Who on Earth is going to be fooled?

Blanche has traditionally been one of the most reliable Rushpubliscum votes in the Senate, not to mention a 100% owned functionary of the Mao-Mart Corporation. While it is true that she stood with the President many times in her career, the President she most often stood with happened to be Chimpy.

Her born-again populism fools no one. While I don’t normally take a position of indifference to the election of a Rushpubliscum, in the case of Blanche Loncoln, I have to ask: does it really make any difference if a Rushpubliscum replaces HER?

Any cursory look at her voting record will convince you that she was against reforming the banks before she was for it. She’s been one of the best friends the corporations ever had.

Senator Blanche Lincoln, a self-styled “farmer’s daughter” facing a tough re-election race in Arkansas, had not been expected to become the latest Democrat to rail against the risky practices of Wall Street.

Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is known for working across party lines on issues, but took Washington by surprise with an aggressive draft bill to be unveiled on Friday that she hopes will force big banks out of the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market.

“My bill will put banks back into the business of banking and prevent future bailouts of Wall Street firms engaging in risky behavior,” Lincoln said in a statement.

But three weeks ago, Lincoln had a more measured approach in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has urged restraint from lawmakers considering financial reforms.

“The swaps market will be regulated, but let me say this: I don’t believe in overreaching, or regulation for regulation’s sake. We must be surgical with how we regulate,” she said.

Lincoln’s bill had been expected to take a more moderate tack than those approved by the Senate Banking Committee and the House of Representatives — bills that need to be reconciled before President Barack Obama can sign reforms into law.

Instead, the draft is tougher, and includes “radical” curbs for banks, according to a Washington-based industry representative following the issue who asked not to be named.

“It’s a huge shift,” that person said. “I think as much of this is politics as it is trying to get the right policy.”

It’s a huge shift…… for grabbing up some Arkansas voters. She knows no one will take her bill seriously, so she’s free to do all the pandering she wants to do.

It’s time for this reliable corporate whore to go gently into that political good night.

Tags: arkansas, blanche lincoln, financial crisis, lies

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