On 2/21/2018 12:05 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
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> Could you imagine the howls from the wing nuts here if there were this
> much corruption in a Democrat's administration?
Uh like Obozo's?
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/14092-top-10-%E2%80%9Cmost-corrupt%E2%80%9D-list-dominated-by-obama-administration
President Obama and key members of his Democrat cabinet like Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder,
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of
Energy Steven Chu, and UN Ambassador Susan Rice were all among the top
ten most corrupt politicians in Washington for 2012, according to an
annual list compiled by the non-partisan Judicial Watch. Also on the
roster were several lawmakers including two GOP congressmen from Florida
and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada).
The president himself made the infamous “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt
Politicians” list due to a series of scandals and broken promises that
have plagued virtually his entire time occupying the White House.
Lawless behavior, regular violations of the U.S. Constitution,
unprecedented secrecy, and abuse of so-called “executive privilege” to
protect his senior officials all contributed to Obama’s designation as
one of the most crooked politicians in the capital today.
Citing the president’s 2009 vow that “transparency” and the “rule of
law” would be the “touchstones” of his presidency, Judicial Watch said
the statement would get in on the first ballot if there were a “Hall of
Fame” for broken promises. “Instead of transparency and the rule of law
over the past four years, we have witnessed the greatest expansion of
government in modern political history and, consequently, an explosion
of government secrecy, scandals, and abuses of power,” the non-profit
public interest watchdog explained.
Among the specifics that earned Obama the designation was a shroud of
lawless secrecy that permeated the entire administration. Judicial
Watch, which investigates and prosecutes official corruption, was forced
to file almost 1,000 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and
close to 100 lawsuits against the administration to find out what was
going on, it said. Despite stonewalling, the group investigated elements
of ObamaCare, the showering of taxpayer money on mega Wall Street banks,
continued funding of the “criminal ACORN network,” and much more.
According to the Washington-based group and countless other analysts,
while Obama touts transparency in public, he actually condones the
routine violation of federal open records laws by his administration in
an effort to conceal his activities. There are almost countless examples
to prove the point.
https://www.infowars.com/252-documented-examples-of-barack-obamas-lying-lawbreaking-corruption-cronyism-etc/
1) Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional
approval
In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said that Obama
had violated the Constitution when he launched military operations in
Libya without Congressional approval.
2) Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton – just like Bush did
In May 2010, it was reported that the Obama administration had selected
KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as
much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice
Department had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based
company of using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.
3) Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t
have any
While running for President, Obama had promised that, unlike Bush, he
would not have any lobbyists working in his administration. However, by
February 2010, he had more than 40 lobbyists working in his administration.
4) Has close ties to Wall St., but pretends to support Occupy Wall St.
Although Obama claims to support the Occupy Wall St. movement, the truth
is that he has raised more money from Wall St. than any other candidate
during the last 20 years. In early 2012, Obama held a fundraiser where
Wall St. investment bankers and hedge fund managers each paid $35,800 to
attend. In October 2011, Obama hired Broderick Johnson, a longtime Wall
Street lobbyist, to be his new senior campaign adviser. Johnson had
worked as a lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Fannie Mae,
Comcast, Microsoft, and the oil industry.
5) Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay
Obama broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay.