Candidates for Sale: Big Business Is Making Sure It Wins the Presidency | The Smirking Chimp
Candidates for Sale: Big Business Is Making Sure It Wins the Presidency | The Smirking Chimp
Matt Taibbi wrote this very interesting piece before the elections last fall, and he seems to have hit on the exact reasons why so many people were out protesting against government bailouts last week--the hypocrisy of both the Red Team and the Blue Team:
Notice his blog's name...not exactly a Bush fan. But oddly, he seems to be anti-Tea Party, too. Could he realize that the whole thing was co-opted from the Ron Paul play book and can sense the rottenness of it all? If he was in Minnesota in September, as I see he was, my guess would be yes.
Matt Taibbi wrote this very interesting piece before the elections last fall, and he seems to have hit on the exact reasons why so many people were out protesting against government bailouts last week--the hypocrisy of both the Red Team and the Blue Team:
Obama has received more contributions from Goldman Sachs than from any other employer — more than $627,000 at this writing — not to mention $398,021 from JP Morgan Chase, $353,922 from Lehman Brothers and $291,388 from Morgan Stanley. Even among hedge-fund executives, who have an unequivocal interest in electing McCain, Obama is whipping the Republican, collecting $500,000 more than McCain. All of which begs the question: Why would corporate giants like these throw so much weight behind a man who promises to strip them of billions in tax breaks?
Notice his blog's name...not exactly a Bush fan. But oddly, he seems to be anti-Tea Party, too. Could he realize that the whole thing was co-opted from the Ron Paul play book and can sense the rottenness of it all? If he was in Minnesota in September, as I see he was, my guess would be yes.
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