04/07/2008
Democratic President or Republican President, Burson-Marsteller will be with us always
If you read the paper today, you'll see that Hillary Clinton is shocked - SHOCKED - to find out that her lead pollster and political aide is taking money to support a project Hillary opposes.
Mark Penn, a duplicitous schmuck who runs a huge company called Burson-Marsteller, will leave the Clinton campaign forthwith. At least as far as the press reports. UPDATE: Penn leave the campaign? More of de treacherous BS. PLUS: How exactly did Burson-Marsteller get a whole lot of Democrats to work with the Republicans?
It can't come as any surprise that lobbyists are providing expertise, manpower, and boatloads of cash to all 3 candidates. In McCain's case, his entire campaign is run by lobbyists; his senior staff are all lobbyists. But McCain's a Republican. What else would you expect?
But Hillary? What is this company that Hillary has drawn to her bosom and suddenly rejected?
Burson-Marsteller works for anyone and everyone. They are the definition of the fixers in Washington. They were the lead company spreading BS thick and warm over the media to help Bush & his creeps launch the Iraq War, a public relations effort paid for by a whole lot of tax dollars. They currently represent Blackwater, the Imperial Presidency's Palace Guard. They maintain a separate division to start phony "grassroots" campaigns for their all-corporate client list.
Hillary knew about this, of course. It was a selling point in bringing Mark Penn into her campaign. If he could pull that off...