Telling Half the Story Isn’t Enough

by Milt Shook

This meme is making the rounds on Facebook:

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Anyway, Let’s look at these five examples and show you what they have wrong, shall we?

Above, it claims that Emily is a lobbyist working with Pfizer and Goldman Sachs. I can neither confirm nor deny that is the case. However, what I CAN tell you is that Emily has been a member of the DNC for at least 16 years, that she is the head of their LGBT caucus and that she was the lead lobbyist when it came to passing New York’s marriage equality law. She’s also been a principle consultant for a number of Democratic campaigns throughout New York and she’s Vice-Chair of the New York Democratic Party. (Source)

So, I guess the question is, what have the people smearing her done for Democrats? Hmmm??

Tonio Burgos – According to this meme, Tonio is a lobbyist for Pfizer, as if that’s automatically a disqualifier. This is problematic since, in addition to being a corporate rapist with regard to some pricing of medications, Pfizer has also been front and center in the effort to eradicate AIDS in Africa. In other words, without more information, why would anyone assume that lobbying for Pfizer is definitely bad? The Gates Foundation works with them. Anyone, getting back to Tonio, he runs his own consulting and lobbying firm. According to his website:

At Tonio Burgos and Associates, Inc. (TB&A) we achieve success for our clients across a broad array of sectors: Homeland Security, Education, Transportation, Infrastructure, Labor, Telecommunications, Energy, Healthcare, Economic Development, Technology, Tourism, Financial Services and Insurance.

That would seem to be a whole lot more than just Pfizer, wouldn’t you say? Yeah, he’s a little more well-rounded than that. For one thing, he was a super delegate in 2008, as well, and he has served in a number of positions in government. Here is his Sourcewatch profile, explaining what he’s done. Currently, he also serves on the board of New York Harbor Parks. His affinity for Mrs. Clinton may stem from the fact that he was appointed by President Clinton to be on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He is also on the New York City Latin Media Entertainment Commission and he is on the Board of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and member of the New Jersey DNC.

Seems like he’s a lot more qualified than any of the people whining about him.


More Here: http://pleasecutthecrap.com/telling-half-the-story-isnt-enough/

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So much cherry picking, so little time.