Posted on 10/06/2009 1:11:43 PM PDT by Justaham
You beat me to it. I can't, for the life of me, understand how ABC continues to allow her to report of politics when she has direct and material financial stake in the political "success" of this President - If Obama, and consequently Biden, do well, it means increased job security for her husband and realized income to her and her family. That is a financial stake in Obama's political success.
It seems to me a clear conflict of interest.
She is married to Jay Carney, communications director to Vice President Joe Biden, causing many to charge a conflict of interest.
Two govt planeloads of connivers......shows the extraordinary influence the Chicago three -- Rahm Emmanuel, David Axelrod, and Valerie Jarrett -- have on matters that crossover into foreign policy.
OBAMA CRONIES LINED-UP TO PROFIT Obama's cronies have too much influence over the office of the President of the United States. That they can literally compel him to expend millions of tax-payer dollars to use two US govt planes, govt personnel, and other govt resources, to make a personal appeal to the IOC, speaks of a terrible, systemic corruption. Also makes one wonder if Obama was getting a cut of the deals.
This needs to be investigated pronto (but don't hold your breath).
David Axelrod's former PR firm did all the upfront work and was paid millions for the project for years to prepare Chicago’s Olympic bid presentation to the IOC (Axelrod is a top WH aide).
Four of the five co-chairs of Obama’sinaugural committee continue to have unpaid leadership roles in Chicago Olympics 2016, including Pat Ryan, the chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016; John Rodgers, the treasurer and director of Chicago 2016; Bill Daley, the former Clinton administration commerce secretary and brother of the Chicago mayor; and Penny Pritzker, the Chicago businesswoman and Hyatt hotel heiress who led Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign fundraising.
Pritzker’s family also owns or manages other hotels named by Chicago 2016 as the accommodations for Olympic workers, press and family members. Ryan and Priztker each contributed $100,000 or more to Chicago 2016.
As did WH Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, an Obama family friend, who also served on the Chicago committee. It still counts Obama confidant and vacation companion Eric Whitaker among its members.
Obama family insider in the WH, Valerie Jarrett, a slumlord, owns Chicago property she apparently planned to turn into Olympic Villages (she flew to Copenhagen). Jarrett was replaced as Chicago 2016 vice-chair by Martin Nesbitt, the treasurer of Obama’s campaign, and another Obama family insider.
ASK Public Strategies, the Chicago-based corporate public relations company founded by Obama political guru David Axelrod and owned and run by some of Obama’s top presidential campaign consultants, was paid “in the tens of thousands” of dollars by Chicago 2016 to do “communication management [and] planning,” said former Axelrod partner Eric Sedler, who did not work for Obama's campaign, but was in Copenhagen, along with Pritzker and Jarrett.
“ASK Public Strategies worked on the bid for three years and for 2/3 of that time our work was pro bono,” said Sedler, who would not speculate on whether the company would be in line for more Olympic work if the IOC picked Chicago (duh).
BTW, did you know that Sen Dick Durbin was in Denmark?....... They were so sneaky as to who went. They took two govt planes---so it musta been quite a crowd. Videos aired from Denmark showed a few unfamiliar faces. Oprah was kept under wraps. Mrs Ohaha was shown getting off the plane alone. Only the Ohaha's were supposed to "shine"......er, ah, make that, bomb. LOL.
For the MSM a "loss" is a disaster if it's a Republican. A "win" in a loss. And an "in-between" is loss.
Bob Schieffer tried this same tactic—a loss is actually a win for The One. Unfortunately for her, most Americans are not as dumb as the reporters who write this tripe.
I WONNNNNNNN!!!!!!
See what happens when you spend too much time on your kneepads.
So Clare Shipman is typical lib reporterette. She is, however, great looking, so we can we overlook some of the many idiocies emanating from her ahem reporting? No? Okay, but she’s still real good looking.
Just saw again on tv. Still a riveting movie. And I'll bet most libs thinks it's about a right-wing totalitarian future instead of the one progressives have planned for us.
So Obama wasted millions of dollars and the capital of the presidency and orpahs just to look humble? Good luck with that S*it, Claire.
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