The list of lobbyists in the Obama administration

hotair.com ^ | Feb. 3, 2009 | Ed Morrissey

[Free ThinkerNY]

The Times of India claimed that Barack Obama had appointed seventeen lobbyists to high government positions in the first 14 days of his administration. Politico provided a list of twelve of these last week, a handy reference with which we can start building our lists of “exceptions” to the Obama Administration Ethics Policy:

Here are former lobbyists Obama has tapped for top jobs:

• Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
• Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
• William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
• William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
• David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
• Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.

• Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
• Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
• Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

I think Obama is going for another first.. The Most Corrupt Administration in History.

[NavyCanDo]

Flashback - Obama saying Lobbyist will not run his whitehouse, and they will not fund the DNC.

Barack Obama changes DNC rules, bans Lobbyist donations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q8eJT9oEHI&feature=related

[NavyCanDo]

Barack Obama on McCain’s campaign lobbyists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AknbG8LaEc&feature=related

[Nachum]

Wooo hooo... add this to the list! the Obama list..

Since the first week in office :
5 exectutive ordersFirst week in office
5 exectutive orders
Insults China
First interview, with foreign news outlet- for Muslims
Talks about his muslim family
Picks fight with Limbaugh
Won't take question from press
Excludes any compromise with GOP on Stimulus bill
Massive pork in stimulus bill
5% of stimulus bill to actually go to infrastructure
Offers to negotiate directly with Iran
Puts 5 millionairs on his cabinet
Makes a tax cheat the Sec. of the Treasury
Bombs Pakistan
Argues with the Pope on abortion
Signed the Schip bill, that gives health care to illegals
Won't bring a camera in to video his retaking of the oath of office
Ordered the closure of Gitmo
Halts all pending Bush regulations
Second week: Appoints extremist Samantha Powers to head foreign policy team
Secret nuke talks with Iran/Syria
Attacks Rush Limbaugh
Appoints tax cheat for commerce secretary
Illegal alien aunt, granted a visa
Signs expensive schipp legislation
Daschle the tax cheat/lobbiest whore-for-money proposed as secretary for health care
Nancy Killefer for candidacy to be the first chief
performance officer for federal government fails to pay household help taxes ...withdrawn
12 lobbyists (or more) appointed to high gov't positions within the first 14 days of his administration (up to 17 by another source)

Obama is on a ROLL!

[Free ThinkerNY]

Thanks for the list.

[Clink]

I quit reading the Times of India article when this sentence appeared in the second paragraph.

One good silver lining – if Obama Adminsitration’s corruption index is 10, Bush Administration’s was 95.

[mombrown1]

He doesn’t need the lobbyist money (sarc) he has the taxpayer to fund the DNC, ACORN, and other democrat groups.