Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (47 page)

24
“Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/16/10,” Office of the Press Secretary, March 16, 2010; available online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/briefing-white-house-press-secretary-robert-gibbs-31610
[accessed April 24, 2010].

25
United States Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 11, Section 211—Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office; available online at: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000211—000-.html [accessed April 24, 2010].

26
Colby Itkowitz, “Sestak’s ‘offer’ still smoldering,”
Morning Call
, April 3, 2010; available online at:
http://articles.mcall.com/
2010-04-03/news/all-e1.72278661apr03_1_rep-joe-sestak-white-house-congressman-sestak [accessed April 24, 2010].

27
Brian Montopoli, “Holder Deflects Questions from Issa on Sestak Job Claim,”
CBSNews.com
, May 13, 2010; available online at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004941-503544.html
[accessed May 17, 2010].

28
Michael Riley, “D.C. job alleged as attempt to deter Romanoff,”
Denver Post
, September 27, 2009; available online at:
http://www.denver-post.com/ci_13429758
[accessed April 24, 2010].

29
Ibid.

30
Jeffrey Lord, “White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennet Races,”
American Spectator
, February 22, 2010; available online at:
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/22/specter-race-scandal-sestakac/print
[accessed April 24, 2010].

31
“Memorandum from White House Counsel Regarding the Review of Discussions Relating to Congressman Sestak,” May 28, 2010, White House website; available online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/memorandum-white-house-counsel-regarding-review-discussions-relating-congressman-se
[accessed June 12, 2010].

32
“Text of White House e-mail to Andrew Romanoff,”
Politico
, June 2, 2010; available online at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38065.html
[accessed June 12, 2010].

33
“Redactions Revealed: The Six Secrets You Need to Know From the Obama Subpoena Request,” NBC Chicago Ward Room blog, April 22, 2010; available online at:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-Six-Secrets-You-Need-to-Know-From-the-Blagojevich-Filing-91848634.html
[accessed April 22, 2010].

34
“The C-SPAN Lie? See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations,”
Naked Emperor News
, January 6, 2010; available online at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/
[accessed April 24, 2010].

35
“Labor’s $60 Billion Payoff,”
Wall Street Journal
, January 16, 2010; available online at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575004992410621692.html
[accessed April 24, 2010].

36
Rich Lowry, “Another rank deal,”
New York Post
, January 15, 2010; available online at:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/another_rank_deal_yw10pr1eUhSAMnIn3Z8ZEI
[accessed April 24, 2010].

37
Mary Lu Carnevale, “Biden on Tax Increase for Wealthier Citizens: ‘Time to Be Patriotic,’”
Wall Street Journal
, September 18, 2008; available online at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/18/biden-on-tax-increase-for-wealthier-citizens-time-to-be-patriotic/tab/article/
[accessed April 24, 2010].

38
“Transcript: Diane Sawyer Interviews Obama,” ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, January 25, 2010; available online at: http://abcnews.
go.com/WN/Obama/abc-world-news-diane-sawyer-diane-sawyer-interviews/story?id=9659064
[accessed April 24, 2010].

39
James L. Merriner,
Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago
(IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008).

40
Jim Tynen, “Show Me The Boodle,”
Albion Monitor
, July 21, 1997; available online at:
http://www.albionmonitor.com/9707a/boodle.html
[accessed April 24, 2010].

41
Veronique de Rugy, “How Is the Stimulus Money Allocated?”
National Review
Online, The Corner, March 31, 2010; available online at:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjNmODVmZWNmZWU4MjU5NTQwNWQwN2NlYzcxNDY0MzE
[accessed April 24, 2010].

42
Anupama Narayanswamy and Bill Allison, “After health care vote, members turn to earmark requests,” Sunlight Foundation, March 26, 2010; available online at:
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/after-health-care-vote-stupak-11-request-34-billion-worth-earmar/
[accessed April 24, 2010].

43
“Distrust, Discontent, Anger and Partisan Rancor,” The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, April 18, 2010; available online at:
http://people-press.org/report/606/trust-in-government
[accessed April 24, 2010].

44
Liz Sidoti, “Poll: 4 out of 5 Americans don’t trust Washington,” Associated Press, April 19, 2010; available online at: http://www.breitbart. com/article.php?id=D9F608UG0&show_article=1 [accessed April 24, 2010].

INTRODUCTION

1
David Brooks, “The Insider’s Crusade,”
New York Times
, November 21, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21brooks.html?ref=opinion
[accessed April 29, 2009].

2
Jennifer 8. Lee, untitled Twitter post, April 29, 2009; available online at:
http://twitter.com/jenny8lee/status/1652326401
[accessed April 29, 2009].

3
George Stephanopoulos, “Obama Cabinet: Mix of Star Power, Brain Power, and Political Muscle,” ABC News, November 24, 2008; available online at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/11/obama-cabinet-s.html
[accessed April 29, 2009].

