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Atomic Rooster · August 24th, 2008, 03:18 PM

Biden's Son Employed in Profession Obama Disdains: Lobbying - Yahoo! News

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Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama's speech announcing his running mate Joe Biden singled out the Delaware senator's son who is headed for Iraq. Obama didn't mention the profession of Biden's other son, who lobbied for two drug companies and five universities.

Hunter Biden, 38, described as a lawyer in the biography of his father distributed yesterday by the Obama campaign, lobbied for clients that paid his firm at least $380,000 in the first six months of this year, federal records show.

Both Obama and Republican presidential rival John McCain have said lobbyists may not work on their campaigns. McCain recently called lobbyists ``birds of prey,'' and Obama has refused to accept their contributions. In his speech yesterday in Springfield, Illinois, Obama said he's running in part to repair ``a government that has fallen prey to special interests.''

Interesting that he would only mention one of Joe Biden's sons and not the other. . .

What was Nobama afraid of?

MTAtech · August 25th, 2008, 01:11 PM

Let me try to understand what you are insinuating based upon this article. Obama is running for president. Joe Biden is a respected Senator. Joe Biden has a son who's a lawyer and lobbies for his clients. So far, I don't see an ethical issues. People in a free country are allowed to work where they want.

Obama wants Biden to run as VP. Biden's son is a lobbyist. Should that disqualify Biden from consideration? As long as Biden's son doesn't work on the campaign, I don't see a problem. If one is disqualified based upon their children, we wouldn't have any candidates.

BTW, Justice Scalia's son was working for the lawfirm that argued Gore v. Bush and Justice Thomas's wife was on the Bush transition team. Both voted on the case.

What does this distraction have to do with the real issues of the economy, energy, healthcare and the war?

Shipuuden · August 25th, 2008, 01:24 PM

I've been reading what the Left has been saying and it seems their new thing is "Distractions", everything that is not what they want to hear is a "Distraction".

MTAtech · August 25th, 2008, 02:41 PM

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I've been reading what the Left has been saying and it seems their new thing is "Distractions", everything that is not what they want to hear is a "Distraction".

Not really. There are issues and there is BS designed to distract the voters from those issues. The public mostly agrees with the Democratic agenda and disagrees with Bush policies that McCain parrots. On only the issues, McCain would lose hands down.

Thus, the McCainites must distract the voters from the issues that matter (e.g. the economy, the war, healthcare, etc.) and reshape the agenda around nonsense issues (i.e. lapel pins, he dissed Hillary by selected someone else, what Biden's son does for a living) that put doubt in voter's minds.

Chuckiechan · August 25th, 2008, 05:31 PM

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The public mostly agrees with the Democratic agenda and disagrees with Bush policies that McCain parrots.

I have one question. Obama plans to give $ 1000 to every person in America, and it is going to come from the oil companies. I don't think too many people take this idea seriously.

Show me the math that makes this even worth promising to voters?

Shipuuden · August 25th, 2008, 07:33 PM

I have a question; If Obama increases taxes on the oil companies where will the oil companies get that money they are loosing in higher taxes?

Atomic Rooster · August 25th, 2008, 09:01 PM

MBNA paid Biden son at critical time for bill - Yahoo! News

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WASHINGTON - A son of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant by MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years the senator supported legislation that was promoted by the credit card industry and opposed by consumer groups.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Biden helped forge a bipartisan compromise on the measure, which is now law and makes it harder for consumers to obtain bankruptcy protection in the courts.

MBNA's consulting payments to Hunter Biden, first reported by The New York Times, followed his departure in 2001 from the company, where he had been an executive.

At the time Hunter Biden was receiving consulting payments from MBNA, he also was a Washington lobbyist at a firm he had co-founded.

MBNA employees have poured more than $200,000 into Biden's Senate campaigns over the past two decades, making donors working for the credit card company the senator's largest source of campaign money.

The thot plickens. . .

sharder8 · August 25th, 2008, 10:40 PM

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The public mostly agrees with the Democratic agenda and disagrees with Bush policies that McCain parrots.

Hey MTA . . . I dare ya' ta' come to Central Oregon and say that!!!

Try ND, northern MN, WI, and many other places . . . and let's see if they agree with that statement.

Don't worry too much though . . . all ya' have ta' do is make it back into the large cities and ya' should be safe.

Harder

Pexster · August 25th, 2008, 10:49 PM

I think the urban liberals are going to go take over Bend soon. (At least, if all the airline magazine articles are true and the real estate ads work, lol.)

MTAtech · August 25th, 2008, 11:23 PM

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Hey MTA . . . I dare ya' ta' come to Central Oregon and say that!!!

Try ND, northern MN, WI, and many other places . . . and let's see if they agree with that statement.

Don't worry too much though . . . all ya' have ta' do is make it back into the large cities and ya' should be safe.

Harder

People live in North Dakota? But yes, most of the country is pro-choice. Most of the country wants us out of Iraq now. Most of the country wants healthcare for everyone.