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...those issues, though his results have been mixed. On matters he cares about, Bush has displayed a clear vision and a knack for getting down in the policy weeds that is wholly at odds with his featherweight image. But on other crucial matters--poverty and hunger, the death penalty, gun violence, health insurance for the poor, pollution--Bush has shown little willingness to lead or even think deeply. And sometimes the policies he puts into place are more beneficial to his wealthy campaign contributors than to the people of Texas...
...able to pass common sense reforms that the majority of the country wants. Is it really a coincidence that the only major reforms we have seen in the Clinton presidency addressed immigration and welfare? While welfare recipients and immigrants are not known for their campaign contributions, health care, gun control, education and corporate and military pork all have very well-financed special interest groups with a keen desire to maintain the status...
When Boss reached McMellon again, he asked him, "Where are you hit?" McMellon responded, "I'm not hit." Was he surprised by that response, his lawyer asked Boss. "Yes, yes I was." Boss climbed back up to the vestibule, and approached Diallo. "I saw what should have been a gun was a wallet," he said. "It was on the tips of his fingers, outstretched. I yelled, 'Where's the f---ing gun?'" Then, he says, he ran, trying to figure out where he was, to get an address, so he could radio for help. The defense played the tape...
Despite their relative lack of passion, Boss and Murphy both successfully underscored what their defense hopes will save their case: The officers felt their lives were in immediate danger, and saw, in the form of Diallo's wallet, a gun pointing right at them...
...after all, Carroll, the eldest cop in the car, who was the first to approach Diallo, the first to falsely identify the victim's wallet as a gun, and, arguably, the force that precipitated the barrage of bullets that killed Diallo. A tragic mistake was made, and the political storm surrounding this trial virtually guarantees that someone will have to shoulder the penalty. Sobbing on the stand Monday, Carroll was the embodiment of anguish - and, the prosecution may contend, of the bulk of the guilt...