The GOP’s Dubious Populism
- The more that Republicans claim to change, the more they remain the same. The more they wrap themselves in dubious populism, the more they will defend the wealthy and powerful, without respect to national sovereignty and the national interest.
- Populism is Not a Style, It's a People's Rebellion Against Corporate Power
- How America's Demented Politics Let the GOP Off the Hook for Their Giant Mess
Joe Conason, Truth Dig
The most revealing moments in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address were not in his remarks, but the reaction to them by those listening on the Republican side of the aisle.
When he proposed to recover a “financial responsibility fee”—in plainer English, a bank tax—from the largest and most heavily leveraged Wall Street firms, the Republicans sat on their hands and scowled, while Democrats cheered and whistled. And when he warned that the Supreme Court’s latest decision would open the political process to mega-corporations and their foreign owners, the Republicans were so enraged that they have since accused him of lying.
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Sen. Tarryl Clark: Bachmann the populist? Beware ... Tarryl Clark, Star Tribune | MN
The congresswoman's position on Wall Street reform is good for, well, the congresswoman and Wall Street.
Populism is Not a Style, It's a People's Rebellion Against Corporate Power, Jim Hightower, Common Dreams
When I lived in Washington, DC, in the 1970s, I got a call from a friend of mine who worked for the Congressional Research Service--a legislative agency that digs up facts, prepares briefing papers, and otherwise does research on any topic requested by members of Congress.
Bill Moyers & Thomas Frank: How America's Demented Politics Let the GOP Off the Hook for Their Giant Mess, Bill Moyers Journal, PBS, in AlterNet
Bill Moyers interviews Thomas Frank on how our short attention span has allowed conservatives to escape blame for their role in the economic meltdown.
