Sociology of Bushies: After Meritocracy

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Sun Feb 4 09:14:20 PST 2001


The comparison of Clinton to Harding is monumentally unfair. Among the first of Harding's official acts was the pardon of Eugene Victor Debs. Among the last of Clinton's official acts was his refusal to pardon Leonard Peltier.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64


>>In 1993, the historian Stephen Ambrose said of Clinton, "I don't
>>know anyone who's gone so far appointing friends and cronies since Warren
>>G. Harding."
>
>In that and other ways, Clinton does remind me of Harding. And I have the
>feeling that Clinton is destined to be seen as the same colossal figure as
>H. in the eyes of history.



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