<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - republican</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/republican</link><description>Newsvine - republican</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 23:20:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:19:19 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Florida Governor Signs Election Reform Bill Reversing His Own Voter Suppression Laws | ThinkProgress</title>
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Though Scott initially insisted he &ldquo;did the right thing&rdquo; by implementing these laws, vehement backlash and plummeting approval ratings prompted the governor to embrace election reforms:
The new bill extends early voting from 8 days to 14, extends early voting hours&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18475148-florida-governor-signs-election-reform-bill-reversing-his-own-voter-suppression-laws-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18475148-florida-governor-signs-election-reform-bill-reversing-his-own-voter-suppression-laws-thinkprogress</guid><category>election</category><category>florida</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>polls</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>governor-scott</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bryndisFD34D8F5-A3D9-7AB4-47BC-6C51C1951512.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bryndisFD34D8F5-A3D9-7AB4-47BC-6C51C1951512.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>E.W. Jackson explains why it's not fair to use his own words against him</title>
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E.W. Jackson, the whack-a-doodle running mate of the Virginia GOP's whack-a-doodle gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli, defends himself from being tarnished by the statements he's made:
In an email sent to The Daily Caller this week, the running  mate to Republican gubernator&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18473483-ew-jackson-explains-why-its-not-fair-to-use-his-own-words-against-him</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18473483-ew-jackson-explains-why-its-not-fair-to-use-his-own-words-against-him</guid><category>politics</category><category>genocide</category><category>kkk</category><category>republican</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>democrat-party</category><category>the-daily-caller</category><category>ken-cuccinelli</category><category>e-w-jackson</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:40:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat15A7C125-FB99-FBC2-2923-4B1D08A3DCE2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat15A7C125-FB99-FBC2-2923-4B1D08A3DCE2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate Unanimously Approves Sen. David Vitter&amp;#8217;s Really Stupid, Possibly Racist Farm Bill Amendment  </title>
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Who knew that the U.S. Senate could still agree on things? An amendment to the current version of the farm bill caught my eye earlier today, when someone tweeted a link to a&nbsp;Huffington Postentry entitled &ldquo;Senator Vitter Offers &mdash; and Senate Democrats Accept &mda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18467658-senate-unanimously-approves-sen-david-vitters-really-stupid-possibly-racist-farm-bill-amendment</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18467658-senate-unanimously-approves-sen-david-vitters-really-stupid-possibly-racist-farm-bill-amendment</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>african-americans</category><category>convicted-criminals</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:52:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364A7038A31-242A-571E-E283-7D10169849C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364A7038A31-242A-571E-E283-7D10169849C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tennessee congressman punished for sex with patients</title>
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) &mdash; Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, has been reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress.
The Republican from Tennessee won re-election last year despite&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18450984-tennessee-congressman-punished-for-sex-with-patients</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18450984-tennessee-congressman-punished-for-sex-with-patients</guid><category>abortion</category><category>fined</category><category>tennessee</category><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>congressman</category><category>doctor</category><category>republican</category><category>patients</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterA67FE278-70A9-C39D-1AE6-4CF124B8DB7B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="600" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterA67FE278-70A9-C39D-1AE6-4CF124B8DB7B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Which Georgia Extremist Will Out-Extreme All The Others?</title>
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Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey...Those two crackpots are among a gaggle of crackpots running for the Republican nomination for the open Georgia Senate seat. They're all running to the extreme right-wing fringes, the lunatics who vote in the Republican primaries. And their antics a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18444887-which-georgia-extremist-will-out-extreme-all-the-others</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18444887-which-georgia-extremist-will-out-extreme-all-the-others</guid><category>georgia</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>paul-broun</category><category>phil-gingrey</category><category>senatorial-election</category><category>michelle-nunn</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozE5CA9681-BDF9-C04D-24A1-178DD2F06A8F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozE5CA9681-BDF9-C04D-24A1-178DD2F06A8F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kirsten Anderson, Former Iowa Senate GOP Staffer: I Was Fired For Bringing Up Sexual Harassment</title>
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Kirsten Anderson served as communications director for the Iowa state Senate GOP caucus until Friday, when she was fired just hours after raising concerns about a pattern of sexual harassment in the workplace, she&nbsp;claimed in an interview with Iowa's WHO TV.
