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		<title>By: Peter Hughes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter Hughes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#17 - &quot;Yeh, my typing aint so good. Iâ€™m a bitâ€¦.disadvantaged due mostly to a series of motorcycle crashes and being rather old. Thanks for your concern!&quot;

If you are expecting sympathy, don&#039;t go looking for it from me.  Age happens to everyone and those motorcycle crashes are a direct result of your own actions.

Like any libtard, you blame everything else for your misfortunes.

Regards,
Peter H.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#17 &#8211; &#8220;Yeh, my typing aint so good. Iâ€™m a bitâ€¦.disadvantaged due mostly to a series of motorcycle crashes and being rather old. Thanks for your concern!&#8221;</p>
<p>If you are expecting sympathy, don&#8217;t go looking for it from me.  Age happens to everyone and those motorcycle crashes are a direct result of your own actions.</p>
<p>Like any libtard, you blame everything else for your misfortunes.</p>
<p>Regards,<br />
Peter H.</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-376289</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeh, my typing aint so good.  I&#039;m a bit....disadvantaged due mostly to a series of motorcycle crashes and being rather old.  Thanks for your concern!  Meh. 

It is astonishing that self-identified conservatives are willing to accept - and even repeat and promote - &lt;b&gt;any&lt;/b&gt; statement that comes form someone with even the least bit of &quot;conservative cred.&quot;  That in spite of how patently false it is, how absurd, ridiculous, fabricated or nonsensical.  

At the same time,  &lt;b&gt;nothing&lt;/b&gt; Obama or any other Dem/liberal says can be trusted. 

Shall we examine the historical record?  Before you CLENIS! reply, please be aware that you weill be graded on  accuracy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeh, my typing aint so good.  I&#8217;m a bit&#8230;.disadvantaged due mostly to a series of motorcycle crashes and being rather old.  Thanks for your concern!  Meh. </p>
<p>It is astonishing that self-identified conservatives are willing to accept &#8211; and even repeat and promote &#8211; <b>any</b> statement that comes form someone with even the least bit of &#8220;conservative cred.&#8221;  That in spite of how patently false it is, how absurd, ridiculous, fabricated or nonsensical.  </p>
<p>At the same time,  <b>nothing</b> Obama or any other Dem/liberal says can be trusted. </p>
<p>Shall we examine the historical record?  Before you CLENIS! reply, please be aware that you weill be graded on  accuracy.</p>
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		<title>By: V the K</title>
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		<dc:creator>V the K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Like lecturing that we can&#039;t set our thermosthats to 72 degrees, when he sets his to 78. 

Like lecturing the public that we need to spend less and be more responsible with our money, as he signs off on a trillion dollar spending package. 

Like promising transparency and accountability in government, but refusing to release his college transcripts, refusing to give the public time to review trillion-dollar spending bills, and hiring tax cheats for high administration positions. 

Like lecturing about personal responsibility as he prepares to bail out people who took out mortgages they couldn&#039;t possibly afford. 

So, we should trust him that he doesn&#039;t want to censor talk radio why?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.</p></blockquote>
<p>Like lecturing that we can&#8217;t set our thermosthats to 72 degrees, when he sets his to 78. </p>
<p>Like lecturing the public that we need to spend less and be more responsible with our money, as he signs off on a trillion dollar spending package. </p>
<p>Like promising transparency and accountability in government, but refusing to release his college transcripts, refusing to give the public time to review trillion-dollar spending bills, and hiring tax cheats for high administration positions. </p>
<p>Like lecturing about personal responsibility as he prepares to bail out people who took out mortgages they couldn&#8217;t possibly afford. </p>
<p>So, we should trust him that he doesn&#8217;t want to censor talk radio why?</p>
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		<title>By: The Livewire</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375886</link>
		<dc:creator>The Livewire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TGC, I&#039;d expect a special ed &lt;i&gt;student&lt;/i&gt; to write better.

Scratch that.  I know a 17 year old with Downs.  She at least understands she doesn&#039;t have a right to drive.  So I know a special ed student could write better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TGC, I&#8217;d expect a special ed <i>student</i> to write better.</p>
<p>Scratch that.  I know a 17 year old with Downs.  She at least understands she doesn&#8217;t have a right to drive.  So I know a special ed student could write better.</p>
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		<title>By: V the K</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375885</link>
		<dc:creator>V the K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Very true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.</p></blockquote>
<p>Very true.</p>
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		<title>By: ThatGayConservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>ThatGayConservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;This is really too much. â€œyes,â€ you say, â€œthjat is true but it doesnâ€™t matter becauseâ€¦..â€ BLART! BLART!

