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Report Claims White House Gave Kickback Administration Jobs to Donors

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A new report by iWatch claims the Obama administration gave 200 of its biggest campaign donors key assignments within the government or granted their business interests with federal contracts.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was pressed about the issue at the White House briefing Wednesday and said that giving money doesn't qualify someone for a post, but also doesn't disqualify them and that decisions were based on merit.

"You asked me about supporters of the president who may have been donors who have gotten positions and I would point out to the fact that the people who got those positions got then because of their credentials. They also happen to be donors in some cases. There are obviously numerous and far many more cases of people who weren't donors who were appointed the jobs," Carney said.



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We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?
 
THEY ARE ALL DOING IT!

It's a rigged game.
 
Damn, I'm furious, sounds like every administration ever.
 
We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

What, exactly is iWatch? That doesn't even sound credible.

I'm interested to know of these 200 "key positions" given away. 200. That's an awful lot of "key positions" to have.

I'm guessing this piece of candy you found has been largely taken out of context and distorted to fit a certain bias.
 
What, exactly is iWatch? That doesn't even sound credible.

I'm interested to know of these 200 "key positions" given away. 200. That's an awful lot of "key positions" to have.

I'm guessing this piece of candy you found has been largely taken out of context and distorted to fit a certain bias.

The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The Center is non-partisan and non-advocacy and committed to transparent and comprehensive reporting both in the United States and around the world. The Center's mission is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable. Located in Washington, DC, the Center for Public Integrity has conducted investigations into many topics; the environment, public health, public accountability, federal and state lobbying, war profiteering, and financial disclosure, all of which have a public integrity component.
In 1997, the Center launched the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists(ICIJ), a project of the Center for Public Integrity that globally extends the Center’s watchdog style of journalism in the public interest by marshaling the talents of the world’s leading investigative reporters.
The Center releases its reports via its web site, press releases, and news advisories to all forms of media; broadcast, print, online, and blogs, throughout the U.S. and around the globe. The Center's 2004, "The Buying of the President" book was on the New York Times bestseller list for three months[1] after its January 2004 publication. The Center also collects and organizes the public records it gathers into online databases so that other reporters and the public have access to the information. In 2006, Slate media critic Jack Shafer described the Center as having "broken as many stories as almost any big-city daily in the last couple of decades".[2]
The Center receives funding from a large variety of foundations, philanthropic, and private donors. The Center does not accept anonymous donations, government grants and does not lobby, promote or endorse any legislation, policy, political party, or organization.
Center for Public Integrity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Was that really so hard?

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SSAB

Sounds like you just got rolled son.
 
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Meh, it's hardly scandalous for presidents to reward big donors with a job. That's been standard practice in politics as long as I can remember.
 
Uhh, we've been telling you this for years, MrV. You've just filtered that out because it doesn't fit with your view on liberals.
 
We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

I see, I see! Let me get this straight. Are you angry because it appears that Obama is actually doing what Republicans do. He's acting like a Republican. Rotten to the core and no moral backbone. You should vote for this guy. He's more Republican than Mitt Romney.
 
I read the article, and it does not mention how its numbers might compare to past Administrations. That would be my primary basis of deciding if this is good or bad, better or worse.

It does seem contrary to Obama's earlier quoted words from the article:

Some are charging that the new report is at odds with President Obama's claims on the campaign trail that he would bring a new kind of government to Washington and not cater to special interests.

"They write the checks and you get stuck with the bill," Obama said of "cynics, lobbyists and special interests" when he announced his candidacy in February of 2007. "They get the access while you get to write a letter. They think they own this government. But we're here today to take it back."

"The time for that kind of politics is over," Obama added. "It is through. It's time to turn the page right here and right now."

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I believe it has already been well-established that Obama is as big of a crony as has ever occupied the WH regardless.
 
I see, I see! Let me get this straight. Are you angry because it appears that Obama is actually doing what Republicans do. He's acting like a Republican. Rotten to the core and no moral backbone. You should vote for this guy. He's more Republican than Mitt Romney.

I'm not angry, I'm mocking certain posters that claim the GOP is all for big business, start illegal wars and try to pass laws to make people live a certain way. I merely can now point to 200 Obama crony jobs, Libya and Obamacare and ask "Have you seen the folks you vote for?"
 
We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

I'm guessing you've never heard the phrase "political appointee." This is nothing new, and it's one of the standards of governmental operation that inhibits effective governance. However, it is what it is.
 
I'm not angry, I'm mocking certain posters that claim the GOP is all for big business, start illegal wars and try to pass laws to make people live a certain way. I merely can now point to 200 Obama crony jobs, Libya and Obamacare and ask "Have you seen the folks you vote for?"

