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More than half of Obama's 2008 big fundraisers have been given administration jobs
American Thinker ^ | March 8, 2012 | Rick Moran

Posted on 03/09/2012 6:23:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Edited on 03/09/2012 6:32:32 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A promise not to hire lobbyists didn't even last 2 months. A promise for sweeping ethics reforms has been all hat no cattle.

Big donors considering whether to work the phones raising money for President Obama's reelection campaign might consider the fate of his 2008 bundlers. Many of them, it turns out, won plum jobs in his administration.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 2012; ambassadors; ambassadorships; bhofascism; corruption; democrats; elections; ethics; ethicsdotgov; fraud; fundraisers; nobama2012; nodemocrats2012; obama; payola; paytoplay; whethics; whethicswebsite

1 posted on 03/09/2012 6:23:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Imagine the ruckus if this were a Republican administration doing this?

Honestly, I don't mind a president filling the political jobs with his supporters. It's just that after 3-plus years of Obama’s phony moralizing we're just finding this stuff out?

2 posted on 03/09/2012 6:47:22 AM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Payola.


3 posted on 03/09/2012 7:34:53 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Cometh the hour, cometh the man. NEWT GINGRICH 2012)
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To: lonevoice

ping.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 9:10:36 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: SeekAndFind; ColdOne
White House launches Ethics.gov portal

"The White House is launching the web portal ethics.gov, a transparency website designed to fulfill a campaign promise of open and accountable government. "

5 posted on 03/09/2012 9:48:08 AM PST by thouworm (.)
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