Cook County Opinion
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Candidates should inspireOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Wow, it's really tough to watch the stock market movements these days. Despite what the DJIA numbers suggest, I think that the financial system has mostly been fixed. Bu...
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Don't lower the bar; this is too importantOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The lowered bar phenomenon is really amazing. The public bought it when it was used by Bush and now if we listen to Fox News, they're buying it from Palin. A week of Kat...
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Persistence pays off for May WhitneyOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr. for his diligence in assisting our group in bringing the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) into the New May Whitney for an inves...
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Mom's advice works against McCainOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Long ago, my mother told me it's not what you say; it's how you say it. Never did that Mom-Truth come more to light than during the third and final presidential debate ...
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Manzullo didn't do much in 16 yearsOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I was disappointed to see that the Daily Herald endorsed Don Manzullo in the 16th Congressional race. I would liken that endorsement to keeping a subpar reporter on the ...
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A vote for Obama is a vote for socialismOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama dispelled any doubt that he is a dyed-in-the-wool socialist when his response to higher taxes was caught on camera, "I think when you spread the wealth arou...
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McCain no maverick on economic policyOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain made a very strong case for his bucking his party in the matter of torture, global warming and the method of pursuing the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, in the...
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Judge Obama by the friends he keepsOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Your friends reflect who you are. Does anyone out there remember the early 1960s and the Students for a Democratic Society? This was a radical association of faculty an...
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McConnaughay has earned re-electionOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - With an Illinois senator leading the Democratic ticket, some voters may be tempted to check that party box all the way down the ballot. Whatever your thoughts about the ...
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Dan Duffy for state senateOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing this letter on behalf of Dan Duffy for whom I worked as an intern over the summer. As a college student studying political economics who will vote for the f...