Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (56 page)

35
Philip Klein, “New Health Czar Challenges Obama’s Ethics Reforms,”
American Spectator
, March 3, 2009; available online at:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/03/03/new-health-czar-challenges-oba
[accecssed March 28, 2009].

36
“Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs,” The White House, March 2, 2009; available online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-3/2/09/
[accessed March 28, 2009].

37
Kenneth P. Vogel and Carrie Budoff Brown, “Will DeParle bring ethics conflicts?”
Politico
, March 2, 2009; available online at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19502.html
[accessed March 28, 2009].

38
Zajac, “Health czar has deep ties to industry,” op cit.

39
Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript,
CNN.com
, March 5, 2009; available online at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0903/05/ldt.01.html
[accessed March 28, 2009].

40
Richard Gibbons, “How to Profit From Obama’s Stimulus Bill,” Motley Fool, February 27, 2009; available online at:
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2009/02/27/how-to-profit-from-obamas-stimulus-bill.aspx
[accessed March 28, 2009].

41
Jeffrey Young, “DeParle’s industry ties a non-issue,”
The Hill
, March 5, 2009; available online at: http://thehill.com/business—lobby/deparlesindustry-ties-a-non-issue-2009-03-05. html [accessed March 28, 2009].

42
Jonathan Cohn, “The Early Word on Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,”
New Republic
, February 3, 2009; available online at:
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_treatment/archive/2009/03/02/the-word-on-daschle-s-replacement-and-i-don-t-mean-sebelius.aspx
[accessed March 29, 2009].

43
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Obama Taps Health Aide With Links to Industry,”
New York Times
, March 2, 2009; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/us/politics/03czar.html
[accessed March 28, 2009].

44
Securities And Exchange Commission Amendment Complaint No. 09-CV-2518 (CM); available online at:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21001.pdf
[accessed April 19, 2009]. See also Peter Rattman and Craig Karmin, “Rattner involved in inquiry on fees,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 17, 2009. The SEC complaint does not identify Rattner by name, but according to the Journal, the senior Quandrangle executive referred to in the SEC complaint is Rattner.

45
Ibid.

46
Securities And Exchange Commission Amendment Complaint No. 09-CV-2518 (CM); available online at:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21001.pdf
[accessed April 19, 2009].

47
Peter Rattman and Craig Karmin, “Rattner involved in inquiry on fees,” op cit.

48
Securities And Exchange Commission Amendment Complaint No. 09-CV-2518 (CM); available online at:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21001.pdf
[accessed April 19, 2009].

49
Heath Haussamen, “Bingaman says he wasn’t involved in Rattner deal,”
New Mexico Independent
, April 22, 2009; available online at:
http://newmexicoindependent.com/25618/bingaman-says-hewasn%E2%80%99t-involved-in-rattner-deal
[accessed April 23, 2009].

50
Louise Story, “Quadrangle Facing Questions Over Pension Funds,”
New York Times
, April 21, 2009; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/business/22quadrangle.html
[accessed April 23, 2009].

51
Heath Haussamen, “Bingaman says he _wasn’t involved in Rattner deal,” op cit.

52
Securities And Exchange Commission Amendment Complaint No. 09-CV-2518 (CM); available online at:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21001.pdf
[accessed April 19, 2009].

53
Ed Morrissey, “Kundra’s record?” Hot Air, March 16, 2009; available online at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/16/kundras-record/
[accessed April 4, 2009].

54
Michael J. Sniffen, “Obama’s computer chief once shoplifted 4 shirts,” Associated Press, March 18, 2009; article previously available online at:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jDaDxxs5nOL4AAGUyMQLOKlaXNWwD970LN784
[accessed April 4, 2009].

55
Ed Morrissey, “Kundra’s record?” op cit.

56
Ed Morrissey, “Kundra back on job, White House dodging; Update: WH finally responds! Update: Missing evidence?” Hot Air, March 19, 2009; available online at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/19/kundra-back-on-job-white-house-dodging/
[accessed April 4, 2009].

57
White House Press Office, “President Obama Names Vivek Kundra Chief Information Officer,”
whitehouse.gov
, March 5, 2009; available online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Names-Vivek-Kundra-Chief-Information-Officer/
[accessed March 5, 2009].

58
K. C. Jones, “Two Charged With Bribery After FBI Raids D.C. CTO Office,”
Information Week
, March 12, 2009; available online at:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/technology/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215900061
[accessed April 4, 2009].

59
Jonetta Rose Barras, “No surprise here,”
Washington Examiner
, March 15, 2009; available online at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/JonettaRoseBarras/No-surprise-here-41291297.html
[accessed April 4, 2009].

