Mike McCurry & the Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party

[realFedUp]

Mike McCurry & the Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party
David Sirota

Since my upcoming book, Hostile Takeover, is a look at how both parties engage in corruption, people have asked me a lot lately for good examples of people who exactly is leading the Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party on behalf of Big Money interests. While there are certainly a lot of examples, today it seems the best example comes in the form of Mike McCurry. The former Clinton press secretary, who appears throughout the media billed as a party strategist, is now using his skills to try to destroy the Internet on behalf of the big telecom companies. That's not a surprise - McCurry is now raking in cash from those companies trying to get Congress to legalize a system that would split the Internet into two classes - big corporations that are forced to fork over cash to the telecom companies in their extortion scheme, and the rest of us. What is a surprise is how dishonest McCurry is in twisting the facts. Also shocking is how he is publishing material pushing the telecom industry's agenda without disclosing that he is making cash off his advocacy from those same telecom companies.

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[mdmc]

1. thanks for the link

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Gee! And I like McCurry.

:-(

[dchill]

3. Ditto: Thanks.

It's really important that we recognize the sleazebags who are masquerading as Democrats (unfortunately, it seems there are a lot of them.) The Sirota link is excellent, and so is the Matt Stoller article that Sirota links to:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/4/25/32523/1903

Keep up the good work, realFedUp.

[realFedUp]

5. thanks.....I'm just a messenger like a lot of us...

[dchill]

6. You're welcome,

with a kick. :)

[RufusEarl]

4. Yea, this is disturbing!

Greed is a terrible thing, and it effects both sides of the isle.