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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 : sarah's fault, John McCain</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sarah_2700_s+fault/John+McCain/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: sarah's fault, John McCain</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Blaming Palin Is the Easy Way Out</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/06/blaming-palin-is-the-easy-way-out.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4023</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Larimore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4023.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4023</wfw:commentRss><description>Thank you, Melinda and Lauren , for saying what I wanted to say but was avoiding since I've largely been our lone Sarah Palin defender. Saying that Palin doesn't know that Africa is a continent sounds like something you'd say about your ex after a bitter...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/06/blaming-palin-is-the-easy-way-out.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4023" 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/Sarah+Palin/default.aspx">Sarah Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sarah_2700_s+fault/default.aspx">sarah's fault</category></item><item><title>Palin in '12</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/06/palin-in-12.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4020</guid><dc:creator>Melinda Henneberger</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4020.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4020</wfw:commentRss><description>Sounds like those McCain aides are fast-tracking their guy's return to pariah—I mean, maverick—status by alienating every last conservative who voted for him with their mean, sexist, and derriere-covering hooey about Sarah Palin. I'm sorry, but I do not...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/06/palin-in-12.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4020" 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/_2700_08+election/default.aspx">'08 election</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/sarah+Palin+clothes/default.aspx">sarah Palin clothes</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sarah_2700_s+fault/default.aspx">sarah's fault</category></item></channel></rss>