Meet the New Boss, Part 1

I know that I'm going to be excited when President-elect Obama will get rid of those sleazy Washington lobbyists. You know, the ones that plagued the McCain campaign leadership? The insidious fat-cats that made sure Big Oil and the like received tax breaks? President Obama won't tolera--

"Obama softens bans on lobbyists."

-- WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama, who vowed during his campaign that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House," said through a spokesman yesterday that he would allow lobbyists on his transition team as long as they work on issues unrelated to their earlier jobs.

Awww, man!



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Back to work, citizens, nothing to see here.*

*Please note that I don't really have a problem with lobbyists, as I think they are exercising what our First Amendment likes to call the "right to petition". Just pointin' out some good old-fashioned Beltway-hypocrisy.