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Night Owl commented on the blog post Rahm’s Ballot Eligibility Case Appeal and White House Interference
Mr. Obama is not in Chicago, he is President of the United States.
You can take the President out of Chicago….
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Night Owl commented on the blog post Rahm’s Ballot Eligibility Case Appeal and White House Interference
This is literally a stunning and ethically bereft power and intimidation play by Obama and his White House.
In Chicago we call it, “business as usual.”
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Night Owl commented on the blog post We Convicted a Guy the Bush Administration Tortured
Exactly.
I’m all for looking for signs of incremental progress that the United States is finally returning to the company of civilized nations that respect Due Process and the Rule of Law, but any effort to legitimize a prosecution tainted by torture is a sign pointing in the wrong direction.
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Night Owl commented on the blog post Poll: Health Care Bill Wildly Unpopular in Swing Districts? No Kidding
Nate Silver in January 2010:
Obviously, it’s not as though this is going to do much to help the bill’s popularity in the immediate term. But in the long term, once people actually see the go bill into effect, their perceptions are liable to improve, in ways that might help the Democratic party. Although there are a few things like the individual mandate which the public obviously does not like, most of the other components of the bill are things they are liable to be quite pleased with and to find quite reasonable.
Heckuva job, Nate.
