Netroots Nation is supposed to be an annual gathering of progressive bloggers and activists, although quite a few corporate Democrats showed up to crash the party.
Although Hillary Clinton, who voted for the unjustified Iraq War and voted for free-trade agreements that shipped American jobs overseas as a U.S. Senator from New York, didn't show up at Netroots Nation herself, the Ready for Hillary SuperPAC, an organization seeking to convince Hillary to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, did bring their bus to Netroots Nation.
One corporate Democrat who did show up at Netroots Nation was Mary Burke, the likely Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin and a supporter of charter schools and corporate welfare. In fact, Burke participated in a panel discussion about women running for public office at Netroots Nation. Another corporate Democrat who made his presence known at Netroots Nation was Chuck Schumer, the #3 Democrat in the U.S. Senate from New York and a shill for Wall Street interests who want to deregulate the financial industry in this country.
I find it disturbing that corporate Democrats have managed to infiltrate a supposedly progressive convention. Also, it's a shame that there there are few truly progressive conventions in this country, in fact, the only one I know of is Fighting Bob Fest, which is held annually in Wisconsin.
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