4
George Stephanopoulos, “Grading Obama’s Transition,” ABC News, December 4, 2008; available online at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/12/grading-obamas.html
[accessed April 29, 2009].

5
Peter Baker and Helene Cooper, “Issues Pressing, Obama Fills Top Posts at a Sprint,”
New York Times
, December 4, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/politics/05obama.html?_r=1&ref=washington
[accessed April 29, 2009].

6
Al Kamen, “Just Inside 100 Days, Sebelius Completes the Cabinet,”
Washington Post
, April 29, 2009; available online at: http://www.washingtonpost. com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042803534.html [accessed April 29, 2009].

7
Ibid.

8
Jackie Calmes, “For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All,”
New York Times
, November 12, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/us/politics/13apply.html
[accessed April 29, 2009].

9
Shailagh Murray and Carol D. Leonnig, “Obama Teams Are Scrutinizing Federal Agencies,”
Washington Post
, December 3, 2008; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203489.html
[accessed April 29, 2009].

10
Scott Whitlock, “George Stephanopoulos: Obama Cabinet Unparalleled in ‘Brain Power,’”
newsbusters.org
, November 24, 2008; available online at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2008/11/24/george-stephanopoulos-obama-cabinet-unparalleled-brain-power
[accessed April 29, 2009].

11
William Safire, “On Language; Crony Capitalism,”
New York Times Magazine
, February 1, 1998; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/01/magazine/on-language-crony-capitalism.html?sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
[accessed April 29, 2009].

12
Barack Obama,
Change.gov
, Agenda Ethics page; available online at:
http://change.gov/agenda/ethics_agenda/
[accessed April 29, 2009].

13
Paul Blumenthal, “White House Breaks Transparency Promise,” Sunlight Foundation, January 29, 2009; available online at:
http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/01/29/white-house-breaks-transparency-promise/
[accessed April 29, 2009].

14
“Barack Obama ‘Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk,’”
YouTube.com
, February 14, 2009; available online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t8GdxFYBU
[accessed April 29, 2009].

15
Jim Harper, “A Flagging Obama Transparency Effort,”
Cato@Liberty
, April 9, 2009; available online at:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/04/09/a-flagging-obama-transparency-effort/
[accessed April 29, 2009].

16
Martina Stewart, “Obama responds to tea party movement,”
CNNPolitics.com
, April 29, 2009; available online at:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/29/obama-responds-to-tea-party-movement/
.

17
Change.gov
, op cit.

18
Timothy P. Carney, “Former lobbyists in senior Obama administration positions,”
Washington Examiner
(February 3, 2010); available online at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Former-lobbyists-in-senior-Obama-administration-positions-83362902.html
. [accessed February 25, 2010].

19
Michelle Malkin, “Results for ‘bush cronyism,’”
michellemalkin.com
(all dates); available online at:
http://michellemalkin.com/?s
.

20
Michelle Malkin, “Michael Brown Relieved of Duty,” michelle-malkin. com, September 9, 2005; available online at:
http://michelle-malkin.com/2005/09/09/michael-brown-relieved-of-duty/
[accessed April 29, 2009].

21
(Stevens’s conviction was subsequently thrown out due to prosecutorial misconduct.)

22
Sam Fullwood III, “For Obama, hipness is what it is,”
Politico
, April 24, 2009; available online at:
http://www.politico.com/news/
stories /0409/21522.html [accessed April 29, 2009].

23
Alex Leo, “CNN Story On Obama’s ‘Swagga’ The Most Embarrassing Ever? (VIDEO),”
Huffington Post
, April 29, 2009; available online at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/the-most-embarrassingcnn_n_193095.html
[accessed April 29, 2009].

BONUS CHAPTER TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION

1
Michelle Malkin, “Obama’s Americorps scandal—and the First Lady’s meddling,”
michellemalkin.com
, June 12, 2009; available online at:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/12/obamas-americorps-scandal-and-the-first-ladys-meddling/
[accessed March 9, 2010].

2
Ibid.

3
Office of Inspector General Of The Corporation for National and Community Service, “Special Report to Congress From The Office of Inspector General Of The Corporation for National and Community Service”; available online at:
http://www.cncsig.gov/PDF/StHope/
StHOPEFIN. pdf [accessed March 9, 2010].

4
Joint Staff Committee, “The Firing of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service” November 20, 2009; available online at:
http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/images/stories/Reports/20091120JointStaffReport.pdf
[accessed March 9, 2010].

5
Byron York, “Walpin update: New charges of political motive in IG firing; prosecutor who aided Obama ally sought job from Obama,”
Washington Examiner
, March 2, 2010; available online at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Walpin-update-New-charges-of-political-motive-in-IG-firing-prosecutor-who-aided-Obama-ally-sought-job-from-Obama-85949732.html
[accessed March 9, 2010].