State Department buys $70,000 worth of Obama memoir (Huh??)

Washington Times ^ | 10-25-11 | Jim McElhatton

[STARWISE]

Sheesh .. giving him $$ from book sales while propagandizing, too? Such an insidious cabal (or maybe she's playing too cagey, plotting her own run?)

[STARWISE]

.. Ping!

[ronnie raygun]

Want to relive the memory if what could have been. Sorry a## delusional misfits

[aquila48]

This administration is corrupt to the core... and flaunts it!

[tgusa]

I hope there is at least one Pubbie left with enough brains and spine to be keeping a list of all these blatant, egregious wastes of OUR tax dollars. Next time the Senate needs to filibuster, this list should take longer to read than the New York phone book.

[353FMG]

The man deserves some extra income while he is in the WH.

Expect a “ROOMS BY THE HOUR” sign over the WH soon.

[IbJensen]

The government and the regime that easy to hate!

[StAntKnee]

Not waste, but illegal behavior and a massive conflict of interest.

His administration is buying from him and enriching him personally with tax funds.

Wrong! Enethical. Immoral And. Not even a close call.

[douginthearmy]

BFD! Obama has taken BILLIONS in taxpayer money and given it to companies that support him. Those execs then take FAT bonuses (even if the company goes bankrupt) and donate FAT checks to Obama campaign. He will raise a billion dollars and republicans better be ready for a serious fight regardless of how bad the economy is. I am absolutely convinced Obama has funneled taxpayer monies into his coffers. $70K is a single check.

[matt04]

Amazon sells the paperback for $10 and the hard cover for $17. That’s at least four thousand copies.

[Bender2]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wright

In 1988 Democrat Speaker of the House Jim Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts. Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, Wright tendered his resignation as Speaker on May 31, 1989, the resignation to become effective on the selection of a successor. He was the first Speaker to resign because of a scandal.

Gadzooks! If this is true... can soon we expect President zerO to resign??

[ColdOne]

WTF? Honestly just when I think I have heard everything with this crew, something else comes out. Yet they will get away with this as well.

[StAntKnee]

Yes, ENethical, which is 10X worse than UNethical.

Okay, I messed up, but that was an obama attempt at recovery. Not a bad imitation, huh?

[GeronL]

government buying Obama’s book from a Muslim book seller?

[Red Badger]

Can you imagine the hue and cry if a Republican pulled this stunt?.........

[Tai_Chung]

There’s no indication the White House knew about the purchases...

A White House spokesman did not respond to email messages.

If it were President Bush, then entire press corps would ask questions.

[Signalman]

“The State Dept. buys”.

Translation: The American taxpayer buys.

[Digger]

Not waste, but illegal behavior and a massive conflict of interest. His administration is buying from him and enriching him personally with tax funds. Wrong! Enethical. Immoral And. Not even a close call.

Get over it. Just admit to yourselves that we are a Banana Republic. Then it all falls in place.

[NativeNewYorker]

“This sounds like propaganda.”

[dead]

Didn't I already buy enough of Bill Ayers' book for American schools and libraries?

Now, I'm buying more to sit, unread on bookshelves in Korea and Jakarta.

Global Boardwalk Empire.