Organization: The Leader Desslok School of Diplomacy
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:43:17 EST
From: Mark 'Mark' Sachs <MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Zoe Baird, Support Her !!!!!!!!!!

In article <93022.001903KEL111@psuvm.psu.edu>, Kurt Ludwick sez:
>In article <C18EDD.5zx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu sez:
>>   Conservatives: now is the time to suppport a Clinton nominee.  Mrs. Baird
>>is a good lawyer who believes in many conservative ideas, but she is being
>>publicly lynched over a MINOR infraction.

>Sorry, no, I can't  support this.  This is just like when all those feminist
>groups supported Senator Packwood, who virtually confessed to sexual harass-
>ment, because he believed the "correct" things about women's issues.

Maybe some groups did, but all I ever saw was a universal (by women's groups,
too!) outcry against Packwood. Perhaps we read different newspapers.

>For us to support Zoe Baird would be doing essentially the  same thing.
>The situations are  not identical, but they are very similar.  I will not
>excuse someone of committing a crime just because I like what she stands for.

An admirable position. [*cough* iran-contra *cough* >:-)]

>Zoe Baird has been nominated to be the nation's chief law enforcer.  How
>credible can she be if she knowingly  breaks an immigration law for no
>reason.  (As Cokie Roberts said, she could have afforded Mary Poppins.)

I say that by Zoe Baird withdrawing we have the right thing but for the
wrong reasons. The immigration law stuff is wrong, true, but fairly trivial.
If anything it's more a symptom than an actual disease. Baird is a
corporate lawyer who has come down on the side of gigantic corporations
against the people lots of times (the most annoying incident that comes to
mind is her arguing against the whistleblower law, which is an absolutely
brilliant device for knocking some sense into assorted scummy defense
contractors who regularily overcharge the government for shoddy service.
Of course, it goes without saying that the Reagan/Bush Justice Departments
fought tooth and nail against it, but I digress.)

Er, anyway, Baird's actual positions just aren't that great. So it's a good
thing that she's gone and --

>>   Bill's next nominee will not be as conservative as Zoe Baird...

Good. I've had my fill of conservative AGs. Now that we've finally gotten
a Democrat into the White House we shouldn't have to put up with them any
more.

>I think (as one of Rush's callers theorized) that Clinton -knew- that Baird
>would not get confirmed.  He wanted to make a pretense of wanting some
>conservatism in the cabinet, so people wouldn't think he was a liberal.  He
>never intended for someone like Zoe Baird to be attorney general.  He just
>wants you to think he did.  Ingenious little ploy of his.

Brilliant conspiracy theorizing! Almost as clever as the Liberal Media
Conspiracy. I'd say that if Clinton could come up with and put into
operation a plan as Machiavellian as that and watch it come off perfectly --
well, the man must be an unparalleled political genius! Wouldn't you agree? :-)

It's a pity though. Our next AG won't have a really cool name like "Zoe".
Not only that, but _Doonesbury_ is going to have to do some hasty replotting
now (character Joanie Caucus has just been hired by her old law-school
friend Zoe Baird to work at Justice... may need some revision now...)

     "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, riddle them with bullets."
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