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		By: ObloodyHell		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[}}} &lt;i&gt;gay Muslim elected official in the state &lt;/i&gt;

I think it&#039;s just a matter of time before she gets Theo&#039;d.

Remember, you heard it here, first. :-/

}}} &lt;i&gt;The lack of concern with lesbianism may be reflective of this focus on penetration.&lt;/i&gt;

Are you suggesting Islam has never heard of the &quot;strap on&quot;? :-P]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>}}} <i>gay Muslim elected official in the state </i></p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s just a matter of time before she gets Theo&#8217;d.</p>
<p>Remember, you heard it here, first. :-/</p>
<p>}}} <i>The lack of concern with lesbianism may be reflective of this focus on penetration.</i></p>
<p>Are you suggesting Islam has never heard of the &#8220;strap on&#8221;? 😛</p>
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		By: Jordan Rivers		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;I remember when American politicians, R and D, worked hard to present themselves as serious, sensible, reasonably articulate people.&quot;

I remember when that could be said of adults in general. Now, since the 60s counterculture, &quot;defining deviancy down&quot;, the gay mafia, and Wokism, it seems like anything goes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I remember when American politicians, R and D, worked hard to present themselves as serious, sensible, reasonably articulate people.&#8221;</p>
<p>I remember when that could be said of adults in general. Now, since the 60s counterculture, &#8220;defining deviancy down&#8221;, the gay mafia, and Wokism, it seems like anything goes.</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I remember when American politicians, R and D, worked hard to present themselves as serious, sensible, reasonably articulate people.

But geez louise, now we have a man in the White House, who is clearly in cognitive decline and on occasion can&#039;t find his way out of a room.

Then there&#039;s this Fetterman character running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania who looks and dresses like a tattooed reboot of Lex Luthor, Superman&#039;s arch-nemesis in DC Comics. 

Fetterman has had a stroke, which seems to have left him with a large mysterious lump on his neck (usually concealed by his hoodie) and damaged his brain. When asked how he was doing in an interview, he responded bizarrely:
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&lt;i&gt;“I’m doing fantastic. It’s not about kicking balls in the authority or anything,” Fetterman responded to MSNBC host Chris Hayes.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/01/john-fetterman-mocked-for-answer-when-asked-how-hes-feeling/&lt;/i&gt;
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Yet Fetterman has been leading in the polls over his Republican opponent. The race has tightened, but this Fetterman could shortly become a new member of the US Senate.

How does this happen?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when American politicians, R and D, worked hard to present themselves as serious, sensible, reasonably articulate people.</p>
<p>But geez louise, now we have a man in the White House, who is clearly in cognitive decline and on occasion can&#8217;t find his way out of a room.</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s this Fetterman character running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania who looks and dresses like a tattooed reboot of Lex Luthor, Superman&#8217;s arch-nemesis in DC Comics. </p>
<p>Fetterman has had a stroke, which seems to have left him with a large mysterious lump on his neck (usually concealed by his hoodie) and damaged his brain. When asked how he was doing in an interview, he responded bizarrely:<br />
__________________________</p>
<p><i>“I’m doing fantastic. It’s not about kicking balls in the authority or anything,” Fetterman responded to MSNBC host Chris Hayes.</p>
<p><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/01/john-fetterman-mocked-for-answer-when-asked-how-hes-feeling/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://nypost.com/2022/10/01/john-fetterman-mocked-for-answer-when-asked-how-hes-feeling/</a></i><br />
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<p>Yet Fetterman has been leading in the polls over his Republican opponent. The race has tightened, but this Fetterman could shortly become a new member of the US Senate.</p>
<p>How does this happen?</p>
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		By: Cornhead		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All three of them are crazy and deserve each other.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All three of them are crazy and deserve each other.</p>
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		By: Art Deco		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;IIRC, it wasn’t until Ronald Reagan’s campaigns for the presidency that divorce was no longer a major issue for American politicians’ careers.&lt;/i&gt;

It&#039;s doubtful that divorce was much of an issue for Stevenson.  Stevenson was running against the former Supreme Allied Commander at a time when the incumbent (Democratic) President had prosecuted the Korean War in a manner rather unsatisfying for much of the public.  Also, after 20 years of Democratic dominance of federal politics, there was bound to be some voter fatigue.  Stevenson also lacked the common touch.

