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The Gateway (Reshma to Judgement Edition)
Congressional hopeful Reshma Saujani complains of "an all too familiar media distortion that favors process over policy, this piece is emblematic of a political culture that is failing to inform voters about the issues, " but the most damning things in the WAPO article she complains about were verbatim quotes of what she said; -so much for distortion.
And as for complaints of elevating process over the issues, which candidate is complaining about the other's PAC contributions (while taking bundles of non-PAC contributions from the same interest groups) and financial holdings, as opposed to her votes? My Views on Wall Street and Our Broken Political Process www.huffingtonpost.com
The one thing I was always willing to concede Reshma Saujani over Carolyn Maloney was a higher IQ; having watched her spar with Matthews, I think we have definitive proof that an Ivy League education is a commodity much overrated. This woman never met a buzz word she didn't like. Maybe it's a trick--to act as lame as possible, in order to lure Maloney into a debate Chris Matthews Presses Saujani on Wall Street Ties | The New York Observer www.observer.comIn a true sign of the idiocy of our times, voting to prevent the re-enactment of the Great Depression is seen as somehow pernicious. Bank Bailout Is Potent Issue for Fall Elections - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com “Overshare” defined Statement From Assemblyman Nelson Castro-1 www.scribd.com It isn’t merely that the lunatics are running the GOP asylum, but that the ones who are doing so have already been lobotomized. In Search Of The Craziest GOP Policy | The New Republic www.tnr.com I always thought that the Bosnia and Kosovo interventions were Bill Clinton's finest hours, but the problem with "Liberal Internationalism" is it needs to be tempered with a strong dose of reality. This article susses out the subtle distinctions and nuances. Like many Liberal Internationalists, I sometimes think Obama errs too much on the side of realism, but lately, in Afghanistan, I wonder if he errs too little in that manner. Should We Intervene? | The New Republic www.tnr.com Hey, maybe they should run this guy against Jim DeMint. Lindsey Graham, This Year’s Maverick - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
The Gateway (Reshma to
We need to return to the power of the people, and inorder to do so, the people must be better informed. Part of this problem is that people do not educate themselves enough but in some cases, the facts and information is just not available to them.
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