Claim: “Master of Astroturf” Axelrod “earned millions from drug company lobbyists”

NewsReal Blog ^ | August 20, 2009 | Kathy Shaidle

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Sean Hannity invited Culture of Corruption author Michelle Malkin on his program yesterday to discuss the latest White House scandal. As reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday:

Two firms that received $343.3 million to handle advertising for Barack Obama’s White House run last year have profited from his top priority as president by taking on his push for health-care overhaul.

One is AKPD Message and Media, the Chicago-based firm headed by David Axelrod until he left last Dec. 31 to serve as a senior adviser to the president. Axelrod was Obama’s top campaign strategist and is now helping sell the health-care plan.

Complex stuff, but one observer boiled it down nicely:

Man owns firm, man takes government job, man sells firm and firm owes man $2 million (if firm goes bust, man out $2 mil), firm lands multi-million dollar contracts from organizations doing business with the government on a top issue for the person man works for and man is out advocating for.