On Oct 11, 10:02*am, Jim wrote:
Jack wrote:
On Oct 11, 5:48 am, thunder wrote:
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:08:13 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

will probably go to Barack Obama for doing nothing on health care
either.
Except make it more expensive for the middle class.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/he...y/11cost.html?
pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

Funny, after reading that article, you find Obama the problem. *After
reading that article, I find lobbyists the problem. *If we don't get them
in check, we will lose our democracy. *The incestuous relationship
between campaign finance and corporate pork, is the biggest threat to our
democracy.

Funny you should mention lobbyist:

"Here are former lobbyists Obama has tapped for top jobs:

* * * Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby
until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt
telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
* * * Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to
lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education
Association.
* * * William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered
to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon,
where he was a top executive.
* * * William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary
nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
* * * David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered
to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San
Diego Gas & Electric.
* * * Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for
financial giant Goldman Sachs.
* * * Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was
registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition
for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker
ImClone.
* * * Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered
to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
* * * Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003
and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil
Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the
American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
* * * Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental
affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National
Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
* * * Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a
lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
* * * Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant
for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association
of Justice from 2001 until 2005."

O'Bama's pretty smart. He's rounding up all the top lobbyists and
putting them where he can keep an eye on them and tap their connections;
Just as he did with Ms. Clintoon.
Call this turkey what you want but he's no dummy.

Never said he was stupid, just a liar. Remember the promise? "During
the campaign, Obama said many times that lobbyists would not run his
White House, and the campaign delighted in tweaking rival John McCain
for the former lobbyists who worked on McCain's campaign."

How much does a cabinet post cost these days? Blagojevich didn't
invent anything, he was just sloppy.