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Obama defies base, hires Wall Street lobbyist for re-election campaign
Daily Caller ^ | Oct. 25, 2011 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/25/2011 10:54:09 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Barack Obama’s new senior campaign adviser is a longtime Wall Street lobbyist, and has the potential to damage the president’s aspirations to appeal to the protesters currently “occupying” New York City’s Zuccotti Park.

Obama’s new adviser, Broderick Johnson, has an extensive history of lobbying for big banks and corporations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In 2007, he lobbied for JP Morgan Chase and in 2008 Johnson lobbied for Bank of America and Fannie Mae. From 2008 through 2010, he lobbied for Comcast and in 2011 he lobbied for Microsoft.

Johnson is currently a partner at D.C.-based communications firm Collins Johnson Group, which boasts that it excels at “providing superior strategic planning and political consulting services to multinational corporations, government entities, political campaigns and parties, elected leaders, nonprofit organizations, issue groups, investors and entrepreneurs.”

Including open houses and social events, Johnson has visited the White House 17 times since 2009, according to White House visitor logs. One of those meetings was with Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.

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KEYWORDS: 2012; banks; lobbyist; obama; ows; reelection; wallst

1 posted on 10/25/2011 10:54:15 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is just one more indication that Zero’s brain is of the consistency of thin, watery oatmeal.


2 posted on 10/25/2011 10:57:47 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Any lightbulb he ever had is burned out.

And I'm betting there is no one in the world who would WILLINGLY hire him. He can do community work at his local center.

And Michelle?? She can write a food book....edited if course by her present Whitehouse chef who weas their personal chef before they got into politics. Which means she hasn't cooked a damn meal in her life.

3 posted on 10/25/2011 11:02:13 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Free ThinkerNY

getting the feeling no-one else wanted the job or that is the most demented choice ever by a politician. He has no brain.


4 posted on 10/25/2011 11:15:15 AM PDT by sunmars
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama has kept his Hope and Change promises.

Hope for a Job.
Hope for food.
Hope for Rent.
Hope for gas.

Change of job (unemployed)
Change for gas.
Change for food.
Change for rent.


5 posted on 10/25/2011 11:35:13 AM PDT by cruise_missile
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