It feels a little like ground hog day doesn't it?
What happened to a vote for Obama is "new" change in Washington? Hate to say I told you so, but.....
Eric Holder, who likely will be the next Attorney General. Who is he? Why he is the same person who urged President Bill Clinton to pardon Mark Rich. This was one of the worst decisions of Clinton's career. He was the Deputy AG under Janet Reno and assisted with lots of great decisions by her. He was most recently the author of the Amicus brief for continuation of the hand gun ban in DC which the US Supreme Court luckily did not agree with. He has famously pronounced that the Second Amendment does allow individuals to have the right to have guns for their personal use. (To my friends who do not understand why this upsets me, maybe you will understand that someone who can invent something so ridiculous because it is patently untrue and completely historically inaccurate will also apply those kinds of theories to other parts of the Constitution.)
Oh, and he was also opposed to the US Patriot Act. Another brilliant move considering that we are very likely to be sitting ducks in the near future.
And Tom Daschle, famous in history for losing an election for his Senate seat even though he was the Senate minority leader....yes he was that bad. I am not sure what his credentials are for Health and Human Services Czar other than the fact that he has been a lobbyist for various drug companies and health care companies recently.
And Ram Emanuel. Well maybe his elbows will be sharp enough to manage to keep Pelosi and Reid from running everything, but I doubt it.
I just wonder, how it is that appointing all of Clinton's men is "change". He may even appoint a Clinton herself!!
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Since you don't generally read the Times, I thought I'd point you to today's column by
David Brooks. The last paragraph reads:
"Believe me, I’m trying not to join in the vast, heaving O-phoria now sweeping the coastal haute bourgeoisie. But the personnel decisions have been superb. The events of the past two weeks should be reassuring to anybody who feared that Obama would veer to the left or would suffer self-inflicted wounds because of his inexperience. He’s off to a start that nearly justifies the hype."
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