Axelrod is Dem tool of big Pharma

[coadie]

David Axelrod, who is fond of calling the town hall protestors astroturf mobs, appears to have a few conflict of interests with the health care reform proposals being put forward by his boss, President Obama.

Axelrod headed up AKPD Message and Media - a firm that the Obama presidential campaign paid more than $340 million to place ads for the candidate. He resigned on December 31 to join the administration, and the firm is now run by his son.

The problem is, he is still owed money by the firm. And wouldn't you like to know where that money is coming from?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...ig_pharma.html

How about from a coalition of businesses calling themselves "Healthy Economy Now (HEN)" connected to the health care debate?

Timothy Burger writing in Bloomberg:


HEN's other members, according to its Web site, are the AARP, the biggest advocacy organization for retirees; the Advanced Medical Technology Association; the Business Roundtable; Families USA; the Service Employees International Union, all based in Washington, and the American Medical Association based in Chicago. PhRMA represents 28 drugmakers, including New York-based Pfizer Inc. and London-based GlaxoSmithKline Plc.

Larry Grisolano, a partner at AKPD, said his firm and GMMB are splitting the fees on the $12 million campaign, though neither firm would specify its take. In an e-mail, Margolis declined to comment.

Democrats spend millions on corruption. This is ten times the industrial services Halliburton performed??

Obama is bleeding us dry.

[coadie]

If David Axelrod decides to join the Obama White House, he’ll have to do more than move to Washington. He’ll also have to take an enormous pay cut and possibly reveal the extent of his lucrative corporate public relations work.

The Obama campaign advisor’s firms have collected more than $35 million since 1998 for all manner of political consulting and lobbying work, including more than $2.5 million from Obama’s presidential campaign alone, according to a Politico analysis of local, state and federal campaign and lobbying records compiled in part with the assistance of New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15564.html

Did he take a cut in pay or is he getting his cut under the table?