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Lobbyists in key positions in Team Obama transition team
Lobbyists in key positions in Team Obama transition team
To put the old song on its ear, everything new is old again. Remember when Barack Obama said this ? [...] Read the rest »
Science, Tech, Space and Arts Team Leads | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
change.gov — Tom Wheeler is a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project s Agency Review Working Group responsible for... overseeing review of the science, technology, space and arts agencies. Department of Commerce Review Team Leads Don Beyer is the owner of five ... (more) Science, Tech, Space and Arts Team Leads | Change.gov: ...
Some Former Lobbyists Have Key Roles in Obama Transition
washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Some Former Lobbyists Have Key Roles in Obama Transition
Transition Team - Barack Obama - The New York Times
Transition Team - Barack Obama - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com — Featured Articles For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All By JACKIE CALMES A questionnaire being... sent to those seeking high-ranking posts in the Obama administration may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. November 13, ... (more) Transition Team - Barack Obama - The New York Times
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OBAMA PROVES ONCE AGAIN HE'S FIRST AND FOREMOST A CORRUPT MACHINE POLITICIAN AND A LIAR: LOBBYISTS DOMINATE HIS TRANSITION
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERSHOT AIR: There is nothing inherently wrong with lobbying. There is plenty wrong with hypocrisy, especially on the grand scale committed by Barack Obama during this campaign. He regularly indulged in the populist demonization of lobbyists and claimed to lead a new movement to purify Washington of their eeeeevil influences. Now that he has the power, Obama has no problem working with lobbyists for fraudulently run mortgage giants and drug makers, smear artists, and asbestos-lawsuit defenders. That’s change that 63 million suckers ...

Guns, Bailouts, Gitmo and Soap
The Anchoress — ... I’m betting there will be no re-evaluation, forced or otherwise, on Bush by this generation. Bush will be the handing scapegoat for every failing and every flip, for as long as they can get away with it. After all, it’s already okay for Obama to admit lobbyists into his circle. It’s just what Jim Geraghty would call ...

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