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	<title>Comments on: American Soldier Booed At GOP Debate</title>
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		<title>By: Timothy Kincaid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Timothy Kincaid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott,

Thank you for providing a clear example of how bigotry harms the bigot.  Here you are proudly spouting your hate and bile and little do you know that you are also illustrating your incredible ignorance and willful stupidity.

The majority of Americans... no, the &lt;b&gt;overwhelming majority of nearly every demographic of Americans&lt;/B&gt;... supported the overturn of Don&#039;t Ask, Don&#039;t Tell.  They found the policy &quot;repugnant!!&quot;

Because you got your facts completely backwards, it took a bit to realize what you were trying to say.  It only made sense once I realized that you are stupid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott,</p>
<p>Thank you for providing a clear example of how bigotry harms the bigot.  Here you are proudly spouting your hate and bile and little do you know that you are also illustrating your incredible ignorance and willful stupidity.</p>
<p>The majority of Americans&#8230; no, the <b>overwhelming majority of nearly every demographic of Americans</b>&#8230; supported the overturn of Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell.  They found the policy &#8220;repugnant!!&#8221;</p>
<p>Because you got your facts completely backwards, it took a bit to realize what you were trying to say.  It only made sense once I realized that you are stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Chadwick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Chadwick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR!!!!!
for having the guts to stand up and say that the minority in a democratic society does not have the power to dictate policy against the majority that finds such policy repugnant!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR!!!!!<br />
for having the guts to stand up and say that the minority in a democratic society does not have the power to dictate policy against the majority that finds such policy repugnant!!</p>
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		<title>By: mikeksf</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikeksf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What was it I was supposed to Google today?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What was it I was supposed to Google today?</p>
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		<title>By: MJC</title>
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		<dc:creator>MJC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good place to (once again) quote Leonard Bernstein:

&quot;Dear Conservatives: 

What are you conserving? Freedom and liberty, I would hope.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good place to (once again) quote Leonard Bernstein:</p>
<p>&#8220;Dear Conservatives: </p>
<p>What are you conserving? Freedom and liberty, I would hope.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: ZRAinSWVA</title>
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		<dc:creator>ZRAinSWVA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone needs to remind Santorum and others like him that DADT actually made the armed forces &lt;i&gt;less&lt;/i&gt; secure because it opened the door to blackmail of gay and lesbian persons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone needs to remind Santorum and others like him that DADT actually made the armed forces <i>less</i> secure because it opened the door to blackmail of gay and lesbian persons.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sen. Rick Santorum. Yeah, I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military...&quot;

Does that include straight sex? And what does sex have to do with anything? If one is in a foxhole in Afganistan, I would think that sex would be the last thing on anybody&#039;s mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sen. Rick Santorum. Yeah, I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Does that include straight sex? And what does sex have to do with anything? If one is in a foxhole in Afganistan, I would think that sex would be the last thing on anybody&#8217;s mind.</p>
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		<title>By: Priya Lynn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Priya Lynn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Santorum&#039;s dishonesty in his responses infuriates me.  For example, he says

&quot;Yeah, I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military&quot;.

Sexual activity is still not allowed after the removal of DADT.  He&#039;s trying to make it sound as though the repeal of this policy is about allowing gay sex in the army when it has nothing to do with that, its just about allowing same sex attracted people to be as open as heterosexuals about their lives.

He also said &quot;I would just say that going forward we would reinstitute that policy if Rick Santorum was President...But we would move forward in conformity to what was happening in the past which was sex is not an issue. It should not be an issue. [applause] Leave it alone. Keep it to yourself [applause and cheers] whether you are a heterosexual or a homosexual.&quot;.

Some have suggested he was calling for DADT to apply to heterosexuals, I&#039;m sure that&#039;s not the case.  Its just more of his dishonesty, trying to claim gays are going to be open about their sexuality when heterosexuals never were in the past.  He&#039;s trying to claim his reinstatement of DADT would treat heterosexuals and gays equally because neither would talk about sex when in fact that&#039;s not at all what he&#039;d implement, he&#039;d allow heterosexuals to continue as they have and deny gays the same openness.

