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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:48:53 -0400
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- From: The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: More cabinet appointments
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- >...
- >> With all my due respect for Clinton, I don't believe he really cares
- >> one way or the other. He acts under pressure of all the interest
- >> groups and of his own promises. In politics personal feelings ('care'),
- >> moral or humanitarian considerations don't play any role whatsoever.
- >> If he appoints women or minorities to high posts, it's not because he
- >> cares, it's because of Realpolitik. There is something wrong with the
- >> system in which the most sizable minority (gays) can be so blatantly
- >> ignored.
- >>
- >> Sam.
- >>
- >With all my due respect to you, I don't think that you know (or even
- >care) what Clinton believes. If you had followed his career at all, you
- >would know that Clinton has consistently shown that he _does_ care about
- >minorities. He has appointed more minorities to his available posts than
- >any previous governer of Arkansas (OK, that by itself doesn't mean
- >anything!). He has been applauded by women's groups, gay groups, black
- >groups, etc for his appointments and the laws that he has passed.
- >While I think that you may be accurate to a certain extent regarding the
- >ethics of politics, I think that it is important to point out that one's
- >real feelings come out when you look at appointments and laws that were
- >pushed for.
- >Jonathan
-
- Clinton gave Gennifer Flowers a post that a black woman (who had been
- working in that organization for years) was supposed to get.
- Of course, since his affair(s) are "no big deal", the press didn't give
- that any coverage.
-
- Brett'
-