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	<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Southern Strategy Updated: Winking Blonde Bimbos and the Beating of Jungle Drums]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-gops-southern-strateg_b_32584.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Call me a silver-lining kind of girl, but I see the sleaze Ken Mehlman and the Republican National Committee are raining down on Tennessee as a very positive sign. These guys are clearly running scared. <a href="http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2006/10/lets-go-race-baiting.html">Interracial sex</a>? <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/25/tn_sen_corker_radio_ad_has_tom_tom_drums_during_mentions_of_ford">Jungle drums</a>? <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/10/25/214819/00">Abortion pills</a> handed out to school kids? </p>

<p>Sure it's stomach-turning, but it's standard operating procedure for the GOP whenever the going gets tough. And if the going gets tough in a Southern state, the sleaze will, whenever possible,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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