Joe Biden, Tommy Chong, and the Drug War

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 1:41 PM PDT

2008/08/23 · 13:41

Check this out. It's from yesterday's Drew Pinsky show. Go about 14:45 in and listen for a minute or so.

Turns out that Joe Biden wrote the drug law that snared Tommy Chong in that travesty of justice a few years ago. No worries though; Chong still supports Obama-Biden.

I wonder if the Drug War will even come up in this fall's campaign.

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Cooley

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Monday August 11, 2008 · 8:49 AM PDT

2008/08/11 · 08:49

Does anyone anywhere have to be convinced anymore about the impotence and wrongheadedness of Bush's foreign policy? Bush goes to Georgia to show that he's spreading democracy; in fact, he encourages Georgia to go A Step Too Far and leaves the US worse off than it was before.

If we had never encouraged the Georgians - if we had blown them off, leaving them squarely in Russia's hands - we'd be better off. Now, the whole world can see what happens when you actually buddy up to the Americans (and you're not Israel, that is.)

Cooley

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Saturday June 07, 2008 · 6:50 PM PDT

2008/06/07 · 18:50

So who's it gonna be? For the Dems, I'm struck by how obvious a choice that Dianne Feinstein would be - if she were 10 years younger. But since so many Americans might think that Obama's 10 years too young for the job, maybe they'd accept someone who was 10 years too old for VP. And for all the talk of McCain making a one-term pledge, well, why not for the VP slot? If the VP slot were potentially open in 4 years, perhaps certain people could be inspired to behave for that period of time...

She's an obvious leader with national name recognition. She's a big Clinton supporter. She's an inspiration to all of those 60+ white women who might otherwise feel resentful of Obama. She's likely to be an asset among the Jewish community. What's not to like, other than age?

Cooley

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Saturday May 31, 2008 · 4:47 PM PDT

2008/05/31 · 16:47

Somebody explain this to me.

Faced with the same set of facts, the GOP chose to sanction Florida and Michigan right away by taking away half of their delegates. The GOP candidates were then free to campaign and fundraise in those states.

Democrats embraced a weird initial ruling that took away all of the FL and MI delegates. Everyone on this side of ground level knew that would not stand, and it hasn't. But only after 6 months of bad publicity and the reality that they left those two states to the GOP for broken-field running.

Cooley

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 8:59 PM PDT

2008/05/10 · 20:59

Over the last several weeks, I've been wondering (just like everyone else) just how we'll bring this party together once the nomination is settled. Of course, I believe that it was settled some time ago, but it looks like reality is settling in, slowly but surely, for the Clinton camp.

So I'm thinking that those of us need to figure out how to unite with our local Clinton supporters - before the convention - to get to meet with them personally and ensure that feelings don't harden negatively for the fall campaign. We need to do something - sponsor some event, have some activity - to have the local Clinton volunteers meet up with the local Obama volunteers and ensure that the Democrats are united and energized for the fall.

I'm thinking bowling.

Cooley

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 10:20 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 22:20

So I helped run the delegate caucus in my local Congressional District here in California today. I had feared that perhaps some local group might try some shenanigans or some sort of nonsense today; it turned out that nothing untoward happened, and the event went off with relatively little pain.

There was some discomfort on my part, as I knew that there were four different people who were capable of doing a good job, but we only had two available spots (one man, one woman). In the end, one of my favored candidates won and the other came in second. But the delegates we chose were good ones.

Cooley

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Friday April 11, 2008 · 1:06 PM PDT

2008/04/11 · 13:06

So I've been working with the Obama campaign here in the Golden State. We came close but did not win my congressional district. Anyway, this Sunday, we are choosing the specific people who will be delegates to the National Convention this summer. The "pledged delegates" that you've heard so much about...

As the Delegate Caucus approaches, I now realize the potential for maximum mischief to occur here, and I wonder if it could be happening elsewhere. First, there are more than 25 people running for two Obama spots in my CD. I've worked extensively with the main campaign, and I haven't heard of most of these people. I have no clue who they are; some could be Clinton supporters, for all I know.

Cooley

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Sunday March 30, 2008 · 6:34 PM PDT

2008/03/30 · 18:34

Of all the issues brought up in this crazy story about Jeremiah Wright, the biggest irony that I can think of is that the cynicism of older Black Americans, borne of self-preservation, may end up killing the chance that this nation could elect a Black President. The belief that America will never cede power to a Black man could prevent America from ceding power to a Black man.

Black folk who remembered the naivete of Emmitt Till, and who swore that their children would never be so trusting, may just end up doing more damage with constant cynicism.

Cooley

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Sunday February 10, 2008 · 8:19 AM PST

2008/02/10 · 08:19

Any political geeks in the house? I'm trying to understand some of the ramifications of the close race; specifically, how it affects the money race for the general election.

If the Democratic race extends all the way to the convention, that will leave almost no time to raise money for the general. So can the candidates use the cash-on-hand at that time for the general? I know that money raised for the general can't be used for the primaries, but what about the other way around?

If that money can be used, I could envision a contest where the candidates were using their CoH figures as part of an electability argument at the convention. Or, maybe they'll decide to blow their wad well before the convention...

Cooley

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Tuesday October 16, 2007 · 8:12 AM PDT

2007/10/16 · 08:12

What with the recent attention of the House toward the Armenian Genocide, I was wondering how long someone would bring up another historical wrong the Congress hasn't acknowledged: an apology for slavery and segregation!

And this time, it's being driven by that notorious lefty, Sam Brownback:

"They were federal policies," Brownback told the Boston Globe editorial board. "They were wrong. The only way for us to move forward ... is at the end of day acknowledging those, taking ownership for it, and asking for forgiveness."

Cooley

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Sunday September 09, 2007 · 8:10 PM PDT

2007/09/09 · 20:10

I understand that a lot of people seem to believe that Sen. Clinton has a wealth of experience that prepared her for the top job. I know that some believe that she is a competent Senator. And I know that a lot of people are excited about the prospect of electing a woman President.

But I am deeply troubled about the prospect of electing her or any other person who got us into this war. If the American electorate never punishes politicians who get us into aggressive wars, won't all politicians be encouraged to get us into more aggressive wars in the future? If there is never any downside to supporting aggressive military action, why wouldn't we expect more of the same in the future?
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Cooley

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Saturday August 04, 2007 · 8:35 PM PDT

2007/08/04 · 20:35

So I've been reading several articles the last few days about the I-35W bridge tragedy in particular and the US infrastructure problems in general. I've seen any number of good progressives, with whom I normally agree, blaming the President or the GOP for spending money on Iraq rather than our national infrastructure. I've seen mainstream, centrist journalists write articles bemoaning one statistic or another purporting to show that we need to pay more attention to our infrastructure. And I've heard talk show hosts claiming that the entire affair is simply one more example of a government bureaucracy's incompetence.

In my opinion, all of those analyses are too shallow to hit the real problem. The fundamental problem with our infrastructure is that there is little to no political gain for any politician to fully support infrastructure projects.

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