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Daley out as Obama chief of staff
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Is this true? Mrs. Obama has 22 people on her staff?
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of Presidents salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Roseline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two
How things have changed! If youre one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers,prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:
Michele Obamas personal staff:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Six.. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director
for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen... $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(total $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Ladys social life.
Answer: While I am not an Obama supporter, I have seen this email on more than one occasion. The true facts are that most of these people are White House staffers, they work for the White House but not exclusively for Michelle Obama. As many as 20 of these staffers just happen to have First Lady within their title so there is a portion of their time that is used for some of Michelle's benefit, but they are not full time.
Anyone that knows me, knows that I do not like Obama's policies, neither did I nor would I vote for him.
My goal when answering is to give truthful answers, even if it pertains to a person that I do not support.
I think that anyone that would be willing to research this (without using snopes.com) would find that this email that you have received is stretching the truth, it is true but it is not fully true since the implication is that these people serve Michell exclusively.
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Is it another sign the White House is crumbling as Chief of Staff Daley just quit early?
Yes-just as a new controversial book is being released about the Obamas misbehavior in the White House-Bill Daley-insider of Obamas Chicago mafia is OUT. Are they getting even more desperate as lefty after lefty retires from Congress and the truth comes out in the new book?
Let me guess-the president will come out and say he "wants to spend more time with his family."
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In a jolt to the White House, President Barack Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day.
Where is the change Obama promised and why is the left oblivious to his campaign that got him elected?
In the Seattle Times February 9, David Sirotas syndicated column exposes the lack of change in the new administration:
"America was told that finally after years of yes-men running the government, we were getting a president who would follow Abraham Lincolns load, fill his administration with varying viewpoints, and glean empirically sound policy from the clash of ideas.
"Little did we know that the team of rivals was what George Orwell calls Newspeak: an empty slogan.
"Obamas national security team, for instance, includes not a single Iraq War opponent. The president has not only retained George W. Bushs defense secretary, Robert Gates, but also 150 other Bush Pentagon appointees. The only `rivalry is between those who back increasing the already bloated defense budget by an absurd amount, and those who aim to boost it by a ludicrous amount.
"Of course, that lock-step uniformity pales in comparison to the White Houses economic team -- a squad of corporate lackeys disguised as public servants.
"At the top is Lawrence Summers, the director of Obamas national economic council. As Bill Clintons treasury secretary in the late 1990s Summers worked with his deputy, Tim Geithner (now Obamas treasury secretary) and Clintons aide Rahm Emanuel (now Obamas chief of staff) to champion job-killing trade deals and deregulation that Obama Commerce Secretary Judd Gregg helped shepherd through Congress as a Republican senator."
Some people call this economic package Obama boasts about as merely a way to force the taxpaying public to guarantee the financial industrys bad loans.
No, this is definitely not the change that Obamas campaign boasted about, is it? No, indeed, its the same people doing the same things, and the U.S. taxpayer footing the bill for failure.
The February 10 front page of the New York Times revealed this headline:
GEITHNER SAID TO HAVE PREVAILED ON THE BAILOUT
Stephen Labaton and Edmund L. Andrews in their article datelined from Washington, D.C. explained:
"The Obama administrations new plan to bail out the nations banks was fashioned after a spirited debate that pitted the Treasury Secretary
Timothy F. Geithner against some of the presidents top political hands.
"In the end, Mr. Geithner largely prevailed in opposing tougher conditions on financial institutions that were sought by presidential aides, including David Axelrod, a senior adviser to the president, according to administration and congressional officials."
What are some of the changes that Geithner wanted included? It will cost billions more!
As Labaton and Andrews revealed:
"It calls for the creation of a joint treasury and federal reserve program at an initial cost of $250 billion to $500 billion to encourage investors to acquire soured mortgage-related assets from banks.
"It wants the Fed to use its balance sheet to provide the financing, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation might provide guarantees to investors who participate in the program.
"A second component of the plan would broadly expand to $500 billion to $1 trillion, an existing $200 billion program run by the Federal Reserve to try to unfreeze the market for commercial, student, auto and credit cards."
The big question to making these grandiose plans work is where is all this bailout cash coming from?
