What does this “news item” at Americans Elect have to do with running its own online election to select a presidential candidate?
I have no earthly idea, especially because Americans Elect says it has no issues, ideology or agenda that it’s pushing.
But for whatever reason, Americans Elect really wants you to know that Americans don’t point the finger at Wall Street for economic troubles.
P.S. Americans Elect’s “leaders” include:
Chairman Peter Ackerman, Founder and Managing Partner, Rockport Capital
Jacqueline Adams, Senior Counselor, Burson-Marteller corporate public relations
David Albertson, agribusiness, venture capital and real estate investment
Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., President, Blakeley Investment Company
Arturo Brillembourg, President, Farmington Asset Management hedge fund
Hilda Ochoa Brillembourg, President and CEO, Strategic Investment Group hedge fund and private equity group
John H. Burbank III, Founder, Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Passport Capital hedge fund
W. Bowman Cutter, Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Initiative, Roosevelt Institute and Managing Director, The Cedars Capital Partners
Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO, E.L. Rothschild private investment firm
Les Francis, Principal/Senior Advisor, Washington Media Group corporate public relations firm
Carla Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company corporate advocacy firm on international trade
Roderick M. Hills, Principal, Hills & Company corporate advocacy firm on international trade and Partner, Hills, Stern & Morley, LLP private equity and investment law firm
Philip K. Howard, Partner, Covington & Burling corporate law firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions
Dale E. Jones, Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles executive search and corporate consulting firm
W. David Lawson IV, Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co. Investment Bank
Lee Lowenstein, Managing Director, Lionstone Capital Management firm for private wealth investment
Rafael Mayer, Managing Partner, Khronos LLC hedge fund management firm
Mark McKinnon, Global Vice Chair, Hill and Knowlton Public Relations corporation
Morton H. Meyerson, Chairman, Alsbridge outsourcing corporation
Nancy E. Roman, President, G7 Group corporate political analysis firm
Kirk T. Rostron, Managing Partner, The Mount Vernon Group private investment firm
For whatever reason, I just felt the need to type that information in right now.
Maybe Occupy D.C. ought to head on over to the Americans Elect office for a protest to show them how Americans really feel about Wall Street.
(to finish J. Clifford’s sentence and great idea):
and about the whole phony-baloney (yeah, that Baloney too) “political” process they reprehensively represent .
Occupy Wall Street continues to terrify Americans Elect Corporation and its plutocratic 0.1%er ‘leaders’, flushing them from cover to reveal their true colors. I am loving every minute of this…they just can’t help themselves, can they?
Occupy Americans Elect.
The flowerpot illustration with the pointing fingers is priceless. Reminds me of this dying vine I have on a windowsill. Is it from a clip art package? I guess there’s a shortage of creativity among the suits of AE.