Anyone who believes that Obama is purer or more wholesome than the people who preceded him in office is simply delusional. However, his track record in this regard is no worse than that of his predecessors. I've definitely worked for some complete morons over my career who were political appointees, and that stretches back to the Reagan era.
 
Someday maybe people will believe that politicians are politicians. Power corrupts and they all have it. It doesnt matter whether they have a D or a R by their name .... they all do the same thing.
 
I'm not angry, I'm mocking certain posters that claim the GOP is all for big business, start illegal wars and try to pass laws to make people live a certain way. I merely can now point to 200 Obama crony jobs, Libya and Obamacare and ask "Have you seen the folks you vote for?"

Funny thing is I don't think McCain would have done a single thing differently. If McCain did health care reform he probably would borrowed heavily from Romney's system, he would have gone with a NATO resolution on Libya, and he would have the same crony jobs. What you gotta do is point what Obama is doing differently.
 
And what was the result of that review?

dont know.. im sure it was eventually deemed not illegal, since money can buy things like that.
but my point is your example of someone getting their friends a job, is less quite a bit less than setting up your friends with multi-billion dollar contracts.
no new news here..

Also did you know that they are still getting new contracts, even though evil old Dick Cheney and Co are long gone?
again, money buys things like that.


if nothing else, the next president can just fire them like they were a bunch of US attorneys that dont hold the same political views.
 
We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

It's wrong no matter who does it. Period. And when it bites him in the ass, like having a horse judge in charge of FEMA, then I will certianly point out how stupid that was.
 
Center for Public Integrity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Was that really so hard?


SSAB

Sounds like you just got rolled son.

i guess. good luck continuing your conservative look-out posts. i hope they're paying you...

Funny thing is I don't think McCain would have done a single thing differently. If McCain did health care reform he probably would borrowed heavily from Romney's system, he would have gone with a NATO resolution on Libya, and he would have the same crony jobs. What you gotta do is point what Obama is doing differently.

I believe that mostly true also. They'll simply wait till enough time has passed until they can re-label another groups sources ideas as their own. By that, I mean any politician.
 
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i guess. good luck continuing your conservative look-out posts. i hope they're paying you...

LOL. You make me giggle makkam. I might however start a fund drive here to get you a keyboard with a shift key...
 
Meh, it's hardly scandalous for presidents to reward big donors with a job. That's been standard practice in politics as long as I can remember.

How many appointed know convicted Felons or had regular visits with know anti-American radicals that bombed Federal Buildings and killed people?

How many openly self confessed Communists have other appointed?

How many people ahve others appointed that never were approved by the Senate?

When you look at the facts with no spin just straight up look at the truth the picture comed into focus, and it begs that question: Whet in the hell is his end game?
 
We hear the reason the "GOP" is supposedly so terrible is that they will screw the little guy in favor of big donors. Hey, guess what...

Obama's the one doing it.

EVIL Republicans will start illegal wars without permission...

Obama's the one doing it.

The GOP will ignore the will of the people and force the public to live as they demand...

Obama's the one doing it.

So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

 
I'm not angry, I'm mocking certain posters that claim the GOP is all for big business, start illegal wars and try to pass laws to make people live a certain way. I merely can now point to 200 Obama crony jobs, Libya and Obamacare and ask "Have you seen the folks you vote for?"

Are those things untrue? Is the GOP actually for big business? Didn't Bush actually start an illegal war, with GOP support? And doesn't the GOP like to be in people's bedrooms?

Now, this doesn't mean the democrats are immune from criticism. This issue here for example, which is not in your list, is deserving of criticism, just as Bush's Brownie was.

And of the two, Obama is a better choice for many than Bush And better than McCain. Perhaps the answer is we need to pay more attention early on and make sure we get good candidates to run. Frankly, I'd still choose Obama over either McCain or Bush. I'd choose him over Romney, who I'd choose over Palin and Bachmann. So while we want perfect leaders, at the end of the day we still have to choose between people.

So, what I'm getting at if you don't like what people are saying about the GOP, either prove it isn't true, or lobby for your party to change.
 
So my question is, where are the "liberals" that spend post after post telling us about the above threats... where are you when it's your guy doing it?

The question in Washington is never "right or wrong," it's "Republican or Democrat?"

You need the other side to keep you honest. If there were no Democrats, who would tell you bad things about the Republicans? They're sure not going to do it themselves. The converse is also true.

Next time you're wondering where the Liberal outrage at Obama is, ask yourself where the Conservative outrage was during the Bush years.
 
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