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	<title>Comments on: Open Thread &#8211; Brian Must Be a Muckraker Magnet</title>
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	<description>Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics</description>
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		<title>By: seattlefan</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76706</link>
		<dc:creator>seattlefan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seattle area (at least where I live) has been without comcast for the last three hours.  It just came back up.  We were without power for as long, but our generator got us through dinner.  LOL!  I was totally going nuts without my phone and internet.   

Brian keeps very good company!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seattle area (at least where I live) has been without comcast for the last three hours.  It just came back up.  We were without power for as long, but our generator got us through dinner.  LOL!  I was totally going nuts without my phone and internet.   </p>
<p>Brian keeps very good company!</p>
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		<title>By: Gramiam</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76705</link>
		<dc:creator>Gramiam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Found this delightful tidbit on Huffpo. Seems GINO left evidence that she had direct decision about the &quot;rape kit&quot; issue in Wasilla. You can run, Sarah, but you can&#039;t hide!!

http://digg.com/d1uJIy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this delightful tidbit on Huffpo. Seems GINO left evidence that she had direct decision about the &#8220;rape kit&#8221; issue in Wasilla. You can run, Sarah, but you can&#8217;t hide!!</p>
<p><a href="http://digg.com/d1uJIy">http://digg.com/d1uJIy</a></p>
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		<title>By: mlaiuppa</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76704</link>
		<dc:creator>mlaiuppa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The panel comments. Meghan McCain was there but didn&#039;t contribute all that much. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7OVjqcg9c</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The panel comments. Meghan McCain was there but didn&#8217;t contribute all that much. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7OVjqcg9c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7OVjqcg9c</a></p>
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		<title>By: mlaiuppa</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76702</link>
		<dc:creator>mlaiuppa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maher&#039;s new rules. 

A few more Palin jokes. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0zMxR2azY</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maher&#8217;s new rules. </p>
<p>A few more Palin jokes. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0zMxR2azY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0zMxR2azY</a></p>
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		<title>By: mlaiuppa</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76700</link>
		<dc:creator>mlaiuppa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is tonight&#039;s Bill Maher monologue. Nice Palin joke. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc7o47Y_15s</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is tonight&#8217;s Bill Maher monologue. Nice Palin joke. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc7o47Y_15s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc7o47Y_15s</a></p>
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		<title>By: Star</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76698</link>
		<dc:creator>Star</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t wait to see how Scarah spins this ...Can&#039;t blame Dave for this one..he he</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see how Scarah spins this &#8230;Can&#8217;t blame Dave for this one..he he</p>
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		<title>By: honestyinGov</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76697</link>
		<dc:creator>honestyinGov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ 270  austintx Says:
June 19th, 2009 at 7:36 PM
honestyinGov - Dang……I don’t get HBO. Sounds like a dynamite show !!
BTW - Rachel whoops up on Ensign REAL good.
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The whole Bill Maher Show was pretty good. I think Huffpo has a page (maybe under Comedy) with clips a day or two after they air. Should be able to see excerpts. Gryphen may post as well.

The guests and his panel covered the &#039; Ensign issue&#039; as well.No kind words there from anybody. Meghan McCain was out there as well as the &#039;Special Guest&#039; sitting next to Bill. She didn&#039;t say anything really Bad about Him, but she definitely did not defend him. He&#039;s not Her type of Republican.

Meghan did very good. I would agree with her on a lot of stuff, BUT she&#039;s still a Republican. She was very nervous... and even said her friends or other Republicans were giving her S**t for even appearing on the Show. Bill asked Wht..? Who.. names..? She politely declined though. There was one &#039; slightly &#039; little heated exchange where she mentioned people/Obama need to stop blaming Bush for the problems now and just &#039; move on &#039;. Begala pointed out that Reagan didn&#039;t move on for... 8 YEARS talking about his predecessor. She replied &quot; I wasn&#039;t born yet&quot;... Begala replied &quot; I wasn&#039;t born during The French Revolution... implying that he knew what went on though.

Bill jumped up, arms spread to get between them.. in a mocking funny way to defend Meghan.. to protect Her. Just for laughs though. Nothing really serious.
Bill said she hoped she would come back at the end. She probably will.

