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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:27:27 PST
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- From: Jonathan Fisher <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
- Subject: Re: Health Care Reform
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- > I had heard somewhere, perhaps incorrectly, that Hillary was listed
- > in the top 20 attorneys in the nation years ago. (Perhaps higher,
- > perhaps longer ago, who knows?) Unless I'm mistaken, she really
- > was/is qualified to be the Attorney General. Does someone have some
- > additional information that might shed some more light on Hillary's
- > qualifications?
- My recollection is that Mrs. Clinton was ranked in the top 100 lawyers in
- the country for the last two years running.
- >
- >
- > > I'd like to comment about the Clinton administration's claims about having
- > > the "most diverse cabinet in history". Of the 18 cabinet appointments made
- > > by Clinton, 14 are lawyers. God only knows how many of them are in
- > sub-cabinet
- >
- > As far as I know, the only Administration with more attorneys was the
- > Nixon administration. Unfortunately, "those that know the law are
- > above it" (JSJ, 1989) is something which all attorneys inherently try
- > to prove when they are in a position to be able to almost get away
- > with it (i.e. A place called Hope... The White House).
- Why people (usually conservative) tend to overlook the cultural diversity
- of the cabinet in favor of a universally disliked profession which
- predominates the cabinet is beyond me. Anyone who examined the President's
- statements know that when he was talking about diverse, he was not talking
- about professions. Since both he and his wife are lawyers and associate
- with lawyers, it is not unrealistic to imagine that the people who they
- come in contact with and like are more than likely going to lawyers.
- > > --JD
- >
- > --Stan
- > "The world has 5 years of freedom left. Then, I'm an attorney."
- >
- Jonathan
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