I hope this isn't part of a larger disturbing trend of my former favorite newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, to recast every good idea that Barack Obama appropriates as his own, but in today's editorial, the Tribune appears to credit the President-elect (you know, they guy with the snappy podium signs to remind of us of who he is?) with the idea to apply pressure to Iran to give up the quest for nukes by cutting off its gasoline imports.
Ignored by the Tribune is that this idea has been around for quite a while, at least since June 2007, when our own 10th District Congressman supported the notion in a bi-partisan bill aimed at coming up with a real, practical solution to carry the no-nukes message to Iran in a way they would understand. The House "Iran Working Group" (which Kirk helped organize) has been mulling this idea for some time now, it seems. Despite being an oil-rich nation, Iran imports nearly half the gasoline it uses, and this is a targeted approaching to hitting them where it hurts, in the gas tank. We know how that feels.
I'm not 100% sure if Mark Kirk was the very first person to come up with the idea, but it seems to me he was promoting this months before Barack Obama ever adopted it. I do hope that the Tribune's staff cuts and new look are not also a harbinger of poor fact-checking and an editorial bias toward giving Obama credit for everything that comes along, whether deserved or not. The Main Stream Media already has enough problems without adopting a "dear leader" mentality where we have to give thanks to our new president when the sun comes up in the morning and sets at night.
Settle in folks, this could be a long couple of years.
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Like you, TA, I was more than startled very early this morning when I read the Tribune editorial. Mark Kirk has been talking about this even before June of 2007. Records do exist of Floor statements in the US, major speeches, etc. all on this initiative. So where was the fact checking on the part of our Chicago Tribune? Do you think they'll run a piece letting the real story come to print tomorrow or Friday? I'm pleased that our president-elect appreciates this idea. I just feel that the originiator of the idea should get equal billing. Now what?
You know, those podium signs are snappy, but you would think Obama, of all people, might figure out that he's only the presumed President-elect after the electoral college casts its votes. And this guy is considered brilliant?
BTW, everthing good that happens in the news is because of Barack. Believe it.
Why is anyone surprised by this. Remember the slogan, "Change we can believe in". That's why he is filling staff/cabinet with Clinton retreads and Daley's Chicago Political Maifia. Change back to the Clinton days and running the government the way Daley's hatchet men do. Yup, we are in for an interesting few years. I've given up on the idea that people will see through this master manipulator who uses words with no meaning but which make people feel good. Thanks God for legislators like Mark Kirk. At least we know he doesn't talk out of both sides of his mouth.
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TA while I applaud this fact checking on the democrats our focus really needs to be on building us and beating them.
Frankly I couldn't be happier to see the msm die. They were so flagrantly in the tank for obama this year you almost wonder if they were on his payroll. Lynn Sweet should have been kicked out of journalism after the way she hated on Mark in 2000 and ogled lauren beth gash.
There's more news in the highland park news than there is in the tribune and the sun times should just call it a day and rename itself the obama social diary.
ONWARD!!
Anon 12:33- I agree with you that the GOP needs to proactively and aggressively rebuild, and there is a lot of action going on (at least up here in Lake County) that I don't necessarily broadcast on the Blog, since we need to keep some strategy secrets from the Dems. But I will probably do a forecast of the upcoming races this weekend, and talk more about the proactive strategy of the GOP.
In the meantime, if you want to get involved, call Lake County Republican Headquarters at 847-680-6680 to volunteer, and tell them TA sent you. ;-)
Yeah, those last eight years breezed by so quickly and smoothly...
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