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You sound as if the concept of co-option is entirely alien to you.
NC have consistently argued that the Administration's investigation was a whitewash. Trying to tie up independent actors is entirely consistent with this being their goal.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.
by generic on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 07:45:35 AM EST
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If you use circular reasoning, everything is easy to explain. However,if you do not accept the premise that, e.g Schniederman and a career DOJ prosecutor who was entrusted with the DOMA case are stupid weak people, easily suborned by baubles or that the Administration is willing to invest enormous energy in pretending to do something (for what goal, nobody knows), then it seems like gibberish.
by rootless2 on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 10:08:51 AM EST
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The demarcation line between a reasonable argument and gibberish maps our prejudices. Funny how that works.

But seriously: Investing enormous energies into pretending to be doing something is as old as politics.

And the Administration has shown no willingness to prosecute people who matter. Yet this stance is probably not one they want to take openly when elections are coming up.
Sums up to non business meetings and institutional maneuvering.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.

by generic on Sun Jan 29th, 2012 at 06:39:40 AM EST
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fair point, but NK has alleged "kabuki" or some other form of elaborate deception steadily since 2009. Seems like it would be a lot easier to just yell than to set up a potential disaster with an angry and disappointed high profile group of AGs, no? Schneiderman points out that state law is much stronger, but the states have not had the resources - which they now do.
http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/01/schneiderman-on-the-mortgage-industry-investigation.html?u tm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/a-big-change-on-the-foreclosure-front-20120128

by rootless2 on Sun Jan 29th, 2012 at 10:43:01 AM EST
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by rootless2 on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 06:57:23 PM EST
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