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The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser
LA Times ^ | June 7, 2010 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 06/08/2010 6:10:06 AM PDT by ecsmceo

In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and its gulf oil spill in recent days, here's a story that reveals a little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner political circles intersect, protect and care for one another in the nation's capital. And Chicago. We already knew that BP and its folks were significant contributors to the record $750-million war chest of Barack Obama's 2007-08 campaign. Now, we learn the details of a connection of Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago mayoral wannabe, current Obama chief of staff, ex-representative, ex-Clinton money man and ex-Windy City political machine go-fer. Shortly after Obama's happy inaugural, eyebrows rose slightly upon word that, as a House member, Emanuel had lived the last five years rent-free in a D.C. apartment of Democratic colleague Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and her husband, Stanley Greenberg.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; cultureocorruption; duplicate; notbreakingnews; obamaadministration; obamabpties; obamascandals; rahmemanuel; reprosadelauro; stanleygreenberg
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Little “o” is goin’ down...


21 posted on 06/08/2010 6:28:03 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Zakeet

Ewwwwwwwww. Is she our new Helen Thomas replacement? LOL!


22 posted on 06/08/2010 6:28:17 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: ecsmceo
FTA:

Greenberg's consulting firm was a prime architect of BP's recent rebranding drive as a green petroleum company, down to green signs and the slogan "Beyond Petroleum." Greenberg's company is also closely tied to a sister Democratic outfit -- GCS, named for the last initials of Greenberg, James Carville, another Clinton advisor, and Bob Shrum, John Kerry's 2004 campaign manager. According to published reports, GCS received hundreds of thousands of dollars in political polling contracts in recent years from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Probably just a crazy coincidence. But you'll never guess who was the chairman of that Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dispensing those huge polling contracts to his kindly rent-free landlord.

Hmmmm. Was this during the same years that Emanuel declared his own house in Chicago the corporate seat of his "Foundation" (a foundation whose only officers and contributors are Emanuel and his wife) thereby taking his home OFF the property tax rolls?

No rent in DC (therby no tax contribution). No taxes in Chicago. Millions $$$ in the bank. Some people know how to live large.

23 posted on 06/08/2010 6:28:43 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Zakeet

Eeeks! Is that a woman?


24 posted on 06/08/2010 6:29:08 AM PDT by b4its2late (Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?)
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To: Zakeet

That’s the biggest shock from the article, DeLauro actually has a husband.


25 posted on 06/08/2010 6:29:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Another libtard woman not taking her husband’s last name I see.


26 posted on 06/08/2010 6:31:21 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: ecsmceo

Oily Birds make strange Bedfellows

LA Times? WOW!


27 posted on 06/08/2010 6:31:22 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: dfwgator

Just what I was thinking. She has got to be the ugliest woman in DC at least on the outside.


28 posted on 06/08/2010 6:32:01 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

I think I’d rather look at a pic of Helen Thomas than that thing.


29 posted on 06/08/2010 6:33:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Checked all other major outlets, nothing yet.


30 posted on 06/08/2010 6:33:53 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Illegal immigration is destroying America, look what it's done to the White House)
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To: Liz

Thanks, Liz


31 posted on 06/08/2010 6:36:04 AM PDT by mickie
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To: ecsmceo

I think Rush was talking about this over a week ago. (Pretty sure I heard it on Rush’s show.)


32 posted on 06/08/2010 6:36:36 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: Zakeet

Is that a picture of Rosa or Stanley???


33 posted on 06/08/2010 6:36:49 AM PDT by Jackson57
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To: ecsmceo

The entire Jack Squat Barry administration, to include Jack Squat himself, should be thuroughly investigated for possible criminal activities...all of them.


34 posted on 06/08/2010 6:37:26 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ecsmceo

OK, let’s connect the dots for all the sheeple.

1.BP is Obama’s biggest Doner
2.Obama Chief of Staff is provided a RENT FREE apartment by a BP Advisor
3. BP gets preferential treatment by the EPA and is exempted from inspections on the Deepwater Horizon well.
4. Deepwater horizon blows out.

IOW, a Quid Pro Quo if I have ever seen one.


35 posted on 06/08/2010 6:38:33 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: dfwgator

What is her nationality? I used to know a Greek woman who could be her twin.


36 posted on 06/08/2010 6:39:04 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; Zakeet

“Ewwwwwwwww. Is she our new Helen Thomas replacement? LOL!”

I think she is definitely in the running!

Post#17: Zakeet, please give a warning before you post something like that! That frightened me! :)


37 posted on 06/08/2010 6:41:18 AM PDT by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: STARWISE; penelopesire; Liz; hoosiermama; onyx
LA Times not invited to Bidens’ BBQ?

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/06/07/washington

Glenn Greenwald
Monday, Jun 7, 2010 13:55 ET

Our hard-core, adversarial press corps

By Glenn Greenwald

38 posted on 06/08/2010 6:41:30 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Ditter

She must have some “special talent.”


39 posted on 06/08/2010 6:43:57 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Must.........wash.......brain.......with........Clorox.

Gack!


40 posted on 06/08/2010 6:45:50 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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