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Monday, December 8, 2008 12:00 AM

Gen. Hayden and the claimed irrelevance of presidential appointments

Since when did people start believing that high-level appointments and Cabinet secretaries were irrelevant?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Monday, December 8, 2008 12:18 PM

    Dammit, Glennzilla...

    What else is there to say?

    Obama has certainly continued his lurch to the right he began (more or less) with his odious FISA vote.

    Maybe he really DID have sex and crack with that idiot in a limo...and they're holding that over his head. Who the hell knows? Not me.

    —BeatnikBob Read BeatnikBob's other letters

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