Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 22, 2009

Still waiting on disclosure from White House: $328,000 NYC Air Force One flyover photo: where are the rest of the photos and the flight manifest, Mr. President?

Most transparent White House ever… not.

Lack of disclosure on the Air Force One flyover in New York City, lack of consistency in making bills available online for five days for public review prior to any congressional vote, suspicious secrecy and DOJ obstruction in the election-day-voter-intimidation Black Panther case, and now, no disclosure on all the health industry bigwigs who are meeting with Pres. Obama behind closed doors to discuss socialized health care.

But didn’t he say he WELCOMED the American public being involved and watching the process, with TV cameras and everything? Huh, right, didn’t he say he’d be the most transparent president EVAH?

Hush your mouth, you ungrateful, bitter, gun-clinging, Bible-toting miscreant… eat your socialist porridge quietly or you’ll be sorry…

UPDATE: White House flip-flop: Ok, ok, we’ll tell you which health execs we met

Breaking story on Black Panthers… where’s the transparency, Mr. President? July 30, 2009:
From Michelle Malkin: Who let the New Black Panther Party thugs off? and from
Washington Times: EXCLUSIVE: No. 3 at Justice OK’d Panther reversal

Now, if it is Pres. Obama compromising our security, er, disclosing CIA secrets as a sign of good faith of transparency to the world at large and any terrorists with an Internet connection… well, THAT’S different.

From Los Angeles Times:

White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives
Los Angeles Times
By Peter Nicholas | July 22, 2009

Invoking an argument used by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has turned down a request from a watchdog group for a list of health industry executives who have visited the White House to discuss the massive healthcare overhaul.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sent a letter to the Secret Service asking about visits from 18 executives representing health insurers, drug makers, doctors and other players in the debate. The group wants the material in order to gauge the influence of those executives in crafting a new healthcare policy.

The Secret Service sent a reply stating that documents revealing the frequency of such visits were considered presidential records exempt from public disclosure laws. The agency also said it was advised by the Justice Department that the Secret Service was within its rights to withhold the information because of the “presidential communications privilege.”

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics said it would file suit against the Obama administration as early as today. The group already has sued the administration over its failure to release details about visits from coal industry executives.

A White House spokesman, Ben LaBolt, said, “We are reviewing our policy on access to visitor logs and related litigation.”

As a candidate, President Obama vowed that in devising a healthcare bill he would invite in TV cameras — specifically C-SPAN — so that Americans could have a window into negotiations that normally play out behind closed doors.

Having promised transparency, the administration should be willing to disclose who it is consulting in shaping healthcare policy, said an attorney for the citizens’ group. In its letter requesting the records, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics asked about visits from Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans; William Weldon, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson; and J. James Rohack, president of the American Medical Assn., among others.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” said Anne Weismann, the group’s chief counsel. Obama is relying on a legal argument that “continues one of the bad, anti-transparency, pro-secrecy approaches that the Bush administration had taken. And it seems completely at odds with the president’s commitment… to bring a new level of transparency to his government.”

PhRMA, which represents the nation’s drug companies, said it had taken part in two meetings with senior White House officials in the Roosevelt Room. Participants, according to Tauzin, included White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, along with the CEOs of some major drug companies. Both meetings were closed to the public…

Obama lied… transparency died.

Approval numbers also keep dropping for Nancy “Liar of the House” Pelosi. From Michelle Malkin: Queen Nancy scoffs at her plummeting poll numbers

Related transparency issues and gaffes:
Radio Vice Online: Remember the Cheney secret meetings with energy executives?
Andrew Breitbart, Big Government: UPDATE: White House Spokeswoman Says Different Bertha Lewis on Visitor’s Log
NY Daily News, The Washington Bureau: Opaque White House?
Politico: WH visitor secrecy flatly at odds with Obama promise
MSNBC: Obama blocks access to White House visitor list
Michelle Malkin: Obama lied, transparency died, Pt. 10,001: No Cash for Clunkers disclosure and Document drop: DOJ still obstructing justice in Black Panther case and Why is the Obama Justice Department protecting New Black Panthers? and Exposed: A trial lawyers’ pay-off in Obamacare and Knock, knock. Who’s there? Obama’s not telling and Shhhhhhh! and Obama’s transparency policy: Don’t let the sunshine in and Most transparent administration ever adopts Bush visitor log policy and The climate change e-mails EPA doesn’t want you to see
Doug Powers, Michelle Malkin: Friday photo dump: Defense Dept. releases a pile of Manhattan fly-by pics, manifest
Clinging to G & G: Not only is he dropping in the polls…
Riehl World View: Obama’s DOJ Obstructing Justice?
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: Lies Obama Told Me
Vets On The Watch: Transparency? Hardly
ExposeObama.com: Obama Closes Doors on Openness
The K Ryan James Blog: Hopenchange: A transparent lack of transparency
Sister Toldjah: Obama administration: It’s not “secrecy” when we hold private meetings
CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW SUES SECRET SERVICE OVER REFUSAL TO RELEASE WHITE HOUSE HEALTH CARE EXEC VISITOR LOGS
VotingFemale Speaks!: Obama, thus NBC; Frightened over Birth Certificate Issue as ObamaCare runs aground in committee; attempts fruitless clean-up
Tony Blankley, Rasmussen Reports: Obama Lied; The Economy Died

The Substratum: New York Times Joins AP In Fact Checking Obama – Did I Just Say That?! and Nanny State Nancy Pelosi and Math: 53% Is Bigger Than 70%
Hot Air: Preview of tonight’s prime-time presser and White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Obama: We must never compromise our cherished values, unless it’s really important and Obama’s false choice of false choices and Obamateurism of the Day (Obama gaffe: healthcare inefficiencies)
Chris Burgard, Big Hollywood: Dear Mr. President, Please Don’t Kill My Kids
Tim Slagle, Big Hollywood: Late Night Awards of the Week
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: DOJ still obstructing justice in Black Panther case and Barack OBush – continues the Bush “legacy” by refusing to release White House visitor records and Democrats lied, transparency died – Hoyer’s remarks on health care not to be debated and The so called Obama administration ‘transparency’
Gary Graham, Big Hollywood: Obama Wants to Buck Us Up
GayPatriot: Obama’s Problem with the Unexpected and If Arlen Specter Had Voted Against the “Stimulus”…
Ken Blackwell, Big Hollywood: Dreams – or Nightmares – From Obama’s Father?
Hot Air Green Room: Free the Budget! and New Documents Expose ACORN’s Lies to the American People and Obama to flog his faltering takeover of healthcare
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Obama Revises His Promise on Bills Being Available Online for Public Scrutiny… Let’s Hope He Follows Through on Newest Promise, Since He Hasn’t So Far and Holy Spendthrift, Batman! NYC Air Force One Flyover Cost Taxpayers $328,835! and Unexpected Criticism from Camille Paglia: ‘Simpering WH Press Sec. Robert Gibbs Should Be Fired for Dismissive Attitude of NYC Air Force One Flyover’ and Suspicious: WH Says “Obama’s Rhetoric Shouldn’t Be Taken Literally” Concerning Promise That Americans Can Keep Their Private Health Insurance and White House Website Transparency… Except Obama’s Birth Certificate
Slublog: Transparency Update
Jason Killian Meath, Big Hollywood: Obama’s Health Care ‘Money Pit’

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