>>>>That sounded great during the election, didn't it.
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>>>Is there a context for this?
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>>That's funny :o)
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>>Oh that's right, I forgot that you voted based on gut instinct and ignored Obama's speeches and promises. :o)
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>No need to be a wise**s. I do know he promised there would be no lobbyists in his administration, and believe any appointees also had to agree not to become a lobbyist for longer than the usual period after leaving. What I was asking Mike was why he started this thread. Sounds like the pledge may have been broken but Mike gives no clue how. Hence my question to him.


Oh I see. I thought you were questioning whether Obama made the promise during his campaign, not whether or not he broke it. Here is how he broke it (it's been on all the media channels since):

He's been slowly crossing the line:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/12/obama_softens_ban_on_hiring_lobbyists/

and then Deputy Secretary of Defense (Raytheon executive) and then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's chief of staff (Goldman Sachs lobbyist):
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/01/29/another-lobbyist-enters-the-obama-administration.html

But then he had lobbyists on his payroll in the past:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lobbyists-on-obamas-08-payroll-2007-12-20.html

Note: I am having connectivity issues (only with universalthread) which is messing up the saving of any messages somehow. This failed to save 3 times but each time I tried to save it, part of it was there - very strange. The final result may be confusing...

When I click on Update to fix it, it takes 30 secs or more to allow updating. THIS IS GETTING FRUSTRATING!