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JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public Option Opt Out Compromise by Brian Beutler

2009-10-24T09:54:05Z

If this report is true, I AM PISSED.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Bernie Kerik Jailed As Judge Revokes Bail In Corruption Case by Justin Elliott

2009-10-20T21:01:05Z

Obviously the man needs to be severely punished but I shudder to think what will happen to a former police commissioner in prison. I wonder if he makes it out alive.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Beck Tackles American Private Police Force Story by Justin Elliott

2009-10-08T17:44:48Z

"And quite frankly, some are freakin' out."

So strange hearing that come out of his mouth.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Massachusetts GOP Blasts Judge's Ruling In Favor Of Senate Appointment -- No Mention Of An Appeal by Eric Kleefeld

2009-09-25T18:33:55Z

I'm sort of surprised they lost. It seemed like the law was on their side in this one.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Chicago Sun-Times: Rahm Wanted Blago To Appoint County Commish As Seat-Warmer by Rachel Slajda

2009-09-25T18:19:07Z

It is and in my lifetime always has been a shitty paper.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Boehner Cites Jefferson: "A Little Rebellion Now And Then Is Good" by Eric Kleefeld

2009-09-19T09:08:11Z

I would love to see a serious attempt at armed rebellion from the tea baggers. They seem to think that because they have guns they could pull it off. It would be crushed.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Health Care Compromise Has Fewer Supporters than More Progressive Bills by Brian Beutler

2009-09-17T06:26:17Z

You look really surprised about the reception, Sen. Baucus, ya stupid jackass!

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Poll Shows Turnout Is Key In New Jersey -- And GOP Is More Motivated For Now by Eric Kleefeld

2009-09-14T15:53:57Z

There's so much coverage of this race here at TPM. Which is fine, they can cover whatever they want, but I really don't understand it. Does anyone not from NJ give two craps about it? I certainly don't.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Obama if He Compromises on the Public Option?]]> by Brian Beutler

2009-09-04T16:52:19Z

No. Anything else I can help you with?

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Real Public Option]]> by Brian Beutler

2009-09-03T15:42:37Z

Hell yeah! That's my rep! (Because I'm still registered to vote where I grew up due to laziness.)

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JustAChicagoVoter Commented on TPMDC Morning Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2009-07-09T14:10:21Z

Damn redneck inferiorists, taking all my road money.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on More Obama Secrecy -- This Time On Cheney's Plame Interview by Zachary Roth

2009-07-02T20:57:27Z

I am sympathetic towards your point of view on this question but I see it a little differently. I am much more interested in the future than the past as well. As I see it, however, this is about protecting the future. These decisions set a precedent. I want information like the contents of this interview to ALWAYS get released to the public. We've got to start sometime and there's no time like now.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Busby Campaign, Supporters And Allies Publicly Mobilize Against Sheriff's Raid by Eric Kleefeld

2009-07-02T20:23:04Z

"As a middle-aged woman myself, I sorta resent the fact that the inference is we're not physically a threat"

What, seriously? I'll bet you that the sheriff in question is bigger and stronger than me - a 25 year old male in decent shape - and I have yet to see the middle-aged woman that I'd consider a physical threat. Also, remember that sheriffs are trained in hand-to-hand combat and carry weapons, both lethal (guns) and non-lethal (pepper spray, tasers).

I would hate to see a fight between this guy, armed as he was, and you with 10 of your middle-aged female friends, unarmed as you would be at a party. In fact, I couldn't bear to watch that at all.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Dennis Hastert's Son Running For Dad's Old House Seat, Now Held By The Dems by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-09T16:07:40Z

It's important to recognize that Jim Oberweis is far to the right of most Illinois republican voters. The man is a neanderthal.

That said, he makes FANTASTIC dairy products. You've gotta try his chocolate milk.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Biden Tells Maloney To Not Challenge Gillibrand In New York Senate Primary by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-04T20:02:02Z

The brief on Gillibrand is that she's to the right of the Obama administration. Maybe they're doing this to rack up chits with her to call in later to get bills passed?

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Obama Delivers Major Address In Cairo by Brian Beutler

2009-06-04T16:00:15Z

I was surprised and deeply moved when the audience started chanting "USA! USA! USA! USA!" after his speech was finished. Imagine the reception Bush would have gotten for any speech he could have possibly have given in Cairo, even the same speech. Maybe it really is a new day.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Poll: No Immediate Republican Frontrunner For 2012 by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-03T00:24:06Z

The fact that 10% of the people they talked to volunteered the same answer says a lot.

Palin/Huckabee 2012!!!!

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Liddy: Let's Hope Sotomayor--Who Speaks 'Illegal Alien'--Isn't 'Menstruating' At Conferences by Brian Beutler

2009-05-29T19:13:37Z

The race-based attacks aren't any worse than what we've seen from Tancredo et al and the ideas behind the gender-based attacks aren't new either. But the language he uses in the gender-based attacks, when he references menstruation... that seems more, shall we say, inflammatory than the language we've seen in previous gender-based slander. Don't you think?

I read that and thought, "Wow. Wow!"

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JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Taguba: Torture Photos Show Rape by Zachary Roth

2009-05-28T19:50:43Z

I have strongly supported releasing documents documenting torture and abuse but these give me pause.

I do believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant but on the other hand we already know that crimes of the utmost seriousness were committed at Abu Ghraib. If these photos are released, and they show what these reports claim, it will be a total bombshell and an impediment to efforts for peace. There will be rioting and protests in the Muslim world that its political leaders won't be able to ignore and we'll look even worse than we already do. Then again, anyone found committing these crimes needs to be prosecuted and we need to find out how far up this criminality and its cover-up went, since that question was never answered under Bush.

This is a tough one. I'm glad I'm not president.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on What's Next For Sestak's House Seat? by Eric Kleefeld

2009-05-28T17:21:36Z

If Kerry won by 6% I don't see much hope for the GOP unless the political winds make an abrupt about-face. 2004 wasn't exactly a good year for Democrats.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Health Reform Crisis: Groups Backtrack On Promised Cost Cuts by Brian Beutler

2009-05-16T16:00:07Z

Sooner or later people are going to have to learn that playing hardball with Obama is a horrible idea.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Pelosi Camp: She Didn't Sign Torture Protest Letter Out Of Respect For "Appropriate" Channels by Zachary Roth

2009-05-12T15:45:59Z

I am so sick of and frustrated with Pelosi. What's it take to depose a House Speaker?

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Philly Inquirer]]> by Zachary Roth

2009-05-12T15:43:25Z

Is this otherwise a good paper? I wonder if anyone will try to organize a boycott. If the Chicago Tribune ever did this I would swallow my civic pride, cancel my subscription, and try my hand at organizing. I am so angry - enraged, really - about how those who authorized torture are being treated.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on TPMDC Sunday Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2009-05-10T17:50:45Z

You've gotta watch Wanda Sykes's speech. It's one of the related videos that pop up at the bottom of the clip when it finishes. Hilarious.

JustAChicagoVoter Commented on Citigroup Spends Bailout Money Lobbying Student Lenders To Sabotage Obama Plan by Moe Tkacik

2009-05-09T16:52:04Z

I hope this astroturf gains enough steam for Obama to have to confront it just to get to watch him bitchslap them. If these guys really think that when he walks up to a podium and explains the issue to the nation we won't be swayed they haven't been paying attention. I am REALLY glad he's on my side.