Obama White House Discloses Two More Lobbyist Waivers Granted

Anyone else remember when BHO mocked HRC and JM for going back on their word (or changing their stories) during the primaries and general election respectively?? Seems that he cannot seem to keep his word either. he is either a BIG FAT LIAR or he just believes like all politicans do that Americans are stupid, short-sighted slobs. For some reason, I think that there is a bit of truth in both of those statements. This article, and the revelation therein, is just another example of this “post-partisian” man being nothing more than the typical politician!

Kind of reminds me of Bill Clinton during his impeachment proceedings: Whether President Obama lied about not wanting lobbyists working in the White House depends upon the meaning of the word “in.”

I’m glad he’s doing this. We’re in a full blown crisis, and we need to get the government staffed. Pragmatically speaking, if you eliminate anyone who’s ever been a lobbyist, you cut out a lot of good people.
The good thing about Obama’s approach is that these people are flagged and put on public view. They are now under an ethical magnifying glass. Effectively, they’re going to have to be especially careful about conflicts of interest. I don’t see the problem.
Of course, the haters will grab any possible opportunity to tear Obama down. That’s just pathetic.

Jake
It’s really nice to have an MSM news blog to visit where I am not going to get angry with the author.
Thanks much!

Gee there were complaints and doubts just a couple of days ago in the press, about Obama’s ban.
So which is it Good thing or bad thing?
These two worked for a non profit group that supports Obama policies. Well I would think he would want them.
Now if they lobbied for a for profit group like industry I would have more doubts, as industry already has more influence than they should.
I can see however if you opposed the policies that one would a object, if on the other hand if he hired someone who worked for the Oil companies, some of you might rejoice, I on the other hand would be upset.
So there we have it.

Maybe it is time for President Obama to take some advice from folks who thought there would be ‘change’ in the right direction, and that HE WOULD follow through on what he promised that he would do! At present, terribly DISAPPOINTED! He may have to learn that DISAPPOINTMENT affects BOTH PARTIES!
Think he should take the following under advisement:
1) Select cabinet members who are not tax cheats!
2) Stop the new Attorney General from calling the nation ‘cowards’ and fueling divisiveness.
3) At least in the beginning, ADHERE to the promises made regarding doing away with EARMARKS and PORK BARREL spending; and keeping lobbyists out of key cabinet positions. REMEMBER — YOU HAVE VETO POWERS!! Now that the FY 2009 Appropriations Bill has been approved, you can veto it if you do not want to fund over 8,500 earmarks! (NO MORE EXCUSES!)
4) Cease talking down business, and attempting to make successful enterprises the enemy! You will have to rely on them to pay the bills for your initiatives.
5) Refrain from speaking of the ‘stock market’ in a cavalier way since there are millions of Americans who had depended upon the ‘market’ for their retirement through planning their own futures (401k and IRAs). At age 70, one’s options are limited, BUT WE STILL VOTE!
6) Do not use tax payer money to bail out individuals who were not disciplined enough to think through personal financial obligations before committing to same. THIS IS REWARDING RISKY BEHAVIOR — AT OUR EXPENSE! (Many of us learned the hard way as well, and came out the better for it!)
7) Stop blaming the current situation on your predecessor when your own party has had both chambers of Congress for over two years — WHICH YOU WERE A MEMBER — and, Barney Franks and Chris Dodd were in charge of the Congressional Banking Committees. Additionally, you had friends in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae ( Mr. Raines and Mr. Johnson). This just causes folks who vote for you to question their own judgment as to whether or not they chose a guy NOT UP TO THE TASK!
8) The ‘bipartisanship’ touted during the campaign to be brought to Washington by the Obama Administration is not a ‘one way street’, or a night at the Whitehouse watching a movie or a game. It requires mutual trust, compromise, and demonstrated
credibility .. with true bipartisanship. Beating up on Eric Cantor — or the ‘boogey person’ of the day is not a recommended strategy. Suggest the process begin!
9) Refrain from using the Whitehouse to attempt to silence critics– Jim Cramer, Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and now Eric Cantor. It cheapens the office, and causes one to seriously question your priorities when we are in a serious economic crisis. Refer to item #8. Remember, this is not Chicago politics!
10) Deal more with substance rather than style, including weaning yourself from the teleprompter.
11) If in charge, TAKE CHARGE — that includes engaging the Speaker of the House. SHE IS NOT THE CO-PRESIDENT!
12) Daily pronouncements/speeches (stem cell research and education as examples) without detail plans; impacts on citizens; specific objectives and outcomes — NOT GENERALITIES; and the costs; are really a waste of time, and you will find that your bully pulpit will rapidly become an ordinary soap box — made of cardboard. Please do the homework before calling a crowd and saying ‘nothing’.
13) Bring on a chief of protocol who can keep the Whitehouse and State Department straight, where there will be fewer embarrassments — such as we suffered (and still suffering) the week of March 2d. That was pretty sophomoric.
14) LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE — NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK THEY ARE SAYING, BUT, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING!! MAKE US WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, NOT — REGRET OUR VOTE OF NOVEMBER 4!!
Credibility of a leader is EARNED — IT IS NOT BESTOWED.

LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE — NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK THEY ARE SAYING, BUT, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING!! MAKE US WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, NOT — REGRET OUR VOTE OF NOVEMBER 4!!
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So Far the polls indicate that he is doing just that!

Obama says: These lobbyists won’t be working in the White House as I promised. Let’s be clear. They will be be working in the Executive Office Building. There is a distinction. At least there should be.

How’s that hope and change working out for you Obama drones?
Since Obama’s inauguration:
- Dow has lost 32% of its value
- Obama snubs UK Prime Minister, humiliates him with DVDs
- More proposed spending than all previous administrations combined
- Will sign card check which will kill even more jobs, will sign FOCA which will kill more unborn babies, signed embroynic stem-cell research throwing more tax dollars down an unproven rathole, issues more executive orders than Bush or Clinton
- Closing Gitmo which will release more terrorist scum back into the battlefield
- More candidates have been forced to resign (tax cheats) or turned down cabinet positions in presidential history; Obama’s administration is full of empty positions, especially at Treasury
Jimmy Carter can rest easy now. Obama is about to become the worst, most destructive president in American history.

Alright look folks, the key word here is previous. ..they were lobbyists, now they are not. Ya’ll are acting as if lobbyist are evil human beings,..the enemy..like ..like Al Qaeda. They’re folks… and like all folks some are good, some are not.
so, to review..ex lobbyist are not the enemy, they are not felons and if they are qualified..they should get the job
This should not even be a news issue..but It appears some Media personalities like..no ..need attention.
Sorry that I had to dumb it down for ya’ll..but after reading these posts I felt obligated to do so.

Hey Fox Valley — which Fox Valley are you from? ARe you from the Illinois Fox Valley?
sorry – just had to ask…

Lizzie – I’m in Wisconsin

Obama shouldn’t have that no lobbyist rule. Then he wouldn’t have to sign a waiver for lobbyists he wants to put in his administration. Why doesn’t Obama understand how stupid and hypocritical this sounds to most Americans? Obama must be a dunce.

I don’t mind if President Obama hires people who were lobbyists. He needs to get people working and if it takes some prior lobbyists then so be it. Obama is doing a great job and I am so pleased with everything he is doing.

The only change Obama has brought is loose change in my pocket instead of dollar bills.

Why are we learning this three weeks later?

Just wait until he gets around to talking about the necessity of global no boundaries consumerism!
All dissenters will of course be outsiders! And Co-Pres Pelosi will work out the details! :(

Postmoderns did away with boundaries and now everyone is essentially homeless!
Unless of course you trust the God who created the whole home reality in the first place!
Oh, I am an Independent with no admiration for the far-left or the far-right.

