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		<title>Donald Trump to Debate His Own Penis</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/12/donald-trump-to-debate-his-penis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump announced he will be debating his own penis.]]></description>
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		<title>Sandusky to Enter Republican Primary Race</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/11/sandusky-to-enter-republican-primary-race/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/11/sandusky-to-enter-republican-primary-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STATE COLLEGE, PA -- Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has thrown his hat into the 2012 Republican presidential primary race.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Candidates Call Ten Commandments &#8216;Over-Regulation&#8217;; Would Repeal Five of Them</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/11/gop-candidates-call-ten-commandments-over-regulation-would-repeal-five-of-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOP Candidates Call Ten Commandments 'Over-Regulation'; Would Repeal Five of Them]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Seek to Draft Corpse of Jesse Helms to Run in Presidential Primaries</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/10/republicans-seeks-to-draft-corpse-of-jesse-helms-to-run-in-presidential-primaries/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/10/republicans-seeks-to-draft-corpse-of-jesse-helms-to-run-in-presidential-primaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican officials are trying to persuade the corpse of the late Senator Jesse Helms to enter the presidential primary race.
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		<title>Gingrich Paid for Anal Bleachings with Government Funds</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/04/gingrich-paid-for-anal-bleachings-with-government-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/04/gingrich-paid-for-anal-bleachings-with-government-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich paid for multiple anal bleachings during his tenure in Congress using money from his office's general fund. <br /><br />How much did he spend?]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Bachmann Opposes No-Fly Zone in Favor of No-Mosquito Zone</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/michele-bachmann-opposes-no-fly-zone-in-favor-of-no-mosquito-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/michele-bachmann-opposes-no-fly-zone-in-favor-of-no-mosquito-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann told reports she wants to repeal the no-fly zone over Libya and replace it with something else.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Reject No-Lie Zone</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/republicans-reject-no-lie-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/republicans-reject-no-lie-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) -- Opposing efforts by Democrats in Congress to pass a no-lie zone over the nation's capital, Republican lawmakers say they will defeat any legislation requiring honest discourse and veracity from elected officials.]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney Eager to Lose 2012 Election</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/01/mitt-romney-eager-to-lose-2012-election/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/01/mitt-romney-eager-to-lose-2012-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is eager to lose the 2012 election to incumbent Barack Obama.]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates Stimulate Economy with Ridiculously Expensive Campaign Spending</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/11/candidates-stimulate-economy-with-ridiculously-expensive-campaign-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/11/candidates-stimulate-economy-with-ridiculously-expensive-campaign-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The $4 billion spent on the various Senate, House and state campaigns in the 2010 midterm elections have helped jumpstart the flailing U.S. economy, according to a report issued today by the Department of Commerce.
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		<title>Tea Party Offers Pledge to America</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/10/tea-party-offers-pledge-to-america/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/10/tea-party-offers-pledge-to-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tea Party offers its own version of the GOP's Pledge to America]]></description>
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		<title>Mel Gibson to Head RNC</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/mel-gibson-to-head-rnc/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/mel-gibson-to-head-rnc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a survey taken shortly after Gibson's infamous phone tirades against his ex-girlfriend were made public, 83% of RNC members said they "strongly admired" the epithet-spouting Oscar-winning actor.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Sets Timetable for War on Poverty</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/obama-sets-timetable-for-war-on-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/obama-sets-timetable-for-war-on-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Declaring that the United States will not commit itself to another unending, unwinnable conflict, President Obama today called for a complete withdrawal from the War on Poverty within 18 months.
