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Marc Rich was wise to hire Jack Quinn. The latter was a well-connected insider. That's the kind of juice you need when you're dealing with the highest levels. And Deputy Attorney General Holder responded to it. (Needless to say, the average citizen--i.e., Joe Sixpack out in Peoria--would never get this kind of friendly, personal attention.)
D.C. is controlled by lobbyists, bribes--er, "contributions"--to politicians, and personal friendships among the political class. K Street string-pullers socialize with politicians at Georgetown cocktail parties, where they mix business with pleasure. They disdain outsiders--i.e., the Great Unwashed.
So far at least, Obama's appointments show no deviation from the Establishment script.