China, we hear, is experiencing its own recession. We already owe China more than $1 trillion. China is cutting back in loans to the U.S. as it explains it needs money for China more than ever.
To put people in top positions who sent our jobs away and reward bank chiefs who took huge bonuses and put the same colossal bank president failures back in power does seem unforgivable.
America must remain strong so future generations will have the strength to pay off this gigantic national debt.
President Obama, what on earth happened to all your glowing promises for change?
Answer: I swear to you these nuts do not care. I promise you if you told them and showed them the failure that is happening they just would not care. They believe what was said and they do not care if it is or is not actually happening. They made history and that is all they trully cared about. It does not matter if its going to be great for America. They just wanted the history.
Oh good lord Michael I would love to hear what you think the left is.
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What do you think about it finally coming out that Obama was involved with Blago selling his senate seat?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39195.html
"The White House was mum Tuesday after a union leader testified that Barack Obama personally asked him to approach then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich about appointing confidant Valerie Jarrett to his Illinois Senate seat – testimony Republicans say clearly contradicts the Obama team’s version of events."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/2431290,CST-NWS-blago25.article
"Emanuel, now Obamas chief of staff, wanted Blagojevich to know the list of Senate candidates "acceptable" to Obama, according to testimony Thursday in Blagojevichs corruption trial"
"They were: Tammy Duckworth; Illinois state comptroller Dan Hynes; U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, according to Blagojevichs former chief of staff John Harris."
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/blagos-lawyers-obama-lied-twice-91850149.html
"President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said."
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/blagos-lawyers-obama-lied-twice-91850149.html#ixzz0sMMZSjIw
President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/blagos-lawyers-obama-lied-twice-91850149.html#ixzz0sMMZSjIw
President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/blagos-lawyers-obama-lied-twice-91850149.html
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers filed a redacted motion Thursday to subpoena President Obama to testify at Blago’s upcoming corruption trial in June. They apparently want the president himself to testify about whether he sent “emissaries” to Blago from the White House to inform him of the president’s preferences to fill his vacated Senate seat.
‘President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
The former governor’s lawyers also claim that Tony Rezko admitted he violated federal election laws by personally contributing “a large sum of cash” to an unnamed public official believed to be Obama.
Blago’s lawyers also accused Obama of not telling FBI agents the truth when he said Rezko never relayed a quid pro quo offer from a lobbyist who wanted to hold a fundraiser for Obama in exchange for favorable legislation, and again when he denied having any conversations with Rezko about a license for a casino linked to the Chicago mob.
I always figured it since they were so close and Illinois especially Chicago politics has always been known for some shady business.
I guess this is the first evidence that it seems like it could be true.
youre sure right about that Dyna with the "main stream" media
Answer: Here in Illinois we all knew about the connection. It is amazing that the lame stream media hasn't reported it .
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Obamas new chief of staff Daley forces out Robert Gibbs. Why did he do this?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100070830/robert-gibbs-was-forced-out-by-william-daley/
Is Daley seeking someone who he can exert more control over or is this just typical house cleaning when a new boss comes in?
Answer: That's just a blog. It's not fact.
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Does this Make Obama Impeachable or Just Unbearable?
Heres a capsule summary of the Sestak matter as presented by Dick Morris:
Published on DickMorris.com on May 28, 2010
The New York Times revealed this afternoon that anonymous sources have informed it that Obamas chief of staff Rahm Emanuel asked former President Bill Clinton to offer Congressman Joe Sestak a high but unpaid advisory post in the Administration if he would drop out of the Senate race against Senator Arlen Specter. One post mentioned was service on the Presidents Intelligence Advisory Board.
The idea was to immunize Obama and Rahm from possible criminal prosecution by using Clinton, not a government employee, as a cut out and to keep the offer to an unpaid job in hopes of not running afoul of the federal bribery statute.
But these evasions will not blunt the force of the law. If Clinton acted at Emanuels request, he was Rahms agent and the Chief of Staff is still on the hook. And, an unpaid position is still "something of value" within the meaning of the bribery statute which prohibits the offering of something of value in return for a vote.
