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2011-04-03 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by 2011-04-03 10:20|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The standards for Secretary of State are about like those for winning the Nobel Peach Prize.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-04-03 11:24|| 2011-04-03 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 my prediction: hillary will step down and 'after consderabel heart felt discussions with family and advisors' have decided to enter the 2012 pres race after all. "my personal feelings need to be subordinate to the needs of the nation, blah, blah, blah..."
stand back, then, cuz she will clean barry's clock and be the next potus, no matter who the pubs put up.

Posted by USN,Ret 2011-04-03 11:40|| 2011-04-03 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 She is Cass Sunstein's wife. Never trust a woman that keeps her maiden name...maybe it's an old Gaelic tradition with the IRA...

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2011-04-03 11:45|| 2011-04-03 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 To be fair, he's outsourced everything...

That's not fair! He still personally handles golfing (maybe he shouldn't). Oh, yeah, fundraisers and brackets too. He just wants to make sure he's ready for the post of "ex-president" in 2013.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-04-03 12:01|| 2011-04-03 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 ..Inn't this the nice lady who seriously suggested sending in troops to occupy Israel during the '08 campaign?

Just asking.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-04-03 13:50|| 2011-04-03 13:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike: yes.

Sunstein is interesting. On one hand, he strongly supported George Bush on the issue of military commissions, and supported John Roberts for the USSC.

But he believes in the theory of libertarian paternalism, that those in power should apply behavioral economics to law so that while people might in theory retain some freedom of choice in their lives, they would in actuality be steered in directions that will make their lives 'better'. You can guess who would be in charge of apply the behavioral economics to the law.

He's also a strong proponent for animal rights, high taxes and the abolition of marriage (wonder if he told Sam that). He believes that a president's interpretation of the law should trump that of a court.

He and Sam are insiders in the Obama administration, and I shudder to think what another six years of these two working as Bambi's henchmen will bring

Posted by Steve White 2011-04-03 14:04|| 2011-04-03 14:04|| Front Page Top

#7 I shudder to think what another six years of these two working as Bambi's henchmen will bring

Very little, I suspect, as the House and probably senate will stay with the increasingly TEA Partyish trunks. Gridlock.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-04-03 14:47|| 2011-04-03 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm thinking she is a "bridge too far" (even) for America's Jewish community. Not that it will matter to Obozo.

Posted by regular joe 2011-04-03 14:59|| 2011-04-03 14:59|| Front Page Top

#9 ..they would in actuality be steered in directions that will make their lives 'better'.

aka - Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-03 16:22|| 2011-04-03 16:22|| Front Page Top

#10 "He's also a strong proponent for animal rights"
Cass has been outspoken for the rights of animals to sue humans. Sammy girl has advocated cutting off any aid to Israel. What a team of Czar and Czarina.
Too bad J.Edgar Hoover isn't still around to arrest this tramp.

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2011-04-03 18:54|| 2011-04-03 18:54|| Front Page Top

#11 *** cough *** cough ***...

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-03 19:52|| 2011-04-03 19:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Have a seat, this may take awhile...

1. Her hair says "But, I'm a girl."
2. Ringo Starr's distant relation?
3. Shes into Activity (no not that one, politics)
4. Shes an animal rights activist, but likes to beat dead horses.
5. She likes the nightlife, shes got to boogie.

Oh yea, and then there is the aide thing. Hmm. Maybe Obama does have someone on the side.

Posted by Fi 2011-04-03 20:42|| 2011-04-03 20:42|| Front Page Top

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