President Obama
is officially considering corporate sponsors to back his second inaugural
ceremony, citing worries that his base of donors are tapped out after floating
upwards of $1 billion for his reelection - and pondering openly, officially,
accepting cash from the most notorious 1% of the 1% in order to pay for the
extravagant inaugural pageant that will follow the private swearing in ceremony
for a president they have always controlled.
The team of
backers will, no doubt, be heavily represented on Wall Street, and in particular
in the close-knit circles who reaped mad cash on bailout giveaways, who have
bought out the important positions in the cabinet, and who pretend to advice
Obama on creating jobs while shipping them overseas, or downsizing them
altogether amidst the economic storm.
The blatant
conflict of interest would at least bring more transparency to the banker owned
& operated president, who otherwise cloaks himself in class warfare rhetoric
to appeal to the masses who voted for him, while in reality actually serving the
very bankster interests he attacks in words, and words
alone.
The move,
reported by the Wall Street Journal, would thus make clear to anyone paying
attention the virtual corporate ownership of the Office of the President that
has continued through several heads of state.
In 2009, Obama
publicly denounced corporate backing for his first inauguration, in attempt to
avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, despite the fact that Wall
Street’s biggest welfare recipients heavily backed his bid for the Oval Office
as well as the inauguration celebration itself.
According to the
watchdog group Public Citizen, top executives from Wachovia, Goldman Sachs and
Lehman Brothers bundled at least $700,000 in contributions for inauguration
events following Obama’s first election.
Craig Holman, of
Public Citizen, commented that Obama’s readiness to take on corporate money for
this event would “essentially codify this idea that corporations should be
financing politics.”
Presidents
George W. Bush and Bill Clinton both took corporate money for their
inaugurations, with a documented $42 million floating Bush’s 2005 ceremonies and
festivities, and some $100 million for Clinton’s second term inaugural in 1997,
according to the Wall Street Journal.
As Infowars.com
thoroughly documented in The Obama Deception, released at the start of Obama’s
first term, the president is heavily influenced and bought out not only by top
Wall Street banking interests but by globalist policy wonks hell bent on
undermining the United States and its Constitution.
infowars.com
This would
represent a reversal of his 2009 inauguration, when he banned donations from
corporations. The ostensible reason he is reversing himself, according to
Obama’s fundraisers and campaign advisers, is that donors are worn out from
supporting his $1 billion reelection campaign. They also cite their perspective
that inaugurations are more of a civic event than a partisan affair.
breitbart.com Obama
fundraisers and campaign advisers cite various reasons for accepting corporate
money this time around. Dropping the ban on corporate contributions would ease
the task of raising the tens of millions of dollars needed to pay for
celebratory events that have become a fixture of presidential inaugurations.
WSJ The Joint
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is responsible for the official
swearing-in. Taxpayers pick up the tab for security and the costs connected to
the ceremony on the west front of the Capitol, while Obama supporters cover
various inaugural balls, concerts and parties. WSJ The president
was able to raise more than $50 million from other sources for his 2009
inauguration, but things are different now. Donors are drained from constant
requests for money for the election and the Democratic National Convention.
newsmax.com President Obama
will be sworn in on Monday, Jan. 21, but inauguration preparations have already
begun. The Hill
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