And, remember why they wanted Sestak out of the race. The White House needed Specters vote to kill filibusters and could only get it if he would switch parties, a move he conditioned on getting Sestak to drop out and assure him a clear field for the nomination of his new party. So the bribe offer to Sestak was made by an agent of a government employee, it involved something of value, and it was to procure a vote in the Senate -- all the elements needed for a felony to have taken place.
So, let us assume that evidence emerges or can be uncovered that shows beyond any doubt that Obama did know about this bribe -- to the same degree that Nixon knew about the plumbers adventures at the Watergate - would that make Obama complicit in the Felony of Political Bribery?
Would Obama be a possible accessory before (or after) the fact (the actual offer)?
Would that be a "high crime" within the meaning of the Constitution.
Should there be a Congressional Subpoena to discover what Obama knew and when he knew it? (Like there was with Hillary and the Whitewater papers and travelgate papers?)
Should the be an investigatory subcommittee to examine possible Articles of Impeachment like the Sam Irving investigation (assisted by Hillary Clinton)?
Gone-Obama in 2013 is a fine thing, but wouldnt Gone-Obama in 2010 be even finer?
Dont we want the finest country possible?
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Answer: Navy. Thank You.
Your intellect and experience in the law reigns supreme here. You have outlined
for the layman the complexity of the issue to be able to draft charges from. And
You could not be more correct. Clinton himself is part of the conspiracy. You
would think that stupid son of bitch. would of had the sense to run like a raped ape
from this one.
So now Yesterdays lunch at the out house must have been real interesting.
Clinton sitting in front of Emanuel and Obama. Practicing his interview statement
for National TV.
I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT MAN, JOE SESTAK. Honest!!!!
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THE RE-EMERGENCE OF OBAMA
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I wonder, What did Raum Immanuel, Obamas Chief of Staff mean when he said "Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste"?
We should have seen it coming.
Way back in November, when the Obama team was still flush with victory in the election, Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laid out what he called "Rule One":
"Never let a crisis go to waste."
The Obama budget plan unveiled last week is proof that the goal of the administration is not economic recovery. The goal is an unprecedented shift of power to politicians and bureaucrats.
words by Newt Gingrich, they were right on the truth. Obama wants the country to fail, so his people can gain power, and we the people will lose it all.
Answer: Obviously this is an attempted coup, not a budget, not a fix to a crisis, but using and exacerbating a crisis to gain radical political goals THAT THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE WOULD NEVER PUT UP WITH IF THEY WERE NOT SCARED TO DEATH!
It's a coup
Obama is as far left as they get, and his associates Aiers, and the other nut bars were just part of his crowd, not crazies he just knew slightly. He is who they are, crazy left wing nut bar the people would NEVER have voted for had they not been fooled into it.
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New book sheds light on relationship between Obamas, Emanuel
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"Rahm Emanuel, Obamas chief of staff, denied that the president has changed his tone toward the previous administration. He said Obama is "not trying to place blame, but he is trying to say clearly: Heres what weve got and heres our way out of it. Hes offered a positive alternative to their criticism."
"The truth is that 98 percent of his speeches are about the future, and 2 percent are about inheritance," Emanuel said. "Whereas I think for Republicans its 2 percent about the future, and 98 percent hope that the people have amnesia."
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My questions about the above statement are
1.) Considering the short time frame that Obama has been president , do you think that people are giving him a fair chance to turn things around?
2.) Do you think that Obama (or anyone else) knew how bad things were before he took office?
3.) Do you think the bush administration set Obama up for failure?
Answer: 1.) I don't believe that people are giving Obama a realistic time frame to fix the problems he claimed he would fix, nor the opportunity to really grasp the situation. One of the things the public is failing to realize is that Obama lost his "honeymoon period" 2 days after his inauguration. The man has had little time to formulate a comprehensive approach for the numerous fields he has to deal with. Yes, our economy is hurting, but I could name several foreign policy concerns that the Bush administration left unresolved, or at best poorly managed. Let's give Obama a chance to examine all the problems before accusing him of not fixing one.
