Daschle != Lobbyist.
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > The campaign promise was to to set goals for no lobbyists, it was to not > allow lobbyists. There is a tremendous difference there. > > To make a statement like that and then appoint a lobbyist, even if its one > out of a thousand, still breaks the campaign promise in my opinion. If he > knew he could not fulfill it, then maybe he should not have been so absolute > when making the promise. > > Using you 'resolution' example. I don't know anyone who would layout their > entire exercise routine as a resolution. They would most likely say "I am > going to get in shape" or "I am going to lose weight", so skipping that > Thursday workout is not going to be detrimental to the resolution. However, > the difference is in the details. If they actually did layout their > exercise program AS their resolution, then yes, skipping exercise that > Thursday would, technically, break that resolution. > > If Obama had said, drastically reduce the number of lobbyists appointed, he > would have been covered, and met that promise 100% so far (and most likely > his entire presidency). But he didn't, he said no lobbyists would be > appointed. And THAT promise he broke. > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Bruce wrote: >> > >> > He hire a lobbyist and a defense contractor all rolled into one. How is >> > that different that Haliburton? And he broke a campaign promise in doing >> > that. >> > >> >> That's one way to look at it and, no offense, I think it's the childish >> way. >> >> 1.) He immediately set a BHAG: no lobbyists. Campaign promise fulfilled. >> >> 2.) His SecDef told him the best guy for the job is X, and hopefully >> explained why in great detail. >> >> 3.) He granted an exception. >> >> As Washington is absolutely overwhelmed with lobbyists since that was >> old way, and since no president before him has ever even attempted >> anything close to his BHAG, I'll grant the exception as 99% complete. >> >> Now if half of his appointees were lobbyists, I'll grant you the >> point. If 25% or 15% were I'd grant you the point. >> >> But 1??? or 2??? Come on. >> >> You're just picking knits to be religious. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
