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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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 Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: who has visited the Obama White House? |
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Top organizations represented (in order):
http://littlesis.org/list/77/Obama_White_House_visitors#business
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Goldman Sachs Group
Robert E Rubin, Lloyd C Blankfein, Gary D Cohn, Thomas Steyer, Mark Patterson, Robert Zoellick, Frank Brosens
Morgan Stanley
John J Mack, Steven Rattner, Manuel H Johnson, Thomas Steyer, Robert E Diamond, Elizabeth Vale
New York Times
Steven Rattner, William E Kennard, Paul Krugman, Thomas Friedman, David Leonhardt
Chevron
Kevin W Sharer, Glenn F Tilton, Lisa Barry, David J O'Reilly
JP Morgan Chase
James S Crown, William C Weldon, David J O'Reilly, David G Golden
Citigroup Robert E Rubin, Richard M Kovacevich, Louis B Susman
Fannie Mae Robert Zoellick, Herbert M Allison Jr., Stacey Stewart
Alston & Bird LLP Tom Daschle, Jennifer L Butler, Karol Mason |
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In the link you can find the funding numbers. Look for the names Rubin and Blankfein. And Soros.
Any surprises? |
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proustme
Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: Nowon-gu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Not surprising. I couldn't find previous presidents' visitor logs, though, on this website. The only one listed is Obama's. |
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mises
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| proustme wrote: |
| Not surprising. I couldn't find previous presidents' visitor logs, though, on this website. The only one listed is Obama's. |
It is a new site. Doesn't matter anyways. |
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proustme
Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: Nowon-gu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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The visitor log of Obama's White House is pretty damning about his buddying up with media and big business. That's for sure. It's disappointing, but I don't suspect other presidents did things any differently.
Were you surprised? Perhaps, you were because Obama ran on a platform for the "little people" and is now acting contrary to such statements. Presidents do this all the time and I'm not a little disappointed, but I can't say it's surprising or shows any conduct that hasn't been seen before in past presidencies. Sadly, Obama tried the same thing President George W. Bush did: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/other/47784-white-house-keeps-visitor-logs-secret-as-bush-did. To wit, it doesn't make him any less culpable. I support transparency in government.
Again, it's disappointing to see this recur in presidencies past and present. Opensecrets.org is another organization that tracks donations.
One question I do have is: have visitor logs always been open to the public? |
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