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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon

It's premature to criticize Obama for his establishment-soothing appointments. But it's just as premature to heap praise on him for those appointments.

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  • Tuesday, December 2, 2008 09:52 PM

    Any time the law says that right wingers can't do what they want it is a policy dispute not a "real" law

    in the same way that Clinton wasn't a "real" President so any thing that was done to prevent him from functioning was "legal".

    The Clinton's, while not angels, are victims, along with the rest of the country, of the same right wing that has been trying to reassert it's divine right to rule ever since Bush's granddaddy tried to stage a fascist coup in the 30s against the New Deal and was thwarted but not punished. They have never stopped trying, the illegal impeachment of Clinton being only the latest example (watergate was another, speaking of pardons). There are disturbing signs that even people with good instincts, and the culture in general, are being worn down by the best propaganda money can buy sustained over 80 years, with extra amplification during the last 30.

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