If I had a bowl of skittles and told you just 3 will kill you?
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What kind of criticism did President Kennedy face when he appointed his brother Robert as Attorney General?
Nothing JFK couldn't deflect with a joke...
"I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law."
Behind the scenes, there was some opposition due to his lack of experience in a courtroom. The Senate was opposed. The New York Times lambasted the idea, explaining, “It is simply not good enough to name a bright young political manager…to a major post in the government”
In the end, according to Bobby Baker, a key aide to LBJ, there was heavy opposition in the Senate and if it was a recorded member by member vote it was not passed. He he was able to influence Senator Richard Russell of Georgia to go with an easier 'voice vote.'
"Get enough bourbon in him," LBJ advised, "he gets more reasonable"
Russell agreed, partially to save LBJ embarrassment within the administration if his members didn't go a long.
Nothing about, "More of OUR people will die if we bring them here"? (Not to mention the cost to tax payers for their support.)
well that's it
Liberals like to put other people's lives at risk if it means they get to signal their virtue and appear virtuous
Remember how Christ said practice good works in secret ? Those who give publicly do it for public recognition.