New York Times – Obama White House Bought Paid For By Highest Bidder

[bonnie]

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New York Times – Obama White House Bought and Paid For By Highest Bidders (WSI RELATED)

by Ulsterman on April 15, 2012 with 18 Comments in News

In a rather startling change in its normally overwhelmingly favorable pro-Obama tone, the New York Times publishes a lengthy expose on just how willing the Obama administration is to participate in “pay to play” politics – and even directly links the environment to topsenior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

As the news cycle and American public are distracted by the Secret Service/military prostitution scandal now developing, the New York Times publishes a story that has considerably more far-reaching implications into the corrupted inner workings of the Obama White House – including an on the record quote from a member of the Kennedy family confirming allegations the Obama administration engages in quid pro quo politics.

Excerpts:

…The lobbyist did not get there by himself.

He was accompanied by Antoinette C. Bush, a well-connected Washington lawyer who has represented companies like Viacom, Sony and News Corporation for 30 years. A friend of the president and a cousin of his close aide Valerie B. Jarrett.

…Although Mr. Obama has made a point of not accepting contributions from registered lobbyists, a review of campaign donations and White House visitor logs shows that special interests have had little trouble making themselves heard. Many of the president’s biggest donors, while not lobbyists, took lobbyists with them to the White House, while others performed essentially the same function on their visits.

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But Patrick J. Kennedy, the former representative from Rhode Island, who donated $35,800 to an Obama re-election fund last fall while seeking administration support for a nonprofit venture, said contributions were simply a part of “how this business works.”

“If you want to call it ‘quid pro quo,’ fine,” he said.

…Republicans in Congress have raised questions about whether Democratic donors who invested in the solar energy company Solyndra and other troubled firms influenced the administration’s support of those businesses, pointing to White House visits and other official contacts. The administration denies there was any wrongdoing.

…When Los Angeles officials wanted White House backing for a program that would speed up local transit projects, they turned last spring to a California political operative, Kerman Maddox, a top Obama fund-raiser and party donor.

…Lamell McMorris, a Chicago native and longtime Obama supporter who appears in White House visitor logs 20 times, runs a Washington consulting firm that, as recently as last year, was registered to lobby.

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[Woody]

This is terrible but I am not surprised. What I am surprised about is the Obama service sex scandal. Anyone heard much about it?