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		<title>Also, Real Men Don&#8217;t Go Through Hormone Replacement Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Dowd  of Concerned Women for America. Taken at the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_262" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 343px"><a href="http://www.jumpkicktofreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CPAC-e1266616315235.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-262" title="CPAC" src="http://www.jumpkicktofreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CPAC-e1266616315235.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It&#39;s not gay if you tuck the sack back first, right?</p></div>
<p>Kristin Dowd  of Concerned Women for America. Taken at the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference.</p>
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		<title>Bob McDonnell&#8217;s State of the Union Rainbow Background</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell has caught a bit of flack for stacking the audience at his State of the Union response with only Republican supporters.  Politico reports that many Virginian Democrats didn&#8217;t get an invite until hours before the event.  McDonnell&#8217;s office pointed out, however, that even many Republicans didn&#8217;t receive an invite until hours before the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob McDonnell has caught a bit of flack for stacking the audience at his State of the Union response with only Republican supporters.  Politico reports that many Virginian Democrats didn&#8217;t get an invite <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/McDonnell_invited_Dems_hours_before_speech.html?showall">until hours before the event</a>.  McDonnell&#8217;s office pointed out, however, that even many Republicans didn&#8217;t receive an invite until hours before the event as well, and that the invitations went out in waves.</p>
<p>His citizen backdrop suggests that invitations were extended in an order something like:</p>
<p>1.   Republican supporters who lend a certain &#8220;diversity&#8221;</p>
<p>2.   All other Republicans</p>
<p>3.   All Democrats.</p>
<p>Take a look:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<div id="attachment_248" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 538px"><img class="size-full wp-image-248    " title="McDonnell SotU Background" src="http://www.jumpkicktofreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/McDonnell-SotU-Background.jpg" alt="&quot;I got more diverse friends than a middle school text book&quot;" width="528" height="338" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;I got more diverse friends than a middle school text book&quot;</p></div>
<p>To sum up, McDonnell&#8217;s beaming supporters seem to be comprised of:</p>
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<li>41% females</li>
<li>47% minorities</li>
<li>18% white men</li>
</ul>
<p>Now, all politicians do this to some degree.  But the amount of dissonance between his hand-picked Republican supporter backdrop and the actual composition of Republican officials in Virginia is astounding.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the <a href="http://www.senators4va.com/?page=members">Virginia Senate Republican Caucus</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>5% female</li>
<li>0% minorities</li>
<li>95% white men</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="http://www.vahousegop.com/">Virginia House Republican Caucus</a> does not fare much better (as best I can tell):</p>
<ul>
<li>8% female</li>
<li>0% minorities</li>
<li>92% white men</li>
</ul>
<p>Next time, perhaps the Republicans will finally convince a couple of their background supporters to hold up signs that say &#8220;I&#8217;m a gay&#8221;.</p>
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