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Swanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Swanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Swanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this?


Nobody is more famous than Bill Clinton for parsing his words.
But the very lame duck Ken Swanson does a mighty fine job of parsing when he answered my friend Jerry’s email about his statement in the Sun-Times about the willingness of the IEA membership to consider benefit or cost changes in our TRS plan.
Where President Ken got that message from membership is anybody’s guess.
But here’s Jerry’s email to Ken.
Ken,
On Friday, I called in to the IEA offices and sent you an email
requesting an explanation for the sudden change in the IEA policy on