QUOTABLE QUOTE
"Let me explain [why Al Gore got the AFL-CIO endorsement]... It's real
simple. The unions need the Justice Department intact, with Al Gore running
it. Because it has become the Obstruction of Justice Department. There
are a bunch of trials involving union officials and corruption that have
been put off or dismissed...because the corrupt Justice Department...
[W]hat did Al Gore have to do to get this endorsement? Real simple: He had to promise John Sweeney that the Justice Department under his administration would no longer pursue any of these charges against corrupt union officials, like Arthur Coia, Terry McAuliffe -- the Clinton's home financier and other things... If somebody else gets hold of that Justice Department -- especially a Republican administration -- then all these cases are likely to be tried and a lot of people are going to be found guilty...
[I]t's all about making sure these union guys don't get convicted of anything...and Gore had to promise that the Justice Department would remain business-as-usual under his leadership... And that's why people are selling their souls, because [they have] about been caught, the Justice Department has prevented them from being nailed, and they think a Gore Justice Department will continue that business-as-usual."
- Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Oct. 13, 1999, 12:09 EST.
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