-Caveat Lector- PARDONS PAVING WAY FOR PICKING POCKETS Sunday,January 21,2001 By STEVE DUNLEAVY "TO err is human, to forgive is divine." Now whatever sunshine boy said that didn't have the unhealthy cynicism that daunts so many of us. I look with jaundiced eye at the pardons granted by Bill Clinton. OK, his brother Roger, who did 18 months for pushing cocaine. Now giving Roger a pardon means he can vote. Good old boy Rog who wants to make it in Hollywood and loves to go to topless bars, wouldn't vote at a dog show. But, fair enough if you can't give your brother a pardon, who can you pardon? And then there was Susan McDougal, who was up to her ears in the turbulent rapids of Whitewater. She did 21/2 years, kept her mouth shut, didn't rat out Clinton and was a stand-up broad. Yeah, I can see that pardon. But now the cynicism. Patty Hearst pardoned? After she became one of the most spectacular fugitives of the century she suddenly became a footnote to history. And believe me, that's the way she wanted it. And if you ask people on the street, sure they would know who Patty Hearst is, but a question mark would cross their faces if you said she had been pardoned. What? Why? When? How? And who cares? OK, another name. Marc Rich, not a name with the same resonance of familiarity as Patty. Marc who? Well, back in 1983 he fled to Meggen, Switzerland, where he lived in luxurious exile. He flew the coop after then-federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani nailed him on 51 counts of racketeering, wire fraud and income-tax evasion to the tune of $48 million, then the biggest tax dodge in history. He comfortably stared out of FBI wanted posters which fazed him naught as he continued to make his fortunes as a financier and commodities trader as brilliant as few had ever seen on Wall Street. All right, the crunch. So why are Patty Hearst and Marc Rich so significant in Bill's list of largesse? Simply put, Patty Hearst is the heiress of the staggering Hearst fortune. And Marc Rich, whether hiding in Switzerland or walking free on Wall Street, all he has to do is look at a tree to turn it into gold. Marc's former wife, Denise, in the past five years has been one of the biggest Democratic fund-raisers in the country. Bill doesn't need campaign money now even though Barbra Streisand and Hollywood would happily pony up. But Hillary sure as hell does. Cynical? Heck no. Right now there are already campaign chests being filled for Hillary's political ambitions even before she's warmed the seat on the Senate floor. Hello, Mark, come in from the cold, good to see you, Patty, but it's going to cost you down the road. Twenty-four hours after Clinton pulled his own cut-and-run gig, he hogged the cameras after yesterday's inauguration, which prompted commentator Fred Barnes to say on Fox television: "It gave rich new meaning to self-indulgence." Clinton, who hung around for more than an hour, posing and shaking hands at Andrews Air Force Base before flying to New York, said: "I'm leaving the White House but I'm still here." And then more telling: "You've got a senator here who will be a voice for you." Money is the root of all political lust, and as I look into that beautifully clear crystal ball, you know that already the tapping of the fat cats like lawbreakers Patty Hearst and Marc Rich is a perfectly drawn blueprint for a heist of the pocket. A huge campaign chest for Hillary's presidential campaign in 2004, getting money, like her husband from wherever she can - you bet you can see it, walking down the Midtown tunnel at midnight and blindfolded. kk================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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