"Friday mornin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407547-kirsten-anderson-former-iowa-senate-gop-staffer-i-was-fired-for-bringing-up-sexual-harassment</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407547-kirsten-anderson-former-iowa-senate-gop-staffer-i-was-fired-for-bringing-up-sexual-harassment</guid><category>report</category><category>politics</category><category>woman</category><category>gop</category><category>harassment</category><category>men</category><category>republican</category><category>sexual</category><category>staffer</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:02:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterDCB02B46-2505-8E8A-6697-1202FC8504C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterDCB02B46-2505-8E8A-6697-1202FC8504C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Political Animal - Hitting the Hornet&amp;#8217;s Nest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious
Even as &ldquo;investigators&rdquo; seek without much success so far to find  evidence that the IRS scrutiny of applications for 501(c)(4) status  represents a vast political conspiracy&mdash;one that might have changed the outcome of the 2012 e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404713-political-animal-hitting-the-hornets-nest</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404713-political-animal-hitting-the-hornets-nest</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>irs</category><category>republican</category><category>boston-herald</category><category>picket</category><category>tea-party</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>political-conspiracy</category><category>obamagate</category><category>glenn-beck-listening-conspiracy-theorist</category><category>secular-socialists</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:19:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton804BAC52-A71F-4610-8AC5-130C3177DF33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="54" width="157" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton804BAC52-A71F-4610-8AC5-130C3177DF33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="42" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>For A Year, GOP Leadership Ignored IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Groups</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now, scandals are nothing new in Washington. From sex to taxes, it is almost impossible not to find some scandal or other from which to try to smear your political opponents. However, one must always be careful when picking the scandal from which to attack. In particular, one sho&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18397784-for-a-year-gop-leadership-ignored-irs-targeting-of-tea-party-groups</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18397784-for-a-year-gop-leadership-ignored-irs-targeting-of-tea-party-groups</guid><category>politics</category><category>civil-war</category><category>republican</category><category>tea-party</category><category>darryll-issa</category><category>fake-investigation</category><category>gop-investigation</category><category>irs-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteF3C5AEE5-6D05-8C75-BD67-ABD23407AAEC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteF3C5AEE5-6D05-8C75-BD67-ABD23407AAEC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Extreme Weather Global Impacts - Warm Arctic - Cold Continents</title>
<description><![CDATA[Climate scientists have linked massive storms and bitter weather across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crackhead Awards]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Crackhead Awards]]></source><link>http://crackheadawards.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18380733-extreme-weather-global-impacts-warm-arctic-cold-continents</link><guid>http://crackheadawards.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18380733-extreme-weather-global-impacts-warm-arctic-cold-continents</guid><category>gop</category><category>science</category><category>north-america</category><category>republican</category><category>abraham-lincoln</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>bering-strait</category><category>tea-party</category><category>david-koch</category><category>david-h-koch</category><category>ncep-ncar-reanalysis</category><category>polar-vortex</category><category>brightbart</category><category>butch-mcconnell</category><category>reince-prebus</category><category>northern-eurasia</category><category>warm-arctic</category><category>arctic-atmospheric-pressure</category><category>average-december</category><category>cold-continent</category><category>cold-continents</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawards71EB23E9-C7A5-5C70-24DE-DCC205C67E22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="366" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawards71EB23E9-C7A5-5C70-24DE-DCC205C67E22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Economically, Could Obama Be America's Best President? - Forbes</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Interview with Bob Deitrick, co-Author &ldquo;Bulls, Bears and the Ballot Box&rdquo; (BBBB):]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[eriq samson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[eriq samson]]></source><link>http://eriqalan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18380565-economically-could-obama-be-americas-best-president-forbes</link><guid>http://eriqalan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18380565-economically-could-obama-be-americas-best-president-forbes</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:22:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eriqalanC1A372F2-D9E4-988D-73F5-04623B439E7E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="408" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eriqalanC1A372F2-D9E4-988D-73F5-04623B439E7E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Iowa Senate Republican staffer fired after reporting sexual harassment  </title>
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A female former staffer for the Iowa state Senate Republicans says she was fired only hours after she reported sexual harassment by male lawmakers.
In an interview on Sunday, Kirsten Anderson&nbsp;told WHO-TV&nbsp;that she had worked as the communications director for the stat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379217-iowa-senate-republican-staffer-fired-after-reporting-sexual-harassment</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379217-iowa-senate-republican-staffer-fired-after-reporting-sexual-harassment</guid><category>discrimination</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>sexism</category><category>republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236483C490CC-CDB3-F5A3-83A6-EBCE59795B6E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236483C490CC-CDB3-F5A3-83A6-EBCE59795B6E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The fantasy of the clean-water fairy | Other Views | NewsObserver.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just another example of the local price of republican legislatures.&nbsp; As a resident of Wake county, NC which borders Jordan Lake (as well as many other important reservoirs) I am appalled at the lack of public discussion in the state's General Assembly when it comes to the co&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[radagast]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[radagast]]></source><link>http://hoosontop.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18376874-the-fantasy-of-the-clean-water-fairy-other-views-newsobservercom</link><guid>http://hoosontop.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18376874-the-fantasy-of-the-clean-water-fairy-other-views-newsobservercom</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>state-legislatures</category><category>water-quality</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hoosontopD301D16E-419C-6981-BB68-38D8A1A437F0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hoosontopD301D16E-419C-6981-BB68-38D8A1A437F0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New research finds stronger men are conservatives, weaklings .. &quot;liberals&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[The strongest of men in varied societies around the world are much more likely to hold conservative political views. Probably much smarter too.
