tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300274096976708238.post1669218708617738212..comments2024-03-15T00:28:21.349-07:00Comments on THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KIMBA: HYBRID POWERKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15313026985830190914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300274096976708238.post-64672718449431777322008-11-16T08:32:00.000-08:002008-11-16T08:32:00.000-08:00.Old Deal Politics:“They do not fund my campaign,”....<BR/><BR/>Old Deal Politics:<BR/><BR/>“They do not fund my campaign,” the presumptive Democratic nominee told a small-town southwest Virginia crowd, after delivering a standard refrain that blames drug and insurance interests for blocking universal health care. “They will not fund our party. And they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I’m President of the United States.” ~ Barry<BR/><BR/>Besides this being shown wrong, these money launderers are getting key positions that will give them "swaying" power on where Barry's government will go:<BR/><BR/>" Barack Obama campaigned on a pledge to change Washington, vowing to upend the K Street lobbying culture he encountered when he joined the U.S. Senate.<BR/><BR/> But more than a dozen members of President-elect Obama’s fast-growing transition team have worked as federally registered lobbyists within the past four years. They include former lobbyists for the nation’s trial lawyers association, mortgage giant Fannie Mae, drug companies such as Amgen, high-tech firms such as Microsoft, labor unions and the liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress.<BR/><BR/> Mark Gitenstein, one of the 12 transition board members who will play a significant role in shaping the Obama administration, worked on million-dollar lobbying contracts with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and promoted legislation for giant defense contractors Boeing and General Dynamics. Until this fall, he was registered to petition Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of AT&T, Merrill Lynch, KPMG, Ernst & Young and others.<BR/><BR/> Gitenstein has blue-chip credentials for the volunteer role on the Obama team. He was chief Democratic counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee during confirmation hearings for controversial Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork; was a close adviser to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s White House bid; and served as counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee." ~ Washington Post<BR/><BR/>Some rising stars in Barry's team that are lobbyists:<BR/><BR/> * Ron Klain - Joe Biden’s chief of staff, had lobbied for Fannie Mae on “regulatory matters” until 2004, when the fraud got uncovered after years of Congressional interference with regulators. Klain also lobbied for companies defending asbestos lawsuits and for ImClone, the drugmaker that faced charges of fraud.<BR/> * John Podesta - The man running Obama’s transition spent the last few years lobbying for the far-Left group Center for American Progress.<BR/> * Patrick Gaspard - Lobbied on health care issues on behalf of the SEIU, now associate personnel director for the transition. <BR/><BR/>.Papa Giorgiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046222162630611579noreply@blogger.com