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Andy Stern Appears Most Often On WH Logs Released Tonight
Evan McMorris-Santoro | October 30, 2009, 7:22PM
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Who are the most frequent guests at the White House? It's impossible to tell from tonight's massive dump of White House visitors logs. The lists are based on media requests, meaning names that weren't specifically asked for by reporters don't appear.
Still, there are some interesting findings in the partial list.
SEIU president Andy Stern appears most often on the list. He visited the White House around 20 times in the past nine months, according to the logs. Former Obama transition director John Podesta appeared about 17 times. NOW president Kim Gandy was the third most popular with about 15 visits.
It makes sense that Stern would be a popular guest -- beyond leading a group key to the Democratic base, Stern's SEIU has been a leading voice on behalf of health care reform.
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CAdray26
October 30, 2009 10:14 PM
What a crook. This just proves Obama is not progressive, but just another centrist Democrat. I want my vote back.
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aabrown1971
October 31, 2009 12:07 AM
"Stern's SEIU has been a leading voice on behalf of health care reform."
Are you kidding me? In Europe, the unions wouldn't want him - he'd be a natural ally with ownership. What an awful state we are in. We have two corporate parties: Right and Far Right. We the people are floating in the money stained toilet bowl of the industrialized world. But I'm not bitter. ;-)
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CAdray26
October 31, 2009 1:42 AM
You are absolutely right aabrown1. Stern would get the crap kicked out of him in Europe. He is a disgrace to the labor movement.
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dal
October 31, 2009 10:15 AM
when was the last time we had an executive branch that would even meet with labor leaders? seems like this a significant shift from, say, halliburton.
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CAdray26
October 31, 2009 10:58 AM
No it is not. I would say there isn't much difference from the leaders of Halliburton and Andy Stern.
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dal
October 31, 2009 1:48 PM in reply to CAdray26
Are you high?
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Cognitive Dissident
November 13, 2009 4:55 PM
John Podesta. This may be taboo for TPM, but do you guys realise how closely he is linked to the disclosure movement? See http://www.allnewsweb.com/page9499898.php for background. I know you may think this is crazy, but I am rational and serious. What do you think?
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