Remember that old adage of the pot calling the kettle black? It seems the “charming” Chairman is on a new kick against the GOP claiming that they are “lackeys” of corporate interests. This from a man who has stacked his administration with his biggest corporate donors, former executives from Goldman Sachs. One would be mentally challenged not to figure that those former executives represent the Wall Street banking interest who were given billions of our tax dollars. Let us also not forget the $ 500 million that Obama gave to the Brazilian oil consortium Petrogas whose largest investor, (to the tune of $ 800 million dollars), is George Soros another major Obama campaign contributor. The list goes on including PHARMA the pharmaceutical trade group who crafted Obama’s healthcare reform legislation and of course the insurance industry, both of whom are large contributors to both parties. Those few mentioned are no doubt just the tip of the iceberg. Obama’s corruption by corporate interests is just a dirty and deep as is anyone else’s in Washington. We might also note that the use of the term “lackey” was a favorite term that Chairmen Mao used to decribe American capitalists. Funny how socialists use the same old tired labels – isn’t it? Funny how they are just as corrupt as the capitalists they despise. isn’t it? Just my opinion….William McCullough
Obama Portrays GOP As corporate Lackeys
By Kara Rowland - (The Washington Times, July 27, 21010)
There’s more where that came from Comrade – ooops, I mean Barack!
President Obama on Monday aimed a new arrow at Republicans who he said are beholden to special interests, arguing that their expected filibuster this week of a new bill to rein in corporate spending on political ads is the latest in a line of votes in which the GOP has tried to protect special interests.
The broadside comes as Mr. Obama has sought to paint the fight over new campaign finance rules as yet another choice between businesses and average Americans — much as the president did in the fights over health care, new financial regulations and extended unemployment benefits.
Mr. Obama timed his remarks one day before senators vote Tuesday on whether to proceed with the legislation — dubbed the Disclose Act — which has passed the House. Democrats need at least one Republican to support the contentious measure for it to clear procedural hurdles.
“A vote to oppose these reforms is nothing less than a vote to allow corporate and special-interest takeovers of our elections. It is damaging to our democracy,” Mr. Obama declared in a brief statement to reporters in the Rose Garden.
The legislation is a response to a Supreme Court ruling in January that struck down limits on corporate and union spending in elections on the grounds that they violated the First Amendment. That case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, prompted Mr. Obama to chastise the court during his State of the Union speech this year.
The bill calls for new donor- and contribution-disclosure requirements on most groups that spend money on political ads but are not affiliated with a candidate or political party. The sponsor of the ad would be required to appear in the ad and claim responsibility for it.
Democrats tout the bill as a fair, common-sense approach, but critics have seized on loopholes that would exempt powerful lobbies such as the National Rifle Association and the AARP from the stiffened disclosure requirements. With fewer than 100 days until midterm elections, other opponents have cited the timing of the effort as proof that Democrats are trying to save their political futures.
“The Disclose Act seeks to protect unpopular Democrat politicians by silencing their critics and exempting their campaign supporters from an all-out attack on the First Amendment. In the process, the authors of the bill have decided to trade our constitutional rights away in a backroom deal that makes the Cornhusker Kickback look like a model of legislative transparency,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has decried the measure as unconstitutional, and the business lobby has warned lawmakers that it plans to score how senators vote.
In some ways, fierce opposition from corporations has played into Democrats’ strategy this fall to frame the elections as a choice between Mr. Obama‘s policies and what he says is a GOP still tied to Bush-era policies that favor special interests…. Read the rest of the story: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/26/obama-slams-gop-campaign-finance/
