Thread: White House Insider: A timeline of an imploding executive?

Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 8082103653

Read this article and see if it puts any light on the scandel

Originally Posted by roundabout

Aw, come on TexasBorn clue us in.

If your right I'll buy ya a six pack of any beer ya like. Party time!

I sure hope you did not get this hunch from a "fortune cookie" or from reading "tea leaves."

roundabout, ok, my source's name is "gut instinct" and it says, time for Obama to go is coming soon

TexasBorn wrote,

roundabout, ok, my source's name is "gut instinct" and it says, time for Obama to go is coming soon

Turmoil on the horizon?..........That I don't doubt. Yet I try to temper my wishful thinking, yet again, I'm rootin' for your gut instincts.

Slick Willie was impeached, survived, and then prospered by 100M or so after walking away. (That would the same guy that was impeached having taken over the podium of another President? His wife being Secretary of State?)

Wonder Boy is responsible for how much debt? Lots of interests there. Lots of interests.

Happy New Year to you TexasBorn. No matter how this year moves along,...we need to keep kickin' @$ses!

Originally Posted by MontereySherry

Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 8082103653

Read this article and see if it puts any light on the scandel

Between Blago and the "buying of an empty Senate seat" rumors that were circulating close to Obama, and the U of Chicago connections and back-slapping favors, who the heck knows where "something brewing" could boil over.

From the article ...

Barack was a part-time lecturer at the law school for more than a decade, earning as much as $69,000 a year. Michelle was the founding director of the university's community service center, working there for five years before moving to the medical center in 2001.


Shortly after Barack Obama joined the U.S. Senate in 2005, the medical center promoted Michelle Obama to vice president of community and external relations, and more than doubled her salary. She is now on leave from the $317,000-a-year post, in which she sought to bridge the gap between the wealthy institution and its poorer neighbors. The hospital declined to discuss the budget for her program or her input into budgetary decisions.

The vast majority of political contributions from university employees have gone to Democrats, and over the past nine years they have donated at least $373,000 to Barack Obama's campaigns, records show. The university's executive suites are home to a number of the couple's closest friends and financial backers.

The medical center's chairwoman, Valerie Jarrett, is a close friend and top adviser who travels frequently with Barack Obama. One of Barack's best friends, Eric Whitaker, is executive vice president at the center and is now in charge of the Urban Health Initiative. Hospital board member Kelly R. Welsh is executive vice president at Northern Trust Co., which extended the couple a $1.3 million home mortgage shortly after Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate. Dan Shomon, Barack Obama's former campaign manager, is a university lobbyist. Jarrett, Whitaker, Welsh and Shomon all declined to be interviewed or did not respond to requests.

The 600-bed medical center, which has a $1.3 billion budget, has more than 700 attending physicians. The hospital is a leader in such specialties as cancer care and organ transplants, and boasts that patients travel from around the world for treatment. Its facilities feature valet parking, a meditation garden and, in some rooms, 42-inch flat-panel televisions.

Quentin Young, a local physician whose five-doctor medical office lists Barack Obama among its patients, said that in past decades the South Side often viewed the institution as a "citadel of exclusion," more interested in research than the well-being of its neighbors.

The hospital's general counsel, Susan Sher, said she approached Michelle Obama in 2001 and asked her to develop plans to bring the hospital closer to the surrounding neighborhood. Sher is a longtime friend of Michelle Obama; they worked together at Chicago City Hall, where Sher was head of Mayor Richard M. Daley's law department. Michelle Obama "grew up in this community," Sher said, adding that that makes her uniquely qualified.

"We really didn't know what this office would be, so it was really her creation," Sher said. Today, Sher said, Obama's office has grown to include more than 20 staffers and has proved a success at boosting the medical center's image.

The hospital told state regulators it spent $10 million on charity care for the poor in fiscal 2007 -- 1.3 percent of its total hospital expenses, according to an analysis performed for The Washington Post by the bipartisan, nonprofit Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. That is below the 2.1 percent average for nonprofit hospitals in Cook County.

As a nonprofit, the University of Chicago Medical Center receives annual tax breaks worth nearly five times as much as it spends on charity care, the analysis found.

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Edward Novak, president of Chicago's Sacred Heart Hospital, declined to discuss the center's initiative in particular but dismissed as "bull" attempts to justify such programs as good for patients. "What they're really saying is, 'Don't use our emergency room because it will cost us money, and we don't want the public-aid population,' " Novak said.
n December 2006, the medical center hired a public relations firm, ASK Public Strategies, to help sell the Urban Health Initiative. ASK is co-owned by Axelrod, Obama's chief campaign strategist.