Iâ€™ll check in tomorrow to see how the â€œoutingâ€ oges. Until then, I see no reason to waste my time here. I tried to instigate a dialogue, but the defensiveness, knee-jerk reaxions and complete disregard for intercourse have turned my stomach. I tried, O lord, I tried.

When any one of you is ready to talk like an adult, please contact me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And you want us to believe that you&#039;re some sort of college professor? Jeezus H.! I would expect a Special Ed. teacher to write better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>This is really too much. â€œyes,â€ you say, â€œthjat is true but it doesnâ€™t matter becauseâ€¦..â€ BLART! BLART!</p>
<p>Iâ€™ll check in tomorrow to see how the â€œoutingâ€ oges. Until then, I see no reason to waste my time here. I tried to instigate a dialogue, but the defensiveness, knee-jerk reaxions and complete disregard for intercourse have turned my stomach. I tried, O lord, I tried.</p>
<p>When any one of you is ready to talk like an adult, please contact me.</p></blockquote>
<p>And you want us to believe that you&#8217;re some sort of college professor? Jeezus H.! I would expect a Special Ed. teacher to write better.</p>
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		<title>By: North Dallas Thirty</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375774</link>
		<dc:creator>North Dallas Thirty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Talking like an adult would be incomprehensible to you, PeeJ, because you aren&#039;t one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talking like an adult would be incomprehensible to you, PeeJ, because you aren&#8217;t one.</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375762</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is really too much.  &quot;yes,&quot; you say, &quot;thjat is true but it doesn&#039;t matter because.....&quot; BLART!  BLART! 

I&#039;ll check in tomorrow to see how the &quot;outing&quot; oges.  Until then, I see no reason to waste my time here. I tried to instigate a dialogue, but the defensiveness, knee-jerk reaxions and complete disregard for intercourse have turned my stomach.  I tried, O lord, I tried.  

When any one of you is ready to talk like an adult, please contact me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really too much.  &#8220;yes,&#8221; you say, &#8220;thjat is true but it doesn&#8217;t matter because&#8230;..&#8221; BLART!  BLART! </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll check in tomorrow to see how the &#8220;outing&#8221; oges.  Until then, I see no reason to waste my time here. I tried to instigate a dialogue, but the defensiveness, knee-jerk reaxions and complete disregard for intercourse have turned my stomach.  I tried, O lord, I tried.  </p>
<p>When any one of you is ready to talk like an adult, please contact me.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean A</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#7: &quot;President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine. You may use the gazoogle to verify this for yourself.&quot;

Yeah, the problem with Obama&#039;s statement about the Fairness Doctrine is that while he&#039;s telling the truth (he doesn&#039;t plan to bring back the Fairness Doctrine), it&#039;s irrelevant because the government controls he is planning will have a different name.  Obama is a slimy coward and knows that the &quot;Fairness Doctrine&quot; has a terrible PR image.  Thus, he plans to hand this issue off to his FCC appointees who will enact their vision of &quot;fairness&quot; through regulations based on the doctrine of LOCALISM.  Obama is on the record supporting the doctrine and so are the members of his FCC team.  I realize it&#039;s tempting to just blindly accept whatever Obama says as the gospel truth pounded into stone tablets (considering that he&#039;s only broken 20 or 30 campaign promises in the last 30 days), but I personally like to look at little deeper.  As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.

