HILLARY SPEAKS TO CORPORATE WHORES IN DENVER, BILL SPEAKS FOR A CORPORATE WHORE IN CONNECTICUT... CLINTON NAME IS TARNISHING RAPIDLY

Steve Soto over at The Left Coaster had a great analysis of Hillary's address at the political prostitution convention in Denver today. Laying out what is presumably here 2008 domestic policy agenda, the DLC's "American Dream Initiative." Steve points out some of the points that are missing from the DLC initiative (worked on for a year by Team Clinton). Never mentioned:

• protecting Social Security;
• never mentions eliminating the Medicare Part D donut hole or HMO subsidies;
• never mentions immigration reform or infrastructure investments;
• never mentions preserving the environment;
• never mentions election reform and civil rights;
• never mentions privacy rights or choice;
• never mentions public financing of congressional campaigns, and
• never mentions expanding health insurance coverage to uninsured adult Americans.

In other words, it sounds like a DLC script for Clinton to run as a GOP-lite candidate that would leave millions of voters not knowing the difference between the parties while giving seniors and the rest of our base no good reason to come out and vote.  And this is just on domestic policy.  I guess we shouldn't be "dreaming" about these issues.

No wonder the male Clinton is in Connecticut today campaigning for DLC icon, Joe Lieberman. I'm sure Jane will have a blow by blow on Firedoglake momentarily, meanwhile... there's this.


MONDAY NIGHT: BIG DOG'S LIEBERMAN RALLY WAS A BIT OF A NON-EVENT

Tuesday's Washington Post refers to the desperate bid by the DLC Establishment to stave off ignominious defeat August 8 as "a rescue effort disguised as a rally", with personable-but-mediocre ex-president Bill Clinton as the head cheerleader.

From all reports, Clinton's defense of Lieberman was... lackluster and unremarkable. But Lieberman made the most he could out of it. The Post points out that he "angered many Democratic voters, the polls show, by announcing three weeks ago that if he loses the primary to Lamont, he will file for reelection as an independent. Much of the night's program was a defense of Lieberman's Democratic credentials."

There is a great deal of speculation that Clinton-- who, like his wife, has already announced that he will support Lamont if when he beats Lieberman in the primary in 2 weeks-- agreed to speak at the Lieberman attempted-rehabilitation session today only if Lieberman promised to not run if when he loses to Lamont. We'll see. Clinton did say "I have nothing against Joe's opponent. He has a right to run."