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I want Hillary Clinton to be the next president (because she takes the lead on policies like these ). But I harbor no illusions that she is a “change” candidate. Two recent stories only serve to confirm this. Both leave me a with a bad taste in my mouth…metallic, like money. Like lots of corporate money given to Clinton and her advisors. As Barbara at MahaBlog notes, big money has been edging over to Democrats recently (be sure to read Paul Krugman’s column here).
But Hillary’s fake farmer lunch kind of takes the cake. ABC’s Jake Tapper
writes of an upcoming Clinton campaign briefing for “Rural Americans.” The catch is it’s being held at Monsanto’s Washington, DC lobbying firm.
You read that right: Monsanto, about which there are serious questions about its culpability regarding 56 Superfund Sites, wanton and "outrageous" pollution, and the decidedly unkosher (and quite metaphoric) genetically-bred "Superpig."
…A company that the website "Ethical Investing" labels "the world's most unethical and harmful investment."…
eRiposte has a wonderful analysis of the truth behind concerns Hillary is too corporate a candidate: it's not that simple. And the farmer thing isn't that simple: who is a real farmer these days? Probably more agri-businesses than family farms.
But Karita, on the John Edwards blog and MyDD, has had enough:
“Who needs the Republican Party when we have such Democrats as Hillary Clinton? or K Street comes courting and Hillary falls for it big time. “
And Granny Helen notes : "You can't take big money and expect big change. Vote John Edwards."
Betsy at Be-Think has an image of the invite- it looks like Christmas has come early for Edwards!
Ex-Clintonister Dick Morris reported Tuesday Clinton mega-adviser Mark Penn’s allegation that “presidential campaigns are good for business," meaning Penn's day job as CEO of firm/lobbying firm Burson Marsteller. This is really vile. And dumb: why would Penn write such a thing?
Fine, big deal. Washington as usual. But Senator Clinton, don't try to fool us with a slogan like, "Ready for Change, Ready to Lead." This insults our intelligence and probably the corporations don't like it much either.
