Obama's transparency hypocrisy
By Soren Dayton Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | lobbyists | Transparency — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Barack Obama's campaign tries to play "count the lobbyist" with John McCain. Now I don't accept the lobbyist = bad equation, and so I think that this is all a little trivial.
But hypocrisy is not trivial. Let's do a little recount of the lobbyists around Obama.
There's Jim Johnson, who I have previously written about. Johnson has represented the former Prime Minister of Senegal, and as CEO of Fannie Mae, he improperly disclosed profits that resulted in him getting a big bonus he didn't deserve. Obama put this lobbyist-fundraiser-foreign-agent in charge of picking his Vice Presidential candidate.
There's Francisco J. Pavía, his Puerto Rico state director, and a lobbyist for the Government of Puerto Rico. That violates Obama's lobbyist policy. What have they done about that?
There's his chief strategist David Axelrod, may not be exactly a lobbyist but certainly represents a lot of those corporations that Obama condemns. Obama said "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over." I guess that the corporate lobbyists are elemental evil, while corporate admen and astroturfers are all good.
Find me the logic in that. It doesn't stop. Read on.
One person at MyDD never bought the argument. Unlike some people in the press, she actually checked the Senate records. This is what she found:
In fact, at least five of Obama's disclosed bundlers have registered in the past with the Senate Office of Public Records. Three of them hadn't filed the normal paperwork indicating termination of their lobbying contracts, though Alan Solomont, Tom Reed and Scott Harris all told they Hill they had stopped lobbying.
Then from NRO's Mark Hemingway, there is a lobbyist and Rezko money passthrough:
Peter Bynoe has pledged to raise between $100,000 and $200,000 for the senator. Bynoe was an Illinois state lobbyist who is on the federal government’s list of people who helped raise money for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich through Chicago political rainmaker Tony Rezko. When he wasn’t helping Obama with his shady housing purchase, Rezko was busy arranging for kickbacks for Blagojevich’s wife and other senior officials in Blagojevich’s administration, which has also been the target of a number of unrelated Federal corruption investigations.
I am sure that he's a lovely man though...
Why is Obama getting a free pass on all of this? Yet again, he is just not coming clean.
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The folks mentioned above are but a tip in the Obama Iceberg.
If one goes to the FEC site listing donors of magnitude, donors that have given the Max, donors that are affliated with the 527i's as Directors et al, one finds the Oval Office Sofa sitters. These and the the Senate Associates with Moveon.org are the ones that will be the Oval Office staffers, the Movers and shakers, the Cabinent holders and their staffs.
Remember, the President puts out Policy, the staffers, the Cabinent members, the Oval Office Executive member actually implement the stated policy, with their own brand of bias attached. The Oval Office inner circle, the New Kissingers, etal, are the Oval Office Sofa sitters. These are the George Soros OSI and the Left Activitists who have waited so long for access to power. These are the folks that the Electorate does not see, as they vote for the Obama rhetoric.
Folks, look behind the gaffes, the misspeaks, the lovely speechs, look at the writers of the speeches, the leaders Obama has on his staff right now. These are the inner circle leaders that will decide Foreign Policy, Domestic Policy and the Legislation that will effect and affect our 4 Freedoms.
Liberty and Freedom shall prevail....
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