Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tom Daeschle, not a Blue Dog, just dog shit
From Swampland:
Sounds like tough-talk from a man who was introduced on the show as "former Senate majority leader Democrat Tom Daschle, an informal adviser to the White House and author of 'Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.' " Left unmentioned was the fact that Daschle, in his capacity as a high-paid consultant at the law firm Alston and Bird, is once again working closely with lobbyists for UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. industry player, aiding the company's effort to convince moderate Senate and House Democrats to, among other things, kill the public option and keep company profits high.The insurance companies must have been pissed off when the GOP found Tom's tax problems and blocked his appointment to HHS. He was the perfect mole.
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