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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.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, December 2, 2008 07:52 AM

    Here, here!

    Another excellent post by Glenn. Though I still have high hopes that Obama will bring about the true change needed, this "Obama=Jesus" meme by some of us on the left is way too reminiscent of how Bush was viewed by his hard-core supporters on the right for my liking.

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