While weaker guys, regardless of wealth, are more liberal, into handouts and wealth redistribution because, well, they don't have the s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18356128-new-research-finds-stronger-men-are-conservatives-weaklings-liberals</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18356128-new-research-finds-stronger-men-are-conservatives-weaklings-liberals</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>men</category><category>republican</category><category>liberals</category><category>conservative</category><category>achievement</category><category>character</category><category>progressives</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:38:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23C46F67FA-BA1C-B829-EA9C-1420DC1ECC29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="211" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23C46F67FA-BA1C-B829-EA9C-1420DC1ECC29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How President Bush Manipulated The American People (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Franklin Delano Roosevelt gained his stature as one of America's greatest presidents the old-fashioned way: he earned it. When he took office, America was in depths of the most severe economic depression it had ever experienced, and there were widespread doubts if American capit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18353447-how-president-bush-manipulated-the-american-people-video</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18353447-how-president-bush-manipulated-the-american-people-video</guid><category>bush</category><category>iraq</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjyk6j0pqUw" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rjyk6j0pqUw/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Perverse Mental Gyrations of Rep. Darrell Issa</title>
<description><![CDATA[Darrell  Issa appears to be following his stated purpose of opening an  investigation a week into sensitive White House matters. At this point  it is difficult to determine just what it is he and others are after,  except of course pursuing the obvious goal of discrediting the pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343474-the-perverse-mental-gyrations-of-rep-darrell-issa</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343474-the-perverse-mental-gyrations-of-rep-darrell-issa</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>republican</category><category>right-wing</category><category>benghazi</category><category>tea-party</category><category>partisan-witch-hunts</category><category>never-let-facts-get-in-the-way</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton781D3FE4-336A-BDDE-A1CF-123A23995DE0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton781D3FE4-336A-BDDE-A1CF-123A23995DE0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oh oh, look who else made the Marines hold an umbrella for him...</title>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like the right once again made fools out of themselves.&nbsp; Check out the picture of Elder Bush having a Marine hold his umbrella for him:

Is the right capable of ever NOT being hypocri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340584-oh-oh-look-who-else-made-the-marines-hold-an-umbrella-for-him</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340584-oh-oh-look-who-else-made-the-marines-hold-an-umbrella-for-him</guid><category>bush</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>marines</category><category>obama</category><category>reagan</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>conservative</category><category>palin</category><category>umbrella</category><category>umbre</category><category>umbrella-gate</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Outgoing IRS chief deflects Republican attempts to link scandal to White House </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Republican attempts to turn the row over the IRS into a scandal engulfing the White House fizzled on Friday when the ousted head of the agency delivered a public apology at a congressional heading into the affair.
Steven Miller, who was fired on Wednesday, portrayed the toughe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338738-outgoing-irs-chief-deflects-republican-attempts-to-link-scandal-to-white-house</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338738-outgoing-irs-chief-deflects-republican-attempts-to-link-scandal-to-white-house</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>efficient</category><category>republican</category><category>tax-exempt-status</category><category>house-ways-and-means-committee</category><category>steven-miller</category><category>public-apology</category><category>flood-of-applications</category><category>irs-scandal</category><category>congressional-heading</category><category>overworked-employees</category><category>foolish-mistakes</category><category>2012-obama-re-election-campaign</category><category>chairman-david-camp</category><category>culture-cover-up</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahD7BE4B5F-5651-E691-2EF0-55D17B62DC50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahD7BE4B5F-5651-E691-2EF0-55D17B62DC50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox's Brit Hume: 'Stupid' For GOP To Think Of Impeaching Obama Over Recent Scandals</title>
<description><![CDATA[
[Laura] Ingraham asked Hume to comment on how some Republican leaders have &ldquo;ran to the microphone&rdquo; to suggest removal of Obama from office.
