Dick Gephardt's Spectacular Sellout

The Nation by Sebastian Jones | Oct. 3, 2009 (Special Report)

In March, months after the government gave an unprecedented $85 billion to AIG, the insurance giant released a list of counterparties, exposing some of the world's top financial institutions as the real recipients of the bailout. First among its peers, Goldman Sachs got a whopping $12.9 billion, despite having claimed in September to be insulated from AIG's troubles. Based on these revelations, Maryland Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings, who had ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Vincent Caminiti - Oct 2, 2009 - 1:13 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Vincent Caminiti (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Chris Finnie (review), Jack Dinkmeyer (review), Peter Henry (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Martha Champion (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Oct 5, 2009 - 1:05 PM PDT
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4.6
 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 3, 2009

One of the roles of the fourth estate has always been to expose government and politicians. This piece does a good job of both.

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 by Peter Henry - Oct. 3, 2009

This is a disturbing article which documents how the systemic corruption of corporate money has - legally - bought Dick Gephardt's soul, or what is left of it.

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 by Vincent Caminiti - Oct. 2, 2009

This article is compelling and disturbing. It is well written, fair and unfortunately - completely driven by facts.

This is a very sad reality. Our politicians, regardless of feather are simply, in many cases, mercenaries, in business for their own self ... More »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 3, 2009

This article uses a pot-load of facts to support its contention: that a once populist congressman has sold out to special interests and big business. Seems like hypocrites aren't linited to Republicans.

As right-wing politicians have so amply demonstrated: money corrupts and absolute money corrupts absolutely.

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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 3, 2009

As autumn sets in, the progressive agenda on which Barack Obama rode to victory last November has stalled, even with Democrats controlling every branch of government. Key ... More »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 5, 2009
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 by Martha Champion - Oct. 7, 2009

Well sourced and real reporting.

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