There’s no change as he “preached” during the campaign. Just another double-talking politician, looking out for his own interest and ideological agenda
He’s worst than the peanut farmer. According to the media, he’s suppose to be the brightest guy on the planet. Yet he’s screwing up the economy, everytime he open his mouth, the market drops
And what’s the deal with the TelePrompter, it’s almost like he is a puppet. He may sound great, but without a prewritten script, there’s nothing inside. Who’s pulling the string. Polosi or Axelrod?
Poor decision on the cabinet positions. Full of tax cheat, idiots and duds. His choice for secretary of state is an embarassment to the human kind. I am so “exerienced” after two terms of first lady. What a joke
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If your going to discuss ethics, the MSM needs to be re-baptized again as well before they start pointing fingers.!!
As for the many that post here and stated the economy under Obama is going south, you folks need and to get educated… Bush was President 2920 days and drove this country into the ground. Furthermore, Obama has only been in office 51 days his stimulus bill only signed 22 days ago, and it’s all his fault!! Clearly, you all are REPUBLICANS which mean “PARTY FIRST COUNTRY SECOND”
Last, since you are so eager to say its Obamas faoult for the dow dropping then all credit MUST be his for the 380 point gain yesterday!!!

I totally regret my vote for Mr. Obama. I am taking my bumper sticker off today. I can’t believe I got pwned by this false messiah.

“WHY has this administration not authorized the continuation of the F-22 Raptor program?”
Massively overpriced, outdated defense project. Funny, you are willing throw good money away on that project, but anything else stimulus related does not meet your expectations. That is hypocrisy at its finest.

Fox Valley — Here I was thinking you were my Fox Valley. I know yours, though, too!

More of the same from Hussein. The Koolaid drinkers are slowly waking up from their coma to realize what a fraud Hussein really is. His hollow speeches and empty promises mean nothing. He defrauded the American public (at least half of them) during the campaign; the MSM perpetuated the myth, Oprah decreed him “the anointed one” and the country is now in the deepest financial, moral and ethical morass ever imagined. We turned our backs on true integrity, true character, true patriot and true statesman for a joker like this. Oh well……there is always 2012.

people need to understand the major difference between ‘lobbyists’ who bring in huge paychecks from private for-profit industries and ‘advocates’ who work for non-profit organizations (such as the National Partnership for Women and Families and the National Council of La Raza). Basically, anyone who has worked for a major national organization in DC on issues that matter to regular people is likely to be registered as a “lobbyist.” But nonprofits advocating for policy change that benefits low-income women, families and Latinos (and the rest of us) are vastly different from high-priced lobbying firms that set policies to benefit their industry and corporate clients.
The exceptions for these two distinguished women are completely justified, and if anyone could fill these jobs without having lobbied Congress, they are completely ignorant and have no idea how government works.

Hireing Ms. Muñoz of the National Council of La Raza as chief liaison to the Latino community, would be like hireing David Duke as chief liaison to WASP community.

“Why doesn’t Obama simply admit he lied about hiring lobbyists, just like he lied about earmarks.”
What do you mean, “lied”?
Doing the exact opposite of what you said you would do is merely being “flexible.” Yeah, that’s it.

“Of course, the haters will grab any possible opportunity to tear Obama down. That’s just pathetic.”
Why is it “hate” to expect our elected leaders to be truthful and keep their word?
If Obama had said during the campaign that there might be exceptions to the “no lobbyists” rule, that would be one thing. As far as I am aware, he made no such qualifications, so hiring lobbyists, waiver or no waiver, constitutes breaking his word.
You’re so okay with this that you have no problem saying that anyone who has doubts about it is hateful and pathetic?

Where can we send for one of these ‘Ethics Waiver Forms?’
I’d like to have a few on hand…so I’ll be prepared the next time I need to do something unethical…..
Up to now…I just presumed I had to remain ethical…
Also I will need a ‘tax waiver’ for this year…
I did’nt vote for this guy…but I’m starting to see how I could increase my chances of staying solvent..with these new tools..
Change I’m starting to believe in….