He is the guy who said we were in "Desert Storm" for "JOBS.!!" And that was
widely reported at the time.
Gene Coyle
Jim Devine wrote:
> At 11:42 AM 11/13/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Anybody else find it _spooky_ that James Baker III is quarterbacking the
> >Bush manuevers? Wasn't he the guy [not some son of a guy] who received
> >stolen Carter briefing books from William Casey in the 1980
> >elections? Wasn't he the guy who authorized the Glaspie wink to Saddam for
> >the invasion of Kuwait? Is there some kind of media blackout on Baker's
> >own past that contrasts oddly with the spotlight on Daley's patrimony?
>
> if he's the guy (and I believe he is), those facts are not part of the
> official canon. And if it's not part of the official canon, it's not true
> as far as the media are concerned.
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
