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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; GOP</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Have Said It Better</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, someone will come across my first book&#8211;&#8221;What&#8217;s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?&#8221;&#8211;and will express surprise that I was once a Republican. That happened the other day, and I tried to explain how different the party I belonged to for so long&#8211;35 years!&#8211;was from the party they see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What He Said</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A relatively simple statement from the President&#8217;s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported &#8220;In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Kind of Polarization?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/another-kind-of-polarization/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/another-kind-of-polarization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a column justt before the South Carolina primary, David Brooks relayed a number of conversations with Republican primary voters. His treatment of them was what one might expect of the always civil Brooks&#8211;sympathetic and respectful. But one line in particular struck me.  After commenting on the nostalgia expressed by several voters, Brooks noted that such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raining on Indianapolis&#8217; Parade</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SuperBowl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care for sports&#8211;especially football&#8211;and I wasn&#8217;t all that thrilled when Indianapolis won the right to host the Super Bowl. But you would have to be even more testosterone-challenged than I am not to recognize the benefits to our City that come with the selection: the local infrastructure improvements, the civic spirit, the amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong is Wrong</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indefinite detention]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the election of Barack Obama, the GOP&#8211;aka &#8220;the party of no&#8221;&#8211;has shown impressive discipline, putting party orthodoxy ahead of both the common good and, frequently, sanity. The Democrats, on the other hand, have happily confirmed Will Rogers&#8217; great line: &#8220;I&#8217;m not a member of any organized political party; I&#8217;m a Democrat.&#8221; The left wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Get It</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/i-dont-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/i-dont-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a pretty robust public debate&#8211;in which I&#8217;ve engaged&#8211;about the refusal of congressional Republicans to even consider raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. That debate has centered around the practicality and morality of their position: practically, government needs the revenue that would be raised by what would historically be considered a very minimal raise in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More GOP Insanity</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/more-gop-insanity/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/more-gop-insanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Justice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the Ice Age, when I was still Republican, the GOP used to be a party of grown-ups. It is painful to watch what has become of the Grand Old Party&#8211;and even more painful to see what it&#8217;s doing to the country. Neil Pierce&#8217;s current column is yet another example.  As he reports, &#8220;There’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Old Days</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-good-old-days/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-good-old-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good old days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have officially become one of those cranky old people who bemoan the passage of the &#8220;good old days.&#8221; Which is sad, since the good old days weren&#8217;t all that good. Most of all, I miss the Republican Party I was a part of&#8211;a party that didn&#8217;t have an embarrassing slate of kooks for Presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting (some of) the Troops</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/supporting-some-of-the-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/supporting-some-of-the-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As most readers of this blog probably already know, a gay soldier asked a question about gay service members at a recent GOP Presidential candidate debate, and was roundly booed by the audience. The Tea Party members who were present in large numbers in that audience—and the candidates who remained silent then and afterward—evidently saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summarizing the Debate</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/summarizing-the-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/summarizing-the-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reagan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going to review last night&#8217;s debate, which was so important that Boehner, et al, stamped their feet and demanded that the President move his speech to tonight, lest anyone miss it. And indeed, it was an excellent opportunity to display what the Grand Old Party has become. But &#8220;Cheers and Jeers&#8221; did a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need Two Responsible Political Parties</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/why-we-need-two-responsible-political-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/why-we-need-two-responsible-political-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loyal opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radical]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, when I was a (Republican) member of the Hudnut Administration, the GOP consistently won elections in Marion County. All of them. Then as now, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans, but Republicans had a remarkable organization that routinely got out the vote, while the Democrats were&#8211;as the old joke has it&#8211;not members of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relinquishing Authorship</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/relinquishing-authorship/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/relinquishing-authorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Woebegone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radical change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to write an original post today. Instead, I am sharing a brief essay from Garrison Keillor, sent by a friend. Herewith, some wisdom from Lake Woebegone&#8230;&#8230; &#160; We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore Something has gone seriously haywire with the Republican Party. Once, it was the party of pragmatic Main Street businessmen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricanes and Politics</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/hurricanes-and-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/hurricanes-and-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on the phone on and off today with my son who lives in Manhattan. He and his friends are having a hurricane party in his apartment&#8211;which is on the 14th floor of a new (read:lots of glass) building in a low-lying area one block from the Hudson river. If that sounds like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Answers are Rarely the Right Answers</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/easy-answers-are-rarely-the-right-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/08/easy-answers-are-rarely-the-right-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The various contenders for the Republican Presidential nomination have been falling all over themselves to attack the Environmental Protection Agency, joining their congressional colleagues in a race to see who can call loudest for abolition of the agency. According to these critics, the continued existence of the EPA is a leading reason job creation has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Dyslexia</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/06/1599/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/06/1599/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic illiteracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Barton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republicans these days seem to be having an awful lot of trouble with timelines. Example #1: David Barton&#8211;Michele Bachmann&#8217;s very favorite constitutional &#8220;expert,&#8221; recently argued that the nation&#8217;s Founders &#8220;had already had the creationism-evolution debate.&#8221; Now I knew the Founders were brilliant men; what I didn&#8217;t know is that they had debated the theory of [...]]]></description>
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