Kos v. Ford
A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep."Aesop
Most revolting moment: Accusing Kos of circulating anti-semitism and the writings of that awful awful woman Cindy Sheehan. (18:57-19:07)
Most fantastical moment: (1) Saying that "millions of people...subscribe to the DLC." (22:56) (No, Har, you don't have millions of subscribers, you have millions of dollars worth of corporate contributions, see blockquote, below); (2) calling the DLC an anti-establishment opponent of big money in politics. (12:32)
Most brown-noseiest moment: Addressing Markos as friend, patting him on the shoulder, making goo-goo eyes at him, calling dKos a great accomplishment. (Sure, Har, and when the cameras are off, your DLC muckety-mucks mock us as "nutroots"
Most uncomfortable moments: (1) pretending to misundertand the link between DLC Sen. Breaux' support for bush tax cuts and the decaying infrastructure caused by lack of investment in same. (10:05-10:20, 13:41-13:43) (2) When Kos interrupted one of Ford's inspiring spiels about unity to say "Stop going on Fox news to attack Harry Reid." (18:45-18:54)
Borgiest moment: Kept repeating the call for a "merging of factions." (e.g., 22:06)
Best Freudian slippery: Said the party had to attract "new investments". (8:24)
Lest we forget:
While the DLC will not formally disclose its sources of contributions and dues, the full array of its corporate supporters is contained in the program from its annual fall dinner last October, a gala salute to Lieberman that was held at the National Building Museum in Washington. Five tiers of donors are evident: the Board of Advisers, the Policy Roundtable, the Executive Council, the Board of Trustees, and an ad hoc group called the Event Committee--and companies are placed in each tier depending on the size of their check. For $5,000, 180 companies, lobbying firms, and individuals found themselves on the DLC's board of advisers, including British Petroleum, Boeing, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola, Dell, Eli Lilly, Federal Express, Glaxo Wellcome, Intel, Motorola, U.S. Tobacco, Union Carbide, and Xerox, along with trade associations ranging from the American Association of Health Plans to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. For $10,000, another 85 corporations signed on as the DLC's policy roundtable, including AOL, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Citigroup, Dow, GE, IBM, Oracle, UBS PacifiCare, PaineWebber, Pfizer, Pharmacia and Upjohn, and TRW.
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