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Democratic Convention Hosted by Republican Donors, Anti-Obamacare Lobbyists
May 11 2016, 9:51 a.m.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTYS 2012 platform pledged to curb the influence of lobbyists and special interests. But the 2016 convention in Philadelphia will be officially hosted by lobbyists and corporate executives, a number of whom are actively working to undermine progressive policies achieved by President Barack Obama, including health care reform and net neutrality.
Some of the members of the 2016 Democratic National Convention Host Committee, whose job is to organize the logistics and events for the convention, are hardly even Democratic Party stalwarts, given that many have donated and raised thousands of dollars for Republican presidential and congressional candidates this cycle.
The composition of the 15-member Host Committee may appear out of sync with the rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but the reality is that the party, in the form of the Democratic National Committee, has moved decisively to embrace the lobbying industry. In October 2015, DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., reportedly huddled with dozens of lobbyists to plan the convention in Philadelphia, and provided the influence peddlers involved with a menu of offerings in exchange for donations. In February, news reports revealed that the DNC had quietly lifted the Obama-era ban on federal lobbyist donations to the party and convention committee.
Anna Adams-Sarthou, the communications director for the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee, wrote in an email to The Intercept that she has no concerns about lobbyists participating in the effort, because the Host Committee is a nonprofit entity that does not lobby.
https://theintercept.com/2016/05/11/lobbyists-dnc-2016-convention/
pat_k
(9,313 posts)...should be on the list of changes Bernie delegates call for at the convention.
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)chervilant
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silvershadow
(10,336 posts)chervilant
(8,267 posts)Most of them are frivolous, ridiculous alerts. You can guess who comprises the majority...
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)mooseprime
(474 posts)anymore. Let's just fuse the parties into one and call it a day. There can be an insane wing and a militarist-corporatist wing.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)we're the good guys who would eventually defeat the crazy Republicans and their corporate corruption. I never once entertained the notion that we would join forces with them.
Thank God for Bernie. He's leading our party back to the FDR days and pulling us back from the brink of this batshit crazy corruption and insanity. And I'm sure plenty of other Democrats are on Bernie's side as well. We're about ready to find out who they are.
Apparently, it took this election to spotlight just how corrupt some are, within our own party.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)I want nothing to do with a party which is indistinguishable from the Republican Party of the recent past. If Hillary Clinton and DWS are the future of the party, I'm out of here.