Patch_W_Adams's St Louis Blog

Personally I do not care for one Canidate or another...but I find it interesting how each time there is an Election and someone Claims they are Different and not like those in Washington.....How much Like Washington they really are......Obama isn't the First to say this.....and he won't be the last.....But each time it is said..it always proves wrong....No matter who we are talking about.   The Republicans swore they were not like Washington, not like the Big Spenders...then when they get into Office....it's Proved wrong.  They are all alike in Washington...and this little Article Just proves my point...on how Washington is just one Big Happy Family......Democrat -Republican...all just a different way to spell Crook.......too bad they treat the Citizens of this Country like In-Laws..

My Son, The Lobbyist: Biden's Son a Well-Paid DC Insider

 Firm Lobbies Senator Biden Although Son Does Not

By EMMA SCHWARTZ

Aug. 24, 2008  

The Son of Barack Obama's vice presidential pick, Sen. Joe Biden, is a top partner at a Washington law firm that has lobbied his father's office, a family tie that could prove embarrassing for a campaign that has positioned itself as fighting lobbyists and special interests in Washington.

 Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., is joined by his family including his... Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., is joined by his family including his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, left, his son, Hunter, his wife Jill and his brother Jimmy as he speaks to supporters during a rally at the UAW Hall in Dubuque, Iowa, on the day of the Iowa caucus Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mark Hirsch)

 In the first six months of this year R. Hunter Biden, a founding partner of Oldaker, Biden & Belair, has worked on accounts that brought it $470,000 from nine clients, according to lobbying disclosure records.

 Although firm members say Biden, 38, does not lobby his father, this kind of family tie, said Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, "raises the potential of a conflict of interest."

 For its part, the Obama campaign said that Sen. Biden had always followed ethics rules. "Hunter Biden has never lobbied Sen. Biden's office or committees, period," David Wade, Obama-Biden spokesperson, wrote in an email response.

"He's never worked on a client issue where other members of the firm have lobbied the office. Hunter shares expenses not revenues with his partners, so there's no benefit to him when a partner lobbies. Sen. Biden has been as strong a supporter of ethics reform as the Senate has known, and his office follows all ethics laws right down to the letter."

 But the connections between the law firm and Biden are very close.

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