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		<title>By: kathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kathy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[$20 million Porter Novelli contract is just the tip of the iceberg. In an article from May 22, 2012, the Heritage Foundation reported that the Obama administration has long been funneling taxpayer dollars into the promotion of Obamacare.

According to the article, from October 2010 through February 2011, the administration spent more than $1.4 million in taxpayer money on online advertisements promoting the Affordable Care Act. This included expenditures on internet search tracking and ad campaigns.

The Porter Novelli contract is particularly notable, however, both for its high price tag and also for its well-connected beneficiaries. As CNS News reports, Catherine “Kiki” McLean, a senior partner and managing director at Porter Novelli, is a longtime Democratic operative, senior advisor, and campaign surrogate who has worked for the campaigns of Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama. Porter Novelli’s own website describes McLean as “a true D.C. insider.”

In fact, the recent Obamacare deal is but one of many contracts HHS has awarded the PR firm. According to government records, Porter Novelli has been awarded nearly $49 million in HHS contracts since 2010. PR Week reported in a June 8, 2012 article that, just this March, HHS renewed a $1.3 million contract with the PR firm for the purpose of promoting STD awareness.

Of course, the practice of using government contracts to reward political supporters is by no means a new phenomenon. As a February 4, 2004 Washington Post articlereported, during the Bush administration HHS granted a lucrative Medicare contract to National Media Inc., an advertising firm which was then employed by the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign.

The Obama administration is also by no means unique in its propensity for using taxpayer dollars to fund massive PR campaigns aimed at popularizing its agenda. As Fox News reported, the Bush administration spent well upwards of $100 million on a 2003 campaign intended to spread information about the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. The Bush administration was also harshly criticized for spending $840,000 taxpayer dollars promoting No Child Left Behind, as Fox News pointed out.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>$20 million Porter Novelli contract is just the tip of the iceberg. In an article from May 22, 2012, the Heritage Foundation reported that the Obama administration has long been funneling taxpayer dollars into the promotion of Obamacare.</p>
<p>According to the article, from October 2010 through February 2011, the administration spent more than $1.4 million in taxpayer money on online advertisements promoting the Affordable Care Act. This included expenditures on internet search tracking and ad campaigns.</p>
<p>The Porter Novelli contract is particularly notable, however, both for its high price tag and also for its well-connected beneficiaries. As CNS News reports, Catherine “Kiki” McLean, a senior partner and managing director at Porter Novelli, is a longtime Democratic operative, senior advisor, and campaign surrogate who has worked for the campaigns of Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama. Porter Novelli’s own website describes McLean as “a true D.C. insider.”</p>
<p>In fact, the recent Obamacare deal is but one of many contracts HHS has awarded the PR firm. According to government records, Porter Novelli has been awarded nearly $49 million in HHS contracts since 2010. PR Week reported in a June 8, 2012 article that, just this March, HHS renewed a $1.3 million contract with the PR firm for the purpose of promoting STD awareness.</p>
<p>Of course, the practice of using government contracts to reward political supporters is by no means a new phenomenon. As a February 4, 2004 Washington Post articlereported, during the Bush administration HHS granted a lucrative Medicare contract to National Media Inc., an advertising firm which was then employed by the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign.</p>
<p>The Obama administration is also by no means unique in its propensity for using taxpayer dollars to fund massive PR campaigns aimed at popularizing its agenda. As Fox News reported, the Bush administration spent well upwards of $100 million on a 2003 campaign intended to spread information about the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. The Bush administration was also harshly criticized for spending $840,000 taxpayer dollars promoting No Child Left Behind, as Fox News pointed out.</p>
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		<title>By: kathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kathy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Old important&quot;.. Sick of movie star ACTOR President&quot;   and weather undergrond Nazis .AYERS/..DUNN as you can see.. Presenting a FALSE PICTURE. in order to save FACE by the PR Firm, that IN 2014 HAS SHADOWED THE Problems/ Controlled the Message. IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.. You pay for... TAXPAYERS NEED A UNION. I am sick of paying for Federal Unions. And now..PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS... to Promote a False narratative... OMG CRAZY.   SO WHAT REALLY TRULY GOING ON, beside GENOCIDE, and PR Firm Shows.....      This PR firm has worked for such “enlightened” countries as Yemen, Saudi Arabia (after 9/11), and the government of Bahrain, which has spent $32 million on publicity since the start of protests there in February 2011. Public Relations pros are getting paid very well to spin liberal media stories to the media.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Old important&#8221;.. Sick of movie star ACTOR President&#8221;   and weather undergrond Nazis .AYERS/..DUNN as you can see.. Presenting a FALSE PICTURE. in order to save FACE by the PR Firm, that IN 2014 HAS SHADOWED THE Problems/ Controlled the Message. IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.. You pay for&#8230; TAXPAYERS NEED A UNION. I am sick of paying for Federal Unions. And now..PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS&#8230; to Promote a False narratative&#8230; OMG CRAZY.   SO WHAT REALLY TRULY GOING ON, beside GENOCIDE, and PR Firm Shows&#8230;..      This PR firm has worked for such “enlightened” countries as Yemen, Saudi Arabia (after 9/11), and the government of Bahrain, which has spent $32 million on publicity since the start of protests there in February 2011. Public Relations pros are getting paid very well to spin liberal media stories to the media.</p>
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		<title>By: Anamah</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anamah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whole communist band stinks. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The whole communist band stinks. </p>
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		<title>By: Ghostwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghostwriter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Annex Argentina?&quot; Are you kidding me,Schlomotion? The article was about Israel trying to make sure Argentina didn&#039;t try any monkey business with what happened to the Jewish community center in 1994. But,of course,the only Jews you love are dead ones,not living ones. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Annex Argentina?&quot; Are you kidding me,Schlomotion? The article was about Israel trying to make sure Argentina didn&#039;t try any monkey business with what happened to the Jewish community center in 1994. But,of course,the only Jews you love are dead ones,not living ones. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[schlo, what are you smoking?  What you say the article is and what the article is, have nothing to do with one another. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>schlo, what are you smoking?  What you say the article is and what the article is, have nothing to do with one another. </p>
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		<title>By: Roger</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schlo, come on, why not take it one more step and say the Jews want to kill all the Argentine Children while you&#039;re making things up?  
  
You just aren&#039;t credible. 
 
That story wasn&#039;t about any annexation, it was about Justice!  And not the sharia kind you probably advocate. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Schlo, come on, why not take it one more step and say the Jews want to kill all the Argentine Children while you&#039;re making things up?  </p>
<p>You just aren&#039;t credible. </p>
<p>That story wasn&#039;t about any annexation, it was about Justice!  And not the sharia kind you probably advocate. </p>
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		<title>By: Schlomotion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Schlomotion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Similarly, while every minor incident in Israel is front-page news&quot; 
 
Minor incidents like Israel trying to annex Argentina?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-warns-argentina-against-reaching-deal-with-iran-over-1994-bombing.premium-1.473277&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-wa...&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Similarly, while every minor incident in Israel is front-page news&quot; </p>
<p>Minor incidents like Israel trying to annex Argentina?  <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-warns-argentina-against-reaching-deal-with-iran-over-1994-bombing.premium-1.473277" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-wa" rel="nofollow">http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-wa</a>&#8230; </p>
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