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State Department buys $70,000 worth of Obama books (Terminal Arrogance)
Washington Times ^
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011
| Jim McElhatton
Posted on 10/25/2011 8:29:58 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams from My Father” more than a decade after its release.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; books; corruption; embassy; fraud; govtabuse; muslimoutreach; obama; propaganda; scandal; statedepartment
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Palm to head.
What utter arrogance.
To: Texas Fossil
Oh good
I can sleep now.
To: Texas Fossil
Mr. Obama also has a deal to write another book after his presidency.
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:32:55 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Texas Fossil
Bought at taxpayers expense ???
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:34:17 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Pilot: n. The Highest Form Of Life On Earth)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:35:06 PM PDT
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: Texas Fossil
Gives the Queen an Ipod of his SPEECHES, and now THIS..!!!
OMG I am laughing my head off....! AHAHAHHA...!
Dreams of his *father*? The man though of nothing but pu**y and died in a crash after drinking and driving.
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:35:23 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Texas Fossil
Is this legal? Imagine if Nixon (or any other Republican) had done this.
To: Texas Fossil
Is he still receiving royalties on the book?
I assume he is, and if so, should this not be a conflict of interest?
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:36:19 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:37:55 PM PDT
by
Razzz42
To: Texas Fossil
Tempted to get a copy and burn it in a very public place.
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:38:45 PM PDT
by
SueRae
(I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
To: Texas Fossil; 2ndDivisionVet; 92nina; blueyon; Cardhu; chatter4; ColdOne; Danae; dennisw; drewh; ...
>>...and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams from My Father”
High School libraries where it will be required reading just before graduation (just prior to turning 18)
This also smells of kickbacks, and taxpayer-financed price supports for O’s book
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:39:32 PM PDT
by
Future Useless Eater
(Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
To: Texas Fossil
And we the tax payers are buying them! How great is that?!
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:53:27 PM PDT
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
10/25/2011 8:54:55 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: Texas Fossil
Of the sheeple, by the sheeple, and for the sheeple....read my book or be gone. For I am the 0ne......0bey me....
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posted on
10/25/2011 9:09:13 PM PDT
by
redshawk
(0pansy is a Liar)
To: dragonblustar
Expensive, yes. But, highest and best use.
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posted on
10/25/2011 9:18:25 PM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: gaijin
"Dreams of his *father*?It is actually "Dreams FROM my father."
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posted on
10/25/2011 9:27:56 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(Sarah Palin on Polls "Poles are for Strippers and Cross Country Skiers")
To: Texas Fossil
“The structure and the presidency of the United States is an integral component of representing the United States overseas,” Mr. Clay said. “We often use books to engage key audiences in discussions of foreign policy.” Mr. Clay is a bald-faced liar. $70,000 of my money was spent by these sycophants to kiss up to the boss, and there is nothing more complicated involved here. Somebody at State should be fired for this; instead, they'll be promoted.
To: ladyvet
Its embarrassing to have the book in the dollar bin. Has to buy them to save face..
To: Texas Fossil
Out of control administration (what next?).
.......”A review of the expenditures in a federal database did not reveal any examples of State Department purchases of books by former Presidents George W. Bush or Bill Clinton. The purchases of Mr. Obama’s literary work mostly, but not always, took place in the months after Mr. Obama captured the White House.
Leslie Paige, a spokeswoman for Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group, said if the federal government is looking to cut costs, eliminating purchases of Mr. Obama’s books is a good place to start.
“It’s inappropriate for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be spent on this,” she said. “This sounds like propaganda.”
To: All; Texas Fossil
Did Obama pocket his royalties on this $70K in book sales?
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posted on
10/26/2011 3:21:20 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Republicans will find a way to reelected Obama.)
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