Last night the president made one more of his incorrect statements. Did he think it was true or was he lying? If the first, he is incompetent; if the second, he's a liar. And here it is."We've excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions."
Is that right, Mr. President?
RedState.com provides this list of your lobbyist appointments, which I presume was put together over a year ago since it mentions some current appointees as "nominees":
-- William Lynn in the Pentagon as Deputy Defense Secretary. Mr. Lynn was a lobbyist for Defense Contractor Ratheon.
--Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
--Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
--William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
--Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
--Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
--Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
--Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
--Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
--Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
--Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president's assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.
Are none of these men and women in "policy-making" jobs? Certainly the Deputy Defense Secretary and the Attorney General make policy and "Domestic Policy Director" certainly sounds like a policy job.
Obama thinks his charisma will prevent everyone from checking out what he says, but, as Reagan quipped, trust, but verify. And when you do that you catch this president in a lot of lies. Like the old joke says. How do you know he's lying? His lips are moving!
Ask Samuel Alito who couldn't hide his surprise at the attack on the Supreme Court with more Obama untruths about their recent decision. Lies just come to this man as easily as reading the teleprompter. No wonder Joe Wilson called out "liar" during Obama's address to the joint houses of Congress. I couldn't help blurting it out myself watching the speech last night. And can someone please explain why he always has his nose in the air? It was the first thing he did when he got to the podium.