ASK was selected on the recommendation of Michelle Obama, Sher and Jarrett, according to Sullivan, the hospital spokeswoman. "Axelrod has a love affair with UC, and is arguably the best in the country at public affairs," Sullivan said in an e-mail.

ASK started work in January 2007; the next month, Barack Obama launched his campaign.

The firm delivered its report in May 2007 saying that, while nurses were generally favorable about the Urban Health Initiative, "primary care doctors were more negative, viewing it as a break with UCMC's community commitment."

Holder and DOJ will have problems with an opposition party now in the majority in the House. Able to convene hearings and issue subpoenas. Two internal probes are going on right now at DOJ.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right- ... andal.html

Then there's this

http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement ... s-rep-issa

[i][b]US Representative Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spent the weekend bashing the Obama Administration saying it was one of the most corrupt administrations ever.

The California congressman stated he intends to investigate such incidents as Obama White House
promises made to Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak to drop out of his Senate race in 2010,
and the allegations of misconduct by Justice Department officials in the handling of the allegations that New Black Panther Party intimidated voters on election day.

On the heels of President Barack Obama’s alleged effort to bribe Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak
with a government job, a Washington insider reveals that the commander-in-chief unscrupulously tried using a federal judgeship to resolve an internal White House political problem, according to Judicial Watch, a public-interest group that investigates political corruption.

According to Judicial Watch, in the hopes of avoiding an impending scandal, Obama offered his first White House counsel, Gregory Craig, a federal judgeship in exchange for his resignation. An Ivy League graduate who worked for Ted Kennedy and represented Bill Clinton during his MonicaGate impeachment trial, Craig declined the offer and was subsequently ousted from his White House position.

Rep.Darrell Issa (R-CA) claims that an offer of a judgeship was made and that Obama's Press Secretary Gibbs corroborated that such an offer had been made.
Craig's removal was due in large part to Obama's dissatisfaction over his handling of Guantanamo policy, according to published reports, and he was replaced by President Obama's personal attorney Robert Bauer.

Craig's firing made national headlines and caused an uproar among the administration’s crucial far-left base, which accused Obama of dumping Craig "for doing his job too well."

However, just like the Black Panther election scandal case, where the guilt was undeniable, this Administration will look the other way and dismiss the case. There will be no special prosecutor, no trial,and no investigation. As is common in the past, the elite media will assist Obama by burying the story or actually aiding in a political cover up.
The behind-the-scenes narrative of Obama’s first year in office points the finger at Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for getting rid of Craig, who the president called a “close friend and trusted advisor.â€

His "car czar" is no stranger to kickback $$$$$$$$$

http://www.ai-cio.com/channel/REGULATIO ... Cuomo.html

[i][b](January 3, 2011) – The biggest fish in New York state’s pay-to-play pension scandal has been caught – or, at least, has agreed to settle.

Steve Rattner, founder of asset management firm Quadrangle Group and President Obama’s “Car Czarâ€

FreedomFirst, that is some damn fancy leg work, Sure you're not Ulster man?
So the gang's all there Spanky, Alfalfa, Darlene, and Buck Wheat!
They all sure go back a long way! And Blago said he was going to bring em' all in to testify, and then Blago goes free! Ulster man said it's all there just go back to Blago! It's starting to sound like a Birth Certificate is the least of Barry's problems! Almost sounds like Hilary may be holding on to this to sweep the leg in 2011, She says she's not running but Ol' Billy Boy wants that Husband and wife you'll go down in History Presidency! Nice dig FreedomFirst!

Then there is the carbon credit scam and the Chicago Mercantile. Might be some interesting links there.

Originally Posted by roundabout

Then there is the carbon credit scam and the Chicago Mercantile. Might be some interesting links there.

People familiar with investment banking and the securities industry tell me that cap-and-trade was expected to be a real bonanza, as the next best thing since Securitized Mortgages, to fatten their wallets.

Then there's the old Vera Baker "scandal" that Hillary supporters were trying to track down in '08, as Vera skipped off to the islands.

http://www.mahalo.com/vera-baker

With Obama, it could be a regular whack-a-mole enterprise trying to figure out what's going to "pop" first ..... But that series of articles built around Deep Throat 2 sure makes him appear to be falling apart mentally. As if the bizarre 12/10/10 press conference appearance with Bill Clinton weren't enough.