The idea that slavish captives of the financial services industry-especially hypocritical, sanctimonious tools like Joe Biden, whose party affiliation might just as well read "MBNA"-can serve as tribunes of the poor is laughable on its face.
What's truly galling though is their complacency.
I can think of no better illustration of organized labor's chronic malaise than the recent vituperative op-ed piece penned by that ubiquitous snake-oil salesman-cum-minister Jesse Jackson, who had the nerve to cast the battle over whether national labor unions should continue to serve as the puppet-masters of the Democratic Party in virtually apocalyptic terms.
This from a man whose profession essentially boils down to demanding-and usually receiving-bribes from corporate boards in the form of numerical quotas for himself and his small coterie of racial hucksters and extortionists.
Anyone who believes that either he or his comrades in the Dem. Party-for example, Ted Kennedy, who was in large part responsible for the deregulation of the aviation industry-are genuine populists-instead of self-serving, parasitical leeches on the body politic-is deluding himself.
That's the problem with the Demmicans and Republicrats. It's hard to sell the activists the party line while you're voting the corporate line. There is no way in hell that the Rats OR the Pubbies can sell their hardliners that they believe voting up corporate welfare is for the good of the country, after they've burnt up the campaign trail railing against the rich and the government, respectively.
And that's why neither party worries about it. They know the other party's got their backs. Nobody has to be concerned about the perks ever stopping while the big boys keep sending the campaign checks, and the only campaign issues continue to be stupid shit like flag burning, who narked on Plame, and whether Kerry spent his Christmas in Cambodia 20 years ago.
Meanwhile, both parties agree 100% about their most important platform plank: F anyone who doesn't send us a fat check before the elections.
Good post.
Interesting article penned by Perlstine. Essentially, he's suggesting that Democrats go "poetic" or "classic" -- that that's the draw for President Bush by his supporters. The heartstring thing.
Your post points are right on target.
I'm not falling for this "public agenda" piece whatsoever. It's.. too contrived and obviously off target in numerous places. Guess the real message was in the handouts.
Bottomline, and I have to quote Rush here: Dems are still up to: How can we fool 'em today strategies. It's what they do. And therefore, believe everyone plays that way too.