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Obama Team Moves Fund-Raiser After Globe Inquiry (Obama campaign in bed with Big Pharma)
The Boston Globe ^
| Thursday, July 14, 2011
| Glen Johnson
Posted on 07/14/2011 6:48:21 PM PDT by kristinn
President Obamas campaign committee is moving a fund-raiser featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from the Pfizer world headquarters to another location in New York City after The Boston Globe inquired about the propriety of a major pharmaceutical company hosting an event that could benefit the administration regulating it.
This is a general fund-raising event for the campaign that has nothing to do with a specific company and the attendees will not be from any one company or sector, Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said this afternoon in a statement.
A Pfizer spokesman did not address the change in locale but defended the companys initial decision to host the fund-raiser.
Pfizer is proud to participate in the political process and encourages its colleagues to do so as well, said the spokesman, Raul Damas. All activities are undertaken in strict compliance with campaign finance law.
SNIP
Emanuel, who formerly served as White House chief of staff, is slated to attend a series of fund-raising events for Obama next Thursday in New York. In one of them, he will serve as keynote speaker for the launch of a Tri-State Speaker Series aimed at raising money in the cash-rich region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Attendees are being asked to donate $1,000 for lunch with Emanuel or $5,000 to attend each of what will be monthly events during the next year, according to an invitation obtained by the Globe.
SNIP
In September 2009, Pfizer pleaded guilty to the illegal marketing of four of its drugs in which became the largest case of health care fraud in US history. It also received the largest criminal penalty - $1.2 billion - ever levied.
The settlement was the fourth by the company with the US Department of Justice during the prior decade.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Will Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito receive an apology from Obama?
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posted on
07/14/2011 6:48:25 PM PDT
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
President Obamas campaign committee is moving a fund-raiser featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from the Pfizer world headquarters to another location in New York City after The Boston Globe inquired about the propriety of a major pharmaceutical company hosting an event that could benefit the administration regulating it. What's the problem? It's not like Pfizer has corporate jets or anything.
Or dooooooo they?
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posted on
07/14/2011 6:52:47 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: kristinn
A Pfizer spokesman did not address the change in locale but defended the companys initial decision to host the fund-raiser. Boehner should fire off a letter to Pfizer and other big businesses who can't seem to notice the stark lines between a typical political donation to the questionable ones that have a distinct illegal sniff in the air. These companies should really be made to fear future Congressional Hearings.....
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:01:51 PM PDT
by
demkicker
(Helping Democrats Become Extinct)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:06:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: kristinn
You really can’t blame Pfizer for playing the game by the rules that Obastard and the Rats have set up.
Crony capitalism is the way to stay in business and make a profit.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:07:05 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:10:53 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it it a ducks
The Obama admiistrations and other libs would have you believe that they were raising money “for the children.”
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:39:42 PM PDT
by
JimmyMc
To: kristinn
The story doesn’t mention the billion-dollar goodies for the pharmaceutical industry in Obamacare. It’s not just a coincidence that they’re feting him.
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:10:21 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Rage all you want, looters & moochers, but the gods of the copybook headings are your masters now.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
You really cant blame Pfizer for playing the game by the rules that Obastard and the Rats have set up. Crony capitalism is the way to stay in business and make a profit. If you live in Chicago, I guess. But I don't want to live in Chicago. I don't want to see America turn into Chicago.
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:20:37 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Rage all you want, looters & moochers, but the gods of the copybook headings are your masters now.)
To: kristinn
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posted on
07/14/2011 9:05:21 PM PDT
by
onona
(I stand with SARAH !)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Hey, we’ll scratch your back if you help put out competitors out of business
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posted on
07/14/2011 9:29:12 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Blood of Tyrants
You really cant blame Pfizer for playing the game by the rules that Obastard and the Rats have set up.
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posted on
07/14/2011 9:47:43 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: kristinn
Wasn’t Phizer behind the Supreme Court sanctioned land grab in Kelo v. New London?
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posted on
07/15/2011 3:55:56 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: kristinn
To: kristinn
These people are so deeply ingrained in the culture of corruption they're unable to hide it. It's so second nature to them that they lack any moral compass that would send up the red flag that causes one to self-police decisions. I really fear that society will never recover from the degradation Obama and his Chi-town cronies brought to Washington. DC wasn't corruption-free prior to Obama but nothing compares to these people.
To: dirtboy
The former CEO of Pfizer, Jeffrey Kindler, was unceremoniously shown the door in December. He was a lawyer and not a pharma insider...he also led the charge for the industry to make a deal with Obama for the pharma side of Obamacare. Pfizer has a history of playing nice with whomever the pols in charge are...like many other big corporations, only more so.
Thanks for the ping...
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:16:08 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
To: kristinn
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posted on
07/16/2011 4:38:30 AM PDT
by
sono
(What Rough Beast ... Slouches Toward Bethlehem To Be Born?)
To: kristinn
The funds being raised are but trickle down from the stimulus
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posted on
07/16/2011 4:41:23 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 ....Flash mobs are trickle down leftwing REDISTRIBUTION))
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