2.) I think there are very few who still actually know how bad things are. The study of national security has so many components (agricultural, economic, military) that its really impossible for someone in four years to gain a full understanding of how complex the situation is, much less "solve" problems. Second, the media convinces the us, the public, that we have a strong understanding of what is happening abroad and at home, but the truth is people only started realizing how serious the economic problem is once we reached the lame-duck term of Bush's presidency. That's not even a year ago. Let's face it, even if we all tried to stay informed, we wouldn't come close to knowing the intricacies of how bad some of these things are. It seems safe to assume that Obama has many advisers who are well-versed in their fields and they still didn't see this coming.
3.) I wouldn't say he set them up for failure, at least not in the malicious sense. In terms of the reality of the situation, examining how Bush acted the later years of his terms? Absolutely. Bush's policies were consistent with the thoughts of a Neo-Con and not beneficial for either party, and when neither party's preferences are being met, you essentially alienated what is best for the two largest political groups in America.There is almost no justification for putting the public's best interest second to a partisan agenda. I believe that because Bush followed his own agenda (in favor of a Democratic agenda or Republican agenda, both of which would have been more beneficial to the people) Bush was showing a blatant disregard for whoever would inherit the office. I would go further to say he did this intentionally because it was so obvious that a Democrat would be elected next, but that would just start a fight ;)
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Why does Michelle Obama require too many staff members for her entourage?
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesnt perform any official duties. But this hasnt deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husbands salary.
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of Presidents salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Roseline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two
How things have changed! If youre one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms. Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU,
John Q.Public.
Michele Obamas personal staff:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of
Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House
Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications
for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First
Lady)
Six.. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First
Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen... $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Total.. $1,591,200 in annual salaries
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Ladys social life.
One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.
Answer: Most of them are probably carrying her make-up...picture her without it,They do us all a favor.
Category: Government
Obama Ready to Strike to Stop Iran: Ex-Adviser
No one should doubt that President Barack Obama is prepared to use military force to prevent ... On the same program, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he has been responsible for planning and positioning ...
Obamas Speech to Troops at Fort Bragg
Following is a transcript of remarks made by President Obama and his wife, Michelle, in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday, as released by the White House: MRS. OBAMA: Hello, everyone! I get to start you all off. I want to begin by thanking General Anderson for that introduction, but more importantly for his leadership here at Fort Bragg. I cant tell
White House chief bows out after year on the job
Washington - President Barack Obama says his chief of staff William Daley is resigning after a year on the job to return to his native Chicago and spend more time with his family. Obama says Daley will be replaced by Budget Director Jack Lew ...
Earlier than expected, Daley out as chief of staff - Business wire ...
In a jolt to the White House, President Barack Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day.
White House chief of staff stepping down - CNN.com
16 hours ago ... Obama chief of staff steps down ... Daley did a poor job of reaching out to legislators and listening to their ideas during contentious budget and ...
Earlier than expected, Daley out as chief of staff
Obama now plows ahead in an election year with his third chief of staff — one of the most crucial positions ... Daley, 63, was not pushed out the door, said a Democratic strategist familiar with the decision The timing was driven by Daleys ...
Why is the White House Engaged In A Behind The Scenes Propaganda Campaign Painting Rush As "Voice Of The GOP"?
And what makes them think that tying Rush Limbaugh to the GOP is actually going to hurt the Republican Party?
Oh no, Mr. Emanuel! Please dont throw us into that briar patch! Heh.
"Obamas WH Chief of Staff Holds Daily, Secret Calls With Pals in Media"
Politico reports that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel holds daily chit chat sessions with several Old Media pals every morning to start his day. Apparently Emanuel has for years been involved with daily bull sessions to plan media coverage and ideological strategy with CNNs James Carville and Paul Begala, as well as ABCs George Stephanopoulos, with the occasional participation of pollster Stan Greenberg. But there is one little problem with this daily palling around with mediots these days: Emanuel now works for the White House.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/29/obamas-wh-chief-staff-holds-daily-secret-calls-pals-media
Obama WH Secret Phone Conferences Bear Fruit With TV Medias Limbaugh Attack
Back on January 29, we discussed the daily strategy phone call engineered by Obamas Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for friendly TV commentators and "reporters." Politico reported that Emanuel has a daily phone conference call with ABCs George Stephanopoulos, and CNNs James Carville and Paul Begala. With Rush Limbaughs raucous CPAC address, as he termed it his "first address to the nation," we can see at least one example of what is likely an attack strategy resulting from the Emanuel phone session with a rush to bash Rush the day after the appearance. [Image credit: politico.com]
As soon as the sun rose on the day after Limbaughs CPAC appearance, three of the four of the phone call participants attacked Limbaugh with the same talking points. It seems obvious that they coordinated their attack together in the Obama secret strategy session. It is amazing that a presidents staff can have such power over major media figures without a peep being heard from those that only months ago bashed former presidents over a perceived undue, even "dangerous," control of the media.
