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Sep 28, 2009
People were supposed to submit ideas to the President.
“The best-rated ones will rise to the top, and after the Inauguration, we’ll print them out and gather them into a binder like the ones the president receives every day from experts and advisors,” Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, wrote to supporters.
They received 44,000 proposals and 1.4 million votes for those proposals. The results were quietly published, but they were embarrassing.
In the middle of two wars and an economic meltdown, the highest-ranking idea was to legalize marijuana, an idea nearly twice as popular as repealing the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy. Legalizing online poker topped the technology ideas, twice as popular as nationwide wi-fi. Revoking the Church of Scientology’s tax-exempt status garnered three times more votes than raising funding for childhood cancer.
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Helium
September 28th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I think this reflects the mind set of Obama voters more than the opinions of the general population.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I agree with Vicki.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Sounds like the House of Representatives writ large.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I guess the moral of this story is that your vote only counts if you agree with Obama and his left-wing advisors’ preconceived notions.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Another explanation: The voters voted early and often — the Chicago Way.