Is anyone really surprised that "people who supported the president" get
something in return? As trite as it sounds, that's politics. It happens with
every administration.

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>On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins wrote:
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>> She then said something like " Well, I'm sure you understand that we want
to
>> nominate people who supported the president." I agreed. She encouraged me
>> saying that there might be an opportunity in the future. I assured her that
>> I welcomed the opportunity. End of conversation. I would have been honored
>> to serve. I didn't realize the amount of partisanship in the selection of
>> the advisory body.
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>Sounds familiar from the other side of the Atlantic.
>
>Under the last Conservative government Lady Denton, the Minister in the
>Department of Trade and Industry responsible for many hundreds of
>nominations to public bodies (which here are not subject to any sort of
>American- or French-style confirmation process) was questioned in
>Parliament about her appointments policy.  She freely admitted that she
>had "never knowingly appointed any Labour Party supporter to any
>position".
>
>Of course, these days all high profile British appointments are supposedly
>reserved for "Tony's cronies"!!
>
>
>Patrick Boylan
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