Kaiser Foundation grant to Mrs. Obama’s health initiative sparks new Solyndra cronyism questions

The Daily Caller ^ | 09/18/2011 | Matthew Boyle

[martosko]

A Daily Caller review of the George Kaiser Family Foundation’s income tax returns found that during the same year billionaire investor George Kaiser successfully secured $535 million in government loan guarantees for the now-failed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, his private philanthropy donated to a political cause close to the hearts of several high-ranking Obama administration officials. Kaiser, a major Obama donor, was a frequent White House visitor during the week before the Obama administration approved that taxpayer-underwritten financial deal.

A $10,000 donation to the Urban Health Initiative at the University of Chicago Medical Center appears on the group’s 2009 tax forms. It was also in 2009 that Kaiser successfully sought to lock down a loan guarantee for the green-energy company Solyndra through his two investment vehicles: Argonaut Ventures and the GKFF Investment Company.

[Ann Archy]

uh....there are NO more special prosecutors's....been eliminated years ago.

Don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes.

[Ann Archy]

KAISER is an OIL EXECUTIVE???? OMG!

[Ann Archy]

Since when is Kaiser a Jewish name?? And he’s the richest person in Oklahoma that no one outside has ever heard of!!

[afraidfortherepublic]

I’m still confused. Is this the same Kaiser foundation that operates Kaiser Permanente medical facilities? Is this George Kaiser related to Henry Kaiser and the rest of that large, multifaceted, industrial family (Kaiser autos, Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser steel, Kaiser cement?)

[Jack Black]

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[Nachum]

I don’t think this is the same as Kaiser Permanente.

[A Texan]

Chances are they are not jumping up and down on this is because some Republicans did the same thing or something similar.

In the end it doesn't matter if you have an R or a D next to your name they look out for one another.

[jjotto]

This would be Henry J. Kaiser, California shipbuilding and aluminum magnate. It is the same family that started Kaiser Permanente but is not now connected. Not a relative of Kaiser oil in Oklahoma.

[jjotto]

oops! George Kaiser of Oklahoma is this foundation!

[jjotto]

George Kaiser’s parents were Jewsih refugees from Nazi Germany. He has been a big backer of Obama.

[bgill]

We’ve been waiting for that make-believe medical center job was going to bite her in the behind, so maybe this is it.

[Ann Archy]

When are these Jewish people going to wake up and realize Obama HATES them, but he LOVES their MONEY! SUCKERS!!

[bronxville]

Thanks randita. I just pinged you with more. Could use your help.

[bronxville]

Questions which you might know something about.

[randita]

Anything specific you’d like me to research?

[bronxville]

Do you know how lobbying works? It looks to me like they’ve restructured the whole system but I don’t know how the old system worked therefore can’t tell the difference.