This is what then candidate Barack Obama said about no-bid contracts:
As a candidate for president in 2008, then-Sen. Obama frequently derided the Bush administration for the awarding of federal contracts without competitive bidding."I will finally end the abuse of no-bid contracts once and for all," the senator told a Grand Rapids audience on Oct. 2. "The days of sweetheart deals for Halliburton will be over when I'm in the White House."
Those remarks echoed an earlier occasion, during a candidates' debate in Austin, Texas on Feb. 21, when Mr. Obama vowed to upgrade the government's online databases listing federal contracts.
"If (the American people) see a bridge to nowhere being built, they know where it's going and who sponsored it," he said to audience laughter, "and if they see a no-bid contract going to Halliburton, they can check that out too."
Less than two months after he was sworn into office, President Obama signed a memorandum that he claimed would "dramatically reform the way we do business on contracts across the entire government."
One year into his presidency, Obama's administration awarded a no-bid contract to a Democratic campaign contributor:
Despite President Obama's long history of criticizing the Bush administration for "sweetheart deals" with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide "rule of law stabilization services" in war-torn Afghanistan.
Another campaign promise broken. Change you can believe in, baby!
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Read the no-bid contract here.
Hat tip: The Daily Caller
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Comments (10)
I ran my "Surprise Meter... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Justrand | January 25, 2010 11:10 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
I ran my "Surprise Meter" over the story...it didn't even register! I checked the batteries and even ran it over the "Republican wins Teddy's Seat!" story to check it was still working...and the needle flew across the meter!!
Thus far 0% of the Hope & Change rhetoric has come to pass...and THAT is no surprise!
1. Posted by Justrand | January 25, 2010 11:10 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 11:10
2. Posted by GarandFan | January 25, 2010 11:30 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
"The days of sweetheart deals for Halliburton will be over when I'm in the White House."
Is that the same "Halliburton" that got no-bid contracts in Bosnia from the Clinton Administration?
2. Posted by GarandFan | January 25, 2010 11:30 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 11:30
3. Posted by Flu-Bird | January 25, 2010 11:42 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
What else can we ever expect from a two faced liberal demacratic scoundrel
3. Posted by Flu-Bird | January 25, 2010 11:42 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 11:42
4. Posted by Tom | January 25, 2010 11:59 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
"rule of law stabilization services"
I wonder if they'll be called mercenaries?
4. Posted by Tom | January 25, 2010 11:59 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 11:59
5. Posted by Oyster | January 25, 2010 12:22 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
But, but, they didn't award it to Halliburton! Don't you see? Halliburton didn't get the contract! /sarc
Has anyone checked to see if Checchi is behind on their taxes?
5. Posted by Oyster | January 25, 2010 12:22 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 12:22
6. Posted by 914 | January 25, 2010 12:31 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
All Siezer Alinski represents is one gigantic tax sucking front man for ACORN..
6. Posted by 914 | January 25, 2010 12:31 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 12:31
7. Posted by WildWillie | January 25, 2010 1:25 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Such a proven liar. Only one year and he is unbelievable. Other presidents have taken years to reach this level of untrustworthyness. ww
7. Posted by WildWillie | January 25, 2010 1:25 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 13:25
8. Posted by Hank | January 25, 2010 2:12 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Well, my sympathies are with the MSM.
They really do have a difficult job, each day having to ignore yet another lie, broken campaign promise, or plain old corruption.
8. Posted by Hank | January 25, 2010 2:12 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 14:12
9. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 25, 2010 7:23 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Yeah, but Bush was pure evil, whereas Obama has sent magic unicorns to deliver money, jobs, candy and happiness to poor people arouned the globe.
9. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 25, 2010 7:23 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 19:23
10. Posted by vicky | January 25, 2010 10:20 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
i think both of them are not bad ,as a presdent ,he have the responsebility to make hie country people live a good life .
10. Posted by vicky | January 25, 2010 10:20 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 25, 2010 22:20