tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post5467783842856544045..comments2023-10-31T10:50:53.740-05:00Comments on Team America's 10th District Blog: Alexi Giannoulias Sticks With Obama's Troop Surge Plan: A Down Payment On An Endorsement? (UPDATED x4)Team Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15035504738668036802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-11203846488700086142009-12-03T14:28:45.550-06:002009-12-03T14:28:45.550-06:00Obama's troop surge plan was necessary - too b...Obama's troop surge plan was necessary - too bad he gave the Taliban a heads up as to the timetable. Now they can harvest the poppy seeds, plant 'em in Iran, and be prepared for the next harvest in 12 months - sell the dope - make billions - have an army of Afghans trained by US and NATO and conquer Europe. Way to go Barry!<br /><br />How about a commitment to the Afghan people that we're NOT going to abandon them in 18 months? That we will stay until their government has stablized and the crazy Talibans are left with nothing but their anger and greed. Someone needs to ask him if he supports defunding ACORN. But, I guess even if he does, he's got enough money to fund them himself...<br /><br />As to Alexi, he was smart to support the surge - our troops need them badly. Lexi is no dummy. He was the first one to beat Madigan (Mike) and the GOP should be prepared.<br /><br />He's going to clean the clocks of his opponents - BTW Hoffman is no "Mr. Clean" if the reports are true that he's taken a gig at Axelrod's former firm. <br /><br />As to Illinois' A-Rod, he's nuts to claim Madigan would have stepped in. Her legacy is that she did NOTHING, during the biggest political crime spree in the history of Illinois - NOTHING. As to her crazy claim to check out her website for recalled toys. I checked with Toys R Us, they're on top of things, checking for and removing recalled items 2 x daily and inputing them into the computers so they can't be sold. Yet, just another political ploy to garner name recognition, make herself look like she's protecting the public from the "evil businesses". She knew she'd be a target - I'll give her credit for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-35215498604525902932009-12-03T14:14:39.545-06:002009-12-03T14:14:39.545-06:00Hughes is toastHughes is toastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-3729528183968633292009-12-03T10:38:09.024-06:002009-12-03T10:38:09.024-06:00Alexi's move is bad politics. No Republicans o...Alexi's move is bad politics. No Republicans or independents who used to be republicans (thank you andy mckenna and denny hastert) are going to vote for him next year. He does however have a liberal base he needs to fire up that if last month was any indication won't be coming out to vote. <br /><br />This is not going to sit well with smelly 9th districters in mullah-hamos and pup the magic dragon's neighborhood who don't know Alexi. There's also a great chicago reader story out this week-about 15 pages about mr. boy toy about how his bank basically bought him his political network and how he flunked out of university of chicago. The giannoulias campaign is going to be the biggest choke in Illinois politics since Lauren Beth Gash's soccer mommies got a red card from 10th district voters 10 years ago. <br /><br />13 months to the swearing in. I like Dirksen for Kirk's office, same building as his committee room for senate foreign relations. <br /><br />Fan of King Louis Astaves the Ellen SlayerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com