Here, from Thom Hartmann, are some interesting bits of audio that make it pretty clear that the Obama/Clinton rift is highly pleasing to some very powerful entities.
First, it's highly pleasing to the GOP--as well it should be, not only because it works to their advantage, but because the GOP itself has helped create the civil war now tearing up the Democrats. As several recent items have made crystal clear, Rush Limbaugh helped get out the vote in Texas and Ohio, so as to give a boost to Clinton and prolong the agony. And, thanks to Thom, we can now hear from Michael Reagan that the GOP does not want anyone to talk about the matter. (Reagan made this point, of course, off-camera.)
And the Obama/Clinton rift is also very pleasant to at least one sector of "the liberal media." Thanks to Chris Matthews' big mouth, we now know that his bosses are enjoying the Democratic Party's agony as much as Rush does.
Perhaps it's only that they like the brawl because it makes for lots of "drama," and, therefore, higher ratings and more advertising dollars. Or maybe it's because GE, a mammoth weapons manufacturer, has a vested interest in the war, which Bomb-Bomb would prolong forever (and no doubt extend as well). Let us not forget what happened on Election Night 2000, when
"Neutron Jack" Welch, GE's CEO, barged into the studios of NBC News, demanding that they second FOX's (bogus) claim that Bush won Florida.
It's a combination that would tickle Mussolini. So it's not enough to say that it spells trouble for the Democratic Party--for that party has, of course, done absolutely nothing to confront the far right and/or question corporate power. It's not, in short, the leading Democrats, but We the People who are most at risk because of GE/GOP and its mammoth cohorts in the media
and all throughout the world economy.
MCM
Mark's new book, Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008, a collection 14 essays on Bush/Cheney's election fraud since (and including) 2000, is just out, from Ig Publishing.
He is also the author of Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform,
which is now out in paperback from Basic Books, with over 100 pages of new material.
He may be reached through his blog at markcrispinmiller.com. A movie based on his
off-Broadway show, A Patriot Act, is available on DCD at www.patriotnation.com.
there lies the problem: relying on corporate funded democrats OBAMA/CLINTON to save us from the big bad neo-cons. It will never happen, they will continue to sell us down the river. There are 35,000 lobbyist in Washington, bro.
Your duty as a citizen of this republic is not being fulfilled at the ballot box wether you vote republican or democrat. It's time for new parties & publicly funded elections, for more on how to end the two party system & the third party myth- you are invited to a frank discussion at: www.votestrike.com
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chris rice (59 articles, 40 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 164 comments)
on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 10:19:54 AM
And until we redefine some of the terminology - "framing" - the bushit will go on...
Some terms to redefine: Who are the real terrorists?
The real terrorists are: Halliburton and KBR (& Custer Battles and the rest of the MIC "Murder For Hire" Profiteers)
The real terrorists are those mega corporations who employ the 35,000 lobbyists on K street who have corrupted and destroyed the democratic (small "d") process.
The real terrorists are Diebold (for example) who rigs their election machinery to control the outcome of phony elections!
The real terrorists are the folks who are cooking and serving this whole phony election charade.
They don't believe in democracy or the traditional values of the USA.
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mrk * (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 295 comments)
on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 3:52:04 PM
for the foreign money power. In the same way that Vanderbilt was an agent. GE was simply a front.
Agents prove that they willing to sell out their countrymen, and with almost unlimited financing, they proceed to buy up independent companies [called consolidations or mergers] and turn them into foreign-owned plantations. The following link is the breakdown of General Electric:
Warren Buffett is also simply an agent. Where to you think his almost unlimited funds to acquire 42 companies came from? That's also why he must leave almost all of his "fortune" to a foundation, which allows those who financed him continued control. It'll be dispersed in their own sweet time.
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Edward Ulysses Cate (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 217 comments)
on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 4:52:49 PM
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