Even the Obama-worshipping apologists at the Washington Post found this newsworthy:
Big donors considering whether to work the phones raising money for President Obama’s reelection campaign might consider the fate of his 2008 bundlers. Many of them, it turns out, won plum jobs in his administration.
Obama campaigned on what he called “the most sweeping ethics reform in history” and has frequently criticized the role of money in politics. That hasn’t stopped him from offering government jobs to some of his biggest bundlers, volunteer fundraisers who gather political contributions from other rich donors.
More than half of Obama’s 47 biggest fundraisers, those who collected at least $500,000 for his campaign, have been given administration jobs. Nine more have been appointed to presidential boards and committees.
If you listen to the mainstream media (who, for example, aren't putting much effort into reporting the entire scope of the Solyndra green energy scandal), you would conclude that only Republicans are in the back pocket of corrupt Wall Street bankers and other crony capitalists.
Back in April at a Tea Party rally in Madison, Wisc., Sarah Palin told the sometimes too-quick-to-compromise GOP to "learn to fight like a girl" (a reference to the Univ. Of Wisconsin's championship women's hockey team). In a recent speech in Florida, she was equally frank with the left, noting that the so-called Occupiers should consider occupying the area outside the White House:
"Barack Obama is owned by Wall Street,” she said. “The fat cats, as he
calls them, they’re his friends. They’re his pals. That’s where he gets
his campaign donations. And he’s very generous about giving these cats
their cat nip: bigger returns on their investments in bailouts.”
As the Washington Post recently reported, Obama
has accepted more money -- more than $15.6 million -- from these people
than all of the Republican presidential aspirants combined (aided
significantly by the fact that contributors can give to both Obama and
the Democratic National Committee). No wonder Opensecrets.org ranks the
financial sector as one of the five most generous industries in
contributions to the Obama re-election effort. By comparison, the most
successful GOP fundraiser, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, has generated a mere
$2 million from the Wall Street fat cats. Obama has even gotten more
campaign money from Bain Capital, the consulting firm Romney managed
before becoming a presidential candidate, than Romney has.
Maloney explained to Mediaite.com the intent behind the filming:
Maloney...wanted to set the record straight that he was only trying to expose the hypocrisy of Democratic politicians championing the Occupy Wall Street movement while still receiving thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the banks...
Maloney said that the media “propagates this perception that Republicans are in bed with big business, and that Democrats are for “the little guy,” when in fact the establishment of both parties are corporatists."
