Hey, whatever happened to all that hope, change, transparency and accountable, responsible government we heard so much about? Oh, that's right, he won the election and isn't campaigning for anything right now. Maybe he'll run in 2012 on a platform of going to Washington to clean up all the bad government we've been getting? At least the press would be on board. Only Obama can clean up this mess, it's his mess, after all!
President Obama’s campaign to bring change to the nation’s capital hasn’t kept him from continuing the Washington tradition of handing out ambassadorships to political friends and fundraisers.
An old college roommate, the head of an entertainment production company and a lawyer whose family made its money selling vacuum cleaners are among more than a dozen people who have won ambassadorships after raising a total of at least $4 million for Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign, according to public records.
Not a big deal, IMHO. Ambassadorships are appointed, and every administration uses them as party favors to some extent.
The real corruption from this administration (and Congress) comes in the spending and regulation.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 04:12 PM
The crystal ball reveals a future campaign stragegy for Obama. Or, was it his past campaign strategy?
Obama Explains Millionaire Grants (smile)
Future News:
It is just weeks after Barack Obama won the 2012 election to his second term as President. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs provided some details today about President Obama's campaign promise to "make 95% of all citizens a millionaire".
Participants must earn less than $50,000, with a net worth less than $50,000. They must be a legal resident for 3 years at the time of the grant. Illegal status will incur a $10,000 penalty in exchange for immediate citizenship. Gibbs said: "It just seems fair not to spoil such a happy event because of a technicality".
(continued at link)
Posted by: Andrew_M_Garland | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 05:12 PM
That link is:
Obama Explains Millionaire Grants (smile)http://easyopinionsoutlink.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-explains-millionaire-grants-smile.html
Posted by: Andrew_M_Garland | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 05:14 PM
ah, that would make us all millionnaires in the same sense that most Germans in 1922 were, on cheaply printed Weimar currency paper, wouldn't it?
Excuse me while I gurgle in delight at the thought of my soon to be gotten "wealth"... :)
Posted by: nightcrawler | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Obama is nothing more than another CHICAGO MOB CROOK.
I have no use for him whatsoever and I hope in 2010 and 2012 and 2014 and beyond that people in this country that actually really VOTE wake up and will really CHANGE our governement for the BETTER.
Posted by: WBestPresidentEver | Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 11:25 AM