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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.”

What oughta be a law (or not a law)?

April 29th, 2008 at 11:21am Pat Cunningham

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The Chi Trib’s political blog, The Swamp, TELLS US about a gimmick cooked up by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (above) of the 6th Congressional District of Illinois, west of Chicago.

Roskam, a Republican, is running a competition for the best legislative ideas from his constituents. What do you want to bet that the winners will be no-brainers (in one way or another)?

Incidentally, Roskam,  a right-wing rubber stamp for the Bush administration, defeated Democrat Tammy Duckworth in the 2006 election.  During the campaign, he decried those who would “cut and run” from Iraq — an insensitive comment considering that Duckworth lost both her legs in Iraq when the Blackhawk helicopter she piloted was shot down.

Entry Filed under: Peter Roskam, Tammy Duckworth, War in Iraq

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