Boston Globe: Lobbyist/Obama NH Chair enters national conversation

One of Barack Obama's four New Hampshire co-chairs, who is also one of the state's most prominent lobbyists, entered the conversation of the Democratic presidential race last night with this phrase from Hillary Clinton at the debate:

"When it comes to lobbyists, you know that Senator Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."

"Not true," said Obama.

But it is true.

And while the lobbyist, named Jim Demers, is usually a staple of the spin room circuit, he was nowhere to be found last night. (He also has not returned a call to the Globe.)

http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/primarysource/2008/01/lobbyistobama_n.html

That is what bothers me. It again shows Obama's inexperience. He sat in front of the world and said, "not true."

What a bad guy this is! :sarcasm:

(from the same article)
Demers heads up a lobby firm of his own name, The Demers Group. He was also a Democratic nominee for Congress in 1986. He is respected by legislative leaders from both parties and is relied on by reporters to be very knowledgeable with the latest statehouse rumor or how pieces of legislation are moving. He is also a frequent Democratic analyst for WMUR-TV.

He gives thousands in contributions to the state Democratic Party and Democratic campaigns. In 2004, he headed up campaign for Dick Gephardt in the state. And to aid in that effort Demers purchased an RV from eBay that he then drove around the state with Gephardt to campaign events.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/primarysource/2008/01/lobbyistobama_n.html

Obama lied his ass off about it.

When Obama was not telling the truth in Iowa about his ties to lobbyists..and his ties to this man.....oh and Frenchie if anyone else did this, you would be on them like stink on crap!

and that is no
:sarcasm:

its a fact!!

fly


Gee the media attacked Biden for plagarism when he ran before..where is the same scrutiny by the media and Obama?

Who is the real candidate for change?

Edwards went and stood on the picket lines of the Writers strike, so msm is deliberately ignoring him. They also overlook Barack Obama's copying of Edwards words, themes and even jokes:
http://www.boston.com/... well all but the Boston Globe!

Obama borrows from Edwards
January 5, 2008 01:19 PM
By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff
NASHUA, N.H. -- After beating John Edwards in Iowa on Thursday, Barack Obama has decided to join him -- repeatedly poaching his opponent's themes, language, and even jokes.

"We shouldn't just be respecting wealth in this country -- we should be respecting work," Obama told an overflow crowd in a high-school gym today.

Edwards's 2004 presidential campaign was centered around the idea that the Bush administration had launched a "war on work" through tax cuts that offer incentives for investment over labor. "Hard work should be valued in this country, so we're going to reward work, not just wealth," Edwards said in accepting his party's vice-presidential nomination at the Democratic' convention in Boston. In this campaign, he has sharpened his populist rhetoric, railing against greedy corporate CEOs who are waging war on working people and the middle class.

He still "LIED"!

Stop defending him, it just shows your hypocrisy!

They have big money and they use it to get what their corporate donors want. And that's not good for the American people.

I've had enough after 7 years of this crap with the Bush Administration. Why would anyone want to continue the status quo with Obama?

Or, maybe Obama didn't know. That reminds me too much of Bush, who never seems to know anything. :eyes:

Earlier in the day, campaign officials for rival candidate Hillary Clinton told reporters that Edwards was being hypocritical because one of his biggest fundraisers is a lobbyist who has represented the oil industry.

An Edwards aide later said Tyre is not a federal lobbyist but may lobby in Wisconsin. The aide, Mark Kornblau, said state lobbyists are not prohibited from contributing to the campaign because they would not lobby the White House.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071230/NEWS09/712300338/0/LIFE

After he interrupted with his "Not true" comment, he kind of let it slide when it came his turn to respond.

She has never lied about anything. Not once. Ever. Not possible. Not now, not ever. Shes perfect.

Here is the transcript for those interested in exactly what was said:



My memory of Obama's response was that he was shaking his head as he wrote a note to himself.

Bwwwahahahahaha

Hope so. His response above is in quotes inplying he actually said those words ... which is sleazy and sloppy journalism. Unless of course we think we can read his mind and decide for him what he meant by that. Shaking his head may have been in response to her tactic. Going by what actually happened, the truth of the event, is the only way to go.

I am not in either camp - just trying inject perspective.

That a transcriptionist did not pick up a "not true" said sotto voce does not "prove" he didn't say it. I think the only way to see what actually happened is to find the video clip.

I don't want to trust my memory of it either.

He said "that's not true"!

very very expensive party..probably the most expensive at the dem convention..

i was a delegate and went to that party and i was perplexed then as i still am today..

Obama was an unknown to most of us delegates until he spoke at the convention..most of us had no clue who he was..he was not a senator..he was running against Alan Keyes..

many of us went to Planned parenthood party the same night..which was a nice party but nothing compared to the multi million $$$ party Obama gave..or was given in his name..

who paid for that party..i asked it then and i am still waiting for an answer!!

fly

i'm sure you can find out if you want to know. the illinois state board of elections has all that shit online. or is it better to have the question floating around?