ThiefX wrote:
You seriously think that was a straight forward answer? Go online and listen to it don't just post a transcript actually listen to him and tell me again how he didn't ramble on and use some political double speak.
I watched all 85 minutes of it last night.
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"We didn't just kick them off we let them finish their terms" So I guess it's ok that their are lobbyist in his administration cause he didn't want to just let them go.... that would would be mean.
So you're looking for what? He openly admitted that he had lobbyists in positions and was explaining why. The bulk of them are on panels and commissions and rather than kick them off halfway through the job they're doing, they can complete their task before being replaced. I don't think that's the same as "Kicking them off would be mean!
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" I guess you can ***** and moan that he didn't expel 100% of them but let's be honest: you don't give a sh
it about lobbyists, you just want to whine about the president.
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He talks about the tobacco free doctor who is technically not a lobbyist in one sentence and then in the very next admits that's been just a couple of instances where one of the lobbyist was "technically" not a lobbyist.
Ummm.... what??
He openly states that the doctor is a registered lobbyist and thus should be disallowed. Due to the doctor's (presumably unique) skillset he has received a waiver so that he, a registered lobbyist, can work in the administration. He never once says the guy is "technically not a lobbyist". He says the exact opposite:
"a doctor who ran Tobacco-Free Kids technically is a registered lobbyist" Erm... learn to both watch and read, I guess.
Edited, Jan 30th 2010 9:20am by Jophiel