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Posted on 09/14/2002 10:43:50 AM PDT by forest
In the midst of the midterm elections, no one is saying it yet, so I may as well be the first: The race for the White House is already heating up. Political watchers are spotting a trend.
The Democratic Party is quietly showcasing their frontrunners. And, like useful idiots, the media is helping. We should note, however, that this time, one reason the media is helping the Democrats is because they think Bush is boring. The glitzy set in Washington need invitations to formal White House functions, with all the resultant pomp and circumstance, to show themselves off. Else, they cannot justify their importance in the nation's capital. Bush is not providing these outings. Therefore, they are getting ready to unload on him.
But, back to the topic:
Certainly, the major disrupters in Congress, like Daschle and Gephardt, want a shot at the presidency. But, they know they have been relegated to but second fiddles nowadays. Al Gore wants a third shot, too, and may be allowed to at least be a starter in the race. But, in truth, the leadership of the Party of the Ass already have a very good idea which names will be on the presidential ticket for the 2004 general election. It's almost a done deal.
The Democratic Party is primarily a "pay to play" organization. That is, either a candidate has to buy the necessary political support or, in Bill Clinton's case, promise big pay-offs after getting in office. So, when we look to see who on the left has access to the most money locked up, things keep pointing back to the Clintons. Usually, anyway.
Today, we see that the obnoxious mouth of the left -- the new Sidney Blumenthal, James Carville, Lanny Davis and Paul Begala all rolled up into one insufferable persona -- is none other than a wholly owned subsidiary of the Clintons: Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe. The Clintons put McAuliffe in that position and Bill and Hillary control him just like Edgar Bergen controlled Charlie McCarthy.
Remember those recent Congressional investigations on corporate fraud? They missed the part about people like Terry McAuliffe pocketing a reported $18 million profit from a $100,000 investment -- and millions more trading Global Crossing options -- for good reason: The corporations now charged with cooperate fraud dropped big bucks into the coffers of some very influential political action committee accounts.
Among the very important benefactors were organizations founded and controlled by the Democrat Senator from Connecticut, Joseph J. Lieberman. Yeah, holy Joe, the (when convenient) Orthodox Jew, has dirty hands. We prefer to call him chameleon Joe. Remember how quickly he changed his professed political (and sometimes religious) convictions during the last campaign? A truly honorable and/or religious man would not participate in a campaign based on lies, deception, hate, and personal attacks. But Joe Lieberman did. Even on Jewish holy days.
Scratch the surface of the Democratic Party leadership and there are the same five who have been there for years: The Clintons and McAuliffe, of course. But Clinton friends Joe Lieberman and Al From pop up as prominently as red welts on a freshly caned buttock. And these five just happen to be the major proponents of "Third Way" socialism in the United States, just like their European political partners.
It starts with Lieberman's Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)(1). The DLC was founded in 1985. The past chairs include President Bill Clinton, former Rep. Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma, Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, former Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Sen. Charles Robb of Virginia and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri. Then back to Joe Lieberman, with Al From as the ever-present Chief Executive Officer.
The DLC "think tank" is the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)(2), which describes itself as a "Third Way" organization: "The Progressive Policy Institute is a catalyst for political change. Its mission is to modernize progressive politics and government for the Information Age. Leaving behind the stale left-right debates of the industrial era, PPI is a prolific source of 'Third Way' thinking that is shaping the emerging politics of the 21st century."
An offshoot of the DLC and PPI is The New Democrat Network(NDN)(3). The NDN was founded in 1996 by Senator Joe Lieberman, chairman of the DLC. The NDN "acts as a political venture capital fund to create a new generation of elected officials eager to lead the U.S. and the world into the 21st century and the Internet Age. NDN is committed to electing political leaders who are capable of realizing the great promise of the new century while ensuring that no one is left behind."
NDN has about 65 members in the House and 16 in the senate. Generally speaking, the function of the NDN is to act as the DLC's political action committee and launder soft money to favored Congressional campaign committees.
