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‘Heckuva job Brownie’: Obama could have ‘gotten more mileage’ by delaying disaster relief
The former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the bungled Hurricane Katrina recovery says that President Barack Obama should have delayed providing disaster relief assistance to the states hit by Hurricane Sandy because it could have benefited him politically. On Monday, Michael Brown, who now co-hosts a…
Sirota: Paul may be better pick for GOP than Romney
Radio show host and commentator David Sirota said Republicans may be wise to pick Ron Paul over Mitt Romney because of the former’s strong support from independents and first-time Republican voters. “I think Ron Paul could make a strong case, looking at the polling data, that he is a better…
Sirota: Legalizing marijuana is now a ‘mainstream’ position
The slow drumbeat to legalizing marijuana in America continued Friday evening when Salon.com columnist David Sirota appeared on Current TV’s The Young Turks. Sirota mentioned a recent Gallup poll in which half of Americans support legalizing marijuana, with 77 percent also backing medical marijuana. With those figures, Sirota and host…
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