The morning after Limbaughs CPAC speech, Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel appeared on CBS News Face the Nation and told Bob Schieffer that Limbaugh was the "voice of the Republican Party," and that he "hasnt stepped back from" the "hopes for failure" he expressed for Obamas administration.
James Carville, obeying his Obama marching orders, said pretty much the same thing in his CNN commentary headlined, "A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh," where Carville began by saying that Rush is the "moral and intellectual leader and most influential person in the Republican Party."
As for ABCs George Stephanopoulos, he employed the same talking point about Rushs hope that Obamas socialist policies would not succeed -- though it is sure that Stephy didnt call Obamas policies socialist. In an interview with Eric Cantor, Stephanopoulos said, "So the Rush Limbaugh approach of wanting the president to fail is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?"
So, what we see here is the combined attack emanating out of the secret phone call strategy session pushing the themes that Rush is the "voice of the GOP" and that he wants Obama to be a failure -- both talking points that are not exactly in context with the facts. The strategy at work is that these three Democrat activists pretending at members of the media have concocted with the White House through Emanuel an effort to tar all Republicans with the Rush brush.
These Obama strategists think that making Rush the "voice of the GOP" will drive away moderates and make the GOP seem to be leaning toward right-wing extremism.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/03/02/obamas-secret-phone-conferences-bear-fruit-tv-medias-limbaugh-at
firewomen writes: "Well exactly who is he the voice of********Didnt he just speak for over an hour at their seapack meeting. "
Yes he did. And who was their speaker last year? And the year before that and so on? And if speaking before the CPAC conference makes one a voice of the GOP, then why werent those past speakers annointed as so?
"No secret meetings need to be planned for anyone to have already known that Rush is the "voice of the GOP". Everyone already knows that."
Everyone? Speak for yourself and the liberal propaganda that has you brainwashed.
"Your long-winded background makes it seem like you dont really want anyones input here in the first place"
Actually, I do. Thats why I posted it.
"so why even bother asking the question in the first place if you already have an answer for it"
Because I want other peoples answers.
"Sounds like youre just trying to get people to go along with your line of thinking without getting further input from others."
Riiiight. Why would I post it here if I didnt want input from others? If I wanted that, I could have posted it on my blog where I would have control over who comments.
"He is the voice of the GOP. If you dont think he is then tell us why."
Because hes the voice, or one of the voices, of CONSERVATISM. Not the GOP. The GOP and Conservatism doesnt necessarilly go hand in hand all of the time, much as I wish that were the case.
Answer: Its not just the Whitehouse. It is the entire Democratic party priming the Obamabots for the newest chapter of the fairness doctrine. If they can tie the news to Rush and Sean Hannity then they will get lots of people saying "it's OK to shut them up, but don't mess with my right to speak. " Only theirs.
WAKE UP PEOPLE. Any opinion that does not match the DEms is a fair target.
