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By Richard Fernandez on Uncategorized
Who's looking forward to the next four years? "Three former political radicals" predicted the rebirth of social activism in America at an art gallery gathering. They were Jamal Joseph, Tom Hayden and Bernardine Dohrn. The New York Times quotes them as saying "we're fine and really eager to resume our normal lives." Not that there was anything ever wrong with their normal lives. Dohrn, the former founder of the Weather Underground said they were "definitely not now, or then, terrorists." For them, there was nothing in the past to apologize for, and everything to look forward to. They said the new President would be a "benefactor of [the antiwar movement's] transformations and an "inspiration for social movements".
The NYT looks at another winner: Jamie Gorelick is described as being in the running for the post of Attorney General. She used to work as "Ms. Gorelick would also bring corporate experience to an Obama administration at a time of financial crisis. … Vice chairwoman at Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage lender, where she was paid a reported $25.6 million in salary and other compensation from 1998 to 2003. She went on to join the Washington law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr as a partner, where she has represented a range of clients, including Duke University in defending claims brought against it by some of its lacrosse players in a highly publicized rape investigation. She was a Democratic appointee on the 10-member commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks."
Congratulations. Whoever said everyone's a winner knows some winners are winninger than others. |
