Steny Hoyer and Mike McCurry: You're Fired
| By MattSinger - May 3rd, 2006 at 1:05 am EDT |
| Also listed in: Campus Progress Blog |
Talk about toxic. Steny Hoyer and Mike McCurry claim to be good, honest progressives, but they hop in bed with the world's dirtiest scoundrels at the sound of a cash register.
It's time for them to be fired and kicked out of this movement for good.
Don't believe me? Read more below. (Cross-posted to Left in the West.)
I'm not really sure why Steny Hoyer is grabbing headlines defending President Bush from the ruthless assault by Stephen Colbert. Maybe he should, I don't know, defend the rule of law from the ruthless assault by President Bush. Steny Hoyer sucks. Kos asks if the "netroots" make him the Lieberman of 2008. In many ways, Hoyer is worse for progressives. While Lieberman defends Bush in an effort to promote his bizarre (but apparently deeply principled world view), Hoyer has annointed himself point man for continuing a legacy of corruption within his Party and fatally undermining progressive messages. Last year, Hoyer got his bought-and-paid-for pantaloons in an uproar when Minority Leader Pelosi had the temerity to call out members of her caucus who voted for their backers on Wall Street and K Street on the bankruptcy bill fight. Honestly, get rid of him.
As for Mike McCurry, the man is worthless. If you haven't noticed yet, he's lost it in a couple of exchanges with blogs remotely related to the issue of net neutrality. See, McCurry is the paid face of the big telcoms that want to have the ability to charge people like me so that information from this site can travel to your face. I already pay a company to host this site. You already pay for the ability to visit the websites you want to. But the telcoms haven't figured out enough ways to profit, so they want me to pay more for your ability to visit me if you want to. Bless them. Never mind that the internet was built basically completely with public funds and that its current structure is what has made it the most open and democratic medium on the planet. See, McCurry wanted to sell out to big money interests...again. Why do I say again? Because from what I can tell the man was born to shill. After leaving the Clinton White House, he parlayed his government contacts into a million dollar lobbying business (he now says it is "laughable" that people would accuse him of being a lobbyist -- "laughable" if you're "kidding on the square"). Since leaving the world of lobbying, he has departed to the even classier world of astroturf with two firms. The first is PSW whose clients include such luminaries as the Chamber of Commerce and Anheuser-Busch. He also serves on the board of Grassroots Enterprise (there's an oxymoron for you -- a bit like heading up Enterpreneurial Bureaucracy). Grassroots Enterprise represents such fine clients as Free Nations United, a neo-con organization ostensibly created to help Israel, but that appears more specifically to be created to attack Europe and the UN (its honorary chairman was that great friend of democracy Tom DeLay). In other words, McCurry either went bipolar or he sold out any principles he had to make money.
Fire both these guys.
It's time for them to be fired and kicked out of this movement for good.
Don't believe me? Read more below. (Cross-posted to Left in the West.)
I'm not really sure why Steny Hoyer is grabbing headlines defending President Bush from the ruthless assault by Stephen Colbert. Maybe he should, I don't know, defend the rule of law from the ruthless assault by President Bush. Steny Hoyer sucks. Kos asks if the "netroots" make him the Lieberman of 2008. In many ways, Hoyer is worse for progressives. While Lieberman defends Bush in an effort to promote his bizarre (but apparently deeply principled world view), Hoyer has annointed himself point man for continuing a legacy of corruption within his Party and fatally undermining progressive messages. Last year, Hoyer got his bought-and-paid-for pantaloons in an uproar when Minority Leader Pelosi had the temerity to call out members of her caucus who voted for their backers on Wall Street and K Street on the bankruptcy bill fight. Honestly, get rid of him.
As for Mike McCurry, the man is worthless. If you haven't noticed yet, he's lost it in a couple of exchanges with blogs remotely related to the issue of net neutrality. See, McCurry is the paid face of the big telcoms that want to have the ability to charge people like me so that information from this site can travel to your face. I already pay a company to host this site. You already pay for the ability to visit the websites you want to. But the telcoms haven't figured out enough ways to profit, so they want me to pay more for your ability to visit me if you want to. Bless them. Never mind that the internet was built basically completely with public funds and that its current structure is what has made it the most open and democratic medium on the planet. See, McCurry wanted to sell out to big money interests...again. Why do I say again? Because from what I can tell the man was born to shill. After leaving the Clinton White House, he parlayed his government contacts into a million dollar lobbying business (he now says it is "laughable" that people would accuse him of being a lobbyist -- "laughable" if you're "kidding on the square"). Since leaving the world of lobbying, he has departed to the even classier world of astroturf with two firms. The first is PSW whose clients include such luminaries as the Chamber of Commerce and Anheuser-Busch. He also serves on the board of Grassroots Enterprise (there's an oxymoron for you -- a bit like heading up Enterpreneurial Bureaucracy). Grassroots Enterprise represents such fine clients as Free Nations United, a neo-con organization ostensibly created to help Israel, but that appears more specifically to be created to attack Europe and the UN (its honorary chairman was that great friend of democracy Tom DeLay). In other words, McCurry either went bipolar or he sold out any principles he had to make money.
Fire both these guys.
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I back you up 110% on firing Steny. These guys are so arrogant where the pomp and circumstance of their little parties is more important than truth, justice, and an open and questioning media. It's a little unsettling to me anyways that the media and the White House are having this gala anyways.. Tradition? maybe. I dont give a crap.
If he was a backbencher, he'd not only be less newsworthy (so saying stuff like this would be almost like talking to a brick wall), but someone willing to twist arms further left could take his job.
But a quick note to Mr. Singer: this is a nonpartisan web community, sponsored by a nonpartisan nonprofit (I believe under 501 c 3 status, but I'm not certain of that so don't quote me), and accordingly please consider that "our party" might not necessarily be "our party," and that lamentations on the size of the Democratic tent might be better aimed over at dKos. This is covered in both the tems of service and site and blog policies, as well as a recent post of mine about ways to improve the functioning of the community here (because I'm a knowitall schmuck that likes to meddle--actually, I just want to make sure this comment thread doesn't get pulled for partisanship, because I think that a very interesting conversation about the nature of party leadership on both sides of the aisle could emerge).
I don't understand why so many people balk when someone confronts the president with his misdeeds, especiall the opposition Party. We should thank Colbert for doing it in a humorous way because there really isn't anything funny with what George W. Bush has done to this country.
TMH
But again, I don't mind Hoyer if he stays out of the House leadership. He's 100% with NARAL, APHA, and NEA, and supports requiring DNA testing be permitted to all death row inmates prior to execution. He's not perfect, but he's a solid Dem vote on the majority of issues.
Just askin'.
I have sent him probably over 100 emails.
I can not believe that any democrat can support the Bush administration policies of pre-emtptive war to obtain oil, ruthless torture of innocents, supporting the banking giants in passing the unfair bankruptcy law, and accepting money from Abramoff.
I have told him I will work hard for any person who opposes him in the primary.
Most recently I asked him to to explain which of Colbert's jokes were "tasteless?"
Although I ask for responses he has never responded.
I feel he is much worse than Lieberman.