More than 40 former lobbyists work in senior positions in the Obama administration, including three Cabinet secretaries and the CIA director. Yet in his State of the Union address, Obama claimed, "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
Did Obama speak falsely?
Well, it depends on what the definition of "excluded lobbyists" is.
I asked the White House if he chose his words poorly, but the media affairs office defended the president's statement: "As the President said," a spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail, "we have turned away lobbyists for many, many positions."
So, the country may have heard, "we haven't hired lobbyists to policymaking jobs," but the White House tells us Obama meant, "we only hired some of the lobbyists who applied for policymaking jobs." In other words, they've excluded some lobbyists
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And this was in the context of reducing the "deficit of trust."
And this was in the context of reducing the "deficit of trust."
Kind of like a retailer putting something "on sale" after having tripled the price! I get it!
ReplyDelete....thats no big deal! all terrorist lie, cheat and steal...its part of the job!
ReplyDeleteA page out of Bill Clinton's book exactly. They think we the people are so dumb that we will believe anything they say. Fact is I don't believe anything they say at this point. They LIE.
ReplyDeleteObama has made a mockery out of almost every campaign promise he made - why should we expect anything different on this one? I guess he did give us 'change' - he changed his mind about everything he claimed to stand for!
ReplyDeleteDid anyone actually read the list? Its mostly law firms and people being accused of lobbying for the company they worked for. This list has absolutely no merit, they just put in a bunch of names assuming no one would ready it, just see the title and the fact that a list exists and then copy and paste the link into their own blog.
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