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- From: ivaliote@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Lotus )
- Subject: Re: Gennifer Flowers: Transcript
- Message-ID: <C19y54.EKv@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:24:25 GMT
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- popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell) writes:
- >> Working on the world's largest legal/news database has its advantages. I jus
- >> thought it was timely to note that Clinton has a history of giving government
- >> jobs to people who have no qualifications other than that they are a FOB
- >> (Friend OF Bill). I wonder how low Ron Brown would rank on a skills test for
- >> Secretary of Commerce. Is this the "change" you voted for?
-
- >This was also a little habit of none other thna Ronald Reagan. There was
- >lot of comment about this in the press in 1980, remember? If not, go to
- >the library and check out a few issues of Time and Newsweek. A lot of
- >peole ended up in high office simply because they had been with Reagan
- >for years, some before he was govenor of Cal. Theses were often mainly
- >political operatives rather than aides or such. Bill Casey was another
- >case of this. My how soon we forget these things.
-
- I don't think he forgot iat all. In both cases it was inexcusable. His last
- line asks you if you think you truly voted for 'change' or more of the same. I
- myself am beginning to wonder, but my Clinton vote was based on ethical and
- freedom considerations, not cabinet choice. I knew I was screwed no matter what
- I did on that one.
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- Matt Ivaliotes a.k.a. Lotus
- ivaliote@ux1 lotus@uiuc
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