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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : GOP</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/GOP/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: GOP</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Meghan McCain Copes With Fame</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/16/meghan-mccain-copes-with-fame.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6731</guid><dc:creator>Noreen Malone</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6731.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6731</wfw:commentRss><description>Meghan McCain, I was so wrong about you. Just a little more than a year ago, during her father’s failed campaign for president, I wrote a piece for Slate about how McCain had learned to cannily manipulate her very blond public image to its full advantage...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/16/meghan-mccain-copes-with-fame.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6731" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/John+McCain/default.aspx">John McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Meghan+McCain/default.aspx">Meghan McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Kathleen+Parker/default.aspx">Kathleen Parker</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/twitter/default.aspx">twitter</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Daily+Beast/default.aspx">Daily Beast</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/GOP/default.aspx">GOP</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/meghan+mccain+twitter+controversy/default.aspx">meghan mccain twitter controversy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/meghan+mccain+twitter/default.aspx">meghan mccain twitter</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/tila+tequila/default.aspx">tila tequila</category></item><item><title>Does Ben and Jerry's Make Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative Crunch?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/08/18/does-ben-and-jerry-s-make-socially-liberal-fiscally-conservative-crunch.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6386</guid><dc:creator>Samantha Henig</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6386.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6386</wfw:commentRss><description>A post from Double X writer KJ Dell'Antonia: Rachael, describing my ideal GOP-ste r isn't hard. She supports civil liberties, she wants the government out of its citizens' personal lives and favors smaller, effective, government-run programs where needed....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/08/18/does-ben-and-jerry-s-make-socially-liberal-fiscally-conservative-crunch.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6386" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Democrats/default.aspx">Democrats</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/mark+sanford/default.aspx">mark sanford</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/GOP/default.aspx">GOP</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Susan+Collins/default.aspx">Susan Collins</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Christine+Todd+Whitman/default.aspx">Christine Todd Whitman</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Olympia+Snowe/default.aspx">Olympia Snowe</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Tags_3A00_+cheating+politicians/default.aspx">Tags: cheating politicians</category></item><item><title>The Sarah Palin Saga: Why Doesn't She Get it?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/07/01/the-sarah-palin-saga-why-doesn-t-she-get-it.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6036</guid><dc:creator>Dayo Olopade</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6036.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6036</wfw:commentRss><description>Like Jessica, I devoured Todd Purdum's blistering report in the current issue of Vanity Fair about Sarah Palin that draws on sniping from former John McCain aides, shrugging statements of disownment from acquaintances in Wasilla, and sorrowful head-shaking...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/07/01/the-sarah-palin-saga-why-doesn-t-she-get-it.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6036" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/John+McCain/default.aspx">John McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Republicans/default.aspx">Republicans</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin/default.aspx">Sarah Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/levi+johnston/default.aspx">levi johnston</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Vanity+Fair/default.aspx">Vanity Fair</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/todd+purdum/default.aspx">todd purdum</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/GOP/default.aspx">GOP</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Tags_3A00_+Bristol+Palin/default.aspx">Tags: Bristol Palin</category></item></channel></rss>