I guess I can finally stop feeling like Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

It's NOT all in my head!

this link is about Obama, Rubin, the Hamilton Project,Goldman etc.

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/17981
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Oh sure, the group claims it is going to look at critical issues like income inequality – but you can be sure they will look at that issue without looking at issues like "free" trade that are fueling that inequality. Because make no mistake about it – this move today is nothing more than the beginning of a frontal attack by Corporate America on the progressive movement, using the Democratic Party as an all-too-transparent cloak of legitimacy

Thanks to amborin for posting this link in another thread

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Here is the link to Part 2 in case you missed it.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/17984

[defendandprotect]

1. We have to overturn the trade agreements . . .

[progressoid]

2. NAFTA, HCR, DADT, DOMA, TARP, Afghanistan, etc. etc. etc.

Progressives (and most of America for that matter) have been getting the shaft for a long time.

[chill_wind]

3. K & R. You are in a vast lot of company, Phoebe, I think.

( Those of us repeatedly questioning our own sanity for too long..)

It's good to be done with that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=50030&mesg_id=51329

"Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury, our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East. Brand Obama is about being happy consumers. We are entertained. We feel hopeful. We like our president. We believe he is like us. But like all branded products spun out from the manipulative world of corporate advertising, we are being duped into doing and supporting a lot of things that are not in our interest."

"… The Obama campaign was named Advertising Age’s marketer of the year for 2008 and edged out runners-up Apple and Zappos.com. Take it from the professionals. Brand Obama is a marketer’s dream. President Obama does one thing and Brand Obama gets you to believe another. This is the essence of successful advertising. You buy or do what the advertiser wants because of how they can make you feel ."

(from the second link)

Thank you and amborin for highlighting these series.

Also recommend amborin's link in a couple other threads re: Melissa Bean's backers.

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/18369

A lot of Sirota in those articles, from way, way back. Turns out he doesn't miss much.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. I noticed how on top of things Sirota was/is

I always thought he was good, but he's better than I even realized. Maybe Progressives will get another good prominent voice now that he actually has a mainstream radio show in a fairly large population center.

[branders seine]

4. the DLC-blue dog-corpo-dems are the problem,

not the solution for what ails America.