So Hillary’s in favor of clean coal, huh?
Leave aside, for the moment, that "clean coal" is an oxymoron. What interests me here is that a year ago, and one day after she proposed new funding for so-called "clean coal systems," her chief strategist was doing this:
In an internal blog at his other job, as chief executive officer of public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, Penn wrote of how Burson worked "behind the scenes'’ for TXU Corp., a Texas company seeking to build power plants fueled by pulverized coal, which some environmentalists say would be major polluters.
"Major polluters." A masterpiece of understatement. Also a vivid example of Penn’s real principles - which is to say, the principle of lining Penn’s own pockets. I doubt that Penn ever met a principle that he couldn’t jettison in a heartbeat in favor of money and power.
But it gets better:
Penn’s internal blog — several months of which were obtained by Bloomberg News — suggests that all along he has been working with multiple clients.
[Ed. not: Um, duh? Of course he has. And it’s not bloodly likely that many - or even any - adhere to liberal Democratic principles.]
He downplayed his role in Clinton’s presidential campaign, saying he is "not a policy adviser, I’m a communications adviser.'’
[Ed. note: WTF? The one is the other, dude. How stupid do you think we are - oh, never mind. We already know the answer to that one.]
Others say he’s the most powerful figure in the campaign, and an April 30 Washington Post profile said he "has become involved in virtually every move that Clinton makes.'’
[Ed. note: No shit. She’s losing, Q.E.D., Penn’s running the show.]
But the money line comes from Howie:
"The real question from the campaign perspective is whether Senator Clinton is comfortable with what Mark is doing, and the answer to that is yes, unequivocally,'’ Wolfson said.
Exactly. Which is why so many of us can’t support her.
Seriously, does she really think we want to nominate somebody who keeps employing this hideously expensive loser, who’s busily helping her lose her campaign, knowing full well that, once in office, she’ll continue to employ this same hideously expensive loser - with the major difference, of course, that we’ll be the ones losing at that point.
Not one lousy plugged nickel of my tax dollars should go into Penn’s pockets.
