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Blog Entries by Gail Vida Hamburg from 12/2008

Eliot Spitzer, It's Way Too Soon

| Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
Read More: Disgraced Politicians, Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer Slate, Eliot Spitzer News, Scandal, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Politics News

The road to redemption for a fallen politician has its own logic, and he who runs through a red light does so at his own peril.

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Governor Blagojevich, the Shakedown Artist

| Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics
Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Illinois, Politics News

We remember that before Barack Obama inspired 64 million voters of every hue across the country, he first impressed out-of-luck white farmers in downstate Illinois with his empathy.

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Some Late Advise for Patti Blagojevich

| Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Patti Blagojevich Family, Patti Blagojevich, Bed and Breakfast, Oregon, HGTV, Curb Appeal, Politics News

Mrs. First Lady Patti Blagojevich, when your husband was trying to retract $8 million dollars in funding from Children's Memorial Hospital, it was your duty as a citizen to kick his sorry behind.

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You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

| Posted 12.22.2008 | Business
Read More: Henry Paulson, Elizabeth Warren, Government Bailout, Bailout, Barney Frank, Economic Crisis, Associated Press, Taxpayers Dollars, $700 Billion Bailout, Cpa, Henry Paulson Plan, Neel Kashkari, Bailout Money, Bank Bailouts, Rita Beamish, Congressional Bailout, Frank Bass, Brad Sherman, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Corporate Bailout, Bailout Oversight Panel, Executive Bailout, Corporate Bonuses, Business News

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

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