Obama's Overstatement

Do you wonder why Obama changed his vote on Bush's FISA package? Look who benefited: Communications companies get retroactive immunity from lawsuits for their violations of customers' civil and Constitutional rights.

Why would Obama support something he says he's opposed to, after all, he claims he was once a civil rights attorney?One of his bundlers is Scott Blake Harris, the managing partner of the Washington, D.C., firm Harris Wiltshire and Grannis, which handles such legislative issues as Communications/Broadcasting/ Radio/TV, Science/Technology, Telecommunications, and Trade (Foreign and Domestic), as well as representing the Computing Technology Industry Association. As an Obama bundler, Harris raised $200,000+

Another one of Obama's bundlers is Thomas J. Perrilli, managing partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Jenner and Block, a Chicago general practice law firm, which includes among its clients the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and Time Warner Inc. As an Obama bundler, Perrelli raised $200,000+.

And look who funded his campaign for the senate.

2003-2004
Listed among the top 50 contributors to Barack Obama 2003-2004 are found the following political action committees:

AT&T PAC IL
Allstate Insurance PAC
Credit Union PAC
Community Banc PAC
Zack PAC
AIA IL PAC (American Insurance Assn)
IL Road Builders PAC
MCI Midwest Employees PAC
Peoples Energy PAC
Spirit PAC
ICTA-PAC
IL Manufactured Housing Assn PAC
IL Mortgage Bankers PAC
ACPAC (Automobile Club PAC)

While pledging to turn down donations from lobbyists themselves, Senator Obama raised more than $1 million in the first three months of his presidential campaign from law firms and companies that have major lobbying operations in the nation's capital.

Moreover, his pledge to shun money from lobbyists registered to do business on Capitol Hill does not extend to lawyers whose partners lobby there. Nor does the ban apply to corporations that have major lobby operations in Washington. And the prohibition does not extend to lobbyists who ply their trade in state capitals including Springfield, Ill., Tallahassee, Fla., and Sacramento, Calif., although some deal with national clients and issues. Obama accepts money from lobbyists' spouses and other family members, their partners at the law firms where they work if the partners aren't registered to lobby, senior executives at companies that hire lobbyists, and state-level lobbyists. Among his top fundraisers are at least a few who were registered lobbyists as recently as last year. Overall, the same wealthy interests are funding his campaign as are funding other candidates, whether or not they are lobbyists.

Obama backed down from an earlier pledge that lobbyists "will not work in my White House" after the media questioned its feasibility. He then said that lobbyists would not "dominate" or "run" his administration but acknowledged that they would "have a seat at the table". In fact, three political aides on Sen. Barack Obama's payroll were registered lobbyists for dozens of corporations, including Wal-Mart, British Petroleum and Lockheed Martin, while they received payments from his campaign, according to public documents.

One of Obama's bundlers is Commonwealth Edison chairman Frank Clark.With with over $600,000 in contributions as of 2007, Obama ranked number one among all candidates of either party in money from commercial banks.Another one of Obama's bundlers is Thomas Reed, of counsel at K&L Gates, whose practice includes representing a large majority of the major financial institutions and securities firms in a variety of disciplines, including investment management and mortgage banking.Then there's the $1.3 million from real estate (Rezko??), the $1.3 million from the entertainment industry, and the $652,000 from hedge funds and private equity sources Obama has accepted.

Robert Litt is another of Obama's bundlers, a partner of Arnold & Porter, a law firm which was retained by the Colombian government to provide advice concerning external capital markets and other financial transactions, including with respect to the application of U.S. laws and regulations applicable thereto, as well as advice on other matters from time to time requested by the Ministry of Finance of Colombia. Included in this latter category is advice on legal issues concerning certain aspects of the Free Trade Agreement negotiation betweren the Republic of Colombia and the United States.

Arnold & Porter also serves as national counsel for Philip Morris in lawsuits seeking to hold the company liable for illnesses allegedly caused by smoking, including the recent Medicare reimbursement cases brought by the states and numerous state class action lawsuits brought by plaintiffs seeking to recover for alleged tobacco-related illnesses.

Away from the bright lights and high-minded rhetoric of the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/despite-rhetori.html

The problem is simple corruption needs to be stopped beginning with those who have profited for years from corruption. Please look up this individual ---- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich ---- he was the father in law of Mr. Rockefeller who's family went on to controll the private banks which became the central bank the FED which is a private institution. This individual Nelson came up with the Income Tax and The Central Bank. Follow the money and you will find the corruption behind the problems in society. For 240.00 the Central Bank the Fed can create 1 million dollars then using the IRS they can bilk the public for 1 Million plus interest. Its easy math to see they have the complete control of the US government and even the world. Money is the root of all evil. Look up the owners of Standard oil it is a circle leading right back to the FED.

I won't vote for Obama because I know what he has done in the past. He is a Chicago trained pay to play politician, the kind who would ruin this country.

Obama might talk like he doesn't cater to special interests, but look at what he does.

Obama votes in favor of FISA which gives corporations who have funded his campaign retroactive immunity for violating their customers' civil and Constitutional rights. Pay to play.

Obama requests earmarks for his political cronies, financial supporters, and his wife's employer, who gave Michelle a BIG raise. Pay to play.

Obama supports Tillman in a Walmart influenced campaign, and wife Michelle gets a cushy job as a director on the board of an affiliated company. Pay to play.

Obama is in financial difficulty when he begins as a state senator, so he gets put on a retainer by Blackwell's EKI, and then helps Blackwell's Killerspin get hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money. Pay to play.

And I also won't vote for him because he admitted using cocaine for years.

I don't want that kind of leader.

Thats not the only place where Obama plays fast and loose with the truth in the above article. Obama lifts the ''four billion in tax breaks for the oil industry'' from the Clinton-partisan Center for American Progress,run by former Clinton adminstration official John Podesta. What it infers is that these breaks are a stand-alone deal for the oil companies themselves. False.

McCains tax plan seeks to give ALL American companies such a break,from STARBUCKS to FORD,WAL-MART to HOME DEPOT,LOEWS to MACYS in order to keep American jobs here in America. Even Obama agrees with this platform. Punishing oil companies as though they were MARLBORO is an ignorant exercise in futility as it is they who are providing nearly 100% of Americas energy consumption as it applies to automobiles. Break these companies down,as the Democrats desire,and there will be chaos. You cannot create energy independance in a vaccum,as I have repeatedly stressed.

McCain has repeatedly voted against tax credits for renewable energy.
McCain missed votes to require energy companies to produce 20% of energy from renewable sources.
McCain voted against tougher fuel efficiency standards.
McCain opposed $290 million for Research and Development on Renewable Energy, including wind power.

McCain's record speaks for itself. Why didn't he work towards our energy goals YEARS ago when it was clear we were going to need renewable energy??