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54. Wow so Joe Conason is ripping off Ariana Bermanington now (nt)
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  -Must read from Salon's Joe Conason: Hillary Clinton's Labor Problem flpoljunkie  Jun-16-07 10:04 AM   #0 
  - First the Nation - now Salon - resort to crap about a pollester joining a company 18 months ago as  papau   Jun-16-07 10:30 AM   #1 
  - The fact that Joe Conason is writing this means something. He is not a Clinton basher.  flpoljunkie   Jun-16-07 11:03 AM   #2 
  - I suspect the un-named union source are the anti-Hillary folks - but until the Nation egged them  papau   Jun-16-07 12:03 PM   #14 
  - Is it possible for any Clinton supporter to answe a question...  jackbourassa   Jun-16-07 03:00 PM   #43 
  - More from the article on CEO Penn's firm's "labor relations" work...  flpoljunkie   Jun-16-07 03:48 PM   #46 
  - Penn has been known as a very anti-union, pro-war consultant for a long time  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 11:04 AM   #3 
  - I was told that and researched it - not one item came up that suggested Penn was anti-union n/t  papau   Jun-16-07 11:28 AM   #5 
  - Did you even read the OP? That certainly suggests Penn is anti-union.  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 12:04 PM   #15 
     - He is 18 months in a new job re activities that occurred at the contract renewal in 2003-your point?  papau   Jun-16-07 02:25 PM   #40 
  - The same kind of hacks who have no problem profiteering from NAFTA  kenzee13   Jun-16-07 12:02 PM   #13 
  - Joe Conason is the author of "The Hunting of the President"-- about the Right Wing Conspiracy  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 11:08 AM   #4 
  - The facts he hangs the story on are the two letters to the Clinton campaign - there does not  papau   Jun-16-07 12:07 PM   #17 
     - No, the fact he hangs the story on is the fact that Penn was CEO of a union-busting PR firm  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 12:13 PM   #19 
        - That's the way I read it, too.  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 12:25 PM   #24 
        - Penn remains CEO - recused from all but Microsoft contract duties - 18 months as CEO and what "union  papau   Jun-16-07 12:36 PM   #28 
           - Conason's response on Burson-Marsteller CEO Penn's "recusal..."  flpoljunkie   Jun-16-07 01:30 PM   #33 
              - he loses any revenue from that account - as I said Conason thinks Karl Rove showed us how  papau   Jun-16-07 02:00 PM   #38 
                 - Conason questions whether he loses revenue from the account. You have information otherwise?  flpoljunkie   Jun-16-07 03:40 PM   #45 
  - if you are for working families  bedpanartist   Jun-16-07 11:30 AM   #7 
  - I would kill myself before voting for another Clinton  bedpanartist   Jun-16-07 11:33 AM   #8 
  - and I am a non-union worker and I agree with you  MissWaverly   Jun-16-07 11:52 AM   #11 
  - The Clintons?  LeFleur1   Jun-16-07 12:22 PM   #23 
     - Hillary was First Lady the same as Eleanor  MissWaverly   Jun-16-07 12:37 PM   #29 
        - he even advertised her as a 2 for 1 deal  bedpanartist   Jun-16-07 01:20 PM   #32 
           - yes, I believe that she had a major hand in setting policy  MissWaverly   Jun-16-07 01:36 PM   #35 
  - I have to say I agree with you.  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 12:20 PM   #22 
  - Thanks TC  Donna Zen   Jun-16-07 09:58 PM   #51 
  - Lawyers think that they know everything, from purchasing and setting  amandabeech   Jun-16-07 12:34 PM   #27 
  - Sweeny, Stern, Hoffa, and Raynor aren't names? They are cited  kenzee13   Jun-16-07 11:59 AM   #12 
     - She hired a polster and framer of issues that is a very strong Democrat.  papau   Jun-16-07 12:09 PM   #18 
     - She hired a pollster that wants Democrats to be more like Republicans n/t  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 12:19 PM   #21 
        - Bingo. Ain't THAT the truth!  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 12:26 PM   #25 
        - What a great analysis - now Obama'a advisors favoring destroying Social Security means Obama wants  papau   Jun-16-07 12:46 PM   #31 
        - I'm not in either camp. I don't like Clinton at all, and I'm beginning to feel some disaffection  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 01:35 PM   #34 
        - I support all our candidates - and my heros like Krugman and Conason on occasion can  papau   Jun-16-07 02:14 PM   #39 
        - The people a candidate has on their payroll are fair game...  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 01:42 PM   #36 
           - No one is saying Mark Penn is a hack - indeed he is one of the best - if not the best n/t  papau   Jun-16-07 02:27 PM   #41 
              - I am saying he is a hack...  MN Against Bush   Jun-16-07 05:28 PM   #47 
                 - Penn was hired by Lieberman for President 2004 as its pollster/adviser- to frame and sell Lieberman'  papau   Jun-16-07 07:34 PM   #48 
        - well, he has to fit in with the rest of her organization  Capn Sunshine   Jun-16-07 07:38 PM   #49 
     - here is the Hoffa & Raynor letter (that references the Nation story) - the game  papau   Jun-16-07 12:16 PM   #20 
  - Conason is the soul  disndat   Jun-16-07 11:29 AM   #6 
  - I absolutely agree.  Totally Committed   Jun-16-07 12:28 PM   #26 
  - Indeed ... it's 'Clinton service'  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-16-07 12:44 PM   #30 
  - Thanks for posting this. Conason is a "straight shooter."  jefferson_dem   Jun-16-07 11:43 AM   #9 
  - I've always admired Conason's writing  Tellurian   Jun-16-07 11:48 AM   #10 
  - Anyone who "respects" union busting is no friend of Labor or any working  kenzee13   Jun-16-07 12:07 PM   #16 
     - Any potential negotiation between two parties  Tellurian   Jun-16-07 01:57 PM   #37 
        - I'm afraid that I lack your faith in either  kenzee13   Jun-16-07 02:37 PM   #42 
           - So, your problem is a Leap of Faith?  Tellurian   Jun-16-07 03:21 PM   #44 
              - This is logical  Capn Sunshine   Jun-16-07 07:44 PM   #50 
  - penn has been with the Clintons since 95. he was instrumental in making policy pro corporate  illinoisprogressive   Jun-16-07 10:10 PM   #52 
  - Conason: Even the lunchboxes at the DLC conferences display corporate logos  flpoljunkie   Jun-18-07 12:09 PM   #53 
  - Wow so Joe Conason is ripping off Ariana Bermanington now (nt)  rinsd   Jun-18-07 12:18 PM   #54 
 

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