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I read an article last night in our paper by Morton Kondracke


Posted: Jul 1, 2010

I usually don't read these articles, but found it interesting so this morning I decided to look him up on the 'net and spent the next hour reading some back commentaries (going all the way back to March) and on some, he was right on point.

It's very interesting what he has written.  Some deal with health care, some with immigration reform, the VAT tax, financial reform, and others. I did find him pretty neutral in his statements, giving both sides of the argument.

I must warn you, though, that he is a contributor to Fox News, so those FN haters don't have to bother reading the articles unless you want to learn something instead of just listening to the main stream media's/reps one-sided claims. 

http://blog.cagle.com/author/morton-kondracke/

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