Bill and Meghan did talk about the Palin/Letterman thing. Agreed that the joke was about Bristol... but said as a young woman she knows how it is to be in the spotlight.....Bill mentioned the hypocrisy about abstinence. Gave Her credit for saying Bristol should not be speaking out on the subject on her blog when it happened just wants to move on... etc... that&#039;s in the past.. yada   yada.

Letterman came up a few different times though the hour. Just little jabs here and there interspersed.  He even did a &#039; Bristol joke&#039; of his own... arghh... can&#039;t remember it now..? That will bug me now... Hmmm It was the jokes at the end where he does &quot; New Rules&quot; segment. No clips of the protest though. I thought for sure he would have shown the crazy people screaming and mock them.
Again.. look for clips on Huffpo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ 270  austintx Says:<br />
June 19th, 2009 at 7:36 PM<br />
honestyinGov &#8211; Dang……I don’t get HBO. Sounds like a dynamite show !!<br />
BTW &#8211; Rachel whoops up on Ensign REAL good.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
The whole Bill Maher Show was pretty good. I think Huffpo has a page (maybe under Comedy) with clips a day or two after they air. Should be able to see excerpts. Gryphen may post as well.</p>
<p>The guests and his panel covered the &#8216; Ensign issue&#8217; as well.No kind words there from anybody. Meghan McCain was out there as well as the &#8216;Special Guest&#8217; sitting next to Bill. She didn&#8217;t say anything really Bad about Him, but she definitely did not defend him. He&#8217;s not Her type of Republican.</p>
<p>Meghan did very good. I would agree with her on a lot of stuff, BUT she&#8217;s still a Republican. She was very nervous&#8230; and even said her friends or other Republicans were giving her S**t for even appearing on the Show. Bill asked Wht..? Who.. names..? She politely declined though. There was one &#8216; slightly &#8216; little heated exchange where she mentioned people/Obama need to stop blaming Bush for the problems now and just &#8216; move on &#8216;. Begala pointed out that Reagan didn&#8217;t move on for&#8230; 8 YEARS talking about his predecessor. She replied &#8221; I wasn&#8217;t born yet&#8221;&#8230; Begala replied &#8221; I wasn&#8217;t born during The French Revolution&#8230; implying that he knew what went on though.</p>
<p>Bill jumped up, arms spread to get between them.. in a mocking funny way to defend Meghan.. to protect Her. Just for laughs though. Nothing really serious.<br />
Bill said she hoped she would come back at the end. She probably will.</p>
<p>Bill and Meghan did talk about the Palin/Letterman thing. Agreed that the joke was about Bristol&#8230; but said as a young woman she knows how it is to be in the spotlight&#8230;..Bill mentioned the hypocrisy about abstinence. Gave Her credit for saying Bristol should not be speaking out on the subject on her blog when it happened just wants to move on&#8230; etc&#8230; that&#8217;s in the past.. yada   yada.</p>
<p>Letterman came up a few different times though the hour. Just little jabs here and there interspersed.  He even did a &#8216; Bristol joke&#8217; of his own&#8230; arghh&#8230; can&#8217;t remember it now..? That will bug me now&#8230; Hmmm It was the jokes at the end where he does &#8221; New Rules&#8221; segment. No clips of the protest though. I thought for sure he would have shown the crazy people screaming and mock them.<br />
Again.. look for clips on Huffpo.</p>
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		<title>By: Star</title>
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		<dc:creator>Star</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you seen the new pic. on Gryph&#039;s blog..It is sooo good..LMAO</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you seen the new pic. on Gryph&#8217;s blog..It is sooo good..LMAO</p>
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		<title>By: Canadian Neighbour</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/19/open-thread-brian-must-be-a-muckraker-magnet/#comment-76693</link>
		<dc:creator>Canadian Neighbour</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>austintx:
Here is the next part of Bill Maher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrCR8TndvYk

There may be a way you can watch it on HBO or another site in full but I run into the problem of many TV sites the shows will not play outside US. If someone knows, they can let you know!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>austintx:<br />
Here is the next part of Bill Maher<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrCR8TndvYk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrCR8TndvYk</a></p>
<p>There may be a way you can watch it on HBO or another site in full but I run into the problem of many TV sites the shows will not play outside US. If someone knows, they can let you know!!</p>
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		<title>By: BooBooBear</title>
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		<dc:creator>BooBooBear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not sure where Kristan Cole&#039;s mother is.  I am sure Kristan does.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure where Kristan Cole&#8217;s mother is.  I am sure Kristan does.</p>
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