But this is no banana republic, where genuine opposition leaders are shot and crusading newspaper publishers disappear. The election may have been stolen, but our civil liberties are intact. Imagine if circumstances were reversed. Say Al Gore prevailed in the Florida recount and won narrowly and Republicans have good reason to believe the election was stolen. Now, Gore is appointing a government.
Moderates get key foreign policy jobs.
But attorney general goes to Harvard liberal Laurence Tribe. Friends of the Earth picks the interior secretary. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is named secretary of labor. Liberal groups are ecstatic. Not on your life.