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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 09:43 AM

    It's not premature at all -

    to criticize Obama for his 'establishment-soothing appointments' because this is what he did -

    But it's also not premature to heap praise on him - not about the appointments at all - but for

    his excellent 'Preshow': the great and promising press conferences and these funny parades of ex Washington sleazeballs who promise to be good boys and girls in the future.

    It gives us a lot of hope - and if the economy wouldn't be as grim the accompanying harping from the so called left and right would be quite amusing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zfzVXDEjIA

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