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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Political missives from a higher ed guy</description><title>Tweed The People</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @tweedthepeople)</generator><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Herman Cain: Not Every Woman I Know Has Accused Me Of Sexual Harassment.w</title><description>&lt;a href="http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/herman-cain-not-every-woman-i-know-has-accused-me-sexual-harassment"&gt;Herman Cain: Not Every Woman I Know Has Accused Me Of Sexual Harassment.w&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/12586029460/herman-cain-not-every-woman-i-know-has-accused-me-of" target="_blank"&gt;motherjones&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We’re paraphrasing. Slightly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12587212872</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12587212872</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:12:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The exact moment when Perry's campaign ends</title><description>&lt;a href="http://read.bi/vGPHp7"&gt;The exact moment when Perry's campaign ends&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Good lord you can’t make this stuff up. The implosion begins at the 1:00min mark&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12585029817</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12585029817</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:18:00 -0500</pubDate><category>perry</category><category>2012</category><category>GOP</category></item><item><title>motherjones:

Right?
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu3kgh7dF71qat9xfo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/12289975276/right" target="_blank"&gt;motherjones&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12302945262</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12302945262</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:31:13 -0400</pubDate><category>2012</category><category>gop</category><category>cain</category></item><item><title>motherjones:

File under “actual stuff she actually said just...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltznm4esv31qat9xfo1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/12198518732/file-under-actual-stuff-she-actually-said-just" target="_blank"&gt;motherjones&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;File under “&lt;a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201110310016" target="_blank"&gt;actual stuff she actually said just yesterday.&lt;/a&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12205435110</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12205435110</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:38:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Wow. In 1 day, Herman Cain goes from having no chance of winning the Repub nomination to having no..."</title><description>“Wow. In 1 day, Herman Cain goes from having no chance of winning the Repub nomination to having no chance of winning the Repub nomination.”</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12199192190</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12199192190</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:07:42 -0400</pubDate><category>cain</category><category>2012</category><category>gop</category></item><item><title>We tried to briefly explain what Rick Perry was doing at the 2:43 mark of this video, and concluded that you should really just watch it.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/weirdest-rick-perry-speech-ever"&gt;We tried to briefly explain what Rick Perry was doing at the 2:43 mark of this video, and concluded that you should really just watch it.&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/12120977891/we-tried-to-briefly-explain-what-rick-perry-was-doing" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;motherjones&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or really &lt;a href="http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/weirdest-rick-perry-speech-ever" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;just watch the entire thing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It’s like Rick Perry playing Jim Carrey playing Will Ferrell playing Rick Perry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12121451334</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12121451334</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:17:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"So when it comes to his polling numbers, Mitt Romney has been nothing if not consistent, which is..."</title><description>““So when it comes to his polling numbers, Mitt Romney has been nothing if not consistent, which is interesting given that in every other regard he has been shockingly inconsistent.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jon Stewart&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12033874075</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12033874075</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:26:07 -0400</pubDate><category>romney</category><category>2012</category><category>gop</category></item><item><title>"To people who are afraid to fly: Statistically you are more likely to be executed by Rick Perry than..."</title><description>“To people who are afraid to fly: Statistically you are more likely to be executed by Rick Perry than die in a plane crash.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;(via @dannyzucker)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12019219386</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12019219386</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:11:21 -0400</pubDate><category>perry</category><category>2012</category><category>capital punishment</category><category>plane crash</category></item><item><title>Santorum: "I would never skip a debate"...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/27/santorum-i-would-never-skip-a-debate/"&gt;Santorum: "I would never skip a debate"...&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Would anyone notice if he did???&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12018640653</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12018640653</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:56:12 -0400</pubDate><category>santorum</category><category>2012</category><category>debate</category></item><item><title>Another guy who is polling higher than Perry…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltqr6cALnU1r5ulvgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another guy who is polling higher than Perry…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12001070177</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12001070177</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:20:35 -0400</pubDate><category>Perry</category><category>2012</category><category>joe the plumber</category></item><item><title>Perry thinks participating in debates a "mistake"</title><description>&lt;a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/25/perry-expresses-regret-over-taking-part-in-debates/"&gt;Perry thinks participating in debates a "mistake"&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think he means all of his answers in the debates have been mistakes…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12000985417</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/12000985417</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:18:30 -0400</pubDate><category>Perry</category><category>2012</category><category>gop</category><category>debates</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltoxoyA3Gj1r5ulvgo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11960757448</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11960757448</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:46:10 -0400</pubDate><category>angry birds</category><category>2012</category><category>economy</category></item><item><title>examinercom:

