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Our Nutty Congressman makes the LA Times

Posted in SPLOG to Word by Stuart Tarr on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 9:52 am

Peculiar behavior of Tim Johnson garners attention.

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Rob McColley

08/28/10 at 08:51
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This story made the front page of HuffPo a couple days ago—and not the local section.

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Robert Knilands

08/28/10 at 08:18
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It’s Agent 0014!

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Andrew Fister

08/28/10 at 08:40
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I’ve been amazed by Tim Johnson since I moved here 6 years ago and started learning about the local politics. I don’t agree with some of his positions, but I’m proud when I see him being the only Republican congressman voting against some bill. I know it’s because he takes into consideration his constituents moreso than his party.

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Stuart Tarr

08/28/10 at 08:44
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Catch and release.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Catch_and_release_(congress)

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Mark Laughlin

08/29/10 at 08:10
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I think it’s cool.  The 48 hour fasts are kind of weird, but I approve of the cold calling. 
He knocked on the door to my parents’ house in Urbana circa 1980 when I was a kid and talked to my mom for a long time.  It was obvious he was genuinely concerned about whatever she said to him.  I don’t think there was any special reason why he was in the neighborhood. 
It made a big impression on me.  I don’t follow politics that closely and even today he’s about the only Illinois politician I have any sense of on a personal level.  I don’t vote Republican, but I’m fine with him representing us.
 

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Mark Foley

08/29/10 at 08:13
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“I don’t vote Republican, but I’m fine with him representing us.”
 
And that’s why he does it.

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