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	<title>Comments on: A Phone Call From Congressman Tom Cole</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: RonF</title>
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		<dc:creator>RonF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David, when Congress passed the "Do Not Call" list law, they explictly exempted political campaigns.  The bastards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David, when Congress passed the &#8220;Do Not Call&#8221; list law, they explictly exempted political campaigns.  The bastards.</p>
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		<title>By: David Badash</title>
		<link>http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/01/06/a-phone-call-from-congressman-tom-cole/#comment-315789</link>
		<dc:creator>David Badash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I received a similar phone call this morning. A woman called, asked for me by name, and said she was calling for (I think) the RNC, and that Congressman Tom Cole had a message for me. I said I did not believe he wanted to speak with me. She then mentioned something about a Congressional Merit award (I'm thinking, what have I done to "merit" an award) and that the Congressman had recorded a short message for me. I declined her request to listen to it. 

Now, I wish I had listened to it, and played the scenario out til the end. 

The call was from a "blocked number," and I usually don't answer those, but I'm glad I did, because now I will be investigating this further. Is this legal? In my view, it is at least inappropriate, and immoral, and, in my opinion, a disgraceful use of office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received a similar phone call this morning. A woman called, asked for me by name, and said she was calling for (I think) the RNC, and that Congressman Tom Cole had a message for me. I said I did not believe he wanted to speak with me. She then mentioned something about a Congressional Merit award (I&#8217;m thinking, what have I done to &#8220;merit&#8221; an award) and that the Congressman had recorded a short message for me. I declined her request to listen to it. </p>
<p>Now, I wish I had listened to it, and played the scenario out til the end. </p>
<p>The call was from a &#8220;blocked number,&#8221; and I usually don&#8217;t answer those, but I&#8217;m glad I did, because now I will be investigating this further. Is this legal? In my view, it is at least inappropriate, and immoral, and, in my opinion, a disgraceful use of office.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Moore</title>
		<link>http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/01/06/a-phone-call-from-congressman-tom-cole/#comment-315027</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RonF: Unless Barry changed his party registration recently, he's a RINO - Republican in Name Only - to the extreme. So he gets their propaganda.

BTW - This post cracked me up. "I told them no." Ditto, brother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RonF: Unless Barry changed his party registration recently, he&#8217;s a RINO - Republican in Name Only - to the extreme. So he gets their propaganda.</p>
<p>BTW - This post cracked me up. &#8220;I told them no.&#8221; Ditto, brother.</p>
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		<title>By: RonF</title>
		<link>http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/01/06/a-phone-call-from-congressman-tom-cole/#comment-315014</link>
		<dc:creator>RonF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;“As a Republican, are you willing to cede the White House to Hilary Clinton in 2008?” I told them no.&lt;/i&gt;

So how did you get on a list whereby the callers presumed that you are a Republican?  Of course, I keep getting e-mails from Democrats.com ....

True conservatives certainly haven't shut up.  Nor should they.  It's pretty understandable why they havent' shut up - the people they vote for promise them the world and then don't deliver once they are elected.  True conservatives haven't seen a true conservative as President since (maybe) Reagan.  Maybe Eisenhower.  President Bush certainly isn't one.  He has done very little to reduce the expansion of the scope of American government and he's done very little to make the government more efficient and effective in those areas where the Federal government actually has a Constitutionally-defined scope to take action (e.g., border security).  The big difference between the Democratic and the Republican administrations we've had lately has been who's buddies get the contracts and funding.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>“As a Republican, are you willing to cede the White House to Hilary Clinton in 2008?” I told them no.</i></p>
<p>So how did you get on a list whereby the callers presumed that you are a Republican?  Of course, I keep getting e-mails from <a href="http://Democrats.com" title="http://Democrats.com">Democrats.com</a> &#8230;.</p>
<p>True conservatives certainly haven&#8217;t shut up.  Nor should they.  It&#8217;s pretty understandable why they havent&#8217; shut up - the people they vote for promise them the world and then don&#8217;t deliver once they are elected.  True conservatives haven&#8217;t seen a true conservative as President since (maybe) Reagan.  Maybe Eisenhower.  President Bush certainly isn&#8217;t one.  He has done very little to reduce the expansion of the scope of American government and he&#8217;s done very little to make the government more efficient and effective in those areas where the Federal government actually has a Constitutionally-defined scope to take action (e.g., border security).  The big difference between the Democratic and the Republican administrations we&#8217;ve had lately has been who&#8217;s buddies get the contracts and funding.</p>
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		<title>By: Raznor</title>
		<link>http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/01/06/a-phone-call-from-congressman-tom-cole/#comment-315008</link>
		<dc:creator>Raznor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True Conservatives have been quiet too long?  I can't recall a moment in the past 20 years when they ever shut up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True Conservatives have been quiet too long?  I can&#8217;t recall a moment in the past 20 years when they ever shut up.</p>
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