It's all about returning this Country's wealth to its rightful owners doncha know. The Halliburton white guys had their shot at the piggy bank, now it's time for some Chicago payback.
Posted on 08/19/2009 3:53:48 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers.
Coalitions of interest groups running at least $24 million in pro-overhaul ads hired GMMB, which worked for Obama's 2008 campaign and whose partners include a top Obama campaign strategist. They also hired AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by David Axelrod, a top adviser to Obama's campaign and now to the White House. AKPD did work for Obama's campaign, and Axelrod's son Michael and Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe work there.
The firms were hired by Americans for Stable Quality Care and its predecessor, Healthy Economy Now. Each was formed by a coalition of interests with big stakes in health care policy, including the drug maker lobby PhRMA, the American Medical Association, the Service Employees International Union and Families USA, which calls itself "The Voice for Health Care Consumers."
Their ads press for changes in health care policy. Healthy Economy Now made one of the same arguments that Obama does: that health care costs are delaying the country's economic recovery and that changes are needed if the economy is to rebound.
There is no evidence that Axelrod directly profited from the group's ads. Axelrod took steps to separate himself from AKPD when he joined Obama's White House. AKPD owes him $2 million from his stock sale and will make preset payments over four years, starting with $350,000 on Dec. 31, according to Axelrod's personal financial disclosure report.
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BTW....I’m recording it....but Hannity is on this, tonight. Michelle Malkin is chiming in, as well.
I’m shocked!
And zero has nothing to worry about. It’s not like the media will call him on it, and only Republicans have punishable ethics problems.
Biggest health ghost industry ever.
It's all about returning this Country's wealth to its rightful owners doncha know. The Halliburton white guys had their shot at the piggy bank, now it's time for some Chicago payback.
Conflicts of interests used to be illegal and scandalous.
You can produce a link that has been removed - show screen shots with dates, etc. That would be one reason to save a webpage as a file.
buzz this up on the yahoo site to keep it going.
So what it boils down to is this: pr firms that worked for Obama are now working for PACs that are pushing for 0’s agenda and some of Obama’s staff had ties with the pr firms. Am I right?
If so this is a non-story IMHO.
Okay it has now finally hit the news.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26240.html
it will still be ignored.
Ping.
Other news:
Obama Administration: Depressed and Disabled Veterans Should Consider Foregoing Medical Care
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319899/posts
Attorney: FBI Trained NJ Blogger to Incite Others(Hal Turner-Government Informer!!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318990/posts
Thousands of surgeries may be cut in Metro Vancouver (Woe, Canada!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319410/posts
Good link for deep research on Paulson [founder of Bailout for Goldman Sachs]
http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ric=HBC
It’s not like the media will call him on it
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What media? Oh *that* media? True.
Conflicts of interests used to be illegal and scandalous.
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That was sooo last century. When we used to have a media. Sort of.
If so this is a non-story IMHO.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26240.html
It revolves around two separate $12 million ad campaigns advocating Obama’s health care plan that were produced and placed partly by AKPD Message and Media, a firm founded by Axelrod that employs his son and still owes Axelrod $2 million.
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM106_090818_axelrod_pharma.html - talking points memo from the Republicans
They are basically pointing out that zero’s top advisors and their families are personally benefitting GREATLY from the health takeover ‘campaign’ buy.
At the least this is a pretty serious conflict of interest and they should recuse themselves from that account.
But they won’t have to. (if they do, I’ll be totally shocked.)
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM106_090818_axelrod_pharma.html - talking points memo from the Republicans
On Saturday, Bloomberg News reported that one of the firms hired to spearhead the PhRMA-led advertising campaign is AKPD—the firm that Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod founded, and where his son continues to work.
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The same news story reported that Axelrod will be paid $2 million from AKPD as part of his severance package—payments which will come due beginning in December.
Who pays for the media blitz?
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