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@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ invisible. Their political maneuvers are generally not news.</p>
dealing by various groups. In the days before the convention,
political reporters scrutinized teachers unions, black activists,
senior-citizen groups, feminists, gay-rights advocates - denigrating
them as "special interests'' who could ruin "Clinton's convention''
them as "special interests'' who could ruin "<span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span>'s convention''
by "alienating middle-class voters.''
With so much media focus on these relatively powerless grass-roots
groups, powerful corporations - the country's REAL special
@ -80,24 +80,24 @@ The Democratic National Committee has been raking in money from
virtually every corporate interest needing a government
favor. The message to anti-poverty or consumer-rights activists:
No need for you to come on board. You can wait at the station.</p>
<p>ITEM: The Clinton-Gore ticket represents the seizure of the
<p>ITEM: The <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span>-Gore ticket represents the seizure of the
party hierarchy by the Democratic Leadership Council, which
is typically euphemized in the media as a group of
"moderate'' Democratic politicians who want the party to
"speak for the middle class.'' (Clinton and Gore were
founders of the DLC; Clinton was its chair in 1990-91.)
"speak for the middle class.'' (<span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span> and Gore were
founders of the DLC; <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span> was its chair in 1990-91.)
The problem is that the DLC has no middle-class constituents.
It is bankrolled by - and speaks for - corporate America:
ARCO, Dow Chemical, Georgia Pacific, Martin Marietta, the
Tobacco Institute, the Petroleum Institute, etc.</p>
<p>ITEM: Clinton became the media-designated "front-runner'' in
<p>ITEM: <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span> became the media-designated "front-runner'' in
large part because he raised so much money early in the
campaign. The cash didn't come from middle-class folks.
As reported by the weekly In These Times, most of it
came from conservative business interests; investment
bankers, corporate lobbyists and Wall Street firms which
fund both major political parties.</p>
<p>ITEM: Two of Clinton's key fund-raisers were Robert Barry,
<p>ITEM: Two of <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span>'s key fund-raisers were Robert Barry,
a longtime General Electric lobbyist, and Thomas H. Boggs
Jr., who ears $1.5 million a year as a lawyer-lobbyist
for the Washington firm of Patton, Boggs, and Blow.
@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ who seek his help in raising money; a match depends on what
legislation is pending before Congress.</p>
<p>ITEM: The Boggs law firm also boasts partner Ron Brown,
chair of the Democratic Party. Some pundits have suggested
that since Brown in an <span class="NORP" title="NORP">African</span>-American, the Clinton-Gore
that since Brown in an <span class="NORP" title="NORP">African</span>-American, the <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Clinton</span>-Gore
ticket has less need of Jesse Jackson to mobilize the
black vote in November. But Ron Brown is far more familiar
with corporate boardrooms and government corridors than