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The "Goldman Sachs Administration" (David Duggan, USA, 12/11/18 6:07 am)

Richard Rubin, chairman of Goldman Sachs, was Clinton's second Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding political hack Lloyd Bentsen in 1995. Of course, Lloyd Bentsen beat George H. W. Bush in the 1970 Senate race in Texas, but was the 1st mate on the Titanic of the Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign of 1988. Maybe there is karma after all.

JE comments:  David Duggan writes in response to Tor Guimaraes's reference to the "Goldman Sachs Administration" of "Bush/Cheney/Obama."  David reminds us that Bill Clinton was a GS acolyte, too.  And what about Europe? 

Who can answer this naïve question:  why are political leaders so enamored of Goldman Sachs? 

"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."  Hack or not, Lloyd Bentsen left us with one of the most memorable quotes of the decade, perhaps the century.

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