Bundlers for Barack Obama Who Have Registered as Federal Lobbyists
By: Pamela LeaveyThe Obama camp is raking in the dough after Super Tuesday, but I wondering, did you hear Barack Obama in his speech last night when he claimed that his campaign “has not taken a dime of” lobbyist money?
Not True, says Public Citizen who released a report detailing that ten bundlers for Barack Obama have registered as federal lobbyists:
|
Lobbyist |
State |
Employer |
|
Frank Clark |
IL |
Commonwealth Edison |
|
Scott Harris |
DC |
Harris Wiltshire and Grannis |
|
Allan J. Katz |
FL |
Akerman Senterfitt |
|
Robert S. Litt |
MD |
Arnold & Porter |
|
Thomas J. Perrelli |
VA |
Jenner and Block |
|
Thomas A. Reed |
VA |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP |
|
Paul N. Roth |
NY |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
|
Miriam Sapiro |
DC |
Summit Strategies |
|
Alan Solomont* |
MA |
Solomont Bailis Ventures |
|
Tom E. Wheeler* |
DC |
Core Capital Partners |
Fact Hub also points out that Obama has “also taken money from former lobbyists, partners of lobbyists, people who hire lobbyists, lobbyists’ spouses, and state lobbyists.” And, until ”he started running for president, Sen. Obama took money from federal lobbyists and, as a state senator, directly from corporations.”
Hmmm…. More hypocrisy from Obama.
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I followed your link, and found this sentence right there: ” Barack Obama and John Edwards each have
bundlers who previously registered as lobbyists and are counted in this study.”
So your entire post here is a twisting of the truth. Care to correct it to reflect
the fact that this list of ten refers, not to lobbyists, but persons who were once
lobbyists? Would you swear an oath that your presentation is ‘the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Didn’t think so….
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