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...gratuitous dig at the Deavers merits similar dismissal. Mrs. Deaver has not been accused by anyone of using her influence with her husband to further her own interests or that of her PR firms' clients. Nevertheless, even though no conflict of interest exists, Mrs. Deaver is somehow "wrong" to accept good pay for her public relations work. Moreover, the meaningless charge that she is "unqualified" for PR (should she have gone to PR school?) is similar to charges brought against Meese--that he is unworthy of the Attorney Generalship, not prepared for or knowledgeable enough about the job. Again, such...
...final disturbing facet of the majority opinion is its vague notion that Administration officials (and their family members, too) should not make outside income, even if it's completely legal and conflicts with nothing in their official lives. Deaver is only the latest in a long line of both executive and legislative leaders in recent years, of all ideological stripes, who have made the perfectly reasonable decision that federal office is not financially viable. (One has to wonder about Geraldine Ferraro's present feelings along this line.) Washington is an expensive city; the long-term consequences for our political leadership...
...occasion for this finger-pointing is the wholesale personnel shuffle in the White House in the past week. With James Baker, the chief of staff, and Donald Regan, the Treasury Secretary, swapping places, and Ed Meese headed for Justice and Mike Deaver out of the Administration, all bets are off on the ideological chemistry of the second Reagan term. But what cries out, largely unsuccessfully, for comment is the new resonance these moves give to the unpleasant principle expressed by too many members of the Administration--that it is okay to use public office for personal gain...
...Mike Deaver has lost 45 Ibs., and James Baker has shed about 600 hairs. Ed Meese has picked up some of Deaver's pounds but none of Baker's hair. The Reagan Cabinet has gained two women and is a little more mellow, but it still has the same jar for its weekly dole of jelly beans...
...Venetian-style Christmas fete attracted a classic "interesting Washington mix": diplomats (Nepalese Ambassador Bhekh Thapa), members of Congress (Senators John Tower and Sam Nunn), name journalists (Columnist Mary McGrory), plus the Reaganaut social front line (Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and Wife Ursula, along with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and Wife Carolyn). The White House group often favors its own small huddle, reinforcing a persistent suspicion that Reagan's aides prefer one another's company to that of anyone else...