Cook County Opinion
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Oberweis won't 'pay for it later'Oct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Why was our economy so weak that people are losing their homes? Why did we give Wall Street $700 billion? Because we built our economy on "pay for it later." The teaser ...
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Kirk deserves vote; he knows districtOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - So far in the 10th Congressional District, three newspapers have made an endorsement for Congress and all three times Mark Kirk was the candidate that they endorsed. I t...
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Let's do away with Electoral CollegeOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The daily Gallup tracking poll is an indicator of the popular vote for a presidential candidate. But our president is not elected by popular vote, which makes this stati...
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Kirk as independent is marketing ployOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Marketing Mark Kirk as independent and moderate is like describing Fox News as fair and balanced. Mark Kirk has been a proponent of the following extreme policies of Pre...
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Mathias works hard for our communityOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - State Rep. Sidney Mathias is one of the most honest, ethical and capable legislators we know! We have known Rep. Mathias for over 20 years from the time he was a Buffalo...
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Why did the debates focus on attacks?Oct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - There we go again. First, the candidates smile at each other and then comes the dirt flying. Why not concentrate on the future instead and who might be a better preside...
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Accusations against Prochno purely falseOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am tired of baseless facts being used in (Mark) Walker's dirty, Chicago-style campaign against Christine Prochno. Walker is using a page directly from Rod Blagojevich'...
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Palin past continues to haunt her nowOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Just a little valuable piece of information for voters: In a small country town in 1996, the new mayor requested the town librarian to censor books at the library. When ...
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If you like Bush, vote for KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has voted with Bush 88 percent of the time. He voted for the Terry Schiavo Restoration Act which required the Federal Government to forcibly insert a feeding t...
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Duffy will represent my interests bestOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Like many taxpayers here in Lake County, I am looking forward to election day when I can express my opinion on rising property and sales taxes. I have had it with politi...