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Old 08-10-2008, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Phoenix AZ
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No offense but as a resident of Illinois all the politicians we had are crooks i don't trust any politician coming out of Illinois and any Illinoisan would tell u the same we had crooks we are the worst corrupt state in the union and don't wish that upon any of my fellow American Dem or Repub
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:43 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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You sound unhappy.
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:49 PM
 
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I like the housing Asbestos removal project he had something to do with and it is not finished as I have read. How could he follow through as a President if he cannot complete a task like that. One he took all the credit for and so on.

Obama's "Dreams from My Father" left out credit for asbestos campaign

"You think it's in our apartments?" a worried mother asked. "I don't know," Obama replied. "But we can find out."

What followed, Obama says in a memoir, was a life-altering experience, an early taste of his ability to motivate the powerless and work the levers of government.
As the 24-year-old mentor to public housing residents, Obama says he initiated and led efforts that thrust Altgeld's asbestos problem into the headlines, pushing city officials to call hearings and a reluctant housing authority to start a cleanup.

But others tell the story much differently.

They say Obama did not play the singular role in the asbestos episode that he portrays in the best-selling memoir "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."

Credit for pushing officials to deal with the cancer-causing substance, according to interviews and news accounts from that period, also goes to a well-known preexisting group at Altgeld Gardens and to a local newspaper called the Chicago Reporter.

Obama does not mention either one in his book.
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:50 PM
 
Location: Phoenix AZ
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You sound unhappy.
I am i actually liked him till he won the nomination than he started to act like our other politicians of this state changing his mind left and right i see another George Ryan or the current gov or the other thousand corrupt politicians we have in the the making and people of this great state should start seeing it and make a wise choice of not voting for him. Or do what i am and voting green or not voting at all.
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:51 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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No offense but as a resident of Illinois all the politicians we had are crooks i don't trust any politician coming out of Illinois and any Illinoisan would tell u the same we had crooks we are the worst corrupt state in the union and don't wish that upon any of my fellow American Dem or Repub
Really? ANY Illinoisan.....


Obama wins Illinois Democratic presidential vote

Tue Feb 5, 2008 8:08pm EST

CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic primary in his home state of Illinois
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Phoenix AZ
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Really? ANY Illinoisan.....


Obama wins Illinois Democratic presidential vote

Tue Feb 5, 2008 8:08pm EST

CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic primary in his home state of Illinois
I agree but he did not seem like a Illinois politician than and now he does any way i did not vote for a democrat cause i knew who was going to win i voted MIT Romney
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Old 08-10-2008, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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I agree but he did not seem like a Illinois politician than and now he does any way i did not vote for a democrat cause i knew who was going to win i voted MIT Romney
"McCain is viewed favorably by 77% of Illinois Primary Voters while Romney earns positive reviews from 71%. The men earn generally equal ratings from those who supported Giuliani in the poll. Just 54% of voters in the state are confident they will stick with their current choice when Election Day finally arrives."

Source (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/illinois/illinois_republican_presidential_primary - broken link)
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Old 08-10-2008, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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I somehow doubt that illinois is more corrupt than louisiana.
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Old 08-10-2008, 02:01 PM
 
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Don't trust Republicians.
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Old 08-10-2008, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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trust democrats?

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Don't trust Repulicians.
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