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Calling bull on Biden's pretend war against 'corporate interests'
By: Timothy P. Carney
Senior Examiner Columnist
07/29/10 2:54 PM EDT
I just got an email sent under the name of Vice Presidet Joe Biden, asking me for money to battle the "special interests."
When our administration and this movement decided to take on the special interests, we knew we were making a choice. And the consequences are clear. These groups have fought us at every turn in our struggle for change, and now they're trying to drown out our voices -- and our accomplishments -- with their campaign cash this fall.
Please donate $5 today and help us take back this election from the corporate interests.
So Biden must be gearing up to battle the party that has received the majority of money from each of 15 highest-spending industries this year, including a 30 percent advantage in money from Wall Street, right?
The VP must be rallying the little guy to go head to head with the party whose Senators are being boosted by a $150 million ad campaign funded by a the largest single-industry lobby -- the drug lobby -- which is grateful for a health-care bill loaded with subsidies and other special favors.
The party Biden has in his crosshairs must be the one that last year brought in $2 million from lobbyist-bundlers, 50 percent more than the other party.
Oh no -- the party I'm describing is the Democrats. Biden's party.
I'm not saying Republicans aren't too beholden to special interests. They are. But the White House pretending to be squaring off against the special interests is simply not credible.
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