| So, it's probably wise that she's courting rural voters (pdf), right? Okay, so it's just a lunch. And it's not exactly located in a rural area - it's in Washington D.C. Oh, and it's taking place at a lobbyist firm. At Troutman Sanders Public Affairs, to be specific, the lobbying firm for?er?Monsanto, the agri-biotech multinational.
Yes, that Monsanto. The firm that tried topatent the pig, the firm that's responsible for more than 50 Superfund sites, the firm that dumped tons of pesticides and PCBs into our environment, that sued milk manufactures for labeling their products "hormone free," producer of apertame, bovine growth hormones, "terminator" crops, PCBs, etc & co. One of the sleaziest corporations in a world filled with sleazy corporations.
Holding an agri-summit in the plush halls of the lobbyists for Monsanto doesn't sound like the kind of "rural Americans" a presidential candidate would necessarily want to be photographed with.
Particularly if Clinton's two primary opponents -- former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. -- don't take money from lobbyists and are trying to depict the frontrunner as too much a part of the corrupt Washington system, lobbyists, corporate America, et al?.
But then again, it doesn't say Clinton will attend this luncheon -- just senior staffers and congressional endorsers! (Is that better or worse?)
Compare Clinton's luncheon with today's cover (pdf) of Raleigh's The News & Observer.
Anyone doubt now that Clinton won't go over too well with Montanans? |
