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Offline bijou

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EXCLUSIVE: Obama raised cash after leaving Senate
« on: March 27, 2009, 01:52:18 PM »


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President Obama continued collecting money for his 2010 Senate re-election campaign even after he resigned his seat from Illinois, including a maximum $2,300 donation the day after Christmas from a top executive of a Wall Street firm that had received a government bailout.

Four contributions - $4,800 in all - were donated to the Obama 2010 fund on Dec. 26, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The money came from some of Mr. Obama's top presidential fundraisers: Bruce A. Heyman, managing director at Goldman Sachs, which received a $10 billion bailout last year; Steven Koch, vice chairman at Credit Suisse First Boston; and John Levi, a lawyer at the law and lobbying firm of Sidley Austin LLP.  ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/obama-raised-cash-even-after-leaving-senate/
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Obama raised cash after leaving Senate
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2009, 02:02:44 PM »
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The Obama appointees are hardly the first former members of Congress whose fundraising committees remained open after they took executive branch jobs. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft's old Senate campaign fund remained active for years after he joined President George W. Bush's Cabinet, as did the campaign fund for former Sen. Spencer Abraham, Michigan Republican, who was Mr. Bush's first secretary of energy.

Well then, what's the story here?  Wouldn't this article better serve some Trivia Corner devotees who read the Koffee Klatch Newsletter while waiting for their Sunrise Breakfast order?
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Obama raised cash after leaving Senate
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2009, 02:07:30 PM »
I'm not seeing much of anything either.  If it's still legal and ethical to accept donations after being elected to another office, provided he/she doesn't use the funds for personal gain, this is a non-story.
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Obama raised cash after leaving Senate
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2009, 09:49:59 AM »
I think what was trying to be pointed out was how the companies who got some bailout money were contributers to the big zero.  Sort of like "pay to play" that zero is known for.  Granted, nothing illegal about it, but, when a company needs taxpayer money, it helps to get it if you can "grease the wheels" so to speak.
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Obama raised cash after leaving Senate
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009, 12:30:40 AM »
"the messiah" still hasn't gotten the memo - he won the election in November.

He's been spending a lot of time lately "campaigning" for his communist agenda.
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