He condemned Lobbyist during the campaign, now HIS LOBBYISTS are exempt... Guess they are MORAL Lobbyists whom he can detect... Sure seems like hypocrisy to me...
Stage craft over substance is dangerous... http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/01/22/no-lobbyist-in-the-obama-administration--except-when-there-is-one.html >>> The Republican National Committee criticized that requirement and said >>> the new administration was already violating it. Mr. Obama's nominee for >>> deputy secretary of defense, William Lynn, has been a lobbyist for the >>> defense contractor Raytheon, and his nominee for deputy secretary of health >>> and human services, William V. Corr, lobbied for stricter tobacco >>> regulations as an official with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. A senior White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, conceded the two nominees did not adhere to the new rules. But he said that Mr. Lynn had the support of Republicans and Democrats, and would receive a waiver under the policy, and that Mr. Corr did not need a waiver because he had agreed to recuse himself from tobacco issues. ........ But if you're going to campaign on sweeping condemnations about the evil of lobbyists and then, with great fanfare, ban them from your administration, you need to live by your own rules; or at least you shouldn't start making exceptions for them on Day 1. Else the message is: It is important to prevent other administrations from doing business with lobbyists; but we are of such mor al character that the rules need not apply to us. That's a slippery slope and leads to problems (and specifically could lead to the ex-lobbyists not getting confirmed, as Spencer Ackerman notes). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
