Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Obama hires Wall Street lobbyist

For his reelection campaign Obama is making plans to again suck megabucks from Wall Street. He hired a big-gun lobbyist who opens the doors in D.C. for Wall Street. Broderick Johnson in recent years has worked for JP Morgan Chase, Fannie Mae and Bank of America.

While he was a registered lobbyist he visited the White House seventeen times since Obama's crowning in 2009. Source: Matthew Boyle at Daily Caller

And big energy. He helped to bring lower oil prices to the US by working the doors for the Keystone XL pipeline. That pipeline will help reduce US dependence on the kingdoms and dictators of the Middle East. Source: Huffington Post
Broderick Johnson, a former Bryan Cave LLP lobbyist registered on the Keystone XL account, reported lobbying President Obama's legislative affairs staff in 2010,
Friends of the Earth have noticed Obama's acceptance of this Wall Street lobbyist. Will the kids at "occupy Wall Street" notice? Will they call Obama on it?

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