Re: Call Me A Liberal

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From: Baxter
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"gatt" <gatt@hevanet.com> wrote in message
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> "GeneK"
> > > At least we wouldn't have people like John Ashcroft.
> >
> > Don't bet on it.  "Liberal" FDR's AG Francis Biddle didn't
> > hesitate for a moment to intern thousands of Japanese Americans
> > during WWII.  Politicians are politicians, when they perceive
> > an atmosphere of panic or anger in the voters, they'll do whatever
> > the polls tell them it takes to pander to it, regardless of their party
> > affiliations or politics.
>
> Which can be further demonstrated by the fact that J Edgar Hoover was
> director of the FBI through both democrat and republican reigns in office.

That was a combination of three things:  1) blackmail, 2) trying to maintain
the FBI as non-political, and 3) deception by Hoover.

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From: "Baxter" <baxter.spamblock@baxcode.com>
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Subject: Re: Call Me A Liberal
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