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>"Great, retain a Chicago politician so you know you'll get the answer you're paying for." Normally I don't care, but because I'm from Chicago and am officiall
by selectodude 10y ago
>"Great, retain a Chicago politician so you know you'll get the answer you're paying for."
Normally I don't care, but because I'm from Chicago and am officially very touchy about all the abuse the city catches, I'd like to correct the record as Eric Holder is from New York.
- brown9-2 10y agoand has never run for elected office.
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- danso 10y agoBut Attorney General is a political position, e.g. appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the U.S. President.
- jjaredsimpson 10y agoSo is Administrator of NASA. I don't think being appointed AG makes you a politician.
- abtinf 10y ago"You think – excuse me – if you’ll pardon me – do you think American Presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? You know, I think you’re taking a lot of things for granted. Just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us ? Well, I don’t even trust you to do that." -Milton Friedman
- spraak 10y agoIt sounds like they're using 'Chicago politician' as a character description (valid or not). Similar to how people might use Nazi (e.g. Grammar Nazi, or "You're such a Nazi!") etc.
- monksy 10y agoI've also heard that he puts ketchup on his hotdog.
- dpweb 10y agoAgree. I've lived both places. Clearly, NYC has more slippery characters. /bash