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					Originally Posted by scaeagles
					
				 
				True, CP. 
 
With the former head of FEMA Michael Brown, I don't even think it was cronyism, unless cronyism is the same as a political payoff. Maybe it is.  
 
But a lot of what is or could be defined as cronyism may not be. If I am President, do I go with the people I know? I know what they are capable of, what they beleive, and if they can do the job I want for them. Or do I go with unknowns who are recommended to me? I would probably opt to go with those I knew. I think anyone would. 
			
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 I suspect Harriet Meirs may be the first Supreme Court judge whose main qualification for the post was that she gives 
good greeting card. What a suck-up.
I've no problem with what you say Scaeagles- to a large degree it's true. The problem is that one is likely to find themselves surrounded by sycophants rather than qualified people.