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Roger Ailes — It Isn't Rich Arlen Specter, who is missing out on a lucrative career as the cartoon voice of Richard Nixon, didn't lay a glove on Eric Holder, President-elect Obama's nominee for Attorney General. 90s nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Joe Conason has an interesting take on the hearing and the subject of Arlen's obsession.
Thoughts on the Cabinet With Special Reference to Eric Holder
Discourse.net —
... In Salon, Joe Conason offers his take on The real reason Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich. It’s by far the most interesting thing I’ve read about the Holder nomination/confirmation process. ...
Why Did Clinton Pardon March Rich? Why, The Israelis Made Him Do It
JammieWearingFool —
Finally, someone unearthed the "truth" behind the March Rich pardon. No, it wasn't the piles of money Denise Rich raised for Bill Clinton. It was the Jooooos , of course. Hey, along with Bush, they're to blame for everything. So Clinton sold his soul and reputation (what little he had) and knuckled under to the evil Israelis. Sound like total bullshit? Of course it does. But what would you expect from a boot-licking cretin like Joe Conason , a guy who spent eight years with his head wedged up Clinton's ass? As the president mulled Rich's application, he was preoccupied with ...
Joke on us, son [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
... with a libel lawsuit in the UK, explains the real reason that Holder suggested Clinton pardon Marc Rich, and it turns out that the Jooooos apparently made a Rich pardon a precondition for peace talks with the PLO: Meanwhile the fugitive financier, as he is still known, has never returned from his lair in Zug, Switzerland, to the United States.* (The mainstream press never mentions that, either.) In other words, he has never used the pardon — perhaps because he would first have to pay up tens of millions of dollars he owes in back taxes, a condition set by Clinton. Clinton’s ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
The Seminal: This report shows that some of our country’s largest companies and federal contractors, many of which are household names, continue to use offshore tax havens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes to the U.S.
Joe Conason: If Eric Holder had simply explained to Arlen Specter the real reasons behind Clinton's pardon of Mark Rich, a lot of heads would've exploded
Donklephant: Obama flexible on Employee Free Choice Act
Political Animal: The Decider As Healer
Dispatches from the Culture Wars: ...
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The Sideshow —
... Joe Conason suggests that nobody really wants to ask the real questions about the Marc Rich pardon, because nobody really wants to hear the answer: "Still, it would have been a refreshing change from the usual confirmation minuet if instead of humbly apologizing, Holder had tartly instructed the buffoonish Specter, his fellow senators, the press, and the public about the actual circumstances of the Rich affair. He might have started with the fact that continuous lobbying on Rich's behalf from the highest Israeli leaders and their American friends -- among whom Specter no ...