As for Rockefeller, the issue was that he&#039;d been cheating on his wife and was poaching another man&#039;s wife, a woman with minor children.  That was  a stew of scandal that was not present in Stevenson&#039;s case or in Reagan&#039;s.  Rockefeller faced other head winds - mainly that the position of liberal Republicans and temporizing Republicans was in the midst of a long term decline in federal politics.  Henry Cabot Lodge and William Scranton didn&#039;t have any of Rockefeller&#039;s liabilities.  Barry Goldwater&#039;s supporters made short work of all three at the Republican national convention in 1964.  In 1968, Rockefeller lost to Richard Nixon.  Richard Nixon engendered a puzzling admiration among Republican voters and was handed the presidential nomination on a platter on two occasions. In re the third occasion, he had no primary challengers in 1968; Rockefeller&#039;s challenge at the convention was the most vigorous opposition Richard Nixon ever faced in an intra-party contest.

Reagan&#039;s divorce wasn&#039;t an issue for anyone in 1980.  Twits like Garry Trudeau used it for stupid japes, ignoring the fact that Jane Wyman initiated the divorce and that Jane Wyman had contracted over the course of a period of 32 years five civil marriages with four different men.  Her marriage to Reagan was the only one which lasted longer than four years and the only one which produced any children.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>IIRC, it wasn’t until Ronald Reagan’s campaigns for the presidency that divorce was no longer a major issue for American politicians’ careers.</i></p>
<p>It&#8217;s doubtful that divorce was much of an issue for Stevenson.  Stevenson was running against the former Supreme Allied Commander at a time when the incumbent (Democratic) President had prosecuted the Korean War in a manner rather unsatisfying for much of the public.  Also, after 20 years of Democratic dominance of federal politics, there was bound to be some voter fatigue.  Stevenson also lacked the common touch.</p>
<p>As for Rockefeller, the issue was that he&#8217;d been cheating on his wife and was poaching another man&#8217;s wife, a woman with minor children.  That was  a stew of scandal that was not present in Stevenson&#8217;s case or in Reagan&#8217;s.  Rockefeller faced other head winds &#8211; mainly that the position of liberal Republicans and temporizing Republicans was in the midst of a long term decline in federal politics.  Henry Cabot Lodge and William Scranton didn&#8217;t have any of Rockefeller&#8217;s liabilities.  Barry Goldwater&#8217;s supporters made short work of all three at the Republican national convention in 1964.  In 1968, Rockefeller lost to Richard Nixon.  Richard Nixon engendered a puzzling admiration among Republican voters and was handed the presidential nomination on a platter on two occasions. In re the third occasion, he had no primary challengers in 1968; Rockefeller&#8217;s challenge at the convention was the most vigorous opposition Richard Nixon ever faced in an intra-party contest.</p>
<p>Reagan&#8217;s divorce wasn&#8217;t an issue for anyone in 1980.  Twits like Garry Trudeau used it for stupid japes, ignoring the fact that Jane Wyman initiated the divorce and that Jane Wyman had contracted over the course of a period of 32 years five civil marriages with four different men.  Her marriage to Reagan was the only one which lasted longer than four years and the only one which produced any children.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks Doug, for the correction.

And thanks Dave L. for providing precise and detailed answers to all those questions one may have been afraid to ask...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Doug, for the correction.</p>
<p>And thanks Dave L. for providing precise and detailed answers to all those questions one may have been afraid to ask&#8230;</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ Kate &#062; &quot;Good luck on being a “gay Muslim” anywhere but the US. Certainly not in any country with significant numbers of Muslims.&quot;

She would be fine in Israel, a situation that the Left will assiduously avoid noticing, as the sexual bigotry of Muslims, anathema in any other context, is far out-weighed by their hatred of the Jews.
Kinda like supporting Bill Clinton in his otherwise unsupportable #MeToo violations.

