A "corporate Democrat" is someone who has a job.

Corporatists are everywhere! Doesn't matter who wins!

To gain from the golden parachute.

I work for a Corporation and I'm a Democrat. I guess that makes me a Corporate Dem.

I take meds that keep me alive so I guess that makes me a Big Pharma slave.

You know, I once thought that hypocrisy in politics was something that only Republicans practiced. Well, not so much anymore.

Sad.

One of my Fan Club members might come along to help clear it up for all of us.

it.

No one freaking knows, do they?

Or see it when it suits me?

(I'm specifically thinking of a candidate who keeps trying to unseat Mike Honda here in my neck of the woods, and losing.)

I've seen it get applied willy-nilly to anyone a certain type of progressive doesn't like, so I don't use it here. It's become meaningless and reductive.

And yes, no one gets elected without the support of the less right-wing sector of business, even the candidates that are more catnip-y to left-labor-grassroots.

who use that term more than likely don't know its definition. It's just a handy term to use against a successful politician one dislikes.

Which is an overly broad brush. As if the economy in modern times could function at all without some form of business organization.

Corporations come in all sizes. I think they really mean only the very large corporations or the multinationals, but they seem unaware of the fact most corporations are small or medium sized.

And that we work for them. They see a black and white "labor vs. management" thing where management is always wrong and in fact really wants to exploit the laborers as much as possible and squeeze them as much as possible. This may apply to a few here and there, but most people are not that malevolent. This meme assumes anyone who gets one rung above the worker at the bottom level is going to instantly turn malevolent.

The use of this term is an attempt to paint the bulk of the party as not being true democrats and is wrong

the connotation is that the politican favors corporate interests over labor, human rights, and the environment. In the case of Hillary Clinton it amounts to nothing more than mindless name calling by folks whose fantasy is life on a commune with free rent and utilities. Their dream is to spend each day aloof in the blogosphere taking periodic breaks only to play Xbox Live.

Hard working Democrats who have family and social responsibilities, a retirement plan, and some sense of direction in their lives don't buy into the rubbish and insults.

Of course, they live in bizarro world.