Take lobbyist money? Yes, Yes he does.

I hear the unmentionable say again and again that he's "not beholden to corporate interests and Washington lobbyists." Another example of his ability to spoonfeed shit to the American people, media, fellow Democrats--and they think it tastes like swiss cake rolls. Here's a break down of exactly how unmentionable is lying about his ties to PACs, lobbyists, etc--from Michael Dobbs' FactChecker blog at WaPo last Fall, which examined his and Edwards' claims to be above it all, etc.:

" -They still take money from state lobbyists.

-They make no attempt to distinguish between lobbyists for big corporations and lobbyists for small non-profits. They treat a lobbyist for Haliburton in the same way as a lobbyist for child poverty or cancer research.

-They accept money from former lobbyists and future lobbyists.

-As Clinton has pointed out, her rivals have no problem taking money from the people who pay the lobbyists, and give them their "marching orders." (ABC News debate, August 19, 2007.)

-They have no problem about taking money from people representing other "special interests," e.g. trial lawyers and the hedge fund industry.

So far this year, according to Opensecrets.org, Edwards has taken more than $8 million from lawyers and law firms, some of whom employ the federally-registered lobbyists whose lucre he refuses to touch. Obama is not far behind: $7.5 million. (Clinton has taken $9.2 million.)

Obama has emphasized that he does not take money from PhRMA, the powerful lobbying arm of the pharmaceutical industry. On the other hand, he does not seem to mind taking money from senior employees of PhRMA members, such as Pfizer and Eli Lilly. Campaign finance records show that he has raised about $250,000 in pharmaceutical-related contributions this year. (Clinton collected $269,000.) He has also not been averse to helping out Illinois-based pharmaceutical companies with "tariff suspensions." more

"A Thin Record For a Bridge Builder." No Shit.

We're at this point in the campaign, and a major national daily finally writes that current Senators and former colleagues in the Illinois state legislature are saying that the unmentionable has a thin record on bipartisanship, that he's unwilling to take political risks, that he's better known for his ambition than substance? Thanks Washington Post, thanks David Ignatius. I wish you had published this months ago before the unmentionablematons' music videos caused this nation (or at least this apartment) to be flooded with vomit. Fortunately, pets like to eat vomit. 

Yes, You can shove it

Thank you to Can't Fight City Hall for this post:I support Hillary Clinton, so you can take your “We are the Change we’ve been waiting for” and shove it!

Compulsive lying about NAFTA, Labor, Energy

Thanks to fleaflicker at MyDD for posting this breakdown of the unmentionable one's inconsistent positions on NAFTA, labor and energy policy.

Ready to Be Commander-in-Chief

HRC today received an endorsement from former Joint Chiefs Chairman (Bush 41, Clinton) Hugh Shelton.: "I’ve been with Senator Clinton when she has been with our military men and women," Shelton said in a statement. "I know from those experiences that she understands the demands and sacrifice of military life. I am confident she will always put the readiness and well being of our troops first. She is ready to be commander-in-chief" 

And they blamed papa Bill?

New Republic's Sean Wilentz has a new article that examines how the unmentionable's campaign injected race into the race. Like a prison wife getting his ass slammed again and again, the tards will only love him more for this, I'm sure. 

Battered wife syndrome

Todd Spivak at the Houston Press reveals how a certain Jim Jonesian presidential candidate climbed over the backs of and exploited fellow established state  legislators. Revelations include: using unknown loopholes in election law to get opponents (including established liberal community leader incumbent) thrown off of ticket so he could run unchallenged; didn't accomplish anything in first several terms, until kingmaker state senate leader attached his name as sponsor to more than 20 important bills in one year, so he could have platform of "experience" to run for US Senate; (won US Senate seat against lunatic Alan Keyes--not news, but no feat that. I'd rather vote for Keyes, myself); isn't such a nice guy when not having salad tossed by media and public; etc.