Category: Politics
The Pakistanis Have a Point
As an American visitor in the power precincts of Pakistan, from the gated enclaves of Islamabad to the manicured lawns of the military garrison in Peshawar, from the luxury fortress of the Serena Hotel to the exclusive apartments of the parliamentary housing blocks, you can expect three time-honored traditions: black tea with milk, obsequious - Bill Keller article details the history of Americas sometimes fraught relationship with Pakistan; notes that although Pakistan has sometimes been an unreliable and combative ally, the United States has not been the best ally to Pakistan. Drawings (L)1 - By BILL KELLER
NEWS ANALYSIS; A Victory Considerably Aided by the Other Side
WASHINGTON -- President Obama did not win much substantively with his victory Thursday over House Republicans in their showdown over extending payroll tax cuts and unemployment aid for two months. But he got a lot politically: a big start toward retiring the perception -- fair or not, and even among Democrats -- that in a pinch with the other party - News analysis; President Obamas victory over House Republicans in their showdown over payroll tax cuts and unemployment aid has helped him more politically than substantively; he is no longer viewed as willing to compromise to avoid confrontation, a notion that the White House was eager to dispel after the federal budget impasse. Photo (M) - By JACKIE CALMES
FOLLOWING ORDERS IS NO DEFENSE FOR COLD-BLOODED MURDER
Feb. 3, 12:50 p.m. PST -- With some 47 million people living in poverty, 50 million without health insurance, millions jobless and millions more underemployed, President Barak Obama could be less ... Said Ramadan would be its chief international organizer.
Fire whom? Romney draws flak on eve of NH primary
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced unexpectedly on Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading ... she heard someone break into her back door. The woman ran out the front door with her child and went to a neighbor ...
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WHITE HOUSE MEMO; Bipartisan Agreement: Obama Isnt Schmoozing
WASHINGTON -- Air Force One had just landed in Manchester, N.H., on a brisk Tuesday morning last month when President Obama made an admission to Valerie B. Jarrett, his close friend and senior adviser. I just called Reggie, Mr. Obama said. It was his first domestic trip without Reggie Love, the former Duke University basketball player who had - By HELENE COOPER
Internal Dissension Unsettles the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WASHINGTON -- Another chapter is out in the continuing and very public story of conflict within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has now taken the form of a battle of snail mail. A letter addressed to the White House chief of staff and signed by four of the five commission members was circulated Friday criticizing the fifth member, Gregory - By MATTHEW L. WALD
obamas wife needs 22 personal staff members?
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of Presidents salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Roseline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two
Michele Obamas personal staff:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Six.. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director
for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen... $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(total $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Ladys social life.
One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ..
Is this the change obama promised us?
Mroww, link please.
Answer: NOW ! you know why she finally likes America !
She gets to live very large off the tax payers,
very typical of her kind.
Category: Other - Society & Culture
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Obama: All US troops out of Iraq by years end - World news ...
Obama: All US troops out of Iraq by end of year ‘Today I can say that troops in Iraq will be home for the holidays,’ president says
Is it any surprise that one of Obamas & DNC chief bundler contributors is now under arrest for fraud charges?
Hassan Nemazees arrest earlier this week on charges he tried to bilk Citicorp out of $74 million and is now under house arrest in New York, and faces many years in federal prison if he is convicted.
Campaign finance data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics reveal that Nemazee, 59, was one of President Obamas most successful bundlers, raising more than $500,000 on behalf of the 2008 Democratic nominee. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received $33,500 in contributions from Nemazee. When he was a member of the House of Representatives, current White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel received $1,000 from Nemazee. Nemazee also gave substantial sums to the three major Democratic campaign committees, including $113,500 to the Democratic National Committee, $89,200 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and $29,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Transparency that you can believe in!
Answer: how many does this make now.like 20.man this administration sucks bad.
Category: Elections
Bill Daley out as White House chief of staff - Lynn Sweet
Updated with President Obama comments, Daley to co-chair re-elect.... NASHUA, NH--White House chief of staff Bill Daley is resigning, President Obama announced on Monday, departing earlier than expected after a rocky ...
How is Rahm Emmanual going to wiggle out of his connection with Gov. Rod Blagojevich?
"CHICAGO--President-elect Barack Obamas chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama "advisor" named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich."
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/obama_chief_of_staff_emanuel_p.html
Will this be swept under the lumpy carpet of the "great" Obama like the rest of his agenda?
"The Attorney General has already cleared Emmanual" Really? When? This is the beginning of the case not the end of it
Answer: He is not going to escape this time, Justice will prevail. Even political hack news media will smell blood and ole Rahm will feel the cold rear wheels of Obammm's BUS.
