A Battle Cry From Interior Nominee

[Carl Remick]

>A Battle Cry From Interior Nominee
>
>By John Mintz
>Washington Post Staff Writer
>Thursday, January 11, 2001 ; Page A01
>
>In a 1996 speech to a conservative group,
>Interior Secretary-designate Gale A. Norton likened her struggle to 
>preserve
>states' rights to the cause of the Confederacy, saying, "We lost too much"
>when the South was defeated in the Civil War....
>
>Matthew Berry, a staff attorney for the Institute for Justice, a
>conservative legal group, said that although his organization strongly
>supports Norton, it is rare for people in his movement to defend the 10th
>Amendment by embracing the Confederacy.
>
>"It's terrible from a public relations perspective," Berry said. "It's not 
>a
>great way to win converts."

Hmm, depends on what "public" you want to "relate" to.  This is an obvious 
attempt to bond with what appears to be an ever swelling throng of folks 
nostalgic for the Confederacy.

Carl
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