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The president's busy. He's got important things to do, like rescuing the economy, saving jobs and mortgages and industries. But we ought not to let him off the hook for his frivolous dismissal of a widely popular question he faced in Thursday's Online Town Hall .
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Norm Stamper on Marijuana
The Agitator —
Great piece from former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper on Obama’s derisive dismissal of the marijuana question last week:
Having just returned from Minnesota whose state lawmakers are entertaining a conservative, highly restrictive medical marijuana law, I can tell you what’s not funny to Joni Whiting.
Ms. Whiting told the House’s Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee of her 26-year-old daughter Stephanie’s two-year battle with facial melanoma that surfaced during the young woman’s third pregnancy. The packed ...
The War on the War on Drugs
Opinionator —
... “It’s no laughing matter,” said Norm Stamper, Seattle’s former top cop . “We ought not to let him off the hook for his frivolous dismissal of a widely popular question.” Scott H. Payne at League of Ordinary Gentlemen was more willing to ...
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More town halls — Ben Smith's Blog
Macon Phillips says he's "elated" by how the online town hall went, which suggests there will be more.
And/but, as they say, Patrick Ruffini points out that Open for Questions could become a great opposition tool.
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AP - President Brack Obama kicked off a first-of-its-kind Internet era Town Hall at the White House, thanking online participants for watching it online.
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Ensuring a friendly audience for online town hall
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Politico - The White House will hold an online town hall today at 11:30 a.m., answering questions drawn from a list voted on by visitors to WhiteHouse.gov's Open for Questions.
Politico - The White House will hold an online town hall today at 11:30 a.m., answering questions drawn from a list voted on by visitors to WhiteHouse.gov's Open for Questions.
