A White House tightly bound to lobbyists
By: Timothy P. Carney
Senior Examiner Columnist
09/12/10 10:06 PM EDT
Spokesmen in glass White Houses shouldn't throw stones.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs took such a liking to this weekend's NY Times story on House Minority Leader John Boehner and his lobbyist friends that Gibbs has posted about it on Twitter four times, beginning with one saying, "Headline says it all...A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists."
The story is worth reading, as is Byron York's blog post on some interesting scuttlebutt about its original version making silly claims, but this White House is hardly in the position to chastise others for tight bonds to lobbyists.
Here are some of the strands of the Obama White House's intense ties to lobbyists:
50 lobbyists in administration: Obama and his underlings have named at least 50 ex-lobbyists to senior administration officials. Some highlights of the Obama Lobbyist Lineup:
...please read the rest of the story here
...now, let's take a look a the top Democrat:
Pelosi has pocketed nearly twice as much lobbyist cash as Boehner
...how are we the people going to ever get out of this mess?
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