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Old 06-15-2011, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Well, how about some more of that HopeNChange?

I could have sworn obama talked about this dubious practice from previous administrations?

Top Barack Obama donors net government jobs - Fred Schulte, John Aloysius Farrell and Jeremy Borden -- iWatch News - POLITICO.com

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More than two years after Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests or attended numerous elite White House meetings and social events, an investigation by iWatch News has found.
Oh, he did.....and said a lot more than this.

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As a candidate, Obama spoke passionately about diminishing the clout of moneyed interests. Kicking off his presidential run on Feb. 10, 2007, he blasted “the cynics, the lobbyists, the special interests,” who had “turned our government into a game only they can afford to play.”
Of course, we are to believe that ONLY obama's lobbyists, cronies and special interests are "highly qualified" for the job.

Well worth the read....that displays the depth of HoaxNDupe.
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Old 06-15-2011, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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0bam is the biggest crony capitalist we have ever seen. Other politicians engage in cronyism, but this guy has taken it to the stratosphere, with the sheer volume of taxpayer money he is throwing to his cronies.

GE is the perfect example, there CEO is one of 0bama's top administrative advisers on jobs. Not only did GE not pay any income taxes, but the receive federal subsides for green energy and health care, and we taxpayers are also paying $36 million for GE's early retirement, employee pension plan.
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Old 06-15-2011, 10:38 AM
 
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Shh! The media is very busy with important matters, such as reading Palin's emails.
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Old 06-15-2011, 11:39 AM
 
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Not surprising at all, they all do it. We keep voting them in.
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Old 06-15-2011, 11:53 AM
 
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We all need to realize that all politicians do this. Democrats are just as guilty of being in bed with big business and funneling jobs and contracts to their contributors as Republicans are.
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:17 PM
 
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We all need to realize that all politicians do this. Democrats are just as guilty of being in bed with big business and funneling jobs and contracts to their contributors as Republicans are.
No argument about all do it. The difference is Obama said HE was NOT going to allow it.
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:27 PM
 
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Liberals....embarrassed yet? You should be.....that is if you have a single ounce of humility about you.
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Corporate fascism WIN!
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:31 PM
 
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You Obummers is actually a Republican?
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:45 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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That is why we have video tapes of Obama, and all the things he promised he would and would not do, on tape, for this reason!
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