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		<title>GOP Introduces &#8216;Minority Rules&#8217; Bill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/gop-introduces-minority-rules-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/gop-introduces-minority-rules-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Democrats have controlled Congress with their elected majorities for too long," declared Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "With the passage of 'Minority Rules,' our party's failed strategies on financial reform and deregulation of commerce and industry will become the law of the land."]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Claim Victory in Passing Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/03/republicans-claim-victory-in-passing-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/03/republicans-claim-victory-in-passing-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- In an apparent about-face, members of the Republican party are not only embracing the recently passed Health Care reform legislation as their own, but insisting its success stems from two minor provisions GOP leaders insisted be stricken from the bill on a technicality.]]></description>
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		<title>Palin Fans Can&#8217;t Read Book</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/12/palin-fans-cant-read-book/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/12/palin-fans-cant-read-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORKS BEND, KY – Some fans of Sarah Palin were disappointed with the former Alaska Governor’s best seller, "Going Rogue," when they realized they were unable to decipher its contents.]]></description>
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		<title>Kanye West hired by Republicans to heckle President</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/09/kanye-west-hired-by-republicans-to-heckle-president/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/09/kanye-west-hired-by-republicans-to-heckle-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee has hired Kanye West to interrupt President Obama’s speeches on healthcare, according to RNC Chairman Michael Steele. ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Enslave White People, Says GOP</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/09/obama-to-enslave-white-people-says-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/09/obama-to-enslave-white-people-says-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s healthcare plan is a thinly veiled attempt to force all white people into slavery, according to conservative talk show host Glenn Beck.]]></description>
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		<title>Palin Pronounced Brain-Dead</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/palin-pronounced-brain-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/palin-pronounced-brain-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASILLA -- Alaskan Governor Sarah Plain was pronounced brain-dead Friday after reporters found her outside her Wasilla home, mumbling incoherently.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Removes ‘Family Values’ from Platform</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/gop-removes-family-values-from-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/gop-removes-family-values-from-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC -- The Republican National Committee announced today it will be removing the much-hyped “Family Values” agenda from its platform.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Elephant Switches Parties</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/gop-elephant-switches-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/gop-elephant-switches-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE -- On the heels of Senator Arlen Specter’s jump to the Democratic Party, the GOP Elephant -- longtime mascot of the Republicans -- has announced he, too, is switching political affiliations.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Propose Ayatollah System for U.S.</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/republicans-propose-ayatollah-system-for-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/republicans-propose-ayatollah-system-for-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC -- In a speech at a recent Republican fundraiser, former House Speaker New Gingrich proposed that the United States adopt an Iranian-style Ayatollah form of government.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans File Bankruptcy in Court of Ideas</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/republicans-file-bankruptcy-in-court-of-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/republicans-file-bankruptcy-in-court-of-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=2631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- The Republican National Committee filed for bankruptcy today in the U.S. Court of Ideas, citing decades of doctrines that don't work and an inability to generate new thoughts and workable models for society.]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Senators Approve Tax Breaks for Canadians</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/republican-senators-approve-tax-breaks-for-canadians/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/republican-senators-approve-tax-breaks-for-canadians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=2559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA -- Dissatisfied with the stimulus package that made its way through Congress, and the lack of conservative input contained therein, Republican senators voted unanimously over the weekend to give tax breaks to Canadians.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Touts Double-Digit Employment</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/white-house-reports-double-digit-employment/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/02/white-house-reports-double-digit-employment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=2474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report from the White House indicates that 93% of Americans currently have jobs, superseding previous accounts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that 7% were out of work.
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		<title>Republican Scientists Claim Gravity a Scam</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/11/republican-scientists-claim-gravity-a-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/11/republican-scientists-claim-gravity-a-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://therepublicant.org/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican National Committee’s Scientific Advisory Board today issued a report negating claims of an “invisible force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth.”]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans, Nazis Talk Merger</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/11/republicans-and-nazis-talk-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/11/republicans-and-nazis-talk-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=1823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC -- The Republican National Committee announced today it was in preliminary talks with the American Nazi Party to merge into a single cohesive entity, to be known simply as "Extreme Nazis."]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Jeffs Finds Republicanism in Prison</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/09/warren-jeffs-finds-republicanism-in-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/09/warren-jeffs-finds-republicanism-in-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://therepublicant.org/articles/?p=9</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disgraced cult leader and delusional kiddie-pimp Warren Jeffs converted to Republicanism.]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh to Receive Oral-Anal Transplant</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/08/rush-limbaugh-to-receive-oral-anal-transplant/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/08/rush-limbaugh-to-receive-oral-anal-transplant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has undergone the world's first successful oral-anal transplant.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Deception Called in McCain Ads</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/05/deception-called-in-mccain-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/05/deception-called-in-mccain-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 23:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The John McCain campaign is being accused of deception in its advertising, by utilizing images of a fit and trim young man and claiming that it’s the senator. “These images show up repeatedly in several of his ads,” according to Joseph Stubin of the Institute for Campaign Honesty. “In one ad, for example, the man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Say Goodbye to Elephant</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/05/republicans-say-goodbye-to-elephant/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/05/republicans-say-goodbye-to-elephant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elephant, long the familiar symbol of the GOP, has followed the Marlboro Man into the dustbin of retired icons. A special committee appointed by the RNC, headed by Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter, has chosen a new emblem, which will be unveiled at the 2008 Republican convention. The logo, a graphically designed mound of [...]]]></description>
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