Santorum&#039;s responses were total BS in which he tried to spin it by falsely claiming DADT meant troops were treated equally and repealling it means gay soldiers get special privileges such as having sex in the barracks.  And the audience just ate it up as though it were true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Santorum&#8217;s dishonesty in his responses infuriates me.  For example, he says</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military&#8221;.</p>
<p>Sexual activity is still not allowed after the removal of DADT.  He&#8217;s trying to make it sound as though the repeal of this policy is about allowing gay sex in the army when it has nothing to do with that, its just about allowing same sex attracted people to be as open as heterosexuals about their lives.</p>
<p>He also said &#8220;I would just say that going forward we would reinstitute that policy if Rick Santorum was President&#8230;But we would move forward in conformity to what was happening in the past which was sex is not an issue. It should not be an issue. [applause] Leave it alone. Keep it to yourself [applause and cheers] whether you are a heterosexual or a homosexual.&#8221;.</p>
<p>Some have suggested he was calling for DADT to apply to heterosexuals, I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s not the case.  Its just more of his dishonesty, trying to claim gays are going to be open about their sexuality when heterosexuals never were in the past.  He&#8217;s trying to claim his reinstatement of DADT would treat heterosexuals and gays equally because neither would talk about sex when in fact that&#8217;s not at all what he&#8217;d implement, he&#8217;d allow heterosexuals to continue as they have and deny gays the same openness.</p>
<p>Santorum&#8217;s responses were total BS in which he tried to spin it by falsely claiming DADT meant troops were treated equally and repealling it means gay soldiers get special privileges such as having sex in the barracks.  And the audience just ate it up as though it were true.</p>
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		<title>By: Candace</title>
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		<dc:creator>Candace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sexual activity in the military should be outlawed, huh?  Perhaps Santorum should start with wedding rings and pictures of spouses on desks. Then kick out soldiers with children, because nothin&#039; says het lovin&#039; like all those buns in the oven, and SEX should have no place in the military!  We can&#039;t have people flaunting their sexuality that way!  

Because, Frothy, we can&#039;t have special rights for those hetero soldiers.  If one has to play by your rules, they all have to play by your rules.  

As for the audience, this is what the tea party is like.  As a group, they are gleefully mean-spirited and hateful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sexual activity in the military should be outlawed, huh?  Perhaps Santorum should start with wedding rings and pictures of spouses on desks. Then kick out soldiers with children, because nothin&#8217; says het lovin&#8217; like all those buns in the oven, and SEX should have no place in the military!  We can&#8217;t have people flaunting their sexuality that way!  </p>
<p>Because, Frothy, we can&#8217;t have special rights for those hetero soldiers.  If one has to play by your rules, they all have to play by your rules.  </p>
<p>As for the audience, this is what the tea party is like.  As a group, they are gleefully mean-spirited and hateful.</p>
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		<title>By: John in MN</title>
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		<dc:creator>John in MN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again, all these assholes can focus on is SEX! A gay person is not soley defind by sex.  We still pay taxes, worry about our neighborhoods, send our kids to school, worry about the mortgage, what&#039;s the best diet for our health...etc etc etc.

I think Ricky Santorum want to crawl into bed with a guy.  That&#039;s his problem. 

As for the audience.  What a bunch of fucking ass-hats!  Did Fox news screen audience members to see who they would let into the auditorium???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, all these assholes can focus on is SEX! A gay person is not soley defind by sex.  We still pay taxes, worry about our neighborhoods, send our kids to school, worry about the mortgage, what&#8217;s the best diet for our health&#8230;etc etc etc.</p>
<p>I think Ricky Santorum want to crawl into bed with a guy.  That&#8217;s his problem. </p>
<p>As for the audience.  What a bunch of fucking ass-hats!  Did Fox news screen audience members to see who they would let into the auditorium???</p>
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		<title>By: MattNYC</title>
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		<dc:creator>MattNYC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Notice that sexual acts are the very first thing Frothy Mix thinks of.  This man has so much gay-sex-on-the-brain.  I am dreading the day he is outed--I do NOT want to claim him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Notice that sexual acts are the very first thing Frothy Mix thinks of.  This man has so much gay-sex-on-the-brain.  I am dreading the day he is outed&#8211;I do NOT want to claim him.</p>
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