The junior Senator from New York also runs one of the richest political action committees on Capitol Hill. Like Lieberman's groups, Hillary's PAC collects money from corporations, unions and limousine liberals wanting favors in Washington and doles out the funds to the political campaigns of politicians who can later do her favors. Currently, she is buying candidates for governor and a few well placed members of Congress.
Already, at the July Democratic Leadership Conference, Hillary went into serious campaign mode criticism of President George Bush on issues including civil liberties, the economy and the budget process. Also, as many observers have quietly noticed, she appears to have abandoned Bill and teamed up with Lieberman.
So, there we have our two candidates for the Democratic Party presidential slate in 2004. The media are continually shining a favorable light on both of them. Both have been given the nod recently to give the "Democratic response" to the President's Saturday radio message and both, although practicing socialists, are already trying to be depicted by the media as "centrists."
What is yet to be determined is which one will lead the ticket. We know where we would place our bet. But, at this moment, there is no proof. So, that will have to wait.
Watch how the liberal corporate media depicts these two in the coming weeks. They are being cleaned up for the race. Then, remember who supported socialized medicine for the United States and secretively drafted a dozen enacting laws and a few hundred obnoxious regulations -- complete with an all-purpose national identification card. They were both deeply involved.
Two candidates for president; both mainline socialists. That's the Democratic Party way.
2. http://www.ppionline.org/index.cfm
The Party of the Ass already have a very good idea.
The Democratic Party is primarily a "pay to play" organization.
Today, we see that the obnoxious mouth of the left -- the new Sidney Blumenthal, James Carville, Lanny Davis and Paul Begala all rolled up into one insufferable persona -- is none other than a wholly owned subsidiary of the Clintons: Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe. The Clintons put McAuliffe in that position and Bill and Hillary control him just like Edgar Bergen controlled Charlie McCarthy.
Among the very important benefactors were organizations founded and controlled by the Democrat Senator from Connecticut, Joseph J. Lieberman. Yeah, holy Joe, the (when convenient) Orthodox Jew, has dirty hands. We prefer to call him chameleon Joe. Remember how quickly he changed his professed political (and sometimes religious) convictions during the last campaign? A truly honorable and/or religious man would not participate in a campaign based on lies, deception, hate, and personal attacks. But Joe Lieberman did. Even on Jewish holy days.
But Clinton friends Joe Lieberman and Al From pop up as prominently as red welts on a freshly caned buttock.
NDN has about 65 members in the House and 16 in the senate.
The junior Senator from New York also runs one of the richest political action committees on Capitol Hill. Currently, she is buying candidates for governor and a few well placed members of Congress.
Hillary appears to have abandoned Bill and teamed up with Lieberman.
Two candidates for president; both mainline socialists. That's the Democratic Party way.
But the first reason the media is (and always has) helping the Democrats is because the media are Democrats.
After all, isn't this why there is a FreeRepublic? Balance!
Yeah, they are, aren't they?
Something tells me that I don't have enough money to implement the things I would like to.
Within the party of the poor (that would be the Democrats, for the uninformed).
A very necessary trait of the Left. How can one be an ally of Hitler one minute, enemy the next, if one has convictions. The left is, and always has been, the political philosophy that is out for itself more than those with the courage of their convictions, usually referred to as Conservatives.
The media, like Jennings and the reporters at ABC, are more like socialist "sleeper cells", hiding in plain sight.
The only reason "Petah" backpedaled during his broadcast on the 911 anniversary was that he had blown his cover a year ago.
Gary Winnick was subpeonaed (sp?) this week. He is scheduled to appear before Tauzin's committee in a week or so.
The original Third Way guy:
Recent prominent Third Way guys:
That simile alone is reason enough not to post an article like this. It makes one wonder about the author's psyche, and that's a distraction from the argument. The logic is wrong, too. The media will support someone like Edwards who can make a pretence of being more centrist. Lieberman and Kerry will make HRC the Bella Abzug or Ramsey Clark of the campaign in an effort to appear more moderate themselves. The candidate furthest leftward rarely gets the Democratic nomination, and never wins the Presidential election.
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