Managing The News For Hillary's Sake - What the media didn't tell you about Hillary and the DLC...

theOneRepublic Journal ^ | 8/22/05 | Noel Sheppard

[ParsifalCA]

One hot and humid weekend this past July, America's leading Democrats -- including some of the early favorites for their party's 2008 presidential nomination such as Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), Governor Tom Vilsack (D-IA), and Governor Mark Warner (D-VA) -- gathered in Columbus, Ohio at a conference hosted by the centrist Democratic Leadership Council.

Predictably, the press had a hard time controlling its glee when Senator Clinton was announced as the point-person to lead the DLC's new political offensive -- code name "American Dream Initiative" -- to define the party's agenda for 2006 and 2008.

As Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times put it:

The appointment solidified the identification of Clinton, once considered a champion of the party's left, with the centrist movement that helped propel her husband to the White House in 1992. It also continued her effort, which has accelerated in recent months, to present herself as a moderate on issues such as national security, immigration and abortion.

Unfortunately, Mr. Brownstein -- much like the rest of the mainstream print media as far as I can tell -- chose not to be completely honest with his readers -- or the American public for that matter -- concerning just how far to the right Mrs. Clinton was going by affiliating herself with this organization, and, maybe most important, what was actually in this "Dream Initiative"[more]

[EagleUSA]

Nice try MSM. "Hillary, the CENTRIST"....

Yeah, like KARL MARX, the CENTRIST....

The BIG LIE just moves forward as predicted.

[thoughtomator]

Um... with the exception of the military recruitment part, that is not a right wing, or even a centrist agenda. It is a left wing agenda that uses traditionally right wing methods. As an example, a $3k/yr. tax break on college tuition is not a tax break. It's a subsidy to universities (and quite a substantial one, at that - assuming we have 10 million college students in the US that works out to $30 billion. The rest of the agenda is more of the same.

[Bon mots]

Centrist? Who do they think they are fooling!?!?

[Michael.SF.]

After all, it certainly won't be easy for Senator Clinton to win re-election in liberal New York in 2006, or to garner enough delegates to capture her party's presidential nomination in 2008, if she runs on a platform to increase the size of our military, assure college access to military recruiters, cut a variety of taxes, and reduce the number of federal government employees.

The article need to be read to understand the point made. They are covering Hillary's enormous behind, rather than have her lose momentum.

[Bon mots]

Oh, and don't get in Hillary's way. Unless you want to take an Arkansas Dirt Nap.



The MSM should look into Vince Foster's very mysterious murder. Then they'll have a Hillary and Bubba story worth printing.

[absolootezer0]

i think you typo'ed on the title, shouldn't it read "mangling the news for hillary's sake?"

[expatpat]

Has DU posted this agenda yet?

[snowrip]

The dims picked an apt name for their newest load of dogsplatter... They're "Dream"ing if they think the American people will buy it.