Enemies of the People

I. Little Dougie Feith, called by his critics the “undersecretary for defense fiascos,” the “Michael Brown of the Iraq disaster,” and the “dumbest fuck in the room” (I may be paraphrasing that general’s verdict) has a new book out. The son of a bitch should be in prison for war crimes and mass murder; instead he’s a “distinguished” faculty member at Georgetown and now the proud daddy of a book (wonder who the ghost was?) trying to shuck off his portion of guilt. But his real legacy continues to grow: 4333 "coalition" military killed; over 1000 mercenaries killed; tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of Iraqis killed.

II. Mark Penn was Clinton's chief strategist until yesterday. We've long known he was a corporte whore, working directly against the interests the Dems claim to support. His company's clients include union busting firms, mercenary companies like Blackwater, and the neo-liberal capos of foreign countries. There was a lot of bad blood between him and other Clintonistas, but only because he was doing such a crappy job of getting the nomination, not for his anti-populist, anti-working class, pro-neoliberal life's work. This is what you're voting for when you vote for Clinton.