When President Obama and Democrats rail about the flood of evil corporate money pouring in after the Citizens United ruling, and giving Republicans a huge advantage, the intended audience was the Democratic donor base — it was just an play to get liberals to open their wallets. But it seems much of the liberal mainstream media fell for it, too.
When liberal scribes like Thomas Frank and Jane Mayer write that libertarianism and the Tea Parties advance a "pro-corporate agenda," I always assumed that was simply uncareful phrasing. But, again, it seems lots of people believed it.
All of this evidence was out there, undermining the Obama narrative that it was him vs corporate conservatives. But Obama kept insisting on the narrative. It's finally become so preposterous. New York Times editorial page writer Eduardo Porter is shocked to notice that Obama's tale (and the New York Times' editorial page's tale) was false.
Porter writes on the growing rift between the business lobby and the conservatives: .......Porter's piece is interesting and worth reading. But it's also worth noting what he never quite comes out and writes: Becoming more conservative means moving away from the policy agenda of big business......To Read More....
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