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January 23, 2009
Waiver policy for some lobbyists
Only the ones Obama wants to appoint. Otherwise, you lobbyists can't serve in government for at least two years! Be sure to read the comments, one of which suggests that the unnamed senior White House official is either wrong or disingenuous about one lobbyist-appointee not needing a waiver. But hey - if you're going to announce a policy and immediately offer waivers, why worry about the spirit or the letter of the policy?
Because I tend to read the press with an eye tuned by reading the same damn story over and over again (you know, world literature doesn't have that many new plots) I've noticed two stories that could be written by pushing F11 in the last week:
1. New president pursues physical fitness despite pressures of White House (there was a bit of that towards the end of this story - I expect more of them over the weekend).
and
2. New administration the most ethical ever.
Haven't we all read those before? I seem to remember video of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush running early in their administrations, and surely every president since Nixon has pledged to clean up the revolving door system. How long will Obama keep up his workout routine?
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 23, 2009 4:57 PM