 
Ron Paul, Texas Congressman and staunch...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltl1s4jD5Z1qg4iaso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://examinercom.tumblr.com/post/11870795070/ron-paul-texas-congressman-and-staunch" target="_blank"&gt;examinercom&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Ron Paul, Texas Congressman and staunch libertarian, &lt;a title="Texas Congressman Ron Paul wins Ohio Swing State Straw Poll" href="http://exm.nr/tPrCla" target="_blank"&gt;wins the first-ever Ohio Swing State Straw Poll&lt;/a&gt; with 53% of the vote.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Photo: Getty)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If this contest was about who collected the most straw, Paul would totally win…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11918570252</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11918570252</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:40:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"I don’t care about that."</title><description>“I don’t care about that.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/10/quote-day-i-dont-care-about" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on income inequality.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; But maybe you knew that already. (via &lt;a href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;motherjones&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11918496916</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11918496916</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:39:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"When people in meetings start using their iPads I just start poking my piece of paper and praying..."</title><description>“When people in meetings start using their iPads I just start poking my piece of paper and praying they don’t notice.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;@RexHuppke&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.happyplace.com/tweet-picks" target="_blank"&gt;Via Tweet Picks on Happy Place&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11917978144</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11917978144</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:26:00 -0400</pubDate><category>ipad</category><category>humor</category></item><item><title>Cain caught in awkward satanic photo op...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="292" width="500" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea6e293068d0.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11917596243</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11917596243</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:17:04 -0400</pubDate><category>2012</category><category>Cain</category><category>Satan</category></item><item><title>Cain still on top, Perry free-falling, Romney stuck in neutral </title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125120-503544/herman-cain-tops-mitt-romney-in-latest-cbs-nyt-poll/?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesArea"&gt;Cain still on top, Perry free-falling, Romney stuck in neutral &lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11915431004</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11915431004</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:17:00 -0400</pubDate><category>2012</category><category>cain</category><category>romney</category></item><item><title>Perry getting in on the "birther" issue</title><description>Reporter: "Do you think President Obama was born in the United States?"&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: “I have no reason to think otherwise. Well, I don’t have a definitive answer because he has never seen my birth certificate.”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Reporter: “But you’ve seen his,” &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: “I don’t know, have I?” &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Reporter: “You don’t believe what’s been released?”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: “I don’t know.  I had dinner with Donald Trump the other night." &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Reporter: “And?”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: “That came up.”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Reporter: “And he said?”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: “He doesn’t think it’s real.”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Reporter: “And you said?”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Perry: Apparently realizing he’d dug himself into a hole, “I don’t have any idea.  It doesn’t matter.  He’s the President of the United States.  He’s elected.  It’s a distractive issue.”&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11909398402</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11909398402</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:34:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Perry</category><category>2012</category><category>Trump</category><category>Birther</category></item><item><title>"Just think of all this willingness to want to help every student get a college education. I went to..."</title><description>““Just think of all this willingness to want to help every student get a college education. I went to school when we had none of those. I could work my way through college and medical school because it wasn’t so expensive.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed1d2ff123b6b83dd97022f88&amp;id=56ed9985dc&amp;e=279e15274a" target="_blank"&gt;Ron Paul&lt;/a&gt;—before also reminding America that he walked 10 miles to school…uphill..both ways.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11905781226</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11905781226</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:41:00 -0400</pubDate><category>2012</category><category>ron paul</category><category>higher education</category></item><item><title>—Cain continuing to do his best not to be elected.</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zmkvtfEEFT0?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;—Cain continuing to do his best not to be elected.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11888859515</link><guid>http://tweedthepeople.tumblr.com/post/11888859515</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:13:00 -0400</pubDate><category>cain</category><category>2012</category></item></channel></rss>
