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- From: f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
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- Subject: Re: Jews in Banks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.133129.1903@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:31:28 CST
- References: <1992Nov16.160701.16000@midway.uchicago.edu> <sffcu.16.722039882@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu> <1992Nov17.201925.1888@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1992Nov18.040552.17179@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.040552.17179@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.201925.1888@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >>In article <sffcu.16.722039882@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu>, sffcu@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu (Stew Feuerstein) writes:
- >>> You fail to mention why David Steiner was fired. The article I read
- >>> stated that he was fired for making the whole thing up. In fact David
- >>> Steiner and AIPAC has no connection to the Clinton campaign. Mr Steiner was
- >>> merely trying to make AIPAC seem more important by lying about his influence.
- >>
- >>Maybe. Maybe not. I read Steiner claimed he was exaggerating after
- >>he had been caught in an obviously embarrassing situation. Apparently
- >>Harry Katz, a member of AIPAC, thought things were out of control or
- >>I doubt he would have conducted his own personal 'sting operation',
- >>thereby putting his own good name on the line. I can't envision
- >>the manager of a previously successful lobby building its influence
- >>on lies and exaggeration.
- >
- > You've never run a lobby, then. That's precisely how lobbies build
- > their influence -- by making themselves seem more influential than
- > they'll ever hope to be.
- > --
- > ted frank | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu
- > standard disclaimers | void where prohibited
- > the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
-
- Maybe that's what they taught you in law school but in real life the
- liar loses all credibility and influence related to it. How many
- lobbies have you run lately?
-
- -Joe Gaut
-