rcd@opus.UUCP (07/03/84)
In an action which could best be described as a brash political statement,
President Reagan appointed Anne Burford to an advisory committee on
environmental matters pertaining to the oceans and atmosphere. Burford
(nee Gorsuch) was head of the EPA, appointed by Reagan, a while back. She
was forced to resign under heavy criticism of her policies and actions in
the EPA post. Notably, she took flak from both sides for actions that were
allegedly often inconsistent, contradictory, and unpredictable.
Reagan has made it clear by this latest appointment that he isn't going to
be influenced by national opinion very much in his appointments. He has
used the Burford appointment as a show of force - a sort of political
muscle-flexing, indicating that he understands all too well the fact that
it would be hard for him to make a big enough blunder to lose in November.
(Of course, this situation has been well helped along by the Democratic
cosmic wimpout in the Presidential race.)
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...Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.