Echoing Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech in 1961, outgoing President Joe Biden issued a goodbye address that called for Americans to be concerned about a tech industrial complex and the threat of rising oligarchy to democracy. Biden himself, of course, is Exhibit A in the corrupting influences of big money.
Oligarchy? You’re Soaking In It
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Joyously licking ample oligarch rear ends, “at the highest levels of government,” for almost a half-century: 1973-2009 US Senate; 2009-2017 US Vice Pres; 2021-2025 US Pres.
Although I accept the concept of the piece, I don’t see it working that way for Joe Biden.
A dnc fundraiser? Memoirs bidding war? Sinecure board position? I’ve met has-beens. The parasites clamped on to Joe Biden are HOPING to get him back up to has-been status. The perfect metaphor for the democratic party.