what did David Plouffe do for Boeing and GE?

Enrique

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Tue Feb-22-11 07:27 PM
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what did David Plouffe do for Boeing and GE?

or is it none of my business? :shrug:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/daley-and-plouffe-release-financial-disclosure-forms.html

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Plouffe provided consulting services for Boeing and General Electric, whose CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, President Obama recently appointed to chair a new presidential commission on competitiveness and growth.

The 2008 campaign manager for then-Sen. Obama also received lucrative contracts for speeches he gave to a host of corporate clients with billions of dollars worth of business in Washington, DC, including the health insurance companies that belong to Medicaid Healthplans of America; members of the American Hospital Association; and the National Association for Homecare and Hospice, which calls itself “the leading voice for home care and hospice before Congress and the White House…actively engaged in molding legislation, as well as being on top of all the late-breaking revisions affecting home care and hospice agencies.”

Plouffe was paid by the Carlyle Group, one of the top private equity firms in the world; Credit Suisse; Fidelity Investment Services; Lockheed Martin; Florida Power & Light Company; Edison Electric Institute; National Propane Gas Association; General Mills; and on and on; in places as far-flung as Budapest, Hungary; Belgrade, Serbia; Puebla, Mexico; Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; Baku, Azerbaijan; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Copenhagen, Denmark; Graz, Austria; Lisbon, Portugal; Frederikshavn, Denmark; Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel; Nurnberg, Germany; Dubai, UAE; Oslo, Norway; Istanbul, Turkey; and Lagos, Nigeria.

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Hardrada

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Tue Feb-22-11 07:38 PM
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1. This explains a lot!

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Beacool

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:32 PM
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2. Shhhh, you're not supposed to peak behind the curtain.

"The two men now running the White House for President Obama made a lot of money last year, some of it from the same industries they now sit in powerful positions to impact."

:eyes:

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Beacool

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Tue Feb-22-11 11:02 PM
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4. I meant peek, not peak.

Long day.......

:eyes:

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:25 AM
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Starbucks Anarchist

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:56 AM
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14. You could do it in the open like Hillary.

When she was on the board of directors for WalMart. :eyes:

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Cali_Democrat

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:44 PM
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3. So the campaign manager for Barack Obama was paid by corporate interests.....

like the Carlyle Group, Credit Suisse and Fidelity Investment Services. He also provided consulting services for Boeing and GE.

And now the CEO of GE has been appointed by Obama to chair a new Presidential commission? Don't forget that Obama's new chief of staff used to sit on the executive board of banksters JP Morgan Chase.

:wtf:

This is not government by the people and for the people. This is a government purchased by the wealthy at the highest bid.

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Umbral

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:29 AM
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7. So when do I hang my head in shame? I once thought my shelf a democrat. nt

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Badfish

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Wed Feb-23-11 08:45 AM
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9. but he was fine...

till you learned his past ?

Dave is just fine , he is on our team. If he was a corporate whore he would be GOP.

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boppers

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Wed Feb-23-11 12:30 AM
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5. Norway? FUCKING NORWAY?

That's it, I'm done with him.

:sarcasm:

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leveymg

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Wed Feb-23-11 07:23 AM
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8. So much for Obama's pledge to clean the lobbyists out of the White House.

Boy, were we sold a Bill of Goods by this crew.

"No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration." Source: Obama ethics plan, http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/index_campaign.php#free-executive

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ProSense

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Wed Feb-23-11 09:55 AM
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10. "what did David Plouffe do for Boeing and GE?"

"The 2008 campaign manager for then-Sen. Obama also received lucrative contracts for speeches..."

Says it right there, except the speeches were in 2010. More:

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Plouffe's 2010 income included honoraria from 20 speaking engagements, where his payments ranged from $8,000 from the Young Presidents Organization Colorado, a networking and educational group for young business leaders, to $100,000 from MTN Nigeria, a telecommunications company.

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Enrique

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:09 AM
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11. nope, it wasn't for speeches

the GE and Boeing cash was for "consulting services". What does that mean? Plouffe is a campaign manager, what did he do for GE and Boeing? Did he have an office? How many hours did he work? Did he actually do anything, or did he just pick up a check?

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ProSense

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:29 AM
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12. "Plouffe is a campaign manager"

No, he wasn't a campaign manager or working for the WH. He rejoined the WH at the end of 2010 when Axelrod left. Here's the PDF from the article in the OP.

He has a consulting firm.

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Enrique

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:35 AM
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13. what services did he provide Boeing and GE?

the pdf just says "consulting services". :shrug:

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