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Hillary Clinton

Lucinda

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2. Brock was once as smarmy as they come. He was part of a young group in DC

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:38 PM

Feb 2016

who were working hard to discredit Dems. He slimed Anita Hill, went hard after Bill Clinton, and had a change of heart in the mid 90's. He pretty much outted himself publicly as a Republican propaganda hitman, apologized, and told the Dems exactly what he'd been up to.

In the early 2000's he founded Media Matters which is a progressive media watchdog group. He's formed PACs to help get Dems elected, and worked on a variety of things.

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Who is David Brock? [View all] LAS14 Feb 2016 OP

David Brock is one of the more interesting figures of our time jmowreader Feb 2016 #1

I should have waited then I could have just +1'd you! Lucinda Feb 2016 #3

Brock was once as smarmy as they come. He was part of a young group in DC Lucinda Feb 2016 #2

He Goes After Conservative Media otohara Feb 2016 #4