Hey!  Here&#039;s an idea!  Why don&#039;t YOU google &quot;localism&quot; and learn a little something about it?  That way you won&#039;t sound like such an ignorant, condescending pri*k when discussing the Fairness Doctrine.  Doesn&#039;t that sound great?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#7: &#8220;President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine. You may use the gazoogle to verify this for yourself.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah, the problem with Obama&#8217;s statement about the Fairness Doctrine is that while he&#8217;s telling the truth (he doesn&#8217;t plan to bring back the Fairness Doctrine), it&#8217;s irrelevant because the government controls he is planning will have a different name.  Obama is a slimy coward and knows that the &#8220;Fairness Doctrine&#8221; has a terrible PR image.  Thus, he plans to hand this issue off to his FCC appointees who will enact their vision of &#8220;fairness&#8221; through regulations based on the doctrine of LOCALISM.  Obama is on the record supporting the doctrine and so are the members of his FCC team.  I realize it&#8217;s tempting to just blindly accept whatever Obama says as the gospel truth pounded into stone tablets (considering that he&#8217;s only broken 20 or 30 campaign promises in the last 30 days), but I personally like to look at little deeper.  As we are learning on a daily basis, verifying that Obama SAID something actually has little bearing on what he actually DOES.</p>
<p>Hey!  Here&#8217;s an idea!  Why don&#8217;t YOU google &#8220;localism&#8221; and learn a little something about it?  That way you won&#8217;t sound like such an ignorant, condescending pri*k when discussing the Fairness Doctrine.  Doesn&#8217;t that sound great?</p>
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		<title>By: North Dallas Thirty</title>
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		<dc:creator>North Dallas Thirty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine.&lt;/i&gt;

Obama is a liar, given that he fully endorses and supports his Obama Party minions who call for exactly that, &lt;a href=&quot;http://sweetness-light.com/archive/stabenow-has-stake-in-fairness-doctrine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; like Debbie Stabenow&lt;/a&gt;.

Actually, that&#039;s the best example of liberal morality. They pay Moyers out of tax dollars to discriminate against Republicans; Stabenow and her fellow Obama Party members are trying to use governmental power to censor and destroy those who compete against them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine.</i></p>
<p>Obama is a liar, given that he fully endorses and supports his Obama Party minions who call for exactly that, <a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/stabenow-has-stake-in-fairness-doctrine" rel="nofollow"> like Debbie Stabenow</a>.</p>
<p>Actually, that&#8217;s the best example of liberal morality. They pay Moyers out of tax dollars to discriminate against Republicans; Stabenow and her fellow Obama Party members are trying to use governmental power to censor and destroy those who compete against them.</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375720</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dang.  Coulda sworn I&#039;d closed that tag.  Poop.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dang.  Coulda sworn I&#8217;d closed that tag.  Poop.</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375719</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Given that PBS is taxpayer-supported, discrimination by people like Moyers against Republicans [citation needed] is tax-sponsored discrimination.&lt;/i&gt;
You have not established that Bill Moyers &quot;discriminates against Republicans.&quot;  Discrimination, my young friend, does not mean what you seem to think it means.  Given that &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; of Bill Moyer&#039;s programs are produced completely free of taxpayer monies, your (as yet unsupported) claim is a bit of a stretch.  I happen to have a pretty good knowledge of PBS, CPB, NPR and so on.  CPB is a private, not for profit company funded by US taxpayers.  The extent of taxpayer support support for Bill Moyers is in that PBS stations themselves receive grants (which suppport jobs in your community but that&#039;s not the point) for equipment, bandwidth and so on. Said grants are administered under the supervision of Congress (wasn&#039;t that...umm, under Republican control for many years?).   

&lt;i&gt;Funny how PeeJ and his fellow leftists fully endorse and support that.&lt;/i&gt;
You presume too much. 

&lt;i&gt;Meanwhile, PeeJ, your Obama Party &lt;/i&gt;
You presume too much. 

&lt;i&gt;fully endorses and supports the Fairness Doctrine and demands that it be applied to all broadcasters, not just government-supported ones. &lt;/i&gt;

And that is just plain wrong. President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine.  You may use the gazoogle to verify this for yourself. 

&lt;i&gt;Why are you arguing for an exception for Moyers?&lt;/i&gt;

False premise ==&gt; faulty conclusion.   

