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	<title><![CDATA[Brass Tacks]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/brass-tacks_1_b_84717.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Over the weekend I made the serious mistake of linking from <em>Slate</em> to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102663.html">an op-ed in the <em>Washington Post</em></a> by a Fellow named Peter Wehner about why Republicans like Obama. It reminded me of the old expression "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas." I mean, that's how I felt after I read it -- itchy, squirmy, and a little disgusted at how I had contaminated myself by reading the piece. The gist of the Fellow's argument was...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:48:00-04:00</date_published>
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