60
Eric Krangel, “Time For America’s CIO Vivek Kundra To Resign,”
Silicon Alley Insider
, March 17, 2009; available online at:
http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-cio-vivek-kundra-must-go-2009-3
[accessed April 4, 2009].

61
Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Testimony of Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer, before the Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations, December 12, 2007.

62
“A conversation with Valerie Jarrett,” Daily Kos, August 15, 2009; available online at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/15/767 198/-A-Conversation-with-Valerie-JarrettLiveblog
[accessed April 20, 2010].

63
Michelle Malkin, “The resignation (and coming MSM/leftwing martyrdom) of Van Jones; Obama ‘thanks him for his service,’” michelle-malkin. com, September 6, 2009; available online at:
http://michelle-malkin.com/2009/09/06/the-resignation-and-coming-msmleft-wing-martyrdom-of-van-jones/
.

64
Senator Susan Collins, “Open Czars: A Demand for Government Transparency, Accountability,” website of Senator Susan Collins, October 2, 2009; available online at:
http://collins.senate.gov//files/05/14/20/f051420/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.WeeklyColumn&ContentRecord_id=15b5fafd-802a-23ad-4091-e823047701cd&
. [accessed April 22, 2010].

65
“Obama Expands Car Czar’s Duties,”
Washington Post
, September 8, 2009; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702041.html
[accessed April 19, 2010].

CHAPTER 6

1
The speech is available on Obama’s official campaign YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZ-_Sstt5I
.

2
The Rezko story is recounted thoroughly in David Freddoso,
The Case Against Barack Obama
(Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2008). See Chapter 11, “Pinstripe Patronage: Obama Takes Care of His Friends,” 211-34.

3
Joe Stephens, “Obama Got Discount on Home Loan,”
Washington Post
, July 2, 2008; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103008_pf.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

4
Michael Kinsley, “The Conspiracy Of Trivia,”
Time
, March 10, 1997; available online at:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/03/10/time/kinsley.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

5
Kenneth P. Vogel, “No mortgage pinch for Obama, team,”
Politico
, March 7, 2009; available online at:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=E23E7CB1-18FE-70B2-A88A46FCD2E96E04
[accessed April 28, 2009].

6
Glenn R. Simpson and James R. Hagerty, “Countrywide Friends Got Good Loans,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 7, 2008; available online at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121279970984353933.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

7
Karen Tumulty, “McCain Plays the Race Card,”
Time
, September 18, 2008; available online at:
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/09/18/mccain_plays_the_race_card/
[accessed April 28, 2009].

8
“Senator Barack Obama Takes First Step Toward Presidential Bid,”
foxnews.com
, January 16, 2007; available online at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243918,00.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

9
“Barack Obama’s Feb. 5 Speech,”
New York Times
, February 5, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05text-obama.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

10
Sam Graham-Felsen, “In Major Speech, Obama Calls for Modernizing Our Regulation of Financial Markets,”
my.barackobama.com
, March 27, 2008; available online at:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBNsq
[accessed April 28, 2009].

11
Sam Graham-Felsen, “Change that Works for You: Obama Vows to Protect Consumers,”
my.barackobama.com
, June 11, 2008; available online at:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gG5jcy
[accessed April 28, 2009].

12
Carla Marinucci, “Obama calls AIG bonuses ‘outrageous,’”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 18, 2009; available online at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/18/MNUT16IU25.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1
[accessed April 28, 2009].

13
Brody Mullins and T. W. Farnam, “Critics Got Donations From Insurer,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 19, 2009; available online at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123742426774379307.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

14
Michael Luo and Christopher Drew, “Big Donors, Too, Have Seats at Obama Fund-Raising Table,”
New York Times
, August 5, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/politics/06bundlers.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].

15
“Presidential Candidates: Selected Industry Totals, 2008 Cycle,”
opensecrets.org
, Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monday, March 2, 2009; available online at:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.php?ind=F27
[accessed April 28, 2009].

16
“Joe Wurzelbacher on Obama’s Tax Increases,”
YouTube.com
, October 14, 2008; available online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbWWHFLYHm0
[accessed April 28, 2009].

17
Athena Jones, “Obama: McCain Fighting For ‘Joe The Hedge Fund Manager,’” Hot Line On Call, October 22, 2008; available online at:
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/10/obama_mccain_fi.php
[accessed April 28, 2009].

18
Louise Story, “A Rich Education for Summers (After Harvard),”
New York Times
, April 5, 2009; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/business/06summers.html
[accessed April 28, 2009].