I&#039;d give you an F (maybe a D if I was having a good day) if you submitted this in my class.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Given that PBS is taxpayer-supported, discrimination by people like Moyers against Republicans [citation needed] is tax-sponsored discrimination.<br />
You have not established that Bill Moyers &#8220;discriminates against Republicans.&#8221;  Discrimination, my young friend, does not mean what you seem to think it means.  Given that <b>all</b> of Bill Moyer&#8217;s programs are produced completely free of taxpayer monies, your (as yet unsupported) claim is a bit of a stretch.  I happen to have a pretty good knowledge of PBS, CPB, NPR and so on.  CPB is a private, not for profit company funded by US taxpayers.  The extent of taxpayer support support for Bill Moyers is in that PBS stations themselves receive grants (which suppport jobs in your community but that&#8217;s not the point) for equipment, bandwidth and so on. Said grants are administered under the supervision of Congress (wasn&#8217;t that&#8230;umm, under Republican control for many years?).   </p>
<p><i>Funny how PeeJ and his fellow leftists fully endorse and support that.</i><br />
You presume too much. </p>
<p><i>Meanwhile, PeeJ, your Obama Party </i><br />
You presume too much. </p>
<p><i>fully endorses and supports the Fairness Doctrine and demands that it be applied to all broadcasters, not just government-supported ones. </i></p>
<p>And that is just plain wrong. President Obama has several times stated clearly and unequivocally that he does not want to reinstate the fairness doctrine.  You may use the gazoogle to verify this for yourself. </p>
<p><i>Why are you arguing for an exception for Moyers?</i></p>
<p>False premise ==&gt; faulty conclusion.   </p>
<p>I&#8217;d give you an F (maybe a D if I was having a good day) if you submitted this in my class.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: North Dallas Thirty</title>
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		<dc:creator>North Dallas Thirty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or are you saying that the Fairness Doctrine must be reinstated. At PBS anyway.

Given that PBS is taxpayer-supported, discrimination by people like Moyers against Republicans is tax-sponsored discrimination.

Funny how PeeJ and his fellow leftists fully endorse and support that.

Meanwhile, PeeJ, your Obama Party fully endorses and supports the Fairness Doctrine and demands that it be applied to all broadcasters, not just government-supported ones. Why are you arguing for an exception for Moyers?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or are you saying that the Fairness Doctrine must be reinstated. At PBS anyway.</p>
<p>Given that PBS is taxpayer-supported, discrimination by people like Moyers against Republicans is tax-sponsored discrimination.</p>
<p>Funny how PeeJ and his fellow leftists fully endorse and support that.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, PeeJ, your Obama Party fully endorses and supports the Fairness Doctrine and demands that it be applied to all broadcasters, not just government-supported ones. Why are you arguing for an exception for Moyers?</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375686</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right.  Okay.  How many former presidential aides of any persuasion host a regular public affairs show on PBS?  I can think of exactly one.   And that was forty some years ago.  For that matter, how many former presidential aides have &lt;b&gt;any&lt;/b&gt; regular program on PBS&gt; 

From the wiki: 
&lt;blockquote&gt;His journalistic career began in earnest when he served as publisher for the Long Island, New York daily newspaper Newsday from 1967 to 1970. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

So, it&#039;s totally outrageous that a journalist, with a degree in journalism, who was among other things, press secretary for a Dem president, would have a public affairs show on PBS.  Outrageous I say!   

Or are you saying that the Fairness Doctrine must be reinstated.  At PBS anyway.  Which Ken Tomlinson tried to do except not really.  And for which programs corporate sponsors could not be found.  Damn those capitalists!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right.  Okay.  How many former presidential aides of any persuasion host a regular public affairs show on PBS?  I can think of exactly one.   And that was forty some years ago.  For that matter, how many former presidential aides have <b>any</b> regular program on PBS&gt; </p>
<p>From the wiki: </p>
<blockquote><p>His journalistic career began in earnest when he served as publisher for the Long Island, New York daily newspaper Newsday from 1967 to 1970. </p></blockquote>
<p>So, it&#8217;s totally outrageous that a journalist, with a degree in journalism, who was among other things, press secretary for a Dem president, would have a public affairs show on PBS.  Outrageous I say!   </p>
<p>Or are you saying that the Fairness Doctrine must be reinstated.  At PBS anyway.  Which Ken Tomlinson tried to do except not really.  And for which programs corporate sponsors could not be found.  Damn those capitalists!</p>
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		<title>By: GayPatriotWest</title>
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		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PeeJ, did you read my post? I wrote, &quot;Iâ€™m wondering if PBS, being a taxpayer-supported media outlet, has ever tapped a top aide to a Republican president to host a regular public affairs show.&quot;

For what Republican president did Tucker Carlson work?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PeeJ, did you read my post? I wrote, &#8220;Iâ€™m wondering if PBS, being a taxpayer-supported media outlet, has ever tapped a top aide to a Republican president to host a regular public affairs show.&#8221;</p>
<p>For what Republican president did Tucker Carlson work?</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375656</link>
		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And let&#039;s not forget about Tucker Carlson&#039;s rather &lt;strike&gt;spectacular &lt;/strike&gt; pathetic failure on PBS.   

