Peter Schweizer, who authored a book called, Throw Them All Out about political corruption on both sides of the aisle, has recently produced a document claiming that “80% of ‘Green Energy’ Loans Went to Top Obama Donors”.
From the article:
As the list reveals, 80 percent of all $20.5 billion in Department of Energy loans went to President Obama’s top donors. Furthermore, some of those dwarf in size those given to Obama bundler George Kaiser, owner of the now defunct Solyndra.
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Schweizer’s list stands in sharp contrast to President Obama’s promise that the allocation of all federal “stimulus” monies would be nonpartisan and fair: “Let me repeat that: Decisions about how Recovery money will be spent will be based on the merits. They will not be made as a way of doing favors for lobbyists,” Obama said in 2009.
Shweizer is described in the article as a “Breitbart editor”, which is not something that I’d brag about. However, looking at the Amazon page on Throw Them All Out, I see the following:
Here are some politicians cited without their titles for brevity in Part One in this book (Part Two gets into their cronies):
Chapter 1 – John Kerry; Tom Carper; Melissa Bean; Jared Polis; James Oberstar; Jeb Bradley; John Boehner; Jim McDermott; Amo Houghton.
Chapter 2 – Max Baucus; Jim Moran; Dick Durbin; Rahm Emanuel.
Chapter 3 – Nancy Pelosi; Gary Ackerman.
Chapter 4 – Dennis Hastert; Carolyn Maloney; Judd Gregg; Ken Calvert; David Hobson; Heath Shuler; Bennie Thompson; Maurice Hinchey; Jerry Lewis; Harry Reid.
IOW, Schweizer appears capable of going after Republicans as well as Democrats. Also, although I haven’t read the book, the title implies that he’s disgusted with both Dems and Repubs as classes of people, and not just a couple of handful of “bad apples”.
Although I can’t control how people comment, I’m hoping for something more intelligent than “Shweizer works for Breitbart, and therefore we can just dismiss anything and everything he says!”
As for my title, the Obama Scandal List currently has 300 entries.
Update: Schweizer made some significant false claims about Gore, around 2006. Don’t know what his reputation since then, is.



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Did they all buy ahead of public knowledge that those companies were going to get the government contracts? That would be illegal
Did they accept money gifts from those companies’s lobbyists before the companies got the contracts I don’t think its illegal but it should be.
I’m asking because I’d like them to go to jail.
Also did those companies get contracts when better companies ( more customers, profits, better tech etc) who did not give, give enough or were not connected were not given contracts?
I think the failure of O’s green energy is he gave them loans rather than gave them orders for product loans don’t help squat if you don’t have customers and in this economy who has customers?
The Government needs to create demand to stimulate the economy and get product out there. People need to see the product working in the real world before they commit to buying.
Think of it this way if your local school wants a tax increase but suddenly they have solar panels on the roof and a windmill on the football field and because they are now selling power to the power company they don’t need a tax increase that effects your wallet positive and makes you think how can I sell power to the power company.
Right now who besides the green power nuts on the Left know about this? Loans can’t create demand for product you sometimes need public demonstrations.
The WH needs someone with real business know how in it the stuff I’m talking about is basic knowledge.
I expect the Dems to point fingers at the GOP over the missing millions lost in the war spending that can’t be accounted for however Obama refused to investigate those guys 2 wrongs don’t make a right but when George Will brings up your article that I bet will be their response.
I say jail them both Dem and GOP.
Super stuff but I would consider under the present circumstances the words corporate whore, and Obama to be redundant.
Obama is from Chicago graft between friends is common but why did Mayor Daley and his Dad before him never go to jail? Because they only took a little off the top and trash was still picked up police were on the streets etc.
The City worked Obama could have stole all he wanted provided America worked and people had jobs. Fat and happy voters don’t care about scandal as long as they have jobs and homes.
Since America is not working right now someone namely O needed to tell the Dems hold off on the kickbacks until the economy was working this is no time to steal.
This is Chicago politics 101 Obama as I have stated before is not a Chicago Politician. Our pols are smart thieves and much better liars.
I guess you know you’re in a banana republic when stuff like this no longer surprises you…
This is a big story. Tea Pot Dome? Or Watergate?