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KEN SILVERSTEIN—Dick Gephardt: From NAFTA foe to the U.S. Chamber
harpers.org - 3/5/2009
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Dick Gephardt: From NAFTA foe to the U.S. Chamber
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Remember Dick Gephardt, the former House House Majority Leader, mortal foe of NAFTA and overall friend of the working class? He’s a lobbyist now of course, and his firm, Gephardt Group, has boomed following the Democratic takeover of congress. Revenues for the firm — which helps clients ...

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Remainders: Feeds

Oliver Willis:  Dick Gephardt Completes Conversion To Douche

TPM Election Central:  Gephardt and Less than Meets the Eye

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Remainders: Feeds
Ben Smith's Blog — Limbaugh and Dems scratch one another's backs. Pundits are wrong about everything. The "Honk if you're paying my mortgage" sign is going viral. The Times and POLITICO note Obama's reliance on TelePrompters. Vivek Kundra will bring the feeds to data.gov. The Economist says the middle class shouldn't have a free lunch. Dick Gephardt goes to work for the Chamber. Sullivan and Ackerman think Freeman is in trouble. He's meeting Kit ...

Dick Gephardt Completes Conversion To Douche
Oliver Willis — From friend of labor to Iraq War enabler to the anti-labor US Chamber Of Commerce. Gephardt presided over the Democratic control of the House that disintegrated into the Gingrich era, then followed that up as the Minority Leader of the Democrats who fulfilled all of George W. Bush’s dreams. ...

Gephardt and Less than Meets the Eye
TPM Election Central — ... There's been interesting buzz about an item from Ken Silverstein of Harper's about Richard Gephardt, the former House Majority Leader and presidential candidate, whose firm is doing lobbying for the Chamber of Commerce. ...

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