Monday, October 5, 2009

Thomas Frank Asks: Whatever Happened to Change?

Heather Podesta, the "It Girl" of D.C. lobbyists, with her husband.

Thomas Frank, the author of "What's the Matter with Kansas?" calls it for what it is.
"There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration."
If, say, you were feeling sluggish and wanted to boost your blood pressure, I suggest reading the entire article.

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