All of us "progressives" (i.e. non-communist supporters of the lower and middle classes) sure are happy to see Democrats in such a strong position. But that doesn't mean we've got nothing to worry about. Take this article, published originally in the Nation and reposted by CommonDreams.org. It's been in the news for months that corporate money was being drawn from the Republicans to the Democrats seemingly by osmosis. Fortune even listed Hillary as being the top recipient of any candidate of any party at the start of the primaries. However, this is the first article I've seen that asks the question of what this will cost us. How good can it be to have the Dems as deep in corporate pockets as Neo-cons?
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Date: June 10, 2008 1:27:08 PM EDT
Subject: Bluewashing: Corporate Money Tries to Buy a Democratic Race
Source: CommonDreams.org » Headlines07
We all know about greenwashing, the term activists developed to describe deceptive corporate practice of claiming that self-serving policies and harmful products are somehow good for the environment. Well, perhaps in this year of political change, when polls suggest that Democrats ranks will swell in the House and Senate, it is time to come up [...]
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