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Friday, January 31, 2014

'Populist' Obama Pushes Corporatist Policies

Democrats this week are trying to claim the populist ground for the 2014 elections, with President Obama's State of the Union Address as the centerpiece of this effort.

Meanwhile, Obama and his party are showering corporate welfare on the likes of Boeing, Aetna, and possibly billionaire Obama fundraiserWarren Buffett.

The Democrats’ populist posturing is mostly a cynical election-year play to distract from the corporatism that defines Obamanomics.

In a State of the Union preview in the Washington Post, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel was quoted as saying, “This campaign is going to be about who's on your side. On that issue, the contrast between Democrats and Republicans in Congress could not be clearer.”

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