Posted on 06/07/2015 2:13:20 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
As a member of Congress, Dick Gephardt often spoke passionately about the need for the United States to recognize as genocide the mass deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians under the Turkish government that began one century ago.
But as a lobbyist for Turkey since leaving Congress in 2005, Gephardt, a Democrat, has taken the opposite side. His behind-the-scenes work has been cited as a factor in the annual failure of Congress to recognize the Armenian genocide.
Justice Department records show that Gephardts lobbying firm has been paid more than $8 million since 2008 to fight the declaration and represent Turkey on other contentious issues, including repatriation of Christian holy sites seized over the last century in that Muslim nation.
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Gephardt also said that his views of relations between the U.S. and Turkey often described as the worlds leading Muslim democracy changed profoundly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Weve got to have models out there of Muslim governments that are moderate and successful, he said.
And yet in 2003, while running for president two years after 9/11, Gephardt co-sponsored HR193, which said recognition of Armenian Genocide, along with the Holocaust and genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda, must be recognized to help prevent future genocides.
Four years later, he was accepting money from Turkey to fight such recognition.
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His companys most recent contract with Turkey, signed in March, is for $170,000 a month, with roughly half going to subcontractors, including a firm that employed former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
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The “follow the money”admonition works every time.
I’m wondering if lobbyists just do the bidding of the people paying them. Nah.
Like most of em....he belongs in jail.
Lobbyists are just like whores,except somebody else ends up getting F’ed.
Well Hastart got a share of the proceeds. When you retire from politics, you make deals with everyone to keep the cash flowing. Sickening.
Lawyers are taught to argue for the TRUTH and the LIE equally well..
You know..... in OUR Colleges.. for a long time..
AND no pitchforks.. no tar and feathers.. not even a harrumph in amazement..
Sooo we got lawyers lieing there teeth out..
From San Diego to Espionage, Maine... from North Slope Alaska to Screw me Sideways, Texas..
Client | Size of contract | Industry |
---|---|---|
1-800-PACK-RAT | $80,000 | Moving/Storage |
Accuray, Inc. | $40,000 | Pharmaceuticals/Health |
AEI Energy | $70,000 | Electric Utilities |
Amaya Gaming | $260,000 | Casinos/Gambling |
Ameren Corp | $200,000 | Electric Utilities |
American Chiropractic Association | $50,000 | Health |
American Council for International Education | $10,000 | Education |
American Messaging | $40,000 | Telecommunications services |
American Science & Engineering, Inc. | $440,000 | Electronics Manufacturing/Equipment |
Anheuser-Busch | $120,000 | Beer |
Autism Speaks | $180,000 | Human Rights |
Bayer Corp. | $150,000 | Pharmaceuticals/Health |
Boeing Co. | $340,000 | Defense/Aerospace |
Broward County, Fla. | $200,000 | Civil Service |
Crawford Group (Enterprise Rent-A-Car) | $20,000 | Car Rental |
Digital Documents, LLC | $50,000 | Document Scanning/Storage |
General Electric | $200,000 | Manufacturing/Distribution |
Goldman Sachs | $90,000 | Investment/Securities |
$320,000 | Internet | |
Great Plains Institute | $10,000 | Energy |
Harbinger Capital Partners (Lightsquare, Inc.) | $160,000 | Telecommunications Services |
Human Rights Campaign | $120,000 | Human Rights |
Intel Corp. (McAfee) | $60,000 | Electronics Manufacturing/Equipment |
Lanxess Corporation | $200,000 | Chemicals |
Los Angeles World Airports | $240,000 | Air Transportation |
National Association of Broadcasters | $240,000 | Television/Movies/Music |
National Association of Manufacturers | $180,000 | Manufacturing/Distribution |
Neustar | $50,000 | Internet |
Onex | $60,000 | Securities/Investment |
Peabody Energy | $400,000 | Coal Mining/Distribution |
Planetary Power | $40,000 | Hybrid Technology |
Planetary Resources | $40,000 | Air Transport |
Pods Enterprises | $80,000 | Transportation |
Port of Oakland | $160,000 | Sea Transport |
Prairie State Generating | $200,000 | Energy |
Teva Pharmaceuticals | $240,000 | Pharmaceuticals/Health |
United Health Group | $320,000 | Health Services |
Waste Management | $120,000 | Waste |
sleaze factor
No a tall tree and a short rope. We The People will soon right the wrongs done to us.
Lobbyests are the “Johns”, politicians are the whores.
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