And let's not forget the lobbyist who Obama chose to be the Deputy SecDef. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/08/defense.appointments/index.html?iref=newssearch
Hmmm, I seem to recall that Mr. Obama said during his campaign that he wanted to lessen lobbyist influence in government. So why is a senior vice president and a lobbyist of one of the largest defense contractors in the US being nominated for this position? Robert Munn wrote: > Tim Geithner, our new Treasury Secretary, already admitted to having cheated > you and me out of $34,000 in taxes, half of which he only paid when he was > nominated for the cabinet post. > > Now it turns out that Tom Daschle, the nominee for HHS Secretary, paid $140K > in back taxes after being nominated himself: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123335984751235247.html > > So let me get this straight- a bunch of crooks got us into this mess, and we > are trusting a bunch of crooks to get us out of it? > > I am not buying. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
