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Obama is wrong about the gas tax
Think Clinton's plan to suspend the gas tax temporarily is a bad idea? A similar measure in Illinois -- which Obama backed -- seems to have helped consumers.
By George Frost [2008-05-06]

  • Salon's "writer bio" versus the reality of the writer's bias

    HERE IS SALON'S 'WRITER BIO' AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE:

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    "About the writer"

    George Frost is an attorney who lives in Berkeley, California. At his former law firm he represented Alaska, Louisiana and other states in major tax and royalty litigation against oil companies, and represented the state of Hawaii in an antitrust case against Chevron and other firms accused of gasoline price fixing. He currently serves as general counsel at CivicActions LLC, and is counsel to several other tech and green energy companies in various stages of development."

    HERE IS THE REAL SCOOL ABOUT GEORGE FROST:

    • George Frost already made this argument on Talking Points Memo:

    http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/obamas-gas-tax-logic-holiday-a.php

    • Frost also saw fit to copy and paste his blog here:

    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-talk/2008/03/mich_fla_dilemma_consumes_demo.html

    #&149; As of Feb. 7 George Frost had donated $250 to the Hillary Clinton campaign:

    http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=94705&last=Frost&first=George

    • This was later updated to George Frost having donated $400 to the Hillary Clinton campaign:

    http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Frost&fname=George

    HERE IS GEORGE FROST'S PERSONAL BLOG AND BIO:

    http://www.civicactions.com/blog/george_frost

    http://www.civicactions.com/people/georgefrost

    A RECENT EXCERPT FROM FROST'S BLOG:

    "The Democrats are up to their eyeballs in alligators these days. Obama says he has won more states and racked up more delegates and raw vote totals, and so it would be “undemocratic” for superdelegates to award the nomination to Clinton even if he has failed to clinch the 2,025 delegates needed for victory. Obama makes this fairness argument while at the same time trying to block the staging of new primary contests in Florida and Michigan, important swing states that may determine the outcome of the general election on November. Obama appears ready to poison the well if he does not get the nomination." [emphasis added]

    -- Xrandadu Hutman
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    Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:23 AM
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