feel unburdened by any obligation to join in. I understand that this reflects upon my failings as a good person, to which I can only say &#8220;fuck it.&#8221; </p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by A Humble Lurker</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/05/23/shes-right/#comment-3280168</link>
		<dc:creator>A Humble Lurker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-3280161&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Q. Q. Moar&lt;/a&gt;: 
But even if someone is a lousy person they should still be treated as...a person. And if nothing else, it allows us to rub it in the opposition&#039;s face that while WE condemn this crap, they legislate it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-3280161" rel="nofollow">Q. Q. Moar</a>:<br />
But even if someone is a lousy person they should still be treated as&#8230;a person. And if nothing else, it allows us to rub it in the opposition&#8217;s face that while WE condemn this crap, they legislate it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on She&#8217;s Right by Q. Q. Moar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Q. Q. Moar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;Hard to get riled up about this, because I find Hustler so damned offensive anyway.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

Exactly. Hustler is fap material for subliterate mouthbreathers; normal people don&#039;t care what they print because it is guaranteed to be offensive, vile, misogynist, what have you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;Hard to get riled up about this, because I find Hustler so damned offensive anyway.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Exactly. Hustler is fap material for subliterate mouthbreathers; normal people don&#8217;t care what they print because it is guaranteed to be offensive, vile, misogynist, what have you.</p>
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		<dc:creator>moron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am aware of all wisdom/spiritual tradtions!</description>
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		<title>Comment on Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics by Skippy-san</title>
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		<dc:creator>Skippy-san</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I find really disturbing is that the facts proving Nuttings point have been out there for the last three years. The charts showing the causes of the deficit and the size of the federal budget are available to anyone with a brain to see and analyze themselves. But so many Americans have abandoned any type of critical thinking anymore-that they believe a hack like James P.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find really disturbing is that the facts proving Nuttings point have been out there for the last three years. The charts showing the causes of the deficit and the size of the federal budget are available to anyone with a brain to see and analyze themselves. But so many Americans have abandoned any type of critical thinking anymore-that they believe a hack like James P.</p>
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