Category: Elections
AOL.com Video - Daley Out As Obama Chief of Staff
12 hours ago ... Video - After just a year running the White House, President Obama's chief of staff , William Daley, is being replaced in a surprise election-year ...
How many more on Obamas staff are involved in this economic mess?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story
Mr. Emanuel Chief of Staff help out Freddie Mac to cook the books.
Now two things are happening with Obamas staff:
1) He didnt do a good job in checking them out.
2) He wanted this people on his staff despite their history.
So which is it?
Obama came into office with the claim he was going to have the most ethical staff.
How many have been caught as tax cheats?
How many have pull out because they couldnt stand up to the demands?
When should we start the questioning of his judgement?
Answer: They are all in bed together. Barney Frank who was in the oversight committee for Frannie and Freddie was sleeping with the CEO. This administration is one of the most crooked in history.
Category: Current Events
White House Chief of Staff William Daley quits; budget chief Jacob ...
17 hours ago ... White House Chief of Staff William Daley resigned Monday afternoon. President Obama has chosen budget chief Lew to replace him. ... Find out what to do before the killer strikes the one you love.>> Actos gave you bladder ...
So Obamas chief of staff turns out not to be as liberal as Obama needed and quits?
WASHINGTON (AP) — "In an abrupt jolt to the White House, President Barack Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting"
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-announces-resignation-chief-staff-201134730.html
Category: Politics
U.S. Redraws Pakistani Ties With Limits
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- With the United States facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking to salvage a more limited counterterrorism alliance that they acknowledge will complicate their ability to launch attacks against extremists and move supplies into Afghanistan. The United States - Pakistans government is drawing up rules for a new relationship with the United States, which American officials say will result in a more limited counterterrorism alliance that will complicate Americas ability to launch attacks against extremists and move supplies into Afghanistan; the US will be forced to restrict drone strikes, limit the number of its spies and soldiers on the ground and spend more to transport supplies through Pakistan. Photo (M) - By ERIC SCHMITT
Is Barack Obama the Messiah?
At a rally on the campus of North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. Wednesday where President Obama went to drum up support for his jobs bill, this happened.
The White House, President Barack Obama
WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information ...
Obama Reaches Out To Wall Street, Hedge Funders !!! Unbelievable.?
Facing a reelection campaign next year in a difficult economic environment, President Barack Obama is turning to a group that feels he has spurned it, and that has in turn spurned him: Wall Street.
Many of the hedge fund managers and investment bankers who helped bankroll the presidents successful 2008 campaign are either sitting out this round so far or, worse for Obama, have switched sides, like one-time major Democratic donor Daniel Loeb of Third Point. But just weeks before he formally announces his reelection campaign, Obama is reaching out to hedge funds, private equity firms and Wall Street.
In March, two dozen financiers, including Eton Park Capital Managements Eric Mindich, York Capital Managements James Dinan, Highbridge Capital Managements Glenn Dubin and Tudor Investment Groups Paul Tudor Jones, were at the White House, given more than an hour to air their grievances with the president over hedge fund regulation and other issues that have made them unhappy. Obama also personally called several people who were unable to attend the meeting, The New York Times reports.
Jim Messina, the former White House deputy chief of staff now leading Obamas reelection effort, was in New York last month to meet with Obamas donors, including Marc Lasry, the Avenue Capital Partners chief who is close to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Obama himself will be in New York later this month to dine with bankers, hedge funders and private equity investors at the restaurant Daniel.
Obamas team has also leaned on its loyal supporters, including Boston Provident Partners Orin Kramer, Mindich and Centerbridge Partners Mark Gallogly, to defend the president and push their colleagues to open their wallets. And it is focused on people at firms that traditionally give more to Republicans, including Cerberus Capital Managements Lenard Tessler and the Blackstone Groups Hamilton James.
"Fundraising is certainly different than last time around in 07," UBS Group Americas CEO Robert Wolf told the Times.
Answer: doesn't surprise me. They are all corrupt (politicians). It's always about what they can do for themself and not us. Wealth, power and fame have a habit of changing people for the worse. I for one don't believe you can make it to the top in politics without being prepared to stab people in the back and choosing donors over voters.
Category: Government
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