Clinton Money Man In Trouble With the Feds

I guess this is the change that Democrats are hoping for with their support of Hillary Clinton. It's just more proof that Hillary represents business as usual... the same corrupt political machine. She is just the other side of the same coin. She's the status quo.... nothing even close to any kind of meaningful change. She is attached at the hip to the Washington D.C. establishment... Hillary Clinton personifies "establishment" or status quo politics more than just about any other candidate.

Hillary's coronation isn't even over yet, and we have already seen one scandal after another in this campaign cycle. First it was Norman Hsu...the fugitive donor... or "Our Friend Norman", as they like to call him.
Then she lies about what she would do regarding Iraq. Then her campaign is caught planting questions at events, and now there is Mr. Vin Gupta, another rich donor.

Her allies in the corporate media have done a good job so far in terms of playing down the stumbles and the skeletons that keep coming to light.

Democrats Square Off In Iowa for a Debate Focused On Foreign Policy

The Democratic Debate in Iowa last night was one of the best so far in terms of the format. The format this time around was much more open and flexible. This led to a lot of interesting interaction between the candidates.

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Highlights For Me

1. Sen. Chris Dodd talking about the need for public financing of campaigns.... reducing the influence of corporate interests & the media.

2. Latest polls= 3 way tie in the State....between Edwards, Obama, and Clinton.

3. Hillary Clinton getting caught in another lie... regarding her attack on Obama (about calling for no use of nukes against Al Qaeda). ABC presented video of Clinton saying essentially the same thing that Obama stated on the issue. Video is a wonderful thing :).

4. Kucinich pointing out that the Health plans from the other candidates still leave private corporate interests in control of the system.

5. Hillary Clinton lying about pulling troops from Iraq.

6. Dennis The Menace Kucinich doing a wonderful job on his lie patrol duties.... with help from Gravel. I loved when Kucinich and Obama pointed out that the time for debate was before they rubber stamped the disaster in Iraq...and not now, after almost 4000 Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqi's are dead. (not even counting the American civilian workers dead).

7. Obama talking about "experience" in terms of the Washington D.C. Status Quo; defending himself from those who think their White priviledge somehow automatically makes them geniuses on foreign policy.... the same foreign policy that got us to where we are today. The White establishment (media) seems to be asking Obama to have extra credentials to make up for his ethnicity....as if it is some kind of illness. I don't see the media challenging White politicians (from either party) the same way.... after all, these are the idiots who took this country into the disaster in Iraq.

8. Gravel calling American foreign policy "imperialism".

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Democratic Presidential hopefuls “talk loud and say nothing” as aging black leaders look on

African American Political Pundit says: Last night reminded me of the old schoool lyrics of Kurtis Blow, as all the old school black leaders and opinion makers sat and clapped for every no substance comment made by the Democrats.

You remember the lyrics: Clap your hands everybody, if you got what it takes, 'cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know that these are the breaks....

Each time I watched these opinion makers and Congressional FOX Caucus Members clap and give those hankerchief head smiles for the cameras, I expected them to follow the rest of Curtis blows lyrics, and shout out to the rest of the audience, "Throw your hands up in the sky, and wave "em" 'round from side to side, and if you deserve a break tonight, somebody say alright! (all right) Say ho-oo! (ho-oo!) and you don't stop keep on, somebody Scream!"

More - later today at African American Political Pundit