Obama, The Speechwriter's Pawn

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/05/obama-the-speechwriter-pawn

Timothy Carney has an amazing dispatch at the Washington Examiner on an exchange between a drug company lobbyist and then-Obama-aide Jim Messina, as recorded in an email after Obama criticized the drug companies in a speech:

"Billy and I were at WH today," Hall wrote, referring to PhRMA President Billy Tauzin. "We raised this issue with Jim Messina. Jim said that he went into the Oval [Office] and talked to the President .... 'Why was this in the sppech [sic]?' Obama said 'I was wondering the same.' Attributed to young speechwriter."

In most administrations the presidents read the speeches and even edit them before delivering them. What a difference between "The buck stops here" and "blame the junior staff."

by Editor  |  May 31, 2012 at 2:58 pm Related Topics:  Health Care, President Obama receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list