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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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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:22 AM

    In 2006, Obama voted in the US Senate to ban the use of cluster munitions in heavily populated areas, but in the end the motion was rejected. -- Baldie McEagle

    So?

    Senators often vote for or against items of legislation for political purposes after the outcome is a forgone conclusion. I have read about that many times.

    But even if he wanted the USA to ban these horrible weapons that target kids so well back then, he will say nothing now. He has not up to this point and he is allowed to talk even as president elect.

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