His response:
&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s stupid for them to say stuff like that. These cases will be driven by the facts, whi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18325478-foxs-brit-hume-stupid-for-gop-to-think-of-impeaching-obama-over-recent-scandals</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18325478-foxs-brit-hume-stupid-for-gop-to-think-of-impeaching-obama-over-recent-scandals</guid><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>republican</category><category>scandals</category><category>brit-hume</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:02:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozAE88A226-CD36-1F68-54FB-B916AD055F70.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozAE88A226-CD36-1F68-54FB-B916AD055F70.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House chairman sees IRS errors as pattern of intimidation by Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party and conservative groups seems to be part of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation by the Obama administration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319972-house-chairman-sees-irs-errors-as-pattern-of-intimidation-by-obama</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319972-house-chairman-sees-irs-errors-as-pattern-of-intimidation-by-obama</guid><category>corruption</category><category>law</category><category>ethics</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2381A8FC67-141D-D76D-B6FF-8BBA7DE4B841.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2381A8FC67-141D-D76D-B6FF-8BBA7DE4B841.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bachmann launching early TV ads in Minnesota amid reelection concerns</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is going up with an early ad buy in Minnesota, a sign of some early concern about her reelection chances in the Republican-leaning district.
Bachmann has reserved approximately $85,000 in TV time across a number of Minneapolis stations. That's n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299643-bachmann-launching-early-tv-ads-in-minnesota-amid-reelection-concerns</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299643-bachmann-launching-early-tv-ads-in-minnesota-amid-reelection-concerns</guid><category>congress</category><category>tv</category><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>ads</category><category>early</category><category>2014</category><category>republican</category><category>buy</category><category>reelection</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama: It's a &quot;cliche&quot; to say America is &quot;the greatest country on earth&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama told attendees at a&nbsp;Democratic National Committee&nbsp;event Monday that it is a &ldquo;cliche&rdquo; to call America the greatest country on earth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297546-obama-its-a-cliche-to-say-america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297546-obama-its-a-cliche-to-say-america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth</guid><category>usa</category><category>americans</category><category>government</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:08:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa230ACDABCD-212C-F80A-151C-B879458D1FA8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa230ACDABCD-212C-F80A-151C-B879458D1FA8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS reading list request gets the Constitution from the Tea Party </title>
<description><![CDATA[When Internal Revenue Service agents decided to target conservative groups with &ldquo;unnecessary&rdquo; information requests, they probably weren&rsquo;t expecting Marion Bower, an Ohio woman who in 2010 founded her own Tea Party group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282711-irs-reading-list-request-gets-the-constitution-from-the-tea-party</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282711-irs-reading-list-request-gets-the-constitution-from-the-tea-party</guid><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>gop</category><category>government</category><category>irs</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:15:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23AFC8B5CC-3B19-34E5-F142-6E3FE3A12D16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="63" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23AFC8B5CC-3B19-34E5-F142-6E3FE3A12D16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="19" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama struggles with rocky start to second term - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Secretly accessing phone records of journalists. IRS targeting of conservative groups. Misleading statements last year about the Benghazi terrorist attack.
News headlines of the past week portray an administration engulfed in potential scandal, providing opponents of President&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282595-obama-struggles-with-rocky-start-to-second-term-cnncom</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282595-obama-struggles-with-rocky-start-to-second-term-cnncom</guid><category>mexico</category><category>senate</category><category>immigration</category><category>violence</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>murder</category><category>obama</category><category>hispanic</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>gun-control</category><category>budget-deficit</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:05:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king17827F3AA-F917-200B-293D-1C377E7D3AE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king17827F3AA-F917-200B-293D-1C377E7D3AE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The&nbsp;Internal Revenue Service, under pressure after admitting it targeted anti-tax Tea Party groups for scrutiny in recent years, also had its eye on at least three Democratic-leaning organizations seeking nonprofit status.
One of those groups, Emerge America, saw its tax-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277170-irs-sent-same-letter-to-democrats-that-fed-tea-party-row</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277170-irs-sent-same-letter-to-democrats-that-fed-tea-party-row</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>letter</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>republican</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater4820F38F-27A2-ED18-01C1-34136B047692.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="124" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater4820F38F-27A2-ED18-01C1-34136B047692.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Government is Good - The Anti-Government Campaign</title>
<description><![CDATA[Government = we the people in a democracy society.
"When Bush and his fellow conservatives  talked about reducing government, what they were targeting were the  three main pillars of the modern democratic state: social programs,  regulation of business, and the taxes needed to s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></source><link>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18256317-government-is-good-the-anti-government-campaign</link><guid>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18256317-government-is-good-the-anti-government-campaign</guid><category>bush</category><category>politics</category><category>bush-white-house</category><category>republican</category><category>tea-party</category><category>united-states-department</category><category>treson</category><category>anti-government-campaign</category><category>president-obamapolitical-glue-disdain</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dorisjudeporter588C30A1-7ADD-03DC-2658-97F6214777EF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="178" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dorisjudeporter588C30A1-7ADD-03DC-2658-97F6214777EF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>