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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (31952)	1/30/2009 12:38:35 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I've posted that on another thread, but I haven't looked at recent updates until I saw your post. I notice it doesn't include not employing lobbyists under "broken". It should. "I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race - and I've won. I don't take a dime of their money, and when I am President, they won't find a job in my White House." barackobama.com I wonder if he's going to change that part of his website. Here's a fairly blog comment "explaining" it (I guess you can change "two jobs" to "twelve jobs" now. # It’s very simple: Mr Obama said that, “when I am President, they won’t find a job in my White House.” “A job” is singular. Since lobbyists have now found two jobs in the Obama Administration, he has kept his promise to not hire just one lobbyist. Comment by The very precise Dana — 1/28/2009 @ 12:07 pm patterico.com

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (31952)	1/30/2009 10:10:01 PM
From: Peter Dierks	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

ROTFL at anyone who believes that particular pile of turd. The media source you site is one of the most partisan leftwing newpapers in print. There is no mention in their story of his promise to not appoint lobbyists which he has already broken six times. Worthless is the value I assign to that post.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (31952)	2/2/2009 10:35:56 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama's exec orders have loopholes Loopholes on torture ban, ethics rules 'disappointing' Christina Bellantoni (Contact) Monday, February 2, 2009 President Obama's first moves earned him triumphant headlines: "Obama Freezes Pay, Toughens Ethics and Lobbying Rules," and "Obama sets new course." But some of his biggest accomplishments are twinned with the word "but": Lobbyists are banned, but exceptions can and will be made; orders on ending torture and secret prisons contain loopholes and provisos. Call it the fine print, an exception, a waiver, but there have been caveats to many of Mr. Obama's first actions. The lobbying issue has drawn the most ire, especially since Mr. Obama spent so much time blasting lobbyists on the campaign trail. "Change we can believe in, as long as we pay attention to the disappointing asterisk on the word 'change,' " complained Rachel Maddow, a liberal talk-show host for MSNBC. Miss Maddow on Friday night blasted Mr. Obama for having former lobbyists in his administration, saying that his campaign-trail promise that lobbyists would not run his White House "sounded great; too great to be entirely true, it turns out." White House aides suggest the criticism is nonsense, since even transition officials warned months ago there would be exceptions to lobbying bans for people they consider exceptionally talented. Others point out that so many people leave government to earn money with consulting and lobbying that it would be tough to staff any administration without needing to bend the rules. But Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, ripped into the new administration for so quickly bending the lobbying rules. "He got the good headlines, and their intentions were really good, but carving out so many exceptions is silly. They should stop pretending they are following the rule when they are not," she said. "They say they have a policy of no lobbyists, and yet every day we hear about a new lobbyist." Nearly two dozen executive-branch hires, all the way up to Cabinet level, have been registered federal lobbyists, with the most-prominent being Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and William Lynn, the No. 2 man at the Pentagon. washingtontimes.com