3...2....1... 

Yah, because they made it so crappy on purpose, just to make him fail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And let&#8217;s not forget about Tucker Carlson&#8217;s rather <strike>spectacular </strike> pathetic failure on PBS.   </p>
<p>3&#8230;2&#8230;.1&#8230; </p>
<p>Yah, because they made it so crappy on purpose, just to make him fail.</p>
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		<title>By: Michigan-Matt</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/22/question-on-bill-moyers-pbs/comment-page-1/#comment-375622</link>
		<dc:creator>Michigan-Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan asks: &quot;Iâ€™m wondering if PBS, being a taxpayer-supported media outlet, has ever tapped a top aide to a Republican president to host a regular public affairs show.&quot;

Why would they?  Or mediaLeft organizations like NPR or the BBC or the NYTimes?  Sure, there&#039;s a rare token here or there but the truth is that those arganizations know their audience --the audience of listeners would never, ever tolerate a former GOP high ranking official hosting a major show.  It&#039;d turn off their loyal, pledge-paying listeners.

Ari Fleischer was asked in Aug 03 by All-Things to join their team and be a featured, daily pundit and editorialist.  NPR&#039;s offer: 2 yr contract at $280k/yr for him plus a 7 person Ari-selected staff with a $2.2m/yr budget operating out of DC.

His reply, through his agent: &quot;Why would I?  Who&#039;s going to listen to me on the radio over there?&quot;

He did offer to help out a Virginia station with fundraising, though --as a volunteer working the phones during pledge week.  And he has a super-successful media-sports consulting firm... you&#039;d have to be a fool to go to PBS unless we are willing to count guys like David Gergen as a former GOP Presidential aide... or Scott McClellan... neither of whom would pass even a sniff test these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan asks: &#8220;Iâ€™m wondering if PBS, being a taxpayer-supported media outlet, has ever tapped a top aide to a Republican president to host a regular public affairs show.&#8221;</p>
<p>Why would they?  Or mediaLeft organizations like NPR or the BBC or the NYTimes?  Sure, there&#8217;s a rare token here or there but the truth is that those arganizations know their audience &#8211;the audience of listeners would never, ever tolerate a former GOP high ranking official hosting a major show.  It&#8217;d turn off their loyal, pledge-paying listeners.</p>
<p>Ari Fleischer was asked in Aug 03 by All-Things to join their team and be a featured, daily pundit and editorialist.  NPR&#8217;s offer: 2 yr contract at $280k/yr for him plus a 7 person Ari-selected staff with a $2.2m/yr budget operating out of DC.</p>
<p>His reply, through his agent: &#8220;Why would I?  Who&#8217;s going to listen to me on the radio over there?&#8221;</p>
<p>He did offer to help out a Virginia station with fundraising, though &#8211;as a volunteer working the phones during pledge week.  And he has a super-successful media-sports consulting firm&#8230; you&#8217;d have to be a fool to go to PBS unless we are willing to count guys like David Gergen as a former GOP Presidential aide&#8230; or Scott McClellan&#8230; neither of whom would pass even a sniff test these days.</p>
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		<title>By: tpgaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>tpgaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw the question you posted on Bill Moyers and PBS.  I don&#039;t know about any former Republican presidential aides being invited to host a program, but there was a controversy a few years ago over a Wall Street Journal program.  It lasted a very short time, was usually scheduled in unfavorable time slots, and ended soon after it&#039;s main proponent, Ken Tomlinson, resigned from the CPB Board.  The story of this program, which now appears on Fox News (with much better production value, BTW), may be illustrative of the PBS approach.

Here&#039;s a link that summarizes some of the main points.

http://www.current.org/cpb/cpb0521journal.shtml</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw the question you posted on Bill Moyers and PBS.  I don&#8217;t know about any former Republican presidential aides being invited to host a program, but there was a controversy a few years ago over a Wall Street Journal program.  It lasted a very short time, was usually scheduled in unfavorable time slots, and ended soon after it&#8217;s main proponent, Ken Tomlinson, resigned from the CPB Board.  The story of this program, which now appears on Fox News (with much better production value, BTW), may be illustrative of the PBS approach.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a link that summarizes some of the main points.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.current.org/cpb/cpb0521journal.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.current.org/cpb/cpb0521journal.shtml</a></p>
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