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White House aide failed to disclose $40K payout
Politico ^ | By JAKE SHERMAN

Posted on 06/29/2010 6:35:21 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

President Barack Obama’s political director failed to disclose that he was slated to receive a nearly $40,000 payout from a large labor union while he was working in the White House.

Patrick Gaspard, who served as the political director for the Service Employees International Union local 1199, received $37,071.46 in “carried over leave and vacation” from the union in 2009, but he did not disclose the agreement to receive the payment on his financial disclosure forms filed with the White House. . .

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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: corrupt; lobby; unions
Hannity and Karl Rove talked about this tonight. Sorry if it's already been posted.
1 posted on 06/29/2010 6:35:22 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Rules are for the little people.


2 posted on 06/29/2010 6:36:44 PM PDT by hometoroost (Obama is pulling an OJ he's at the ball games and on the golf course looking for the real spillers)
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To: hometoroost

A minor oversight...


3 posted on 06/29/2010 6:39:22 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Unexpected and unprecedented, to be sure.


4 posted on 06/29/2010 6:42:08 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Do you mean to tell me there may be a crook in the White House?
It’s hard to believe.


5 posted on 06/29/2010 6:44:56 PM PDT by donhunt (I used to have a US senator who lived in a compound. He's dead now.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The next question to ask is, did he receive this payment in 2009 and if so did he pay taxes on it.


6 posted on 06/29/2010 6:55:08 PM PDT by Recon Dad ( Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

SNAFU.


7 posted on 06/29/2010 6:55:44 PM PDT by Libloather (Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Lemme guess...he used TurboTax too!


8 posted on 06/29/2010 8:13:56 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I want every one of these morons handcuffed and hauled off to the slammer.

I am sick and tired of this $h_t.


9 posted on 06/29/2010 9:33:51 PM PDT by bergmeid (Obama is the Michael Vick of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Ping


10 posted on 06/29/2010 9:34:57 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Heh. Seems to be disclosed now.


11 posted on 06/29/2010 9:41:55 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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