And you have to admire a politician who stays bought, damn it!
In a blog post on the company’s corporate website last week, David L. Cohen, Comcast’s executive vice president and chief merger lobbyist, boasted that nearly 70 mayors and more than 60 additional state and local officials have gone on record as proponents of the proposed merger, which would combine the country’s No. 1 and No. 2 cable companies into one massive pay-TV andbroadband colossus.
In expressing his gratitude, Cohen singled out one particularly pro-merger mayor, Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. A former congressman and White House chief of staff, Emanuel wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Aug. 22 saying he believes the merger would be good for the Windy City, maintaining and enhancing Comcast’s “generous presence” in the area.
“We’re proud to have the support of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,” Cohen wrote.
Not mentioned in Cohen’s post, however, is the fact that during his political career, Emanuel and political committees he controls has received more than $100,000 from Comcast and its employees.
In every business transaction there is a buyer and a seller. In this particular deal Rahm is the seller and Comcast is the buyer. Of political influence. Rahm Emanuel is a scumbag of the first order. So is Eric Cantor. Cantor is now an investment banker with Moelis & Co., as payment for his many years of service to NOT “we the people.” The 1% has made millions with the help and influence of Emanuel and Cantor. But then, 99% of our elected officials are corrupt.
Comcast supports him, decent human beings should label him anathema. Quisling.