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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 12:46 PM

    Why was the Marc Rich pardon so egregious.

    Was it because Mrs. gave a huge donation to the Clinton Slush Fund, no Clinton Library?

    Then, lo and behold, one of the biggest and most brazen tax cheats in our history was miraculously pardoned?

    Was this just one example of the mountains of sleaze which characterized Billy Jeff's Presidency?

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