Ethics? In the White House?
Oh my god, Obama is demanding what?
Podesta promises ‘strictest’ ethics rules
President-elect Barack Obama did not employ lobbyists on his campaign, but they can assist with his transition as long as they de-register as lobbyists and their activities do not cross into policy areas they have tried to influence.
“I’ve heard the other complaint, which is we’re leaving all this expertise on the side, because we’re leaving all the people who know everything out in the cold. And so be it,” Podesta told reporters at the transition office in Washington. “That’s a commitment that the American public expects … and it’s one that we intend to enforce during the transition, I know he intends to enforce in his government, so that the undue influence of Washington lobbyists and the revolving door of Washington ceases to exist.”
Carrying over the anti-lobbying tenets that defined the campaign, Obama transition chief John Podesta announced Tuesday that the president-elect would enforce what he called “the strictest, the most far-reaching ethics rules of any transition team in history.” </em>
Imagine. An ethical White House.
No, really. Imagine such.
