more change/lies from the almost PE obama

[Yurt]

Obama team announces rules on lobbyists

Podesta said federal lobbyists may not contribute financially to the transition. He called the guidelines the toughest ever imposed by a presidential transition. But they seem to give lobbyists somewhat more leeway than Obama suggested they would have when he campaigned for the presidency.

In a speech last November in Spartanburg, S.C., Obama said: "I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race ... I don't take a dime of their money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_el_pr/transition_lobbyists;_ylt=Ahmvcku4g6VAXph41jgUgn8E tbAF


he is not even sworn in yet :laugh2: i congragulate him on the ability to dupe so many, though most of the left's irrational hatred made it easy

[Yurt]

:dance:

[hjmick]

And yet...

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The rules, however, won't prevent campaign fundraisers known as bundlers from serving.

Valerie Jarrett, a transition co-chairwoman, raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for Obama, according to his campaign Web site. Two advisory board members, Julius Genachowski, managing director of Rock Creek Ventures, a Washington firm that invests in online companies, and Donald Gips, a vice president of Broomfield, Colorado-based Level 3 Communications Inc., each raised at least $500,000 for Obama.

A third, Michael Froman, brought in between $200,000 and $500,000 for the campaign. Froman is a managing director at New York-based Citigroup Inc. The financial institution's employees and their families contributed $581,216, Obama's seventh-biggest source of campaign cash, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group.

Campaign co-chairman William Daley, a vice chairman at New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co., also sits on the advisory board. JPMorgan employees and their families were Obama's sixth-biggest source of donations, giving $581,460.

Registered to Lobby

Another board member, Mark Gitenstein, was registered to lobby through June, House records show. Gitenstein is a partner in the lawyer-lobbying firm of Mayer Brown LLP, whose clients include Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Co., which is pushing for government help, and New York-based Merrill Lynch & Co., which sold itself to Bank of America Corp. in September. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=a2w3IGUcTI5Q)

[Yurt]

this guy is the definition of truthiness

[hjmick]

He's the definition of something.

[Yurt]

He's the definition of something.

i can't recall a time that a politician went back on so many promises BEFORE taking office

[Little-Acorn]

Here's something that was posted long before the election.

You mean, some of you thought it was a joke?

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Just before the 2008 election, a man is tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

“Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. Since conditions may change in the near future, you see, we’re not sure what to do with new arrivals any more.”

“No problem, just let me in,” says the man.

“Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from the higher up. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.”

“Really, I’ve made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,” says the man.

“I’m sorry, but we have our rules.”

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other people who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had, some legitimate, some illicit, all fun.

They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the man realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him. “Now it’s time to visit heaven.”

So, a day passes with the man joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by, and St. Peter returns.

“Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.”

The man reflects for a minute, then he answers: “Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.”

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open, and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. Flames are shooting up in many places and people are screaming in pain. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

“I don’t understand,” stammers the man. “Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and fire, and my friends look miserable. What happened?”

The devil smiles at him and says, “Yesterday we were campaigning. Today, you voted.”

[Trigg]

Like I tried to tell my sister, before she voted bambam.

Don't listen to what he says he's going to do, look at what he's done.