If Hillary Clinton is to be the Nominee, I ask for Only One Thing....

[MadBadger]

Get Rid of that slimeball Mark Penn. With the latest Mark Penn Gaffe, his working on behalf of Columbia basically, he is no friend to Democrats, is a liability as a Lobbyist, and needs to go if she is going to be our nominee.

[Mezzo]

1. I agree with you 100%. nt

:toast:

[anigbrowl]

2. I question her judgment in hiring him to start with

considering who his firm represents, what it stands for, and how much she agreed to pay him.

seriously, folks - Burson-Marsteller is one of the world's biggest PR/lobbyist firms. They are near the top of their field because they're quite happy to do PR for anything. This is the company that did PR for Union Carbide when the Bhopal spill killed thousands in Inia. They spent years doing PR for Phillip Morris, the cigarette company. They do PR for Blackwater. I don't believe that Mark Penn has somehow transformed the company into a haven for selfless idealists, or even pragmatic idealists.

They are *so* fucking shady. To me, that would be like hiring Blackwater to do all your campaign security.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Burson-Marsteller

[TML]

3. She must dump Penn first

Dump him now or no deal.

[TK421]

4. I believe if she gets the nomination, Penn IS out of the picture.....

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Penn's hiring was a 'Judgement call'

nuff said.

[joshcryer]

6. She needs to dump him after PA.

Hell she needs to dump him before but many would laugh and mock it and the MSM would eat it up. If she won PA at least she could deflect the damage.

[blm]

7. Are y'all so blind (or kind) that you don't realize that Penn is EXACTLY what the Clintons are?

When Bill was deep-sixing BCCI and CIA Drugrunning matters for Poppy Bush in the 90s, did you think he was DUPED into doing it and naive about it?

Penn IS who the Clintons are. Bushes once removed.