Considering the importance of the position White House Political Affairs Director, information on Obama's appointee to this position, and his ties, are critical. This is why we have seen such a drastic move to the far left, when all during his campaign, Obama knew he had to run more to the center in order to win the election.RedState further investigates:
Patrick Gaspard = ACORN = SEIU = White House Political Affairs Director
by Moe Lane, September 28, 2009
Just to repeat some of the things alluded to in this article (with some additions):
- We know that Patrick Gaspard is the White House political affairs director.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard enjoys the trust of the White House to perform sensitive tasks.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard is in fact one of the most quietly powerful people in this administration.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard was formerly an ACORN higher-up.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard was also formerly affiliated with SEIU.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard was seen by Big Labor as being a payoff for SEIU’s support.
- We know that Patrick Gaspard’s brother Michael represents ACORN (and that ACORN Chief Organizer Bertha Lewis kept contact information for Patrick Gaspard).
- And we know that links between ACORN & SEIU and ACORN & the White House have been minimized, downplayed, and outright sanitized recently.
- What we don’t know yet is whether the White House is going to do the same thing with the ties between SEIU and the White House.