@ PA Cat &#062; &quot;Where are the Salman Rushdie stalkers? Talk about asleep on the job&quot;

The calculation on whether or not to issue a fatwa against her will be whether that would be more, or less, useful to the Islamic Supremacists. 

@ Dave L &#062; &quot;Textually speaking, the Quran and Islam isn’t nearly as harsh regarding lesbianism is it is with male homosexuality.&quot;

I don&#039;t pretend to be an expert on the subject, but I would think that could be a result of the Muslims&#039; general dismissal of women as subordinate and unimportant, as shown so clearly in Iran these days. If a man isn&#039;t involved, they really don&#039;t care what the women do.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Kate &gt; &#8220;Good luck on being a “gay Muslim” anywhere but the US. Certainly not in any country with significant numbers of Muslims.&#8221;</p>
<p>She would be fine in Israel, a situation that the Left will assiduously avoid noticing, as the sexual bigotry of Muslims, anathema in any other context, is far out-weighed by their hatred of the Jews.<br />
Kinda like supporting Bill Clinton in his otherwise unsupportable #MeToo violations.</p>
<p>@ PA Cat &gt; &#8220;Where are the Salman Rushdie stalkers? Talk about asleep on the job&#8221;</p>
<p>The calculation on whether or not to issue a fatwa against her will be whether that would be more, or less, useful to the Islamic Supremacists. </p>
<p>@ Dave L &gt; &#8220;Textually speaking, the Quran and Islam isn’t nearly as harsh regarding lesbianism is it is with male homosexuality.&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t pretend to be an expert on the subject, but I would think that could be a result of the Muslims&#8217; general dismissal of women as subordinate and unimportant, as shown so clearly in Iran these days. If a man isn&#8217;t involved, they really don&#8217;t care what the women do.</p>
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		By: Aggie		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[To your first point.... she ain&#039;t won anything &lt;i&gt;yet&lt;/i&gt;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To your first point&#8230;. she ain&#8217;t won anything <i>yet</i>.</p>
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		By: BigD		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m from Massachusetts. I like to point out that the old saying about a dead girl or live boy doesn&#039;t apply here and hasn&#039;t for decades. (Seriously.) So things like this do not surprise me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m from Massachusetts. I like to point out that the old saying about a dead girl or live boy doesn&#8217;t apply here and hasn&#8217;t for decades. (Seriously.) So things like this do not surprise me.</p>
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		By: M Smith		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supposedly, James G. Blaine&#039;s son&#039;s divorce did as much to scuttle Blaine&#039;s last attempt at the presidency as &quot;Rum Romanism, and Rebellion&quot; did to scuttle his best attempt.  Adlai Stevenson was divorced.  His supporters said that since it was Mrs. Stevenson who sought the divorce, she was the one who couldn&#039;t be president. He lost anyway.  Reagan was also divorced.  Jane Wyman wanted the divorce.  It wasn&#039;t an issue.  And of course, Trump.  Divorce isn&#039;t the issue it once was.  Thruples, though, may still have some problems.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Supposedly, James G. Blaine&#8217;s son&#8217;s divorce did as much to scuttle Blaine&#8217;s last attempt at the presidency as &#8220;Rum Romanism, and Rebellion&#8221; did to scuttle his best attempt.  Adlai Stevenson was divorced.  His supporters said that since it was Mrs. Stevenson who sought the divorce, she was the one who couldn&#8217;t be president. He lost anyway.  Reagan was also divorced.  Jane Wyman wanted the divorce.  It wasn&#8217;t an issue.  And of course, Trump.  Divorce isn&#8217;t the issue it once was.  Thruples, though, may still have some problems.</p>
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